End of April Happenings

 Our Kansas Barnum Family only lives a short distance from where my sister Brooke is serving her mission and after they left us to go home they went to the Kansas City Temple Open House and we all got text messages of this picture...aren't they the cutest ever...this is my Aunt Sheila and my sister Brookie...it was so crazy to think that we were just with Aunt Sheila and her family 4 days earlier and then she was with my Sister...I miss them both like crazy and can't wait to see them all again...

LOVE MY FAMILY!!!!

April 2012

This is Liam right before bed...all smiles for the camera...I just love him so much I can't stand it...and they are all growing up so dang fast I can't keep up :(

But I will just keep enjoying the time and taking it all in

April 30th, 2012

Isn't this smile one to die for...I do think so...he loves putting hats on his head and whenever I pull the camera out he says "Cheese" and it is so dang cute...I sure love my little man Liam

April 30th, 2012

Cort usually goes into nursery with no problem but this 1 o'clock hour has been pretty rough and lately he has been crying when we take him there...Chuck and I are sure it is just cause he is tired but we want to enjoy our classes so we don't want to take him home and on this day one of the leaders told us he cried for a second and then he was passed out asleep...so I had to go take a picture of him...I dare say he was their easiest child that day...so funny...

April 30th, 2012

We went to Grandpa and Grandma Taylor's later to play and get the older boys from their sleepover and Cort decided to have a fight with the cement and he lost...he had a knot and bruise on his head for over a week...it was craziness...so funny...but all he wanted was some goldfish and then he was all better...such a clumsy little nugget...

April 28th, 2012

Since the older boys were at a sleepover this was the only little face I woke up too...and it is a pretty darn cute face if I do say so myself...Love this munchkin

April 28th, 2012

I was filling this big garbage can with dirt and then didn't want to drag it to the dumpster so I made my own redneck wheel barrel...and it worked perfectly...

Your Welcome to steal my idea anytime :-)

April 28th, 2012

Odin and Cort had a sleep over at Grandpa and Grandma Taylor's so Chuck and I took Liam out on a date with us...Whenever we don't have the two pickyer children Chuck and I like to try some place new and something we haven't had before so this day we went to a Vietnamese Restaurant and it was pretty darn good..

April 27th, 2012

If Cort isn't causing complete chaos then he is usually passed out like this...I enjoy cuddle time with him...it is the only time he cuddles with me is when he is tried and I LOVE it...

April 27th, 2012

This is the view I see of Cort most days...he is always doing these flip things and hitting anyone or anything in his way...he is such a crack up

April 27th, 2012

My brother modeling the hair things that his wife Lacey made...now aren't they just pretty...I think they are prettier in a girls hair though :)

April 2012

My Boy Cort turns THREE

April 25th, 2012

I cannot believe that my little boy Cort is 3 already...where has the time gone...

He is constantly changing in so many ways and he is always making me laugh...

He says the funniest stuff to me, for example he has lately been calling me a coocoo butt or a coocoo face or a sillybutt or sillyface...he takes words that I call him and mixes them up and it is just so funny...

He is completely obsessed with Captain America...that hero is his favorite and he likes all the other ones but not as much as Captain America...he also LOVES Spiderman...

He loves balloons so I blew up a ton of balloons the night before his birthday so when he woke up the house was covered in balloons...

we took him to Texas Roadhouse so he could have a ride on the horse saddle for his big birthday dinner...

I love him so much and I may not tell him enough but I hope he always knows how special he is...he may cause me to have grey hair quicker but he also is the first to make me laugh and to give me kisses and hugs...he has so much energy and has since day one...

He is amazing and he will do amazing things in his life and I can't wait until those days but I just want it to slow down so I can take it all in...

I love him!!!!



April Time :)

April 22nd, 2012

This is what we call family bonding time...Kameron and Kelsey both on computers and I am pretty sure the rest of us were on cell phones...hee hee...I sure love my cousins and getting to spend time with them...

April 22nd, 2012

Little Man Liam and I just chillin' ... it is usually the only time I get pics of him...he is the sweetest little man ever...

April 21st, 2012

Odin took his shirt off cause he got it wet and then he was riding this bike around and drinking juice and it made me think of some kind of red neck party...he cracks me up so I had to take a picture...

Water Park Fun

While the Kansas Barnum's were in town for Grandma's funeral...we did lots of fun stuff...we wore these kids out....

they had fun at the water park in Hurricane this day and Brooklyn and Leland and Blake were in town too...so they had lots of fun with us too...

April 21st, 2012

More April Happenings 2012

April 20th, 2012

Chuck scratched his neck or something but I had to take a picture cause it actually looks like he got kissed or something on his neck...pretty funny huh...



April 20th, 2012

Two of my cutie pie, beautiful cousins-Kaylie and Kelsey...

These two crack me up and I sure love them LOTS!!!!

April 20th, 2012

My Mom wanted something new for Grandma Alice's funeral so we all decided to go shopping a little bit...we all piled into the handicap dressing room so we could decide on what clothes would work...so how many people can you fit into a dressing room...I think we got 8 people in there and could have fit more...so funny to see the peoples faces when we all came walking out of the same dressing room...pretty hilarious...

April 20th, 2012

This little princess Harper is about 3 months younger then Liam...she is the cutest thing EVER...she isn't so sure about me but I still Love her...

April 19th, 2012

Liam enjoying a Ring Pop...such a messy boy :)

April 19th, 2012

Cort put my glasses on and came over to me and asked "Mom do I look like a Dad in your glasses?" I of course answered "Yes you do look like a Dad." Hee Hee...he is a crack up...

April 18th, 2012

Again...you know it is a busy time when the boys crash in the middle of the day...

With My Grandma passing away and having all the family in town it was none stop busy for almost 3 weeks and so the boys crashed like this a lot...

April 17th, 2012

Doing my part in donating Plasma...I make a little money for emergencies and I get to help others...unfortunately this was the first time I had someone miss getting my vein the first try and so I bruised big time...so the picture of my bruise is on April 19th, 2012...not bad huh :)

April 16th, 2012

While my Uncle Darwin was in town for his moms-my grandmas-funeral my dad and him put in our new water heater...Liam was getting in their way and kept wanting to run out of the house so Chuck finally put him in his crib so he was barricaded and I went in and started feeding him gold fish...it made me think of the signs at Zoos that say "don't feed the animals" so I had to take a picture...it was all pretty funny...

and BIG THANKS to my Dad and Uncle for helping us out!!!!

They ROCK!!!!

April 16th, 2012

You can always tell when cousins are at our house to play...the toys are usually dumped ALL over the floor...that is fun right...at least they pick them up so I don't have to :)

April 16th, 2012

You can always tell when the boys have played real hard with cousins cause they CRASH on the couch...hee hee....I love these boys so much

April 15th, 2012

Brooklynn, Leland and Odin all playing on I-Pods or I-Phones...they are our future...hee hee

April 14th, 2012

Cort had an accident at our family pizza party and so he had to put a diaper on and he didn't have an spare clothes...so don't be jealous of this sexy outfit...hee hee

April 14th, 2012

Leland dressed as SpiderMan...look at that face...that is some serious butt kicking face going on...This kid is such a crack up...sure love him

April 11th, 2012

This is the face that Liam makes all the time...I absolutely LOVE it...he makes me laugh so hard

Sleep Over Fun

April 7th, 2012

Bridger and Noah had a sleep over and they were all so dang cute...
I love having all these boys together cause they play so well together and they make me laugh all the time...I love all these boys so much and don't know what we would do with out them...

Easter 2012

April 6th, 2012

We decorated eggs as a family...that is always fun...OK not really because I am horrible about everyone making messes instead of just enjoying the time...I am getting better but still have some work to do...At least Chuck was able to have fun and so the boys didn't notice me all stressed about it :)

April 7th, 2012

We did a bar-b-que and Easter Egg hunt at Aunt Hopies house and the boys had lots of fun...we always know how to party as a family :)

April 7th, 2012

It was Noah's birthday on April 6th so we celebrated with him and a yummy cake at the Easter Party...he is such a cute little man and I am so happy to have him here with us and have him be one of  Odin and Cort's best friend...

April 8th, 2012

Easter Sunday

All the boys in their cute new Easter Ties...

I love buying ties for boys...I have an addiction to ties...

April 8th, 2012

Liam eating a chocolate bunny that is as big as him...so funny...





First of April Happenings 2012

 April 5th, 2012

Cort is a TIRED boy!!! I sure love this little man.

April 4th, 2012

We made these as a family for Odin's School Friends and it was quite the family bonding time...so funny...

1-This is how Cort did his...I put glue on the paper and he would slap the tissue paper down and yell all done...

2-This is how Odin did his...he learned at school how to crumple up paper and stick it on so that is how he did his...

3-This is Chucks...He had an idea to cut a strip of tissue paper, glue it down and then cut the ends and fold up and it worked fine except he got half way done and said he couldn't finish...ha ha ha...so funny so he did the purple and then I finished the rest...

4-This is one I did...I took the bottom of a pencil and scrunched the paper around it then stuck it to the chick...I was way to meticulous about it...

It was fun to see how we all did ours so different and Chuck and I got lots of laugh out of it all...

April 4th, 2012

I think he enjoyed his ice cream at the Black Bear Diner...what do you think??

April 3rd, 2012

Odin wanted me to take a picture of his spiky hair before leaving for school...he did his spiky hair all by himself...such a goofy boy...

April 2nd, 2012

Odin doing some home work for pre-school...I LOVE the look of concentration on his face...so cute

April 2nd, 2012

And this is what the boys seem do be doing a lot lately so I can get my crafts done...watching movies...such cute boys in their little undies :)

April 2nd, 2012

This is what my kitchen table looks like lately...doing lots of crafts and so the table is covered...