I have not taken many pictures these past few months and the ones I have taken are still on my camera. I will eventually get around to putting them onto my computer - Maybe when school is out.. maybe..

It just seems like the days fly by so fast and I don't even have time to do the things I have to do let alone the the things that I want or feel I "should" do- such as scrapbooking and catching up on my blog. I did have these few pictures sitting on my computer that I thought I should put up for Mackenzie. This is her new puppy Ellie. We have had her for about 6 weeks and she has probably doubled in size. She's still tiny though.. Not even 3 lbs.  She is a chihuahua/ shih tzu mix and The kids absolutely LOVE her! I thought she was fun for about a week until I realized that I have no idea how to potty train a puppy. We are struggling in that dept. I hope she catches on soon! Mackenzie completely babies her. She dresses her up, gives her baths, and carries her around like she's a toy. Unfortunately, the puppy has attached herself to me for some reason. She scratches at my legs and wants me to hold her constantly like a newborn baby. She wants to bury her face into my neck and stay there forever. At first I would give in and pick her up but it got old pretty quick! 

Gavin turned 8 a couple weeks ago and will get baptized some time.. If we can ever find a day that works for us. It's supposed to be next weekend but the girls have a dance competition and then in may we are going to be out of town for the 1st weekend so it looks like it won't be till June. He is so excited though! For his Birthday he got new scriptures with his name engraved on them, new church clothes, some headphones for when he goes shooting with his dad, and $40 cash. I had the day off, so I went to his school and surprised him with pizza for lunch. He got camouflage cupcakes and we went to see the movie "The Croods" with some friends and then afterward, he got to have a sleep-over. My babies are all growing up!

Speaking of growing up, I just registered Avery for Kindergarten. I can't believe she will be old enough to go to school in the fall! I have not decided for sure whether I will send her or not just because her birthday is so late. She barely makes the deadline by just a few days but she really REALLY wants to go so we went ahead and registered her and we will work with her a lot through the summer and then decide whether we think she is ready. She says the funniest things and I always think "I really should write these things down" but I never do. I need to do better.

I only have 34 days left of school and my kids have even less than that. I can't believe how fast the year has gone. It's sort of depressing! I am ready for summer though! this winter has not been a bad one. We haven't had much snow at all but it has dragged on forever!! Here we are the middle of April and we have had very few nice days. It's supposed to snow the next 3 days so it doesn't look like we'll be getting any good weather for a while. I am tired of the cold!!