March Picture Post

 Here are pictures from my phone and Sean's phone and my camera from last month.

It's my second post of the day and another long post full of lost of random pictures.

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First is a picture of my impressive lacing card skills. I did this masterpiece during stake conference.

The kids played outside a lot as soon as it started warming up.

The kids sure do love that dirt area on the border between our yard and the Robinson's.

Here's Eli and Ruby watching my neighbor James 

put a concrete strip under the fence between our yards.

Ruby fell asleep while we were in the front yard. 

Neighbors kept coming over and saying hi and I was out there for a long time

 and she just fell asleep while waiting for me to put her down for a nap.

I've been wanting to buy Eli a balance bike for about a year now.
I finally decided to buy him one for his half birthday which is coming up.

I ordered it online.

It came while I was out and Sean opened the box and gave it to Eli that day.

We celebrated Pi day with homemade apple pie.

Lexi kept leaving hints around the house about us getting new bunnies.

She decided that she wanted Lion head bunnies this time so she could put bows in their manes.

Ever since Olaf and Sven died, we've been watching A LOT of Youtube videos of bunnies.

We've learned so much about rabbits that we didn't know before.

Here we are one day watching videos. Lexi was home sick from school.

(Notice the throw up bowl.)

More sickness. A nasty stomach bug this time.

Eli and Camdon one night when we went to the Nelson's house for dessert.

An afternoon with Roonie and Alma who are both Avery's age.

Our first ice cream cones of the year.

Reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid before bed. Even Eli likes to listen.

Trying on her new Easter dress she got in package from Grandma and Grandpa.

Sean and I made these displays for the kids' art.

I want to get some vinyl about it that says, "Christensen Family Wall of Fame."

Ruby playing with her maraca that my parents bought her in Mexico.

Spending the day with our friends, the Russell's, during spring break.

We became friends when we lived in Rexburg and have kept in touch all these years.

Erin and I are two peas in a pod with our seven, soon to be eight, kids together.

Ruby wanting to hold my hand in the car.

Lexi's play dough creations.

The girls all dress up for Dr. Seuss week, this was Green Eggs and Ham day.

Eli playing with Hadlie who is 6 months older than him and our next door neighbor.

She's a tough cookie and these two play together great.

Whenever my kids are outside, there are always neighborhood kids over.

This is a normal view for me. I love it.

More Dr. Seuss week. Oh the Places You'll Go day.

So dress up like what you want to be when you grow up.

Lexi is a vet and Avery is a dancer.

More outside time. Whenever is warm and/ or sunny, my kids are outside.

And that' the way it should be!

Avery LOVES matching Ruby. She will try to coordinate their outfits whenever she can.

We "adopted" a stray cat last fall. And last month he or she, we're not sure, went missing for a week.

It was not long after we lost the bunnies. Sean and I both thought that Shadow was gone for sure.

We were about to tell the kids that and bring in his house when he showed up out of the blue.

Every since then he's hung around our house a lot more. And now Eli is always trying to hold him.

And Shadow just let's him. He's such a good sport.

Eli playing with his friend Carter who lives on our street.

Eli and Hadlie playing together again.

Lexi and Avery playing with Ella who is Lexi's age and lives on our street.

Dog pile on Ella. 

(You can see in the background the fence panels down while James put in the cement strip under it.)

Ruby modeling Avery's new helmet.

I went to my friend Hannah's baby shower for her son Samuel.

I joke that she's naming him after me.

(She's my second college roommate to do that.)

Me, Hannah and Melissa. I absolutely love these ladies! 

When we were roommates we became sisters!

Eli digging in his construction site.

I love that happy little smile!

Eli sick again. He wanted to go outside but just didn't have the energy to play. 

So he fell asleep instead.

Ruby loves the pictures of the "baby" on the wall.

Eli and Camdon looking at Shadow.

Happy girl!

Eli and Seth enjoying the dirt.

We spent a Saturday in Lehi with our friends, the Boyers. 

We met in Rexburg and have been friends since we were all engaged.

Our kids are all friends and always have fun when we get together.

Here are the girls doing a fashion show.

Me and Aubrey with our babies. These two were born within weeks of each other.

Our seven kids together. Haha. You have to laugh at how un-photogenic my children are.

Eli and Lucy are a year a part and we're brainwashing Eli into marrying Lucy.

If you ask him who his girlfriend is, he'll say Lucy.

And if you ask him who he is going to marry, he'll say Lucy.

I had a girls' night with some of my West Jordan friends one weekend to celebrate Lindsay's 30th.

Lindsay and I bought matching jammies to surprise our husbands with.

We're awesome like that!

And that was a lot of pictures!