WELCH FAMILY

Friday, March 13, 2015

Charles is 6!

Here it is! The last of the birthdays in the winter version of 'Welch Birthday Season'!

Charles turned six on March 8. I just don't know where the time has gone.

We were leaving on the 7th for our Spring Break Vacation trip to Idaho so we celebrated a day early, before we left town. We did the usual...sing Happy Birthday, blow out the candles, take gargantuan pieces of cake but only eat 3 bites, 'Heavy, heavy hangover thy poor head' game, open gifts and celebrate the life of this special kid!

Charles, you're a fun, unique boy who is a fantastic part of our family. We love you SO much!!

Charles and his rather lop-sided ocean cake

Trying not to smile while being sung to

got 'em all!

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Looks like all he got is tissue paper. Hoorah!

He got some puzzles, money, a superhero cape set, a new retro look cowboy lunchbox and a certificate for a new Lego set. Good stuff!

Cut to show the colorful layers in his cake. It was yummy :)

Sunday, March 01, 2015

Thru the Month - Feb 2015

Random event and pictures from February:

Had a fun time at Pack Meeting/Scout Banquet

There was a marshmallow war...

I love this picture even though it's blurry. So cute!

The Vaqueras have a Preview night for the community to see what all their hard work has been for, then they head off to State Drill Team in Richfield

Hannah-2nd from left, kneeling

I helped decorate their bus...Hannah is kneeling in the aisle

We watched the competition on the Internet...love that they stream it live!

Sadie is starting to look very grown up....and she likes the Photo Booth app on the Mac ;)

The kitchen cabinet painting project continues...

More Lego creating going on

Some target practice....

Charles and Soren and some BB guns

Made and decorated valentine cookies-LOVE these cute blonde boys!

Montana gets some love at BYU-I

We got more snow to reblanket the ground...Love how the sun is only shining on the mountain with a soft rosy light....

History Fair.
yay. Not.
This year it's Sadie's turn.

In an effort to keep caught up on the boy's homework, I try to have a special homework time right after school with snacks. Homework, by Feb, is old and no one wants to do it anymore.

Even James gets out his workbooks to do homework with the other boys.

They look enthralled with whatever Soren is reading to them, don't they?

Soren has fun at scouts. I think they learned about plants and then they got to paint a tractor...love how his is a Ninjago tractor!

James helps me make his birthday cake. He has always liked to 'make'.

(probably so he can lick the beaters)

Here he is enjoying his creation...and he's 4!!

My baby is 4!

Every year starting in January with Soren's birthday we enter one of our "birthday seasons" where we have a couple or more birthdays within a few days of each other. We have two boys with birthdays in

February, the oldest (Jordan turned 26) and the youngest, James. This year James was hitting the big 4! It hardly seemed possible that my baby could be turning 4. Very soon we will hit the point where it will have been the longest time in my married life that I have not been pregnant or holding a new baby. I have been counting forward to that point and it's nearly here. Yikes, it makes me feel old.

Anyway, James helped make his own cake since he really likes to cook with me. (And lick the beaters!)

Another low-key family birthday celebration. We lit candles, sang, and he blew them out. Then he got to open his gifts and then the eating(wasting) of cake began. I don't know why my kids like to take huge pieces of cake, take two bites, then throw the rest away, but that's how it almost always plays out. Oh, well.

This year James got a super hero cape and mask, some transformer type toys and a new cool retro/vintage lunchbox with cowboys on it, also lots of money that he promptly spent on new Legos, Legos are the toys of choice around here and are well worth the cost. They entertain my little guys for hours and days on end,

Happy Birthday James!! We are so blessed to have you in our family. You keep us hopping and add lots of excitement to our lives. Hopefully your dad and I will survive your growing up years. Whew!!