Drum roll please....

So, you wonder what bigger announcement there could be than my last post?

Three letters. CPA.

We are so happy for Doug.

Can we add more crazy to this?

I am catching up by posting most of our late summer fun. This could be picture overload, but it has been a lot of fun.

A hike up the gorge

Sauvie's Island Half

4th of July celebrations

The boys ready for the show

Travis is home from Switzerland!

The Salt Lake Temple

Congratulations Scott and Clarissa!

Mt Hood from the sky

Favorite rides at the Clark County Fair

So the question is: Can we add any more crazy to this?

YOU BET! Baby Lacher #4 debuts the first of March.

kids photoshoot

The kids got their pictures taken a few weeks ago. I am so happy with how they turned out! This is all I had time to upload, so I will post more favorites later.

Wanna see more fabulous photos by Lindsi? Go here

High Five!

Gabriella's birthday has been a highlight of this month! Five years old is so big and we had a blast celebrating with her.

One of her gifts was a kids camera. Now she'll quit stealing my phone to take pictures. We've done picture scavenger hunts, and she loves editing photos and putting a pigs nose or sombrero on anyone she can.

Grandpa's are great for stories. Hyrum was captivated until Grandpa took out his pocket knife... then he ran for his life.

Gabby got to have a BBQ birthday with sprinkler and slip and slide. We were lucky that the weather turned sunny at the last minute. The kids couldn't get enough of the water.

Especially Lulu!



We were invited camping up in Carson with lots of friends this weekend. The Klingers were so awesome to open up their home and property for our use. They set up a projector and the kids watched Kung Fu Panda while we sat around the fire. It was really relaxing. Hyrum "loved the dogs and motorcycles the best" (They were really ATVs)



Having a heart to heart with Jada.

Giggling with her friends on her last day of preschool. I am so sad. Kindergarten here we come!

We love Miss Carolyn!

Milestones and other stuff

This seemed to be the week of firsts. Gabriella learned how to ride her bike without training wheels on our outing to the park for family night. She still gets scared and forgets to watch where she's going (that pole came out of nowhere!), but she is doing really great.

First haircut-compliments of Gabriella. This is how I found LaurieAnn Saturday afternoon along with a pile of hair. I seriously left the kids for two minutes. Gabby cut her own hair (not too bad, she just has some cute layers now) and Lulu's piggy's. She is still cute even with those stubs.

The repair.



Love the new bangs girlfriend! Gabby cried pretty hard when I made her empty her piggybank to pay for the haircuts.

Okay, so it wasn't my first mother's day. But it was my first handmade mothers day gift. Look at this beauty of a broach that I have been wearing ever since. Bling!



First time Hyrum emptied the dishwasher. I didn't get a picture, but this was taken on mother's day. And what better gift to give your mother than help around the house. I woke up and he announced he had unloaded the silverware and put it away for me. I couldn't bring myself to tell him they were dirty....



You guys all know I am way into repurposing clothes. I found several ideas online for making shirt dresses, and decided to try my hand at one. This is one of Doug's old dress shirts that was torn.


Perfect summer dress for Gabriella. I love how it turned out!

Update

I have finally spent some time on the computer today to catch up on some 50+ emails and update my blog. The first three pictures are from Doug's surgery about ten days ago. The surgery was fine, but Doug reacted to the anesthesia and had a seizure while he was coming out. Scary. I felt like I was watching something on television. For those who don't know-Doug tore his ACL and did some meniscis damage to his knee back in December. Chalk another one up to church ball. Things are fine now and finally getting back to normal after the demolition of our house and all that. The goal is to be off crutches by the end of the week. Here are some photos of the damage. Again I apologize, my camera is on its last leg.

Easter photos. I loved these costco fairy dresses.

Sleeping in a fort while mom and dad work on the new floors.

Yummy dinner mom! I thought this was so cute because you can only see the pigtails.