Truman's Birthday

Friday was Truman's birthday but Justin was gone on a fly fishing trip, so Truman had to wait until Justin got home on Saturday night to get his cake and presents. Something tells me he didn't really mind.

He was so fun to watch and actually caught on to the present unwrapping pretty fast.

I think he was more excited for a big box to climb on than to actually play with his lawn mower.

I had to get a little bubble lawn mower because they always remind me of Clay.
When Clay was little, our neighbor girl had a little bubble lawn mower and he would sneak over to their house every day and steal it. He's pretty smart because my parents finally bought him his own so he'd leave hers alone.

I can already tell Truman and I are going to spend many hours together this summer.

I was trying to find a good idea for a cake and came across this little monkey one. I always call Truman "my little monkey", so this was perfect. Oh, and don't mind the creepy face. I couldn't find the black licorice ropes I needed and the only thing I could find in my cupboards were sliced almonds. I know it looks a little scary but it tasted delicious. And guess what kind of cake is inside? You bet ya, banana!! Mmm, yum!

I think he liked it!!

We hope you had a fun day, Truman, you're getting way too big!!

Happy Birthday, TRUMAN

Today is Truman's big day!! He is now a great big one year old. What a fun year it has been.

Happy Birthday, Mr. Tru!

Manwaring Adventures

So, here's just a recap of what we did last week.

Monday night we went and flew kites for FHE.

Anna and Ellie
Truman, Ogden, Anna, and Justin

Ogden

Ogden and Anna


Wednesday night Justin wanted to head up to Wolverine to pick out a camping spot for his scouts for Friday night, so we went along. I didn't think he was serious when he mentioned hiking up to forty horse cave or we would have dressed a little more appropriately. We'll just say, Justin, Ellie, and Truman were the only hikers with good shoes on.

We still had fun, though.

For Christmas, Justin's sister, Natalie, gave us a book called Back Country Roads Idaho, or something like that. Justin has been aching to go hunt down one of the spots in the book, so on Saturday, we headed out to a part of Idaho I didn't even know existed to find a waterfall.

The kids were starving for some lunch when we were only about 4 miles from our spot, so we finally gave in and let them eat. There was sagebrush everywhere, so we had to picnic in the back of the truck.

When we were about 3 miles from our spot, we had to turn around because there was too much snow on the road. We all had such a fun time all crammed in the car together, though, that we'll probably attempt it in a few weeks when the snow has melted.

Easter Weekend

I know I'm a little late with this post, but we still had a fun time. All of my family was in town for Easter weekend, so the five oldest girls had a sleepover at our house on Friday night. We watched movies, stayed up amazingly late for such little girls, painted nails and did a lot of hair.

Anna, Avery, Clara, Addie, and Ellie getting ready for bed.
All the girls after hair and nails had been done Saturday morning.

On Saturday we had an Easter egg hunt where the younger kids were paired with older kids. The kids had a blast.

Owen and Ellie

Ben and Anna

Ogden and Addie

Truman


And of course, it wouldn't be Easter without some new duds.

How on earth do you get a picture of all four kids posing at the same time?

Justin is 32!!

Happy Birthday to one great guy!!

Jedi Knights

This is pretty much a daily occurrence at our house.

And don't worry, Easter weekend posts will be coming soon.

Dogsitting

Last week during spring break we watched Justin's friend's dog, Breaker. The kids had a fun time and quite the learning experience. Ellie has stopped asking for a little white puppy (she was afraid of him almost the whole time), and Anna and Ogden aren't ready for all of the responsibility. It's a good thing, because I now know I will probably never have an inside dog.

Breaker's biggest fan was Truman. When were getting ready to go the other day, we put Breaker on his leash. As soon as Truman found it, he decided to take him for a walk. It was so adorable.

The KIDS had a fun time and were even asking where he was yesterday.