Harper's blessing

Harper was blessed on conference weekend while Kevin and Kay were in town. We were so grateful they could be here and that Grandma and Grandpa Riska were able to be with us too!

Grandma Kay and Grandpa Tingey

Grandma and Grandpa Turnbow

These two are the most loving and selfless people I know. They have a beautiful marriage. I love this picture because you can see the love and happiness they have together!

Four generations!

Memorial Day!

We always pull out the camera when we see cute smiles, but I have to put this picture on here for the records. I always laughed at this shirt, because Harper has been such a fussy baby and she always seemed to be more fussy when she wore this shirt that says "I love to smile!" We love her smiles, but for the first few months of life they were few and far between for her!

Have we mentioned how much Benson loves little babies? He soaked up little Nora's cuteness all evening!

Spencer's puppet show!

Here's the balloon that Grandpa Turnbow gave Harper when she was born. Three months old and though it's a little deflated it is still flying! Pretty amazing!

We spent Memorial Day in Tabiona. When I was growing up it was always the rule that you can learn to drive the four wheeler when you were 8 years old. Since Spencer was a week away we gave it a whirl! He still has to ride with an adult, and is not quite strong enough to change gears on his own, but he had fun and liked being the driver! 

That's his "I'm focused" face!

Always a fun time on the zipline!

Spring Break fun!

Congrats to Amber and Clark for graduating from BYU! We are going to miss you, but have fun on your new adventure in North Carolina!

This was Harper's first time meeting Grandpa Tingey. I wish I had a better picture of the two of them, but this was also Spencer and Benson's birthday gifts to Grandma and Grandpa (aka April Fools Day birthday gifts - a box of tissue and a little cap with a bow!) 

Spring Break and off track time came a month after Harper was born. Four weeks with all the kids home and a new born was a challenge, but we made it through and made some fun memories along the way!

We spent a day at This is the Place Monument with Carol and Cindy

panning for Gold

We visited the scales and tales museum. The boys didn't mind getting up close with the animals, but Lilly kept her distance!

We also got to spend some time with old friends! We spent some time with Tami and her kids!

The library has been my lifesaver! We spend so much time there, and then come home with new books and they spend several more hours looking through the books some more!

Brooks was super excited about his new hobby! He's been working towards this for a while! Now it;s time to get training for Lotoja in the fall!

Erika came to Utah during her Spring Break in Minnesota and we spent an afternoon together! She is an amazing young women, I admire her and being with her makes me miss working with the youth even more!

 Just because . . . I hope she never loses her spunky personality! She makes me smile all the time!

Spencer lost his first tooth over Spring Break! 2nd grade and his first tooth! Hoping the others are soon to follow!

Fun at Grandma's with the cousins and Aunt Rebecca!

We were priviledged to take Rebecca to the BYU creamery for ice cream for the first time! I don't know how you go to BYU for a year and not go to the creamery! It's ok, we enjoyed it and we'll have to make sure she goes again!

Remember this picture? 1 baby here, 2 to go. This was the last week Melissa was going to be around before her baby comes.

Spring . . . Or is it?

We love our free stuff! Free Rita's ice - First Day of Spring!

Easter Fun

Grandpa Turnbow brought this balloon to the hospital for Harper. She is now a month old and it is still flying high!

March 28, 2016 and we got some more snow! We love our Spring snowmen!

Walking on the moon! We met up with the Palmer's (friends from Tucson) and explored the Clark Planetarium in Salt Lake. It was so much fun to see Angela and her family again.

One month old and just too cute!

Lilly is obsessed with dancing! Luckily Benson was feeling generous one day and offered to teach her how to dance! It was too cute watching the two of them dance together!