Our QT boy!

Marshall is getting so big! He is walking everywhere now. He loves when we will "chase" him (especially around the ottoman), although he is not too steady on his feet while running. He falls often as per the usual for our kids. A few little face and head bruises here and there, but overall he is getting around very well now. Too well maybe...Marshall is into everything! I need to baby-proof stat--he is constantly into cupboards, climbing, and "escaping" to the upstairs. I noticed his 2 bottom front molars are swelling up and causing some crankiness. They look like they will pop through the gums anytime. Poor baby:(
He will be able to eat really well once they are in though. Marshall thinks he has to have what everyone else has so we have to be careful of what we eat in front of him. You can only chew so well with 8 front teeth. His little personality is really starting to bloom. He is very funny--loves to make people laugh. He has perfected the "fake" laugh and uses it often, especially if he is about to get in trouble for doing something he shouldn't. Marshall can be a bit goofy sometimes, but always adorable!
The girls are in their last week of 3rd grade and Kindergarten. Ashlyn passed her KG assessment testing with flying colors. I hope she can hand all-day school next year (really the end of July). I am sooooooo excited for her to go all day. I think she will have more fun and not be so bored for half the day while Tally is gone. Tally is just ready for whatever comes next. She is full of sass, but is very sweet and helpful when she wants to be. I hope we can fit a lot of summer into the next 3 weeks before they go back to school.

June Fun

We have been soooo busy this June so far. The girls are still in school for another month, but we have tried to fit a bit of summer in. Well, when the weather cooperates that is! Tally has turned 9. A very fun day at Cowabunga Bay Water Park and then a Salt Lake BEES game with fireworks that night. I cannot believe she is 9! She is loving guitar and practices just about every day. My mom gave her the old "Schirack" guitar that I learned on. It is big for her, but fits her better than the little pink one she got from Christmas. She received a new "big" skateboard, helmet, and pads for every part of her body I could cover. She is awesome on it though. I am very nervous for her to take it to the skate park, but that is what she is looking forward to. Wow. I never thought I would type a sentence like that! Tals will be in 4th grade next year and I just cannot stand it. She is growing up so fast! They all are. Ashlyn just had her 1st "lunch" at school. She memorized her lunch number with vigor! I think it was the easiest homework assignment ever:) She is soooo looking forward to all day 1st grade and so am I! Marshall started walking while we were rafting in California. He was very close before we left--taking 5 or 6 steps here and there, but the second we leave town- BAM he is mobile! It is soooo adorable to watch him toddle-waddle everywhere. He seems to be turning into a little boy every day right in front of our eyes. Rob and I both have nasty colds right now. Miserable, but we are trying to keep busy and get some stuff done around the house. I am cleaning out the basement and mudroom. He is cleaning out the garage and fixing up the backyard. Always so much to do!
We went to California for a little V-K to visit Sowells and go river-rafting. It was a blast! More successful than our last attempt at being one with nature. We spent a day in San Francisco just the 2 of us and ate at the Stinking Rose restaurant with all of the Sowells that evening...so much fun. We cannot wait to have them visit at the end of July and go to Vegas at the first of August for Rob's Birthday. It will be a busy summer for sure!