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I should have posted this long ago.. but HERE SHE IS.... McKenzey (Kenzey) Olivia Sutton. Born July 10th, 2010. 8lbs 1 oz

A Family Favorite

One of our favorite things to do as a family since we moved has been going to the local dirt track! The boys LOVE LOVE IT!
Here are some pictures of our recent trip to watch the championships!


It was really cool and windy that night!


If you ask Wyatt what he wants to do on his birthday, he says go to the dirt race track! He is soooo in love with it! When we went the first time, he was mad that he had to leave early and Daddy and Carter got to stay late! This will continue to be a family favorite I believe!

How to carve the perfect pumpkin...

To carve the right pumpkin you
#1 - Draw out your plan


#2 - Draw it on your pumpkin
#3 - Hire the right help#4 - Keep a close eye on your hired help

#5- VOILA... the perfectly carved pumpkins...
Happy Harvest time!... Remember to let YOUR light shine!

BABYSITTING

BABYSITTING - or as Carter says... "Cousins' Camp daycare"... in short watching my 3 nieces is what my life has consisted of lately... It's been busy and interesting. Girls are DEFINETLY different than boys!
The smallest one is H - she is 6 months and little for her age! This girl is tough though, she's already made it through Wyatt "helping" get her our of the pack n play!!
Next up is A - she doesn't slow down or let the boys stop her! She has already been found hanging on to the outside rail of the deck - because she saw the boys doing it!

The oldest is B - she is a true firstborn! She and Carter have already butted heads a couple of times. This year she starts kindergarten.. so I will only be watching her on teacher work days.
I've been trying to think of things to keep them busy... so far we've colored, fought over the power wheels jeeps, played outside, fought over the power wheels jeeps, played inside.. fought over the ... you get the idea!

Dress up has been a big hit, but we don't have the girly dresses!We even visited the local children's museum! It was great a very small local place to go, but great to let the kids go and not worry about them!

It was a great place to explore and escape the heat!!
These two don't let the heat slow them down though...

Hot HUMID SOUTH

So we've done it.. we are officially MOVED!! It's been a week and a half since we left Michigan for the HOT HUMID south!! (I've really forgotten how HOT and HUMID it is down here! - We had such a mild summer in Michigan it's really been a shock!)
I hope to post more faithfully... now that we are somewhat "settled". Today was the first day of babysitting for me.. my three boys PLUS my three nieces! Six kids ages 6 - 6 months! It went well... there are things I need to work on, and creative new ideas to keep all the little hands busy!!!
For now.. I'll just share Carter's tour of our new house.. not sure that the sound works, but you can see it (hopefully)

Easter pictures!

Easter weekend was a lot of fun.
We had some friends (Tony and Mary) who live nearby come up and visit...
they brought their 4 wheelers (one is "Carter-sized")
and have left them in our care for the week!

I don't think this boy can stop smiling....



Wyatt was actually having fun.. you just can't tell it!
I boiled "some" (meaning a DOZEN) eggs to dye for Easter...
but then Bryan "remembered" blowing out the yoke of eggs with his Grandma when he was little....


So I left that up to him...

and the boys...

I wish I had gotten this a second later... Wyatt accidentally sucked in!!

Which left me with a DOZEN eggs in a huge bowl and LOTS of scrambled eggs the next day!

We dyed eggs on Friday night... and Mary helped Hayden put stickers on the eggs.

Carter even took a break from his Wii playing to decorate too.

As usual Hayden's the one who REALLY gets into it!

Although Wyatt HAD to do everything HIMSELF...

which was really tricky with the actual dying the egg part!

We gave the boys their Easter baskets on Saturday.. and idea I got from Holly's post the other day. It really helps separating the FUN of candy, eggs, baskets, Easter bunny with the REASON we celebrate Easter. Rejoicing in our Risen Saviour!

Hayden's basket....

Wyatt's basket

Carter's basket

On Easter we were in such a rush to get to church I forgot to get the boys picture BEFORE..

you never know what will be left AFTER!

So as soon as we got home I asked Bryan to take the boys picture while I got lunch ready...

This is what he got...

Oh.. and this... (notice Wyatt took off his shoe!!)
Fortunately his first picture was the best one!


Happy Easter.. He is RISEN and coming again!

Visit from the cousins

Last weekend we had a blast with Andrew (Bryan's Brother), Rachael and their THREE girls!! It was so much fun!This was the first time we got to meet Hannah or as Wyatt says "Hannah-baby". He couldn't get enough of her and constantly wanted to hold her!

We did make him surrender her so that Carter and Hayden would get a chance...by this point Hayden was "done holding"...
Carter took a break from his playing Wii to "talk" to Hannah! He even got her to coo and smile.

Bailey and the boys loved the tire swing And Bryan got to see his Andy... he really loves this little girl! It was nice to see that Wyatt isn't the only one going through the terrible twos right now!!! They were a busy busy mess together!