General Conference Weekend, April 2019 edition

We enjoyed a great conference weekend. The kids took notes on every talk to earn a prize from Monka, and it really kept them engaged and trying to listen. It was awesome.

Tyler mowed the lawn between sessions on Saturday and had an eager little helper.

I think it was Max who brought me this sweet bouquet.

These kids are so lucky to have a wonderful dad who leads them so well! I love this picture.

Three generations of Juergens men at the Priesthood session that night.

We went to Gigi and Poppy's house on Sunday. It rained a good part of the day.

The boys kept checking on their captive lizard (in the bin outside the door) and watching the rain.

Gigi got cute baskets and goodies for the kids, and Poppy hid some Easter eggs for them to find!

I was massaging Tyler's shoulders for a minute and Harvey must have noticed. He came up behind me and attempted to massage my neck, asking me, "Does that feel good, Mom?" 

Then it became a family massage train! Pretty funny. It was a great weekend.

Max turns 5!

Our newly minted 5-year old!

Max asked for Legos for his birthday. He was so excited to open them.

His birthday fell on a preschool day and we took in sugar cookies to his class. He chose the bunny and the white frosting and was happy with them, rough-looking as they were.

The kids get to wear this birthday hat at preschool.

He spent a lot of the rest of the day putting together Legos. He loved following the instructions.

He requested Mod Pizza for dinner and cupcakes. We had fun celebrating this sweet boy!

Max also got a baseball mitt for his birthday and has had fun playing catch in the yard with whoever is available.

Some things about Max at 5 years old:

- Max loves his routine. When he knows what is expected of him he does it without a fuss (mostly). Changing things up is not his favorite - he likes to do the same things in the same order! 

- He is a good little reader but math is his favorite. My personal favorite are his drawings and the way he is figuring out how to spell.

- Max is a great brother, in every sense of the word. He and Harvey especially like to wrestle and be rough with each other, and tease each other lots. It's pretty cute.

- He is a great eater. Sometimes when trying something new he says, "I already know I'll like it" which is a great attitude in my opinion!

- Max loves intensely. When he learns about something it is the only thing on his mind for a while. He has been through trains, cars, dinosaurs, DinoTrux, Transformers, and most recently Pokemon. His focus will take him far in life.

- He is our shy guy and more quiet in general, which makes it all the more cute when he busts out in a   cute giggle.

- Max is good at memorizing things and is loving learning the Articles of Faith this year.

We love our Maxwell! Happy birthday!!

Little things March

Max drew the story of Samuel the Lamanite. I love his drawings and his spelling!

I went to a fun Relief Society conference and we painted pineapples.

It's neat to go to stake events and have family there! We're so lucky to live close.

Got to have a park playdate with Charlee and her kids. It's always fun to see them! 

Our kids are all pretty close in age! 

Max was waiting for his friend to come over and sat in the entry way for probably 20 minutes!

This boy loves math and was so excited to finish his workbook so he could start the next one.

We went for a walk/ride around the lake and Harvey fell at one point. I offered him a ride in the stroller but he insisted on finishing, even if he was still crying. It was so sad and funny.

Another walk/ride, this time with Tyler as he had a random Friday at home with us.

Not the most effective golf technique.

Tyler went to the store with the kids for some birthday party gifts and came home with several classic games for us too! We've had so much fun introducing the kids to Operation, Twister, Battleship, etc.

Sometimes when Harvey is talking to you he feels the need to be inside your personal space, and touching you. It cracks me up every time.

Watching home videos in Mom and Dad's bed is one of the kids' favorite Sunday activities.

After seeing these styrofoam planes online we had to try one out! They are so fun. Tyler and I had just as much fun as the kids. Maybe more.

Max is really good at card games, and he loves to play them lately. 

I was working out and Harvey was enjoying watching from the comfort of his makeshift bed on the ottoman.

Millie did a project about wolves for school and made an oatmeal container into a wolf. Thanks to Sharon for the picture when we got to the bus stop and I realized I didn't have mine but wanted a pic!

Probably the last cold snap, which is too bad because he looks so cute in hats.

Max had his first field trip! His preschool class went to the Oil Ranch and had a great time. He looked so cute in his preschool shirt.

Harvey and I had the whole park to ourselves. I'm not great at doing fun things when I have just one kid with me but I'm always glad when we do.

Harvey loves granola and calls it "gorilla." He likes to eat it right out of the bag, even if he has something yummy to put it in, like yogurt or a smoothie. Or both in this case haha.

Thanks to the Target dollar spot for outfitting me and the kids with sunglasses. $6 worth of sunglasses in this picture! Amazing.

And a Batman sighting at Walmart.

Sunday family walk. We did this a lot in the spring, knowing it'd get too hot soon!

Fun with cousins

We had several visitors in March! On the Juergens side, Heidi and Wes came and we got to meet baby Morgan and see Garrett and McKenna. We had fun playing and catching up with them.

Harvey loves to pretend to take pictures with the pretend phone in the playhouse. He'll even go so far as to say, "That was a good one!" after taking one. 

Baby Morgan!

Myra was the only Juergens cousin missing here!

Gigi of the year right here! Heidi and I were both not allowed to bounce with babies in our bellies, so Gigi bounced with the kids.

Harvey had a great time, I think he was crying because he knew it was time to go haha.

Frozen yogurt!

We also got to see the Webbs over spring break. Met up with them at NASA and everyone learned they did not want to be astronauts when they grow up! Haha we learned some interesting things. It was very crowded, serves us right for going over spring break. Still a good time. Not pictured was a yummy dinner with them and Grandma and Grandpa and Tim and Lauren at Mia's Table. We love that place.

Harvey loves Eva so much!