Did Someone Steal My Camera?

There is a very hard and fast rule in my house about my camera...NO ONE TOUCHES MY CAMERA. Nonetheless, everytime I go to download pictures, I always find plenty of pictures that I'm pretty sure that I didn't take. Usually, it is just KL who plays with the camera, but I'm pretty sure that these first few are from L, as she is the only one in the house who thinks this guy is totally unbelieber-able!! (yes I did!)

And now on to some of KL's highlights:

And she finally got the shots she was looking for!

Ritz Anyone?

A is very much an explorer these days. Whenever she sees a door open, she heads straight for it--especially if she can sense she shouldn't be in it. The rest of the kids haven't totally figured this out, and so therefore, don't always close doors that should be shut. Not too long ago, one of the kids left the pantry open, as well as opening a package of Ritz, then leaving them on the bottom shelf where they would be easily accessible for a future pantry raid. I walked into the kitchen that day to see this:





(By the way, I did do her hair this day. This was just late in the afternoon--long after she had pulled out half of her ponytails.)

Dual Loyalties

So, everyone knows we are first and foremost Bronco fans. Nothing has changed that, and frankly, probably every will--even if Spencer ends up playing someplace else in the future. Still... we can still like other teams.

I've always had a place in my heart for the Packers every since my summer I spent living 30 minutes from Green Bay just after my Freshman year of college. This has been compounded by having Tracey and Emma be a part of lives/family. When they were here visiting us in January, they brought each of the kids a shirt. Here they are wearing them on Superbowl Sunday.

A while back, we decided to have a little fun day with the preschoolers. We were going to try adn go to the zoo, but it was just too cold that day. Instead, we went to Bounce U. The kids absolutely loved it! In fact, us mom's had a lot of fun too. There were all sorts of big inflatable bounce houses and 1 huge slide. The slide was definitely the big hit. It was a blast! It is where spent most of our time.

KL going into a little inflatable obstacle course.

A was happiest playing on the floor with the little toys.

Jill and Lily

A
Me and KL

Me and KL

Gun

Mariana with A, Jill with Lily

Sam

KL, Julia, Gun

Gun, Annie, KL

Me holding A, someone holding KL and Mariana holding Lily
(I had lots of fun going down, but poor A was terrified. She could sense what would happen when we sat down at the top of the slid and she grabbed on with a death grip!)

Goodbye, Farewll

As we all know, all good things must come to an end. We had such a great time with Grandpa Allan and Grandma Shirley and were so sad to see them go. We really wish we could see them more, but are so thankful for the time we get. One morning, Shirley came upstairs after the kids had come down to make sure they were up so Grandpa and Grandma could walk them to school. She looked at me and said, "He is REALLY enjoying his grandkids." My response was, "They are REALLY enjoying him." (...and Grandma too, of course!!!)

Here are just some pictures of the morning they left.

Tepanyaki

While Dave's parents were here, we decided to take a little lunch date to a Tepanyaki restaurant. Since most of the kids were at school, we just got to take the littlest ones with us (much to the dismay of the 4 older). Anyway, it was a fun time for us!

Grandpa, Grandma, KL and A

A REALLY like the food! She loved this corn especially.

The chef was a cute kid who really seemed to cater to KL. She had fun!

She was both intrigued and terrified when they would do the big fire. I really loved this picture!

Here is a little video of the girls reaction to when he first lit the big fire.

Temple with Grandpa and Grandma

We got to have Grandpa Allan and Grandma Shirley come and see us a couple of weeks ago. Naturally, it was so much fun for all of us and it was over far too soon. I really do love my in-laws. Whenever I hear people express difficulties about their in-laws, I'm always surprised, because I just can't relate. The only complaint that I can come up with is that they are too far away and we don't get spend nearly enough time with them! Nonetheless, we tried to make the most of the time we did have with them, and we had some fun!

One special thing we got to do was to go and take David to the temple. This was his 2nd time. He got to go in December with our ward, but this was the first time I go to with any of my kids. It was such a special experience for me! My dad had some family names he was able to be baptized for and Grandpa Allan was able to preform those ordinances. My mom was also there with us since she had just finished her weekly temple shift, so Shirley, my mom and I were all able to watch.

Here is David with Grandpa and Grandma after.

Me and my baby boy!

The day before, I had taken Allan and Shirley to go and pick oranges. Allan really had fun. (In fact to quote him, "This is the most fun I've ever had in AZ.") I was telling them how great it is when the trees blossom in March because of how good they smell. Well, there was a tree that was blossoming on the temple grounds. The smell wasn't nearly as fragrant as normal, but you could still smell it. Here they are trying to catch a whiff.

Hot Air Balloon

A couple of weeks ago, a hot air balloon was floating around the sky really low pretty close our house. All the kids were having fun watching it. Suddenly, we realized it really was coming down next door to our house, so we decided to go and take a look. Sure enough, there is an empty lot just on the other side of us, and there was the balloon! We weren't the only people who decided to check out the spectacle. I think everyone in about a 1/2 mile radius was there. It ended up being quite a fun neighborhood event!

Jill and Lily

CK had been laying down all day sick, but she just couldn't resist the pull of the balloon!

Just as a point of reference, this is how close it was to our house. Our house is the roof you see between the 2 trees!

School Foorball

D just got done with school flag football. He worked hard to get on the team, and gave it his all every time. His team was undefeated in the regular season, but lost in the championship game. They played well, and we had lots of fun watching their games. I forgot to take out the camera whenever he was playing, but I did manage to get this cute picture of him on the sidelines during halftime.


Right after the district championship game for the 7th graders, was the championship for teh 8th graders. My little brother Roman's team had been undefeated during their regular season. Unfortunately, they too, lost, but once again, they played great and it was fun to watch! Roman had a few amazing catches. Here he is as he was about to catch an interception.

We also got to enjoy this fabulous sunset! :)

Look, Ma! No Tooth! (Part 2)

I'm happy to report that CK finally lost her second tooth. Thankfully, this time it was far less traumatic then when her first tooth was lost. This time, I was doing her hair talking about how she was nervous about going to the dentist in case he wanted to take her tooth out. I told her to show me her tooth. Sure enough, it was just gone! She didn't believe me at first, but she finally stuck her finger in her mouth and noticed it was gone. At hearing this, L ran downstairs and found a nice envelope under her pillow from the Tooth Fairy. What a pleasant surprise! She went to bed with a tooth still securely in her mouth, and woke up with not tooth, but a dollar! This is truly the way to go! She has absolutely no recollection of how it came out. She's not complaining though!