My little deal maker.

I have to tell this story about Ashleigh.
Last week I was watching her in Elders Quorum. Our Elders sit in a circle so we can all see each other. Ash was wandering around quietly visiting each person in the circle as she does. She happened upon Brother Eyre who has a new iPhone. He had the phone out, reading scriptures and was resting his arms on his knees. So Ash walked up and tried to grab it because she loves the latest technology. Brother Eyre gently pushed her hands away and she walked back to where I was sitting. She then got her back of animal crackers and went back. She put them up by his hand until he took the crackers. Then she tried again to take the iPhone. It was clearly a trade and I'm sure she thought a good one. She loves her crackers. Half of the elders saw this little transaction and there was alot of muffled laughter and smiles around the circle.
I thought some of you might enjoy that story. I will never forget it.
Jeff

Easter in Tucson

Our friends from Tuscon invited us down for the weekend. Here are some highlights. We went to a community party where the kids were able to climb rock walls, bounce on blow up bouncers, and go on a massive Easter Egg hunt. Here is Logan climbing the wall.

Dyeing Easter Eggs - Makenzie, Logan, and friend Virginia.
Here is the two youngest - Ashleigh and George. They seemed to have a good time together.

And of course - Sunday best picture. By this time Ashleigh had had enough and was ready for a nap.

Grandma's are great!

Before Going to Tucson my mom had the kids come over so that she could give them a surprise for Easter. She made fudge and molded it into an egg shape. Then she put the kids' names on them. And the real fun part was she let them go crazy decorating them with the rest of the icing. The kids had a blast. Ashleigh mostly enjoyed eating the icing. Both Logan and Makenzie used their artistic abilities and spent about 30 minutes on their egg.

Fun At Grandma's

We had the opportunity to go down to Jeff's mom's house with Aunt Jill and cousin Cohen for a couple of days during spring break. The kids had a great time.

Logan being superman on the fun tire swings.
Ashleigh loves to play in the sand now.

A new favorite. Playing in the canal behind grandmas house. They loved throwing rocks and sticks in the water.

Camping Fun

We went on our ward camp out this weekend and had a great time. Well except when it was time to sleep.

The kids eating our gourmet meal of hot dogs and hamburgers.

Logan and best bud Brody using logs as guns.

Makenzie and good friend Macie posing for a picture.

Ashleigh who loved the chocolate peanut butter rice crispy treats a little too much.

Mystery

We went yesterday to have an ultrasound to find out whether we are having a boy or girl. The baby didn't cooperate. He was positioned so that the doctor couldn't get a real good look and the umbilical cord was between the baby's legs. The doctor said if he had to guess he'd guess a girl but he wasn't willing to commit to that. Anyway we'll take another look next month. Here is a profile of our baby.

Logan's Soccer Season

We signed Logan up for the winter soccer season. He had a good time. It was funny, at first he was afraid to get in there to get the ball. He didn't want to kick anyone. Then I explained to him that is the reason everyone wears shin guards. He was more aggressive after that. He finished his season on Saturday. His team didn't have the best record but they had fun and learned a lot. Here he is playing goalie.

Just For Laughs

I can always count on my kids to make me smile.

A Valentines Day Poem

ROSES ARE RED

VIOLETS ARE BLUE...

WE'RE EXPECTING A BABY IN AUGUST

BELIEVE ME, WE ARE AS SURPRISED AS YOU!!!

We went to the doctor today and here is a picture of our newest family member. I held my breath until the doctor said, "Looks like just one." Everyone I know has gotten pregnant with twins lately. I'm due August 20th. And yes I did freak when I found out! Jeff was really calm which helped a lot. We told the two older kids today. Logan says the baby is a boy. He was right with Makenzie & Ashleigh wonder if he'll be right this time. Any other guesses?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASHLEIGH!

WARNING - LONG POST AHEAD

We have had a very busy holiday season. Here is what has been going on. Christmas was great. We decided to concentrate on what the kids really wanted and it was a success.Here is Makenzie in her car. She drove it around everywhere for the first week. If she needed to go to the bathroom, she jumped in her car to get there.Logan is a true gamer now. He loves the PSP we got him almost as much as his dad loves it. He is getting really good at the games and like to take it on our trips out to Aunt Lorras for something to do.Ashleigh loves ELMO! She had a lot of fun on Christmas morning, mostly playing with the wrapping paper. She loves having her elmo doll.

We spent Christmas night with Jeff's side of the family. They had a good time exchanging gifts and playing in the leaves of Aunt Jill's big beautiful tree.We also got together with my side of the family a few days after Christmas. Christmas just kept going. We ate yummy food made by my nephew and opened more presents.

Good Times

Santa Phobia Returns!!!

Logan got out of school early today so we thought we would take a trip to see Santa. While Makenzie seems to have recovered from Santa Phobia, Ashleigh recently developed it. Actually, Makenzie was crying in line but Jeff was able to calm her down. There was no way she was sitting on his lap though and Logan at 70 lbs is getting too big. Maybe Ashleigh would have been fine if we hadn't handed her off to some strange guy in a red suit and white beard. We don't know what Logan is doing with his arm. Good Times!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

The kids had a great time decorating the tree. Ok so two of them decorated while the other snacked. As you can see, Makenzie even dressed up for the occasion!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Here is one of my favorite pilgrims.

Are those turkey feathers?

And for your entertainment my oldest pilgrim sings a Thanksgiving song.


I have many things to be thankful for this Thanksgiving but most of all I am thankful for my three wonderful children and my husband. Hope you have a great holiday!

Happy Birthday Jeff!

A Birthday shoutout to my husband. I can't imagine my life without him. He is a great father and husband! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

AND THE EMMA GOES TO . . .

Last night our the young women in our ward had their Evening in Excellence at the Emmas. We had everyone dress up in prom dresses and passeD out "Emmas" (gold spray painted Mrs. Butterworths syrup bottles) to all the girls. We had a red carpet event with the papparazi too. This is why I love my calling. It's so much fun and we really do have great young women!

9 is FINE

Oh how we love this girl! She turned 9 months on the 18th. She has the best attitude and continually smiles, except those on occasions when your not feeding her fast enough. She is a pro-crawler, she babbles all the time, and she is pulling herself up to furniture and walking around it. She also loves her brother and sister - her face lights up everytime they enter the room. She still doesn't have any teeth but makes do and gums things to death if she's eating table food.

HALLOWEEN HAPPENINGS

Makenzie and friend Macie Trick-or-Treating on Halloween. They had a great time.

Here is the cutest witch you ever did see. See only kept the hat on for the picture.



My sister Pam came down for the weekend so all the cousins, but a few got together Saturday night and went to the trunk-or-treat at the church. Logan is on the right. He was 4-arms from Ben10. They had a good time together.

AHH MEXICO!!

We just spent 5 days in Rocky Point and had a great time. It was a nice little family vacation. We went down with some friends from our ward.

Ashleigh spent most of her time at the beach under the easy up shade. She loved just sitting in her pack n play and enjoying the nice breeze that came off of the ocean. I guess she got a little hungry and tried to eat the pole. The older kids loved the beach. Makenzie spent her days playing in the sand. She thought the water was too cold. She also didn't want to swim with the fish. One morning there were so many schools of fish close to the shore. They were so thick that the water looked black.
We couldn't keep Logan out of the water. This was on Sunday and we told him to only put his feet in the water. By the time we headed back up to camp he was wet up to his neck. He loved being out there in the waves. The current kept on pushing him down shore and we had to call him back several times.

Dance Class