Sunday, March 29, 2009

Tutus and CARS!










Lily and Jake have had a very exciting and fun past few weeks. Not only did we go to Baja last week, but the week before that Lily had her first Ballet recital! She was awesome! I had been forewarned by other parents that I shouldnt expect much, and that she most likely would be running to me. She didnt do any of that! It was a very short recital, there was just her class, and about 2 songs. So it was short and sweet, and she danced every step (almost) and really paid attention to what she was doing! She really was adorable. So the picture above is her with her teacher after the performance. I will get the video of her as soon as I can but I videoed it with the camcorder and I have no idea how to get it on the computer, so hopefully soon! Oh yeah and I made Lilys tutu isnt it cute?


Jakes school put on the KINDY500! We had to make a car and the only real stipulations were that he had to be able to carry it around all day at school comfortably. So Nephi went to work and created a masterpiece first shaping a box, and then shaping "Lightning" out of foam-o-fill stuff, then he added a thin paper skin. The paint job looks awesome, huh? and the tires are marie calendar pie tins, so they have that really shiny rim! Jake felt really cool all day at school. They did the coolest things too. They had drive ins for drinks and popcorn, and a drive in movie! The had some of the Police Officer dads in uniform there writing tickets for a red light green light game! It was so much fun! We cannot wait until Lilys turn, she already wants a pink car! What a fun and extremely busy couple of weeks we had!

Friday, March 27, 2009

Grandchild trip 2009

Every year, my grandparents take the grandchildren down to their house in Mexico for a week of fun without parents. However, as we, the grandchildren, have gotten older older there have been fewer and fewer grandchildren to take. So they have begun to include the grandchildren and the great grandchildren! So the last few years I have been included once again in the granchild spring breaks in Mexico. We had so much fun, we spent 6 days in Mexico this time, and fully enjoyed every minute of it!
This is our little fam in our fabulously famous BAJA shirts!

Nephi and Colin goofing off before snorkeling
Nephi and Colin getting ready for snorkeling.. you like Colins pose?


Lily danced and pranced all week for some reason, this is only one of the many pics of her dancing. Arabesques that she learned from ballet, cute, huh?



Jake literally JUMPED into the ocean, without any coaxing or prodding or begging! I was shocked! He was braver than I was, I couldnt make it past my waist!







Shell hunting






Best and worst friends. What is it about 2 and 3 year old girls? Their emotions are like light switches that turn off and on like crazy!






Nephis big project this year was painting a surfboard that has been left in the house for future use. Not that we used it at all, but it looked cute. It has the footprints of Jake, Lily, Hailey, and Cody. Hailey is Colins little girl. Isnt it cute?



My cute kids loved the quads!

We cannot wait until next year! Thank you Grandma and Grandpa, we love you!