The Kids Having Fun

Ohhh... look at all my binkies. You know you wish you had one too.

Who says you can't look fabulous while doing your yard work??

Do I have something on my face??

Mayson and her friends from school checking out an alligator skull.

Yeah, we're cool...

Grrrr, look how scary I am mom.

Kaleb in his first Orchestra concert. He did a great job and we can't wait for the next one!

The Dream Jam Band

Asher got tickets to see the Dream Jam Band down at Playhouse square as his Christmas tickets last Christmas. They weren't until May which is good because he was a little bigger and able to enjoy it more. You can see he thought he was the coolest kid around at McDonald's with dad afterward!

Asher got tickets to see the Dream Jam Band down at Playhouse square as his Christmas tickets last Christmas. They weren't until May which is good because he was a little bigger and able to enjoy it more. You can see he thought he was the coolest kid around at McDonald's with dad afterward!

Rhyan's Recital

Rhyan had her dance recital in May and looked awfully cute... she makes a great flower!!

Mayson's 7th Birthday

Mayson turned seven this year - wow!! She is getting so big and is such a beautiful girl. She wanted a Wizard of Oz party this year, which worked out great because she wants to be the Wicked Witch of the West for Halloween this year. Yeah... we get to use the costume twice! Either way, she had all her friends over and had a great time. We had strawberry shortcakes (yum) for her cake, and as you can see, Asher loved the whip cream!!

Junie B. Jones

This year Mayson's tickets from Christmas were to go see Junie B. Jones at Playhouse Square. It was fun and she seemed to enjoy it. We went to Wendy's for lunch before the show and stuffed ourselves with Frosty's. Yumm!!

Crazy, crazy hair...

We had to get some pictures of the kids with their hair going crazy. They were jumping on the trampoline and it was so funny, especially Asher's. The pictures don't do it justice.

Easter

We got home just in time for Easter. The kids got to bed late and woke up to candy. There was a little concern when they went to bed, because we hadn't gotten the easter baskets dug out yet, but it all worked out. It was nice that we had conference that weekend, because there is no way we would have made it to church by nine that morning. It took a few days to get back on Cleveland time again.

Sunny California

So, the point of our trip was to go to California and check some things out to see if that is where we are going to be moving to. Larry spent some time with some local dentists for his externship, and I got to hang out with Becky and find info on housing and land and all that kind of fun stuff. Grandma Ursi kept the kids for a few days, and they had a blast with her. We got them back from her Saturday night so they could spend the rest of the trip out in California with us. Becky's kids were all out for spring break that second week, so the kids got to hang out and play all week. Everyone had a great time!! We love California... it's beautiful and sunny and warm. And the fact that the Campbells are there helps as well. It's hard to make an unbiased decision on where to go when you are hanging out with your best friend the whole time. Anyway, we went to the beach, the Mormon Battalion center in Old Town San Diego, and the Wild Animal Park. The kids spent the entire week outside and loving it. We can't wait to visit again, but we'll have to give them a little while to recover from the last time all six of us invaded before we ask again! Our last might was spent at Circus Circus in Vegas. We drove in Friday night to make it easier to get to the airport Saturday morning. The kids were up in the arcade/amusement park until about 11:30 that night and had a blast. They came home with all sorts of junk they won. According to Kaleb, it was the best night of his life!

A Quick Visit to Utah

While on our trip in March we took a few days to go up north and visit the family. It was very quick, but it was nice to see everyone and get a chance to spend some time with Grandpa while we were there. The kids spent a fun evening with Oma and Opa and another fun night with YaYa and Grandpa Mark. As for Larry and myself... we stayed with Lacey and Jared and had a great time. How could we not?? No kids and up late watching dumb movies and talking. What more can you ask for.

Sneaking a sip of mom's soda...

So, this is what happens when Asher decides to try and get mom's drink down off the counter. I was upstairs and hear the ice bouncing across the floor and then the shrieking of an unhappy Asher. These pictures don't really do it justice because I think most of it went down the back of him. I came down to find him standing in a puddle of soda, covered from head to toe with it dripping down his face, holding an empty cup and looking very sad. I don't think this is quite what he had in mind when he tried to sneak my drink!

The girl's new haircuts – Rhyan's 1st

So Mayson's been telling us for the last year that she wants her hair short like Julie's. Last year we compromised & cut it to her shoulders but told her to try that before we went any shorter. Well, in the last year it has grown a lot, and she once again started in on the short hair discussion. My only concern with it is that with the curl in her hair, I thought it sounded like a lot of maintenance to keep it styled. She also asked if she can dye her hair brown like Julie (Julie went from a blond to having brown hair last year) but we told her no, most people pay good money to have blond hair like hers and we weren't going to dye it! I have been really tempted to cut Rhyan's hair short for a while now, because hers doesn't have the curl that Mayson's has. So, we decided to go to Julie and have her give Mayson "hair like Julie's" and get Rhyan her first haircut. They were both very excited and all I heard for about a week prior is "when are we getting our haircut?" Rhyan was a little nervous too, but it was pretty funny because she ran around the house all week yelling "no haircutting me!" Anyway, as you can see, they both got their hair cut into cute, preppy little blond A-Line cuts and they look adorable!