Too cool for her own good

JoJo has this thing with her feet when she is eating. No matter how straight she starts out in her chair, when she starts eating, she leans to the side and puts her feet up on the tray. She eats her whole meal with at least one foot up. I think she is just trying to look cool. Our little diva is starting early.

Bath Time

The Garage Sale Lesson

So we are at a garage sale on our way to a BBQ with our friends Amy and Jeremy. Gabe sees a bike there and I say to the lady "he has a bike just like that but his has training wheels". She says "here buddy...I'll steady you." He comes around the corner riding the bike without any help. From that moment forward, he had it down. He is now zooming along on his bike faster than any 3 year old should travel. He is covered...and I do mean covered...with bumps, bruises, scrapes, scratches and gravel. Now that he is going, I doubt there will be any way to slow him down.

Kiah Gets a Visit from the Tooth Fairy

Well, for those of you who have been wondering when our little Kiah would finally loose a tooth, the day has come. She had been pulling on this one for days, but to no avail. Louis headed to Utah for 2 weeks and Kiah was sure it would come out when he was gone. Luckily, when he returned, he had the honor of pulling her first tooth. She got a whole ziplock baggie full of goodies. She got toothpaste and a new toothbrush (a customary gift from our fairy). She also got braclets and hair clippies. She has 2 more loose teeth so hopefully the tooth fairy can keep up without going broke!

Journey the water baby

On the last night at our hotel in Buffalo, we went to the pool as a family. Even JoJo got to play with us. The main pool was too cold, but the hot tub seemed to be perfect for her. She played until her feet looked like little raisins. What a cute little girl she is becoming!

Memories from Grandma's house

Over the weekend, memories of my childhood came flooding back. Seeing chipmunks on the porch at Grandma's house and birds playing in her birdbath reminded me of so many wonderful memories. Kass and I found a rope toy we used to play with as kids. You alternate pulls with the person at the other end of the rope and it sends the plastic ball back and forth across the line. My kids loved it and it made me so happy to share this game with them. Grandma's house has the same colors and smells that I remembered from my childhood. It was such a wonderful nastalgic weekend.

Grandma Straight's 80th Birthday

We drove 11 hours to spend the weekend in Buffalo Wy for Grandma's 80th birthday. It was a surprise so the first night we hung out at the pool (and several times through the weekend). the next morning after the kids indulged themselves with the free continental breakfast, we headed over to Gma's church for a potluck and surprise party. It was soooo amazing seeing her face when she walked into the church house to find several brothers she hadn't seen in years, as well as almost all of her grandchildren and great grandchildren. I spent most of the day getting to know cousins and aunts/uncles that I hadn't known since I was a little girl.

Grandma Blake and Kiah looking at all of the rocks Kiah collected at Grandma Straight's house

Gabe and Noah (Kass's cute little son)

Grandma Straight with our clan. How lucky we were that Louis was able to spend the weekend with us.

Grilling Marshmallows

After several times of starting a fire and roasting marshmallows with Papa, he came up with a new idea. He lit the grill and let the kids stand by it and roast their mallows there. It was definately much faster and easier than starting a fire in a pit.

Nature Walking

Sorry about the long intervals between posts. Louis has been out of town and I have had my hands full with a now crawling baby and a toddler dog. Here we are on a nature walk we took around Guy and Tina's property. The kids used their Easter baskets to search for treasures along the way. What a fun way to learn about flowers, bugs, wood, and animal tracks.

Papa's Marshmallows

Papa brought marshmallows home yesterday and the kids talked him into building a fire to roast them. Their cousin Lynnae was visiting for the evening and joined in the fun. Daddy called from Utah right in the middle of the excitement and you can see Kiah struggling to engage in conversation while getting the mallows ready to roast. He said he would call back later....even when he tried to only talk about the marshmallows, they were not very focused. Maybe tomorrow's phone call will be more enlightening.