Our Daily Adventures

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Catching Up Part II

Happy 6th birthday to Drew.
We managed to sneak in his Star Wars
birthday party hours before we left on the cruise.

Since D is not a fan of baked goods
he had hot dogs instead of cake.

He's growing up too fast.

Catching Up Part I

On February 28th Alex was baptized.
It was a wonderful day!
It's still hard to believe that
Alex is 8.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

We're Back

7 suitcases unpacked and put away

10 loads of laundry done and folded,
but only 8 are put away :).
All worth the wonderful 7 day
Caribbean cruise!

Roatan, Hondurus

Spider monkeys
and a beautiful beach.

Visiting the Mask, High, and Jaguar
Temples of Belize were amazing.
Aar, E, Al, and D
hiked the 14 story High Temple.

Scuba diving in Cozumel was
breathtaking.
The boys insisted on Mexican
wrestling masks.

What better way to spend
a Saturday than on a beautiful
Bahama beach basking in the sun.

Thank you
Dane and Jody
for an amazing vacation
and many, many wonderful memories!

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Time Flies

I can't believe how fast time flies!

We bought our house 8 years ago.

We moved back from California 4 years ago.

And this cute, blonde, boy is going

to be 10 years old in 1 month!

Just yesterday Drew said to me,

Mom, I can't figure it out.

You're only 29,

but E is going to be 10.

I know he didn't come out when you were 19.

How does that work?

What a sweetheart to think I'm only 29!

All the other boys proudly tell everyone how

old I am. They need to learn a thing or two from D!

Monday, February 23, 2009

Talk

D gave his 1st talk in Primary yesterday.

He wrote and gave the whole talk by himself.

Here it is.....

On Thursday night I went to the Draper Temple

house of opening.

My favorite parts were the place you get married

and the place you get baptized.

I felt Heavenly Father and Jesus in my heart.

I love them so much.

The important part about temples is

that you can be together forever with your family.

He did such a great job.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Alex's Birthday Party

Alex had a bunch of his buddies over for a Mad Scientist birthday party.

They did experiments, like mentos in the diet coke.

Lots of dry ice.
Making slime.
And making Mad Scientist cup cakes, with worms.

We even heard one of them say to Alex,
"This was the best birthday party ever!"
Happy Birthday Alex!

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Star Student

This week Alex was chosen as the

Star Student!

We made a poster of his favorite things.

Today the little boys and I

were invited to his classroom to talk about him.

Some of the soon to be birthday boy's favorite things:

1. FOOTBALL

Favorite teams - BYU and New England Patriots

2. Reading

Currently reading - Fablehaven Series

3. Traveling

The beach and Disneyworld

4. Math

5. Steak

6. Art

Loves learning to use new art mediums

7. Hockey

8. Build A Dino Dactyl

9. Bakugan

10. Pokeman cards

The kids could then ask questions.

After the questions the class said,

Alex why don't you do a subtraction problem for your Mom.

Then I started hearing

Yeah, he's so smart. He should skip a grade.

I know he should be in 3rd grade.

No he should be in college!

The math problem...

999,014 - 998,910 = 104

It was fun visiting his class,

seeing how great he gets along with all his classmates,

and meeting all his friends.

Monday, February 09, 2009

E has a new favorite past time
second only to football.
He can't wait for Mondays at 4:00.
When you ask him why he replies,
"Because it's sword fighting without getting in trouble.
DUH!"

Without further ado,
E the fencer -
foil to be specific.
He wants to do epee,
but so far they're learning foil.

He's catching on quickly.
The boys and I went to watch today.
Now Alex wants to fence.

Thursday, February 05, 2009

Off to Preschool

P is absolutely loving preschool!
In January, he moved up to the older class
and is loving it.
He has to wear a uniform now -
khaki, black, or navy pants,
solid oxfords or polos,
and solid sweater vests in the winter.

Yesterday, he was telling me all about
his great day.
He and his two best friends,
Max and Barrett,
played in the mud at recess
and got their gloves all dirty.
He informed me that none of the girls
wanted to play with them because
girls don't like to get dirty!

The handsome fellow busy at work.

Smelling eucalyptus
while learning about Australia.

I just love these pictures of him at school.

Saturday, January 31, 2009

The Crater

Let's just say it has been
a long time since I've been scuba diving.
However, with our upcoming trip,
we headed to the Crater for some
refresher dives.

Aar is the best
The first dive was only 10 minutes long
and 35 feet deep.
However, I was feeling much more
comfortable the second time -
20 minutes and 62 feet.
It was a lot of fun!
I think I'm ready for the open water.

As we got in the car
Aar noticed his wedding ring was gone.
He went back in and let
them know.
Before we even got home
we had a message that the dive master
had gone diving and found his ring.

The next day we headed up again to get the ring.
It was fun showing the boys the crater.

E and Al want to try
SNUBA on the trip.

Yeah, the ring was found!

Friday, January 16, 2009

Cousins

We love it when Kade and Addi
come to play!
First, I get to do Add's hair :).
I love it when she says,
"Dr. Nan do Add's hair!"
Then they play and play
until they can't play anymore.
Until finally it's time for...

A Show!

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Scuba

Aaron rented a tank to check
out our scuba gear.
Look who loved trying everything out!

D is definitely a fish!
He can't wait to go snorkeling.

Monday, January 05, 2009

Winter Wonderland

Well it snowed another 8 inches today!
We shoveled the driveway 4 times!
It's great to have boys to help with that job!

With all the snow
the boys have been having
a blast sledding.
There is a new favorite spot near our house
that the boys love.
Kids have even built jumps
which makes for more fun.