Science Fair

Jackson wanted to compete in the science fair at school. We finally settled on a project, sugar crystal growth. He wanted to see if the crystals grew more or less with food coloring added. The idea was for the kids to do most of the project. The above pictures are of him doing the project at home.

The picture just below is the district fair. That is right he won first place at his school for kindergarten, so he got to go to districts at Dixie State College. He thought that was so awesome.

These pictures are from the school fair. He did a lot of work. He had to stand next to his project for 2 hours for Jackson that is a lot and answer questions from 5 judges. Yikes. He did great. We didn't place at districts but that was fine. He had a great time.

How to Train Your Dragon

Uncle Brett working at a movie theater has its perks. He took Jackson and Abagayle to see How to train your dragon. They loved it. Later we got Happy meals at McDonalds. You can turn you box into a viking helmet. They had so much fun with a box.

A Conversation on Dying Easter Eggs

I had told Abagayle that later on that day she would dye Easter eggs with Dad. As we are walking through the grocery store...
Abagayle says " Mom how are we going to kill the Easter eggs to split them open"
Long pause while I try to think through what she said. Then laughing I say " We are not going to die the Easter eggs like kill them, we are going to dye them and change their color." A few moments later I explain that we only split open the plastic eggs to put the candy inside.

I had tears in my eyes from laughing so hard. Die eggs or Dye Eggs....which are you doing this weekend.

18 Months Lorelei

On Sunday Lorelei turned 18months old. I have her check up later next month but I think she is about 31 or 33 pounds. She is a tank! This passed 18 months have gone by so quickly, it is hard to think back to then. She was scheduled to come out on Mon the 22nd. However in true Lorelei fashion she did it on her own time and way. She came on the 21st with an emergency C section, since I was in labor. She was so tiny and sweet.
She has such a personality, she stands up for what she wants when she wants it. My mother in law reminds me that one day I will appreciate that trait. Let's hope Lorelei and I make it to that day. She is so independent, which great most of the time. She is a such a daddy's girl. Rarely do the words mom or mama come out of her mouth. I think it is really cute. I need to remember to cherish the sweet times with her. I found her in her room the other playing with babies. She had them in the highchair and stroller and was feeding them with her kitchen food, so sweet! I am so grateful she came to our family. Her older brother and sister adore her.

Happy 18 months Lorelei!

Pioneer Park

We went to a super awesome park on Sunday. We spent two hours hiking and walking around. So much fun! The kids loved it! I was scared a few times, cause we were so high up:) Enjoy the ton of pics.

This was one of the high spots. No fear in my kids running up and down it.

My little spider monkey, she loved climbing the walls.

Oh no! Don't fall Brett!

There was tons of little caves.

This was the really high bridge, I stayed down. The kids were a little scared but had fun once they were up there.

Chillin'

Hi Mom!

Don't get eaten by the basilisk!!

She spent about % of her time in here.

As soon as we got there they took off, no fear.

Welcome to the Jungle..and some others

They were dressing up and they were super heros and super villians.

Welcome to the Jungle! The kids love the yard and plants and places to hide.

Jackson is in the secret clubhouse.

I curled Abagayle's hair for like the first time ever with hot rollers. She loved it! All day she kept saying"is my hair still curly?"

What a cute bunch!

We found her relaxing with a snack, in a basket. :)

St.George

I typed the intro then loaded pics, so you get intro at the end:)

It is so nice to have a neighborhood to take walks in.

Abagayle loves to play mom and push Lorelei.

Jackson got this razor from Joe and Katie like 3years ago. He usually just road it in the backyard. He had such a blast going around the block.

This is literally the view from our front door. It is not the NW but it is beautiful!

Taking a swim in the tub:)

I am not sure if our kids love us or Joe and Katie more. I think it is a toss up:)

Lorelei and John playing. Tim and Corinna are in Orem now. They came down for a couple days to play. Lorelei and john are 5 days apart. So fun to watch them play.

"Your Powers Are Weak old Man"

She gets them on then "let's" you eat them off.

For those who don't know we moved to Utah. We are about two hours north of Vegas for those whose don't know where St George is. It was hard choice for us to make we had always planned on Seattle. We came down to interview here and both knew this is where we needed to raise our kids. Since we were scared or nervous or whatever we were still choosing between Seattle and here. Here are some pics from our new place. We are very blessed to be able to rent here.