THE BARBEES

April

2011-04-27T21:42:00.000-07:00

Flag Football

Easter Egg Hunt

Easter Dresses

Snow

2011-02-20T19:20:00.000-08:00

Luke & Jonah took snowboarding lessons while they were off-track. They rode the bus and were gone all day for four days. It was exhausting but they were very happy with how quickly they learned this new skill. It was cold or snowy three of the four days but they toughed it out.

All of the kids playing outside on a cold day. This is one of the few days Morgan has been outside. She hates coats and shoes so she has to stay in most of the time.

Luke's Baptism

2011-02-20T18:53:00.000-08:00

Luke in his suit ready for his Baptism. We were the late family that didn't have time to take a picture of him in his white jumpsuit.

Playing with cell phones on the back row kept them quiet for most of the meeting. It was a packed house with 2 other boys being baptized at the same time.

Here's Grandma and Grandpa at the house after.

Luke was really excited to be baptized and confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was a special day for him. He was very happy to be baptized with friends and have a big party after. We're so proud of him for making this great decision in his life.

Morgan's Bday

2011-02-20T18:40:00.000-08:00

Morgan opening presents on her birthday. She loved opening and throwing the wrapping over her chair.

She tried so hard to blow out the candles.

So, now she's two. She's a good girl. She does know how to run the place, though. She has a great imagination. She was just trying to blow out the candles in the pictures. She loves dolls, babies, and animals (we think). Lately, she meows like a cat with a scary face and we're pretty sure she's trying to scare us. She has one blanket and that's it. Last night, she wouldn't wear pajamas. She only had on a onesie and so I put an extra blanket on her after she was asleep. Sometime during the night, she woke up and found it and threw it on the ground. She sleeps in a crib so we know it was deliberate. She makes us laugh.

Kira's Christmas Dance

2010-12-08T17:04:00.000-08:00

Here's a quick video of Kira's dance class performance (edit: I can't get the videos to load off my camera). She was distracted by the candy canes, Christmas tree, candles and parents. She really loves being in dance. But if you accidentally stand on her butterfly, you are likely to get gently nudged, stood on, or pushed down.

Christmas Tree

2010-12-05T21:21:00.000-08:00

The girls really enjoyed decorating the Christmas Tree. It's a little ornament heavy on the bottom with a few limbs holding several ornaments but they are very proud of it. Kira told her Grandma today, "I hab a tree, I made it." The boys helped a lot too. The barest part of the tree is the top where only I can reach.

Here they are rearranging the ornaments after church. I made them skirts for the holidays. They are slightly different but you can't tell from the pictures.

Halloween

2010-10-29T15:02:00.000-07:00

Morgan rocking her cute pirate costume. She will wear a mouse costume for trick or treating because it will be so cold.

Summer

2010-08-21T15:32:00.000-07:00

Six weeks of summer goes by really fast. It took us a few weeks of sickness and busy days before we remembered that it was going to go so fast. We went to Raging Waters, Bear Lake, Cowabunga Bay, camping, and a quick morning at Gateway's Fountains. My kids just love water. So, they're all pretty happy with the way it turned out.

We hope to get it some fun trips during their breaks this year. So, look for us on vacation all year long. Here's some new pics with all of the kids. I haven't done that in a while.

Kira was throwing this foam at everyone (mostly adults that were trying to stay dry). Her brothers got her but she's not mad, she's showing off.

Morgan loves the water more than Kira. She was tired before I got out the camera. We have some great vidoes of her playing in the water. And, we have some cute pictures on my phone of her playing at Cowabunga Bay. I really don't know how to get the pictures off. Good luck with that, eh?

Kira's Birthday - 3

2010-04-15T20:14:00.000-07:00

Kira turned three today. She loves Tinkerbell so she had a Tinkerbell cake and wands. She enjoyed singing the birthday song to herself and blowing out the candles. The buttons on her shirt look like jewels and she was very excited about it.She wanted pictures with every toy. She really had a great birthday.

She really loved the Tinkerbell dolls, Princess doll, Princess and the Frog coloring book and Tinkerbell slippers.

Will Spring Come Already? Will Morgan Walk Soon?

2010-04-01T20:49:00.000-07:00

Here's a picture of what my kids really did today outside. Kira even tried to make her own snowman. It was warm but wet so they had fun.

Here's a video to show off what a great crawler Morgan is. She doesn't need to walk when she can crawl like this. We're hoping she'll walk by Jeff's wedding but she still doesn't seem too interested.

She actually crawls faster than this at church but that is because she's trying to escape. Let's hope she doesn't need therapy because her mom chased her around the house with a vacuum.

Swimming Bag

2010-03-27T13:48:00.001-07:00

Here is a cute swimming bag I made for the girls out of a towel. Kira loves purses and this one is no exception. I got the idea here and even used the same towel from Target. Idea Room has too many ideas to even make but I can try for a project a week. I added the flower and pocket with the one creative bone I have.
It's too cold for swimming today but that doesn't mean Kira can't keep talking about it.

Off-Track for March

2010-03-25T15:41:00.001-07:00

The boys are off-track all month and since there aren't friends to play with they want mom to take them somewhere every day. It's exhausting but fun, too. We bought a pass to go to a bounce house place as much as we want. We've been swimming, to the zoo, lunch downtown, camping and Jonah went skiing with Grandpa Utah. I can't believe how old Kira is getting. She'll be three in less than a month. Hopefully, she'll be potty trained and behavior-trained before her birthday. This picture is at Hogle Zoo. She put mascara on her eyes and wouldn't let me take it off until it was too late. Here's a picture of Morgan at the zoo. She is 15 months and still won't walk much. She's perfectly happy to crawl and she's fast enough on her knees.
We weren't the only wild animals at the zoo. It's fun to go to the zoo in the spring and here's a picture of the baby elephant.

I took the girls to Disney on Ice and we had so much fun. Morgan likes to dance and clap. Kira just sat and stared through the whole thing but loved it.

I love this picture even though Kira's eyes are closed. I only got two pictures of them and in the other one Morgan's eyes are closed. And right before that I got this cute one of Todd and Kira with the same thing. Kira's eyes were closed in one and Todd's closed in the other. I need to really learn how to use my Adobe and fix that kind of problem.

Try-It Thursday

2010-03-18T17:05:00.000-07:00

I got a recipe for Orange Chicken at Sisters' Stuff and it was so yummy. Jonah said "It tastes just like orange chicken (Panda Express Orange Chicken)."
http://sistersstuff.blogspot.com/2009/09/orange-chicken.html

Todd reminded me (too late) that I have Panda Express Orange Sauce from Costco in the fridge. We've just used it as a quick dip for chicken but next time I make this I will try their sauce after frying it.

Valentine's Boxes

2010-02-11T20:30:00.000-08:00

The boys' old school didn't make valentine's boxes. They were really excited to make tanks. It took a lot of work but they're really excited about how they turned out. We put several boxes together. They colored the camouflage and painted the guns and paper towel roll tires. The track is foam. Luke's will be trashed as soon as he gets hoem from school because he likes to play with it like a tank.

Talents

2010-01-30T20:35:00.000-08:00

I don't usually post anything extra on my blog. And, I know I don't post consistently enough to have a bunch of followers but this post is for me. So, here goes.

This is a video clip of Kseniya Simonova, the winner of "Ukraine's Got Talent". And, here's what it taught me.

1. Use the talents that you have and increase them. This is not the type of talent that I would expect to see on this kind of a show but I didn't want to blink for fear of missing something. She has a great talent and even though it's unconventional she has made the most of it. So, even if my talents aren't showy or exciting, I can work on them and be the best I can at them.

2. I'm grateful that I haven't been deeply affected by war in my life. Some of the pictures were a little confusing to me and yet people in the audience were crying. I know very few details of the war (like 1 in 4 Ukrainians dying in the Great Patriotic War) and I'm grateful for that. I hope that my loved ones can continue to be safe but I am grateful to those that have paid the price for my freedom. And, even though I know it's not going to happen, I wish that peace could prevail around the world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=518XP8prwZo

Holidays

2010-01-01T19:07:00.000-08:00

My New Year's Resolution is to take more and better pictures. So, I need to start by taking my camera places. I didn't have my camera in St. George where we celebrated Jonah's birthday. I don't have any pictures of Christmas, eeek! My kids are going to be very deprived of embarassing and cute pictures.

Today was Morgan's 1st birthday. She had a great day. She loved the presents once they were open and she loved eating the cake. Unfortunately, she is only allowed to play with some of her toys because her sister thinks they belong to her. Someone told me she would get better at 2 1/2 and she certainly has not. But, it's unbelievable that Morgan's already one. This year went really fast. She's doing great. She loves kids, babies and smiling.

We had people over on New Year's Eve and so now after two days of partying, I'm exhausted. It's only 8:12 and I'm ready for bed. Todd's busy painting so I don't think I can go to bed when I have him so busy.

Luke's Birthday

2009-11-15T12:41:00.000-08:00

Luke turns 7 today. He is so excited for his birthday party at Uncle Tim's. We don't know exactly why but he insisted it needed to be over there. Poor Uncle Tim has to clean his house and mine gets to be messy.

Luke loves to draw, play with action figures and play in water. He is still very shy but he is so much fun to be around that he has a lot of friends. He's in the 1st grade and loves his class. He's very nervous about changing schools. But, I think he'll do great once we get there.

October

2009-11-14T11:22:00.001-08:00

Finally, here is Halloween. Halloween was low-key for us. We love Halloween but most of us had the flu that week. We went trick-or-treating and trunk-or treating but that was enough for us. Everyone was exhausted by the time we were done.

Jonah was Captain Rex from Star Wars:Clone Wars, Luke was Optimus Prime, Kira was a leopard and Morgan was a ladybug. Kira insisted on having Morgan in her picture but Morgan wanted to leave then.

The week after Halloween we sold our house and bought another one in West Jordan. We are moving in 2 weeks. So, November has been a crazy month! Here's a picture of our new house.

And, finally, here's our little Morgan (10 1/2 months now) that used to love playing in her exersaucer but now climbs out of it. She follows her sister and they are quite the tornado. We're in so much trouble. The picture wouldn't upload. Look on facebook.

Parks & Fun

2009-09-09T12:50:00.000-07:00

Jensen came to play for 10 days. He is younger than Kira but most of the time they get along really well. We played and played and played. We hit a couple of parks for them to get wet and I had to show this video of Kira dancing. I am singing Mama Mia so I apologize for the shaking at the first and I'm glad there's no sound. Mama Mia is her favorite show. Allie & Reed took a lot more pictures than I did so maybe I'll post some fun ones later.

1st Week of School

2009-09-07T19:46:00.001-07:00

Jonah is in 3rd grade and can't stop talking about his teacher, Ms. Grubb. Luke is in 1st grade and won't say anything about his teacher, Ms. Taylor. That is their personalities. They've been in school 3 weeks and we miss them during the day.

Having fun with girls

2009-08-25T16:20:00.000-07:00

The boys have gone to school for two days and I haven't taken a first day picture yet. I always forget my camera (bad mom).

I took the girls to Thanksgiving Point today. Kira had such a great day! She danced and fed the animals. The pony ride line was very long but she made it and was very happy to ride on a little pony. She got mad every time I tried to help her. I forgot snacks (once again, bad mother) and so she was hungry, too. Morgan sat in her carseat most of the day but on the pony ride, I was holding her, trying to help Kira and get pictures.

FYI: Thanksgiving Point has $2 Tuesdays in August and it is very crowded. It was fun but I don't think it's worth the lines in Farm Country to save only $1.50/each. Kids three and under are free (so I only saved $1.50). I think the dinosaur museum was even more crowded.

Summer's Over

2009-08-17T14:47:00.000-07:00

I can't believe that summer is over. I'm happy but just surprised. Jonah & Luke start school next monday. Kira is still extremely active. She just got her first haircut. It's a little short in the back but I hope it will grow back. Morgan is very excited about the world. She'll be crawling any minute.

Disneyland

2009-06-12T22:03:00.000-07:00

We took the kids to Disneyland for three days. Most people advised to leave the 5 month old and the 2 year old home. But, they were both really, really good there. Kira was tired on the third day and only saw the princesses before spending the afternoon in the stroller mad or asleep. Here are the pictures. My kids are SOOOO Cute!!!! Kira was so excited to see the characters but then she acts cool in the pictures (she's following in Luke's footsteps).

Kira's Birthday

2009-04-15T20:53:00.000-07:00

Kira turned 2 today. She found her presents and knew they should be opened but I found her before there was too much damage. She took a nap at my parents so I could get things done and when I picked her up she was very excited to see the balloons in the car. She was very excited at all of her presents (Aunt Lara helped her so the kids wouldn't open all of them). I'm surprised at how girly she is. She loves princesses and I would not have expected this much pink in my house. She made us sing happy birthday three times so she could blow out the candles again on her bunny cake. And, she tried and tried to ride her bike and scooter. She didn't like me taking pictures (she kept yelling stop with her hand up and everything). She's pretty cute and we love having her around.

Easter

2009-04-15T20:30:00.000-07:00

Here are Easter pictures of my kids. Kira had already spotted a sucker and there was no way to take pictures of her if it wasn't in her mouth. Morgan always looks a little scared (I think she's thinking about where her sister is and what she's going to do next). Here's Kira searching for easter eggs at Grandma's house.

Baby Blessing

2009-03-01T18:34:00.000-08:00

Today is Morgan's two-month old birthday. It seems like time is going so much faster than it did with Kira. Maybe, it feels that way because we're not having more. We blessed her at church today and had a great party after. Kira thinks she's the star and everyone is always here to play with her. (Allie, notice how warm it was that everybody was outside without coats). Ian and Kira had a great time on the trampoline.

Luke says to write "My brother is crazy!!!!!!! And, he kisses girls."

Balance

2009-02-05T20:43:00.000-08:00

My baby is beautiful, of course. And, I can't believe she is already one month old. I want to just sit on the couch, hold her and watch her sleep. But, unfortunately, my other children and my house don't really cooperate. My mom had a needlepoint on the wall when we were little that read,

Cleaning & Scrubbing can wait til tomorrow,

for babies grow up we've learned to our sorrow,

so cobwebs & dust mites just go to sleep,

I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep.

So, now, I'm in the struggle to reclaim my house (not easy with a 1-year old) but still enjoy my baby growing up. Kira thinks she needs to hold her all of the time and when her turn is over she usually tries to get in a good hit or scratch. So, if you notice scratches on Morgan's face, they are from Kira. That's a battle for another day.

Happy New Year

2009-01-09T17:40:00.000-08:00

Todd and I love to go to bed early on New Year's Eve. We try to downplay it so that our boys don't know that they might be missing out on something. It always feels good to get up on time on New Year's Day and get lots of things done. And, we really had a lot to do to get ready for the arrival of our new baby. She had different plans.

I spent all day New Year's Eve wishing that the contractions I was having weren't happening and that they would go away. But, that didn't happen and we decided to go to the hospital at about 7:30 p.m. We did get a little nap sometime around midnight but at 4:29 a.m. our cute little Morgan Elizabeth came into the world. So, we were up all night long and went to bed sometime around 7:00 a.m. She was the first girl born at St. Mark's Hospital in 2009 (3rd baby). She weighed 7 lbs. 3 oz. and was 19 1/2 inches long. She has a lot of hair and she is doing really well.

Kira is still pretty happy with the new doll that she thinks she got. She wants to hold Morgan and put in her binky all of the time. The boys love to hold Morgan but they would also rather play their Wii or wrestle. Morgan and I were at Jonah's baptism the day we came home from the hospital. We thought it was planned well in advance of having the baby but two weeks apparently wasn't far enough for Morgan's early arrival.

Christmas

2009-01-09T17:26:00.000-08:00

December came and went way too fast. I knew it would but I still wasn't prepared. Christmas was good this year. We got a Wii for Christmas and that has provided many hours of fun. Kira got some dolls and animals so she is still happy with that.

Jonah's birthday was the day after Christmas and it was pretty uneventful. We went out for pizza and he got some more presents. No pictures, of course. We are the worst at that.

Here is a picture of Kira with one of her dolls. Kira was an angel in our ward nativity program. However, she absolutely refused to cooperate and instead spent the whole program trying to steal the baby Jesus doll.

We've had tons of snow. And, the boys spent most of their school break playing outside in it. They built forts and snowballs and tried to sled down the little hill in our front yard. Also, here is Jonah with his dad at his baptism.

We hope you all had a Merry Christmas!

Luke's Birthday

2008-11-27T11:43:00.000-08:00

Luke turned 6. He was really excited to invite a school friend, a couple of friends from the neighborhood and AJ and Landon to his party. We went to Classic Fun Center. They played in the big playland and laser tag. Luke didn't want any pictures at his party. If he saw the camera out, he would take off and I couldn't find him. He got a lot of fun new toys and he's still playing with all of them. Kira stayed home and took her nap during the party but was so excited to see the cake and kids when we got back.

October

2008-11-04T20:16:00.000-08:00

I have been busy lately and haven't had much of a chance to write on here. Todd turned 34 on the 24th and he had an uneventful birthday. Then, Halloween started. We don't do that much for Halloween but Todd and his brothers took the 7 kids to Hogle Zoo for trick or treating on the saturday before Halloween and they got a lot of candy. Unfortunately, Jonah put his bag down somewhere so he had to share with Luke.

They carved these pumpkins while I was gone one night. Luke did Batman (until he cut his hand), Jonah did the vampire (with help from Uncle Tim) and Todd made the smiley face for Kira.

On Halloween, we got really busy. As Todd was walking out the door for trick-or-treating in his mom's neighborhood, I handed him the camera and told him to make sure that he got pictures of the kids in their costumes. Well, he got lots of pictures of Kira in hers but the boys were running as fast as they could with their cousins and so we still need to hit up Tim to get pictures from his camera. Hopefully, he has some. Kira loved trick-or-treating and trunk-or-treating and knows which candy is hers. She likes the suckers the best.

Today is Election Day and so my neighbor offered to watch Luke & Kira so I could go vote in peace. But, there was absolutely no line when I went to vote. Anyway, my neighbor, Jill, really just wanted to get her hands on Kira's hair. Kira wanted to be behind the camera and not in the picture. By the way, she would never hold still this long if I was trying to do her hair. And, it looked really cute.

Todd is going to Minnesota first thing in the morning. He will only be there for a day and a half and apparently he has will be about an hour and a half from Minneapolis and so who knows if he will be able to see Reed, Allie and Jensen. Hopefully!

September

2008-10-06T13:04:00.000-07:00

September came and went in such a hurry. We are just getting in the routine of school, homework, dinner, and bed. For most of the month that's all we had time to do. But, we're getting it down and so now we can hopefully get out of the house again. Todd has been in Wendover during the week since August but he should be done this week. Keep your fingers crossed that he'll get to do a job in SL because I am very tired. We went to the zoo with Allie & Jensen while they were here. And, we had so much fun. I didn't have my camera with me. My kids love Jensen. So, he managed to leave Utah with the sickness that we shared with him. Souvenirs from Utah don't get any better than that?

1st Day of Kindergarten

2008-09-03T13:38:00.000-07:00

Here is Luke before his first day of Kindergarten. I was very worried that he was going to have a hard time. It wasn't great but he did pretty good for him. We went to meet the teacher last week and he didn't say one word to her so him talking to the aid on the first day is huge. He wants to walk home every day after school with Jonah but Jonah hates walking home. So, we'll see how that goes. I have had quiet afternoons to myself so far. Kira takes her nap while Luke is at school. I am enjoying having time to read and sew while everything is quiet at my house.

This is a cute picture of how creative he is. He is always thinking of ideas. He got this bat and knew what he wanted to do when we got home. So, here is Batman thanks to the cape that grandma sewed him two or three years ago for Halloween.

First Day of School

2008-08-25T20:44:00.000-07:00

Today was Jonah's first day of second grade. He has Ms. Aggers who also taught him in kindergarten. He wouldn't let me take a picture at school unless I promised to get the shoes in. Please notice the Ecko's that are on his feet because that was the most exciting part of his first day.

Kindergarten starts a week later at our school. So, Luke has another week to worry about starting at his new school. His teacher is Ms. Clark and she was new last year so we don't know much about her.

Last week of Summer

2008-08-25T20:26:00.000-07:00

We went to Bear Lake for three days last week. Grandpa came with us and we had a lot of fun. The boys loved having him there. Luke and Kira love the sand and Jonah loves the water and boats. Kira and Luke were really sick the last night and on the way home but we had a great time until then.

Thursday, we went to Liberty Park with friends and played in the water. That night, we had a fun party at Wheeler Farm. Luke is still talking about the funny magician there.

Friday night, we went camping for our ward campout. There were only a few families there this year. It's a good thing because Kira kept most of them up for an hour screaming. We think she still didn't feel great but after many attempts she finally took the cookie bribe we were offering and went back to sleep. We played games, roasted marshmallows and played in the river.

August

2008-08-15T13:13:00.001-07:00

We went to Lagoon last week. Kira loved it except for the ride that she got sprayed in the face (Todd's idea to take her on). Luke didn't like the Wild Mouse (it's very jerky and you feel like you will fall off any minute) but he loved the other roller coasters like the Bat that your feet dangle below you. Jonah loved all of the big rides. He can go on any ride there so he tried to get on all of those. Grandpa Utah and Dad got too tired of the crazy rides to keep it up or he might have made it. There aren't many pictures of Jonah.

This week, we went to the Dinosaur Park in Ogden. It's pretty fun. We went with our friends that live up there. Here is a picture of the boys with Addie & Calder and one of Kira digging in the sand for dinosaur bones. She liked throwing sand more and climbing on the other kids but she tried it for a minute.

Days of 47 Float

2008-07-31T19:46:00.000-07:00

The float was done just in time. There were some car troubles on the morning of the parade but three batteries got us through the parade. At the last minute, Luke was able to ride on the float because someone didn't come. It was a very long morning/ night. Todd was up all night and the rest of us had to get up at 4:00 a.m. Kira slept over at Barbees and had a great time over there. When the parade goes by, it seems like it is going really slowly but then all of the sudden there past you and digital cameras just don't go fast enough. Jonah's in green on the swing (sorry, it's really fuzzy) and Luke's in green under the globe. Before the parade, Luke was on the swing and Jonah was under the globe but they wanted to switch. Luke was not happy when I saw him during the parade but I didn't even think to see if there was something I could do to help him. They made new friends with the other kids and they had a great morning. That is also them sitting on the stairs when it was at the conference center where you could look at the floats up close. Todd is still really tired and not getting much done after work but that will get better.

Here are some pictures of the float. The two guys standing in front are the local newsanchors that were right by us all morning. They talked to several people about our float and they showed our float several times. So, there are some good shots of it on videotape even though the parade coverage didn't show the globe very well.

July

2008-07-18T21:39:00.000-07:00

Yea! I am so glad that July is going so fast. Todd is so busy with the float. It is crazy! But, it is going to the South Towne Expo Center tomorrow for viewing and the parade is next Thursday. So, we are almost done. When I was there tonight, it didn't look very good but they were working fast and furious trying to finish up tonight. Here is a picture of what it looked like yesterday afternoon. Hopefully, I'll get pictures tomorrow when it's finished and it will look great!

And, our cute Kira. What is a blog post without pictures of our fun little baby? She is addicted to talking on the phone. You can't leave any phones down or she will turn them on and put them to her ear. She says "hi" but I think it sounds more like "ih". I didn't think I talked on the phone very much.

Here are pictures of our boys at our Utah Swimming Party. A slip 'n slide is totally acceptable in Utah since nobody has a pool. And, all the kids love our horse trough pool. And, finally, here are some pictures of the 4th of July Parade we go to. Todd considers it a sacred tradition to go to this parade. So, you can always find us in Kaysville hanging out at what we call the "Water Parade". Jonah is holding the fire hose with the bigger guy. Todd fills his truck with barrels of water to keep those buckets full. Luke & Kira don't want to play yet. And, this year, we had a vintage firetruck come up that belongs to the brother-in-law of our friends that we go with. Their whole family gets really excited too. And, Todd's family is starting to come. Our friend, Cyndi, is holding Kira.

We can't name most of the people in these pictures. But, they are with us. Our friends have a huge family and they all get involved. I just try to watch and make sure my kids don't end up in the street or lost.

Fyi: This post is long because I have had trouble downloading my pictures. But, I figured out my trouble today and so I hope I can post more often now.

Swimming Lessons

2008-07-01T20:21:00.000-07:00

The boys had swimming lessons for 2 weeks. They are doing pretty well and are pretty independent at the pool by now. Luke is in an orange shirt and Jonah's is white.

Memorial Day Weekend

2008-06-10T14:53:00.001-07:00

We went away for the weekend to Fruitland (by Strawberry Reservoir). It was pretty cold. The mountains of Utah haven't thawed yet. It snowed up there that weekend. But, we had a lot of fun. There were four babies, 8 kids, and 8 adults. We had a great weekend.

Kira's Birthday

2008-04-28T13:58:00.000-07:00

Kira loves this birthday present. She also got a fun keyboard, bus, swimsuit, balls and dog that she really loves.

Here's Kira with her birthday cake when she was only eating the M&Ms.

1st Post

2008-04-25T13:24:00.001-07:00

So, I finally decided to be a blogger. I don't want just anybody to look at it though. We're not very exciting at our house, so if I get a post on once a month I'll be doing pretty good.

Kira had a great 1st birthday. The cake was pretty messy. She loved the presents but she loved hugging Jensen more. She got lots and lots of cute clothes because she is so cute!!! Look at all of her hair and yes, she is walking all over the place. She LOVES dolls and stuffed animals right now.