Salt Lake Celebrating

Bright Eyes

Singing in the Rain

Happy Birthday!

To Ashleigh
From Rori, Kai and Lance

Happy Birthday to

the apple of our eye
the glue of our family
the launderer of our laundry, and
the dispenser of our hugs.

We're glad that Rori and Kai were able to take you to SeaWorld on your birthday. We know it is just what you wanted.

We will not reveal to the world your age but, as a hint, Lance will be celebrating your birthday by eating his dinner (all three courses) at this place.
http://www.baskinrobbins.com/. Lance, for one, looks forward to your return (and has some questions about removing ink stains).

Primary Activity/ Party

Kai went to his first Primary Activity (for the kids at Church) last Saturday with Lance. He was VERY excited about it and seemed to have a great time. Rori and I did some shopping. It was a fine time for everyone.

Apostle Musical Chairs:




"They Had Really Good Juice and Cookies":

A Little of This & That

Pre-Bath Goofs:




Messy Face and Loving It:




Picnic Weather Has Been Replaced by Storm After Storm:




Rori Sporting her Illini Spirit (Daddy dressed her in these PJ's that used to be Kai's after her bath one night):


Lance's Tasty Mongolian Beef Dinner:

Picnic Weather

We've eaten our lunch outside on a blanket the last 3 days in a row. The sun has been shining and we've been able to bust out some short sleeve shirts. Not to be left out- Rori has been enjoying her puffs right along side of the rest of us. It sure has been nice.

We've also been enjoying pulling out all of our outside toys again- golf clubs, baseball toys, scooter etc. We have obviously been trying to soak it all in.

Tomorrow's forecast is in the 70's.

Sunday's forecast is snow..............

Big Brother Captured Helping Out His Little Sister:


The Freedom of the Outdoors:


Sitting Pretty:


Sitting Silly:

It's the Most Wonderful Time...

..of the day for Rori. This little girl really loves her baths and Kai seems to think it is pretty fun as well to share the big tub. We've recently been having extra fun in the tub with the light up ducks Rori got from the Goldens. They are pretty awesome!

I Keep Hoping For...

...one good picture of the two kiddos together. One where they are both actually looking at the camera and smiling. It has proven to be nearly impossible. I think I need to enlist Lance's assistance to get both of their attention while I'm taking the photo. I love this picture of the two of them because it exemplifies the struggle. Can't you just hear them both saying "Are we seriously doing this again because we'll tell you right now we aren't smiling?"?

Putting off Bedtime

After their baths we all ended up on Mom and Dad's bed in an attempt to put off bed for a few more minutes.

Return to Gymnastics Class

Kai started back up again in February. We still LOVE it! We love our same teacher that we picked again and love how there are new fun things and tricks learned each week.

It's Back

The snow that it. It's coming down pretty steadily outside right now. I'm ready for warmer weather- mostly so the kiddos can get more outside time- but it sure is beautiful when it is coming down. Makes me want Lance to be home so we can all be safe and cozy inside together.

We had a fairly busy weekend planned. Friday night we headed to the University of Utah gymnastics meet. Kai loved having Amanda and Kennedy and Jack sitting there with us. Lance and I ended up catching up with a few other friends who were there too which was great.

We had several things happening on Saturday and Sunday too- Ward cleaning, Dinner groups (which was so yummy), Sat. projects, and so on. On Sunday morning at about 5am we heard Kai crying out for us from his room. He was burning up with a fever that would go down and then fire up again most of the early part of Sunday. Today he's cool as a cucumber and back to his good old self so it must have been a short little bug. People have been dropping like flies around us with all sorts of illnesses. If this is all we end up with for the Winter (in addition to the lingering cough thing of January) we will happily take it- if only. So far the rest of us are seeming ok, but time will tell. Sick kids are the pits.

So it's a new week with clean new snow. Time to get cracking on the week's to do's.

2 Sets of Twins?

My friend Amy watched Kai and Rori for me for a couple of hours on Thursday while I ran over to my old work for a bit. Then, I watched her kids for her for a few hours on Friday morning. It worked out to be a great trade. Kai and Amanda are about 3 weeks apart and Rori and Matthew are 2 1/2 months apart. I snapped these photos while they were at our house. It made me think of my friend Jena and her twin boys. I guess this is a VERY small glimpse of what it would be like to have 2 sets of twins. The tricky part is just trying to figure out how to carry the two little ones at the same time. Ha! :)

Sunny and in the Low 60's....

..in March means we hit the playground and the backyard to try and soak in a little warmth before the snow returns. It was nice.

Heard Around the House...

Kai is leaning against the couch focused on a small toy he has in the palm of his hand.

Ash: Kai what are you doing?

Kai: I'm pretending to be a Daddy.


Pause as he continues to study this thing and push on it.


Ash: What are you the Dadddy doing then?

Kai: I'm working on my iPhone.

Hmmm...........................monkey see, monkey do :)

Getting Better...

... but still needs a catcher after a few minutes. :)

The Newest Addtion to Our "Sports Game Room"

Contest anyone?

Scoping It Out:


Touchdown Dance:


Scoping it Out:


Victory Smile:

Sunny Weather =

-Washing the Cars

-Playing Outside

-A trip to the Zoo with Friends



Oh, and we made some movies while Daddy was at work today that we thought the grandparents and great grandparents might enjoy.



These last 2 need a little explanation. For Christmas Lance and I got Kai some kids books that tell scripture stories. We've been reading 2 or 3 of the short little stories with him at night before bed. Turns out he thinks it is really fun to memorize things- mind you I don't have these memorized as well as he does. :)

Rori's 6 Month Stats

Height: 28 inches = Above the Curve (Avg. Height of 9 month old)

Weight: 16.2 pounds = 50%

Head: 17 inches = 75%

And for fun...

Rori at 6 Months:


Kai at 6 Months:

Valentines at the Cab

We headed up to the "Cab" (as Kai likes to call it) at Bear Lake this weekend. We pulled up the 4-Wheelers and Tyler's family pulled up a big trailer. Grandma had already made her way up there earlier in the day.

On the way up the trailer had a bit of an adventure making it up the last hill, but in the end all was well and Tyler and Lance were able to get all the stuff in to the Cabin on Saturday. It was hard work and they did an awesome job when many of the rest of us might have called it an impossible task. (Think deep snow, slippery ice spots, and a long uphill driveway).

Kai and Kennedy had a blast together as usual. They played all Saturday without any real toys and never once had any kind of argument. Saturday night we all had some pizza together before the others hit the road for home. Our little family stayed on one more night and enjoyed playing in the Cabin's fun tub and reading by the cozy fireplace.

It was a nice getaway on Valentines!

Valentines Breakfast:




The Dancers:




The Gymnastics Show:




Little Miss Loving the Love Sac:


The Brothers at Work:


Daddy Time:


Bathing in the Trough Jetted Tub:


Despite this Photo- They both loved it! Ha!:


Rori and Mommy Enjoyed this View at the 7:20am Feed: