Loose Tooth



Gretchens tooth got so loose that she could make it stick straight out.  She only wanted Aunt Andrea to pull it out.  The only problem was we wouldn't be seeing her for a few more days.  The tooth eventually came out while brushing teeth. 

Cherry Hill

Aunt Andrea invited us to go to Cherry Hill with her yesterday.  They all had a wonderful time.

Kinslee wanted to swim without a life jacket the whole time.

getting ready to jump in.

Gretchen

Pirates Cove was the best place for kinslee since she didn't want anyone to touch her and just wanted to swim on her own.

water gun fight

Easton

Noelle and Kinslee

Kendall

 Gretchen

 Kinslee and Noelle under the waterfall 

 Gretchen, Easton, Noelle, Kinslee, and Kendall

 Gretchen

Lagoon

Yesterday we went to de Goon, as Gretchen calls it. We almost didn't make it, our van broke down by our house, but Aunt Andrea saved the day and came and picked us up.  It was incredibly hot.  The high was 103, but we still had a blast with our Aunts, Uncles, and cousins.

 On Tilt-A-Whirl 

 Bumper Cars

 Gretchen and Kinslee

 Kinslee and Gretchen

 Easton, Kinslee, and Gretchen before we went on any rides.

 Kinslee and Kendall

 Kinslee on Bulgy the whale.  She loved this ride and went on it at least 10 times.

 This is Gretchen's favorite ride, the cart turned right when I took the picture so you can only see Noelle.

Gretchen, Kinslee and Easton.

Gretchen and Kinslee had a blast in Kiddie Land.  Easton decided to be big and went with his cousins on the Spider, Colossus, and The white roller coaster.

Pre-School Program and Dance Recital

Gretchen had a big day yesterday.  She had her pre-school program and her dance recital.  She had a lot of fun people come support her.

 Kinslee, Aunt Andrea, Kendall, Noelle, Charly, and Easton

 Gretchen waiting for her program to start.

 This year they learned about different countries and cultures.  In there program they sung songs from each country.  Gretchen got to be Gretchen while the kids sang about Gretchen and Hans.

 Charly, Noelle, Aunt Andrea, Gretchen, Kendall, and Easton being weird.

 Easton, Grandma, and Gretchen  

 Our family after her program.  I love how all three kids look like they are in pain.  Aunt Melinda was there also but somehow I didn't get any pictures of her. 
Then at 7pm Gretchen had her dance recital.  She did so good I was so happy to actually see her dancing and singing.  Kinslee was a brat and we left at intermission.  I was a little bummed because I wanted to see Charly, Noelle, and Kendall dance a little more.  We went to dinner afterwards with Grandma, Aunt Melinda and Uncle Wally.  Kinslee wouldn't stop crying so I took her to the car and we just chilled until everyone finished dinner. 

 You would never know she was being a brat from this picture of her while we were waiting. 
When we got  home I realized I didn't get a picture of Gretchen in her dance stuff.  She was tired and had to go to the bathroom so this is all I got. 

Aunt Fran gave her these pretty flowers.  

Water Fight

 Yesterday we went to Aunt Andrea's to play.  The kids started filling up water balloons.  Andrea, Brandon, Nicole, Marshal and I thought we should join in the fun.  We formed teams and filled our Balloons.  A few rules were stated and then the water fight began.  Of course the adult team had 2 hoses and water balloons.  The kids just had water balloons.  

It was a good time for most everyone. 

 One of the rules was that Gretchen could only get half wet. 

 This is the reason for that rule. 

She wasn't a big fan of getting wet. 

 I captured this picture of these two arguing.  They were on opposite teams and I guess they were discussing buckets. 

 Here is the wet group except me and Kinslee.  Taylor did break another rule and got Kinslee but she didn't really care so he didn't get the punishment that came along with breaking the rules.  

Decorations

I have wanted to decorate my living room walls for a long time I am just not the best at doing it.  For my birthday my sister gave me decorations for the wall.  I can't hang stuff so she came this last week and helped me.  I love it! The picture isn't the best because of my huge window but you get the idea. 

Silly Eyes

Aunt Andrea gave my kids these eyes for Halloween.  My kids think they are totally awesome. 

Christmas Traditions

As a kid I loved all the traditions we had as a family, now that I have started my own family I love getting to do some of the same and new traditions. Last year Easton and I made some ornaments together. I have decided that I am going to do this every year. Here are the ornaments we made this year.

We also have made gingerbread houses. I have decided that I prefer the graham cracker houses because they didn't fall apart on me like the kit kind have.

This year Easton told us he wanted Aunt Andrea to take him shopping for his mom and dad's presents. On Saturday morning he called her and asked if she would take him shopping as soon as he got his room cleaned. Aunt Andrea and Charly came and picked him up. He has not stopped talking about it. He can't wait until next year to do it again.

This really isn't a tradition but on Saturday after Gretchen saw Santa, I asked if she wanted Santa to bring her a present and she said no Aunt Anja(that is how she says Andrea) bring me presents. I thought it was hilarious.

Happy Birthday Andrea!!!

Today is my sister's 39th Birthday!!! I just wanted to wish her a happy birthday!!! I am not sure what I would do without a sister. My brothers are cool and all but I can't lie I sure love my sister.

Looking through my scrapbooks to find a new picture of the two of us I found two that I really liked. The first one we got all dressed up and then Andrea took me to dinner and then to temple square and we took lots of pictures. I was like 10 or 11. I thought it was so much fun The next one is sort of blurry but it is us looking good at the Grand Canyon.
Andrea Thank you for everything you do for me and my family. You are awesome!

I Love You!!


Happy Birthday!!!!

Canning!

Growing up I loved to help my mom do her canning. I didn't get to do a lot because she didn't want me to get hurt, or probably really didn't want me to get in her way. As I got older she didn't can as much as she used to. I have learned that I didn't pay attention as much as I should have. After I got married she helped my do Lasagna sauce and Jam so I feel pretty confident with those.

I love dill pickles especially the ones my mom made growing up. This year I decided I wanted to do pickles so with a lot of my sisters help on Tuesday we canned some dill pickles. Today I am doing Lasagna sauce. It is exciting to me that I can actually do this myself, well mostly. Andrea has been a really big help. Thanks Andrea for everything!

Cherry Hill

We went to Cherry Hill yesterday with Andrea and her kids. Easton has been before but Gretchen hadn't.

This was Gretchen's first time down the slide. She wasn't so sure at first the water was pretty cold. She did warm up though and really enjoyed going down the slide.
Kendall

Easton

Charly & Easton
Gretchen

Noelle, Charly, Kendall


Easton loves his floaters!

Marshal

I think spending a day at a water park is such a good idea Easton didn't wake up until 8am. That is amazing. He could go to bed at midnight and still wake up at 6ish. So I was super happy that I got to sleep in a little bit.

Thanks Andrea for letting us tag a long.