February 22, 2015 visit to Barretts, Chloe's 7

This is a video of the kids with the dolphins.

This is a shark Mike saw while diving in Hawaii

Rex on the zip line at the park with cousins.

Driving up to Jan and Dan's we couldn't find Mike's wallet.  Mike in the car asked.  Honey, where's my walllllleeeet?  Chloe responded,  "Good joke dad, but it's not that funny."  

Cousins 

 Bed time.

Whatcom falls.

 Jan and Ike.  We had so much fun with family.  Becky had her baby the night we left.  We are so happy for the new addition.  He looks adorable.

The kids:We're orphans makin' witches brew 

Sara:Why are you orphans?

The kids: Cause then we can do whatever we want!

 Ike is getting so big.  He is rolling and scooting everywhere.  He loves toys and is still the happiest thing ever.

 The frozen 7th birthday.  Chloe was insistent on having Elsa's ice castle for her cake. It was the hardest cake I have made.  It was so tall I had to use dowels to keep it standing.

 The birthday girl.

 Don't eat Elsa.

 Snowball fight.

 Building snowmen.

 Melting Elsa's frozen heart.

Let it go!

 Grace helped and made Chloe her own special cake.

Instead of a pinata we did a punching luck of the draw game. 

 Buddies.

 Phone time.

 Things go down hill quickly around here.

 BAM!

 Demo the bathroom.  The leaking must stop.

 Ike's first time in the swing, and he loved it.  He is growing so quickly.

February 15, 2015 castle valentines. crabby

Ike is SO cute.

With sparkly blue eyes.

 Rex went glasses shopping with me.

I was singing oh what do you do in the summer time when all the world is green?  Do you fish in a stream, or lazily dream, or watch as the clouds go by?  If that's what you do so do I.  A while after I finished Rex chimed in, "I hate fishing...I hate naps...I hate watching clouds. That is realllllly booooooooooaring! So lets not do them.  OK? Lets only do fun stuff.  OK? Can't we do something more fun this summer?"  He decided going to Utah and going to nana's cabin, hang out with cousins and see grandma and grandpa was a good list and agreed to that.

 Chloe had to make a box for Valentine's Day at school. We were talking about how having a theme and it making it easier to make something.  Chloe decided a castle with a pyramid roof and turrets.

 For the 100th day of school Made a 100 book and I though this page was super cute.  Mike's fro is particularly awesome.

 lunch with Chloe at school.

 Rex decorating cookies with friends.

 Chloe's drawing are AWESOME.

 The finished product.  When Chloe took her box to school all the kids were doting over it and she was just preening.  She was proud as a peacock under all the praise.  It was neat to see her proud of a good job and a lot of work.  After she told me that none of the other kids had very good themes.

 Chambers park.

Rex kept bringing Mike crabs.  He ended up with about 5 at a time.

 Rex loves getting the little ones.

 Ike was mesmerized.

Click for the best crabby song

 Rex scraped his finger and he let us all know about it.


These pictures are so funny of these two.
Happy Valentine's Day:

Mike made us valentines breakfast.  Rex got a t-rex

 

Chloe a butterfly

I got a heart.

 Mike got...wait for it...a rocket.

 Hanging out with Dri

 Everyone had fun.  Mike and I had a wonderful lunch and temple date.  Dri is the best.  I think it was a good Valentine's day for everyone.

Last weekend Mike hung out with the kids and they got doughnuts.

 Chloe pretended to be a snail at Dri's.