38 weeks

Time for an updated picture of my big fat belly! Jake took these pictures for me with the help of a tripod...not too bad for a 4 year old!

Oops...missed the belly shot :)

I am so ready to have a regular belly again!!

Crazy Hair Day

Today is crazy hair day at school. Abbey wanted an Afro and Quincy wanted Pippy Longstocking braids. I knew how to do Abbey's hair as a result from taking out her hair from last year's crazy hair day, but I just didn't have what I needed to do the braids for Quincy. So we just made something up. Owen wanted mad scientist hair, we did the best we could with his short hair.

By the time we took this picture with all of them together Abbey's hair was already settling down. Next time I'll have to put a lot more gunk in her hair to get it to last longer.

Piano Recital

The girls had another piano recital. They have been taking piano now for a little over a year and are doing really well.

The teacher with all her students.

Abbey

Quincy

Rainy days

We woke up Saturday morning to an awesome thunderstorm. The rain is so welcome in the summer because it really cools it off out there (for a very short period of time). After the thunder and lightning stopped the kids wanted to play in the rain because the street was all flooded, so we let them. They had so much fun running through the gutter and they even talked their dad into playing with them. After they were done I made them all shower immediately to get all that nasty gutter water off them.

**I tried to upload a couple of pictures also, but kept getting errors. I'll try again later.

as requested...

6 months

one day...

one day, i'm going to update this blog...one day.

Cancun, Mexico

To celebrate our anniversary this year we decided to do something big before our family gets even bigger. Peter took charge and planned everything. It was so nice for me to not worry about any of the planning...for some reason that part really stresses me out. The kids stayed with his brother in Mesa and had a great time. They felt like they were on vacation as well with a pool in the backyard and a dog to play with. We went to Cancun, Mexico on the 27th of may and stayed for 4 nights. Our anniversary isn't till the 13th of June, but I didn't want to be as less pregnant as possible for our trip!

The ruins in Tulum


Xel-ha - we didn't swim with the dolphins but watched a few people do it. We'll have to do that next time. We went snorkeling which we love to do. I don't have any pictures of that because they were taken with a disposable waterproof camera and need to be taken to get developed (the old fashioned way). I will post some later.

I love the fact that Iguanas are everywhere. They are so fascinating.

The view from our balcony in our room.

We had so much fun and were a little sad that it went by so fast. Hopefully one day we will be able to take the kids, they would love it.

Thanks for the wonderful vacation babe! I love you so much and am looking forward to many more wonderful anniversaries!

Lost Tooth!

Owen lost his very first tooth today. He was so excited because he pulled it out all by himself! It always makes me sad when they start loosing teeth. Just another sign of them growing up, not to mention the awkward years of little kids with gigantic adult teeth.

Quincy's 10th Birthday!

Quincy turned 10 on May 12th. She got to have a "almost sleepover" birthday party. She had so much fun. She is such a good girl. I am really lucky to have her as my daughter!

playing musical sleeping bags

Happy Mother's Day!

i'm not sure i have any blog followers anymore due to the lack of posts, but this pretty much sums up what we've been up to.

The kids have been so excited and have been telling everyone so I thought it may be time to post...

Goalie

Quincy told her coach last week at practice that she wanted to play goalie. On Saturday she told me about it and said she was very nervous about it so at the game she told the coach she changed her mind. The coach ended up putting her in anyway for the 4Th quarter. Probably because they were up 4-0 so it was a good time for her to try it out without so much pressure. She did a really good job and only had to get the ball twice.

Her team pretty much dominated the whole game, so this is what she looked like most of the time...a little bored, but super cute. I was really impressed with her though. I was watching her when the ball would start to make it's way down to her end and she totally looked like she knew how to play goalie. She does play goalie at recess a lot, just never in a real soccer game. I just can't get over how exciting these games are for me to watch now. They have finally reached that age where they are playing as a team and know their positions.

Easter Egg Hunt

***off the subject***

A few weeks ago we took the training wheels off of Owen's bike. The only picture I took was when he was screaming bloody murder and riding his bike at the same time. It was hilarious...all of our kids have done that so far, it must be scary to when you first ride all by yourself.

Saturday was our neighborhood's Annual Easter Egg Hunt. The kids had lots of fun this year (no crying at all...miracle) finding eggs and in between age groups playing on the big blow slide and the playground.

Owen

Quincy (yellow shirt) Abbey (blue shirt bending over)

Jacob (blue and green striped shirt)

Owen going down the slide as the other 3 just got off. They loved this thing...they couldn't stop giggling.

St. Patricks Day!

For St. Patricks Day I went with some friends to the "green fountain." In Fountain Hills, Az they have this huge fountain that put green dye in at noon on St. Patricks Day. This fountain was super huge and it was at a nice park, so it was a great place to let the kids play. For me it was a great place to people watch. I did not realize that lots of people really get into this holiday.

Here it is when it was just starting to turn green.

Here is the fountain really emerald green. It was actually really pretty to watch.

Here are a couple of pictures of my favorite people to watch. If I was really brave I would of gone over there and asked them to pose for me. But I'm not.

We really had lots of fun. Thanks Liz for telling us about this place, hopefully we will turn this into a yearly tradition.

Field Trip

Last month I was able to go on a field trip with Owen's Kindergarten class. They went to a dairy farm and learned all about cows. They were also able to feed goats and horses, pet rabbits and hold chickens. Owen was game for everything but actually holding the chickens. They had lots of fun and so did I. That was the first time I have ever helped out at school. I really need to do that more often.

Owen's entire kindergarten class.

Feeding the horse.
Feeding the goat.

Another Soccer Season.

The girls are half way through another soccer season. We put them in a different league this time so they could play on the same team as some of there friends in the ward. They have really great coaches and it is getting really exciting to watch them play. They are learning how to actually play as a team instead of as individuals. I'm really enjoying this season.

Abbey

Quincy

The girls taking a knee...someone was hurt.