Family Love

These kids are so cute! Jocelyn walked over to Ezra, so I took out the camera and sneaked a video. If Jocelyn knew I had the camera out, she would have stopped immediately, so I am kind of thinking of myself as a sneaky fox.

This is our latest happenings.

Mylee and Ester were able to visit for a few hours while Dave and Steph went to the temple. It was great! We loved that they were able to visit. Jocelyn can never get enough of her cousins.

Jocelyn and Jimmy are so alike. I loved their little lap time. They were so funny together.

I had to use this picture. Jocelyn was in such a silly mood. This is sooo...funny and so typical Jocelyn.

Jocelyn's friend Revan came over to play and they had fun. I got this little art project out for them and they couldn't have cared less about it. They just wanted to play with each other.

Jocelyn's dream came true! She met a real princess! We went to Mesa High School's production of Beauty and the Beast. She was a little tired and wanted to fall asleep but we kept her awake and she was happy because of it. She was really excited in the end.

Ezra is so funny about food. I think he is going to be a picky one. He always has the funniest faces when he eats. He always looks disgusted, but continues to eat whatever I feed him. I guess he doesn't like chicken and gravy.

But he is also my sweet and wonderful happy boy. He always laughs and smiles even if he is super tired. Here he is playing with Dad and loving it!

Finally! Jocelyn's Birthday!

Jocelyn's birthday party was a success! We did a full-blown pirate princess party. We had a station for kids to put on pirate patches, a bandana, a sash and an earring. There was also a station for kids to put on temporary tattoos. Because Carson Kasper had just had a pirate party, we borrowed his two ship and the kids got in the cardboard "ships" and attacked each other with cannon balls made out of aluminum foil. There were about 20 kids there so it was a little bit crazy, but overall just plain fun. One kid said to me, "This is better than Chuck E Cheese!" Our pirate food was pizzas with a skull on cross bones made out of pepperoni and olives. And lastly, there was a pirate cake. It was so much fun!

One of my favorite parts of the party is when Jocelyn opened her Rapunzel dress from Aunt Deanne. As soon as she saw it, she dropped her skirt and wanted to put it on right then!

The kids were so excited about the cake! Jimmy made it look awesome!

Even Ezra got to be a pirate!

Thanksgiving and Christmas

Wow, there have been so many things that have happened over the last couple of months so here are the highlights!

To start us off, Jocelyn fell asleep picking her nose and I thought I should remember this forever! It is hilarious.

We were able to go to a hotel in Phoenix for the night (thanks Aunt Debbie!) and just get a little vacation away from home. It is always nice to get a little night away.

This was a fun little sequence of events. Of course, Jocelyn wasn't wearing clothes. She loves to be naked. Well, she was done with dinner and tried to get down from her chair a different way. She got her head stuck in the chair and was so mad. It was really funny and sad all at the same time.

Who knew you could dunk toast into ranch? I guess for some people ranch goes with anything. Jocelyn is one of those people.

Although he doesn't have any funny stories yet, he is still so cute and fun, so here is a picture of our little guy Ezra!

Jocelyn is officially going through a pirate phase. She loves Jake and the Neverland Pirates and thinks she should live there with them!

Ezra has officially started eating solids and he couldn't be more happy about it! He wants to eat everything in sight. And from what I've heard, he won't stop...ever.

Pop (or "Popcorn" as Jocelyn likes to call him) made a wonderful breakfast for us on Christmas Eve morning and the girls helped! They are becoming quite the little chefs because they also made cookies for Santa with him!

This was the cutest! They all wanted to play the piano at the same time, so they did! Grandma Rose would be proud of her sweet little angels on the piano!

Stephanie and I took the girls to a children's museum in Farmington and the girls loved it. They played so well!

Mylee was praying for her "food." What good parents she has to teach her to thank our Heavenly Father for our blessings.

The girls love their TV. And Jocelyn is always a character having some expression on her face. I love it!

Dave was determined that Dani beat this game, but it didn't happen. Maybe next time Dani-you were so close!

The duo finally had a reunion. After a 5 year separation, the two found each other again and couldn't get their hands off each other. It makes me wonder what happened during their movie...

Boys will be boys...

Look at that cutie!

He is so happy! This is just adorable.

The sick mama with her kids. I'm sure that is what made Grammi Kimmi feel better!


AJ and her daddy.

Jocelyn was already trying out her new puzzle with Grammi Kimmi and loved that it was Little Mermaid. She just thinks all of the pieces should fit together. We're working on that.