Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Stuffed animals in swimsuits


Allison wanted her picture taken with her dolls and stuffed animals that she had swimsuits on.
She needed to get her swimsuit, too!


She changed clothes yesterday over and over. Thank goodness St. Patrick's Day only comes around once a year!

Puzzles

Connor still is a big fan of puzzles.

The things they say

Quinn

He wished he could grow up on a farm -- when he saw a tractor --
(apparently Scott hasn't told the story about getting up at 4:30 am often enough!)

Talking about camping: You don't have to take a bath or anything. It's great!

You know, there's First Presidency, Stake Presidency, Bishopric.... So, what are we --- the "deaconbric"?

"I want to do something fun like dodgeball."

Connor was out getting warm on the fort the other day. He said he was warming up like a snake. I offered to bring him a book. Sure, bring me like atlas of the world or a dictionary, maybe just a big book--I don't really care.

Tanner wants to do something fun like miler day (when they run laps at school).


Allison was putting her shoes on the wrong foot: I just like putting them on zig zag.

Allison talking about me giving her some cold medicine: You know you can give me 6 ounces, because that's how much dad gave me.

Allison talking about the tooth Scott was pulling out (her 2nd bottom baby tooth!): We have to tell Christine. We have to call Christine. She'll bring a treat over.

We must have been talking about callings, like Church callings, and Allison chimed in that she had a calling not to bug for tomorrow and the next day and the next day.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

"Quicksand"

Would anyone like to help me clean these boys up when they're done? Anyone?
Yes, this is in our backyard. What is it, Sara? Weird.

7:30 am first day of Spring Break






Quinn has braces now!!!

Sunday jewelry


On Sunday, we pulled out some beads from Christine. Allison and Tanner made some pretty cool things.

We pulled out the crafty stuff to do things while we listened to "The Cay" book that Quinn will take an AR test on.

It was a nice Sunday afternoon. It just feels good when you don't have school the next day, doesn't it?

Dinosaur Valley State Park




Connor's soccer game was canceled on Saturday, the first day of Spring Break '09. So we packed up for a day trip to Dinosaur Valley State Park. We missed Joshua, as we passed the town of Joshua on the way. We remember our trip with Melissa and boys and how it started to rain that day. We still miss Melissa and boys.

That evening, we spent some time with Sophie (she can walk!), Eldon and Stephanie. Lyle, Zaret and Teancum came over too. Lyle came over twice. He had to go to work, but then they sent him home for 3 more hours! It was a neat surprise!

Domino Tan

Tanner is going to "timber" his dominoes.
He is surprised at just how fast they go down!

Hall Closet Hotel













One Sunday evening, not too long ago, the upstairs hall closet turned into a hotel!

Baseball Card Samples

























Quinn was heading up the idea to make some baseball trading cards.
Here are a couple of sample pictures.

Q and T duet


Our ward had a variety show a couple of weeks ago. Quinn and Tanner played "Book of Mormon Stories." This video is just the end of the performance.
Notice how Quinn will acknowledge the audience, but Tanner---he's outta there!

Connor played the piano in our last ward's talent show. He really didn't want to, but he still did it. He got a game cube game out of it. Now, it's a tradition.....Quinn and Tanner got a game cube game for performing. If Tanner tries out for the school talent show, we'll get him a game. However, Tanner has eyed some really cool cleats for football this fall, and would like to just have the thirteen bucks towards them instead!

Connor Sewing


It's been far too long since blogging last. I have learned that when I blog, I blog.
And when I don't, I don't.
I think it would be nice to blog a day at a time, and I admire those who can blog more regularly.

Anyways, Connor was sick a bit ago and stayed home from school. He worked on sewing really cute stitches to the sides of the pink kitchen towel project.
You don't need to watch the entire video to get the idea.
And if you know how to shorten videos, please tell me.