Randomness

We bought these kites quite a while ago and Mom FINALLY took the kids to fly them. It was just a breezy day, so we had some good luck getting the kites to stay in the air.

They also took several "nose-dives".
Our neighbor, a real cute kid, Anthony (8) came and helped Kaipo fly his kite.
Kaipo was very proud to do it himself

Here are the obvious choices for kites

When downloading pics from my phone I found several pics I had forgotten

that I had actually taken.

This is Ame and her cousin Olivia. They look the most alike.

They are a year and 1 month apart

My BIG boy enjoying the nice weather AND his bike

NOTHING cuter...

baby feet WITH flip flops on

I LOVE them BOTH!!

Kaipo saying hello to the Easter bunny @ Walmart

Ame was too shy to go say hello...she SAID he was a stranger

Ame's phone pictures

So here are just a few of the MANY unexpected pictures taken by little miss poser. She takes my phone ALL the TIME, to listen to music AND obviously take pictures. There were lots more, mostly blurry ones, that were erased. Now my phone at least has a lot more memory!

She actually did get a few good shot

of the boys

What a face!

That's my wierdo girl!

Oh what a day...

What is the day like for a little boy who just turned 1? It actually started the night before with a few presents,

because Daddy wasn't going to be able to be home until later at night

ON my birthday.

I think this bike is way cool
This activity table is pretty fun too
But this one is the BEST!

It entertains me AND my siblings for quite awhile

While I was napping this morning my brother and sister got to have a play date.

Their friends mom (the same ones that were suppose to come to the Dino Park with us)

was pretty sick still, so my mommy invited the kids over to play.

This is Ame's friend, Lindy.

And Kaipo's friend Casen-they love frozen gogurt!

Ame and Lindy made me some cookies, for my birthday,

in the easy bake oven

After Ame went to Hula lessons, we got chinese take out for dinner

(I love chow mein noodles),

and then we had donuts for dessert.

I'd say these things are REALLY tasty!

My mommy is making a cake for my birthday party...I can't wait to try that.

My mommy ordered me this DVD and it actually arrived in the mail today!

What a coincidence, one more gift for my birthday.

So we had a little "movie night" before bed.

I think I will like watching this one!

***Happy Birthday, to our not so baby Ash***

We hope you know how much we love you!

We can't believe how quickly you have grown up and that you are already one!

We hope your day was an extra special one,

because YOU are definitely so special to us!!

Love - Daddy, Mommy, Ame and Kaipo

Dino Park

The kids and I had a fun day today.

We have been talking about going to the Dinosaur Park (in Ogden) for awhile,

and finally made plans to go. Unfortunately our friends that were going to go with us, got sick and couldn't come, but there was no way the kids were going to wait for another day.

The weather was perfect-sun/clouds and low 60's! These were robotic dinosaurs. They were REALLY cool.

It even captured Ash's attention.

I was amazed at how realistic and "in action" these dino's looked.
Ame taking a "sneak peek" at this one's bones.
Ash loved climbing on all the reptiles

I don't know a lot of the dinosaur names (except for the common ones)

But I do remember this ones name is GIGANTOSAURUS

There were lots of caves and bones to explore inside

This is typical of most pictures I capture...

Ame posing and Kaipo always in action & never looking at the camera

Ame wanted to be like lazy (no make-up and a hat) mommy today,

and sport the side braid

What a fun filled day exploring with my kids!

Doesn't get much better than that...

only if daddy were with us!

Good Family Times

Saturday was a fun day. We had a BBQ and then we had an easter egg hunt with all the cousins, in QUinn's family. Of course the hunt itself only last maybe a couple of minutes, but there is more prep time put into it. The parents each brought 10 or more filled eggs/per kid and then the older cousins hid them, for the younger ones. Some of the eggs were even filled with money!
When Ame got to her cousins house (on the left) and saw they were wearing their easter dresses, she was begging me to go ALL THE WAY home and get hers. Of course that didn't happen, so luckily they had some extras for her to get all dressed up in!

I would like to say this is OUR kids playing on this play set, but its not.
The EASTER BUNNY brought this swing set to our house. Unfortunately he didn't assemble it, so it is sitting in 3 VERY LARGE boxes in our garage. Hopefully daddy can find the time, energy and help to get it set up sometime soon! It will be SOO nice AND convenient to have this in the backyard to entertain the kids all summer!!!

Easter moring breakfast...CANDY!

Ash loves his little golf club

Ame is showing off the candy lipgloss she got

Unforunately we were running late (as usual-no matter how far in advance I start getting EVERYONE ready is always seems to end up this way) so we didn't get very good pictures before church

Here's my boys in blue & yellow

and me and my girl

Hope you had a happy and enjoyable Easter.

And as Ame so sweetly said...

(my mom just reminded us of this remark

Ame made a few years ago)

that Jesus always lives in our hearts

Easter Fun and a Few more Teeth

Ame had an easter party @ preschool today and they made these fun easter baskets.

Her bunny lost one of its eyes! And Ash is getting some more pearly whites on top!

A Big cheesy smile
Not like the last time mom tried to capture a picture of the 1st baby teeth

This Girl is Beat!

Being the activities chair is soo rewarding, yet soooo stressful! I have an awesome committee, but the details, organization, and decision making of each activity falls on me. We had our ward annual Birthday Party last night, and from what I heard it was a huge success. We had somewhere close to 200 people attend. We had a spaghetti dinner, which we made of course, but it was pretty simple to prepare...just A LOT of noodles to cook. We also provided salad and ice cream. Ward members brought rolls/breadsticks and cakes. We had a cake decorating contest for the brave few who made FUN cakes. After dinner we had several activities that we organized:
1. a guy in our ward is awesome @ balloon animals and the line was long all night for that
2. we originally were going to do face painting, but tattoos were MUCH easier & way less of a mess
3. a golf putting game, that quinn started last year and it was such a hit, we did it again
4. musical chairs
5. a get to know you activity

Quinn had to teach last night (luckily he let his class out early so he could be there to help me for some of the night), plus during the 2 hours prior to the party, with decorating and set-up I had all 3 kids. Luckily I had a few young women take charge of Kaipo and Ame during the party, but still my stress level was quite high from about 4-8pm.
The night seemed to go as smooth as possible, but I am glad it is over. One of the biggest things I don't like about my calling is I never really get to ENJOY the activities and hang out with the member, cuz it is always go-go-go, to make sure everything falls into place, from set-up to clean-up. I have been in this calling for a year now, and have actually started to enjoy it...easy to say just AFTER a big activity is over. It has helped me get to know the ward members better and I have really grown to appreciate those we put such hard work into various activities for the ward.
Ironically-The 1st counselor came up to me, last night, and said he needed to meet with quinn and I. What does that mean? Am I getting released? I would actually have real mixed feelings about that. We will see...
I am sure anyone reading this didn't need quite so much detail of my ward activity, sorry! Just writing this post made me tired all over again! ANd of course I didn't get one picture...I am SOO bummed!

Feeling Green?

Well I have been trying to make things fun for St. Patrick's Day,

so we have been eating green. We actually had our GREEN dinner last night,

because QUinn teaches tonight. I didn't think of getting a picture until the meal was over.

This was our menu of green:

mashed potatoes, soy beans, broccoli, stuffed steak-with green sauce, lime aid,

and for dessert:

mint brownies and mint ice cream.

For breakfast this morning the kids got:

green eggs (didn't know how to do green ham), grapes, cinnamon toast with green honey,
and green white grape juice.

So maybe mom got a little carried away with coloring EVERYTHING green.
But Ame and Kaipo LOVED the whole green theme.
QUinn thought it was a little wierd. I do have to admit it is totally all in your head.
It was definitely wierd to look at, but everything tasted just as good!
And it was fun!
I don't know how much creative I will get today, maybe I am done