Playhouse update

Well... I told you that Ryan was building the kids a playhouse. He is doing such a good job and it is looking soooo good. I want to play in it!!! Here are some pictures along the way. Jordan and Elly LOVE it. Ryan put up the slide and a firepole and both get ALOT of use!

Jordan's first day of pre-school

Jordan was so excited to be starting pre-school! He couldn't believe that he would get to ride a bus and get to eat breakfast at school! It is so fun to watch him grow up! He is such a good little thing. So... last night I told him it was time for bed, and he was getting ready to fight with me like he always does, and I told him he has to get ready to go to school. He just jumped up and said "Okay Mom" and went to bed. This morning when I woke him up to get dressed. He was soooooo happy! He put on his new transformer shirt, and his Wall -E shoes, and was ready to go!

I called him after he had gotten home from school to see how his day had gone! Of course he loved it. He said his teacher was "100 nice" that's ALOT! He said they got to play ring around the bus and they even got to sing songs. He told me that he loved singing but they couldn't sing the "Lamanite" song (that is Book of Mormon Stories for those of you who may not speak "Jordan") He is too cute! I love hearing about his day and everything that he is learning! How fun!

Ryan's new project!

I tell ya! Ryan can't just sit down and relax! That guy is always doing something, he has to be or else he gets bored. The thing is... we are all excited about what he's building. You ready for it.... A PLAYHOUSE!!!! YAY!!! The kids are so happy and can't stop talking about it. It is going to be two stories with a slide coming off the top story, and we already built the sandbox that is going to be right behind it. So far the kids, well actually all of us, had fun playing in it. It was like being at the beach (without the water, oh... and the sun)!! Anyways... here are some pictures of the "kids" playing in the sandbox! Thank you Mark, for the dirt! We really appreciate it!

P.S. Elly got some dirt on her face, the dirt stuck to the boogers she had hanging from her nose. With that said, she looked a little like Hitler. We thought it was funny!

Here comes #3!!!!

I just wanted to inform those of you who may not know yet, that we are expecting baby #3. The baby will come sometime in the middle of April! We weren't trying for a baby right now, but just so happens that we're getting one! We are excited and know that this baby is supposed to come to our family!

Brandy's Coming!!!!

We are so excited to be having Brandy come and live with us! My prayers have been answered, I have been wondering what I was going to do for a babysitter for my kids and how we were going to work the bus situation with Jordan going into Pre-school. I was worried and was trying to figure out what to do. Then the good news arrived. Brandy agreed to come live at our house and take care of the kids while we are at work, and she will be taking some college courses while she is here!!! YAY! I really hope that she enjoys it here! I know I am going to LOVE having her here. My dreams are coming true. It looks like my family is going to be closer! My mom will be moving up here next summer, and hopefully Amber, Luke, and the kids will be joining them shortly. I am just so excited!!!

Let the Potty Training Begin!!!

So I have been working with Elly and her Potty Training! She is actually doing pretty well. She will tell me when she needs to poop, but why can't she tell me when she needs to pee? I wish they would just KNOW how to do that stuff. Wouldn't that be great?! Anyways... It is kinda funny to watch. She is just so little and she doesn't want to use the kiddie toilet. She has to be a big girl and use the big potty. I swear one of these times she's gonna fall in. That will be a sight to see! LOL

Thanks for letting us visit!!!

All the cousins got to play together. They just loved being able to play together. We just wished we all lived closer, so we could see each other more! We got to see Uncle Andy and Aunt Yolanda while we were down. It was really nice to see them and to hang out. Elly really took a liking to Andy. She wanted to hang out with him and help him work. She even liked him so much that she jumped off the roof to him! She is a brave soul! Aunt Yolanda gave all of the kids ring pops. They LOVED them. They even saved them till the next morning! That's all they need is sugar. Those kids are hyper without sugar, but to add it... Whoa! They are crazy! I sure do love them. They are good kids and we have fun! We saw Grand-daddy Matt while we were there too! It is just so fun to see everybody. I hope you all know that we love you and appreciate all you do for us. Well... when it was time to go, Grandma Wendy and Aunt Brandy took us back to Vegas. While we were there Uncle Sam, Aunt Melissa, and Kayla came and visited us at the hotel. We took the kids swimming and while we were at the pool there was Hawaiian dancing, singing, and fun! It was great entertainment!

The CBZ Dinosaurs

Okay... So for as long as I can remember there has ALWAYS been the Dinosaurs in Cabazon. That's just the way it is! In fact our mascot in elementary school were the dinosaurs. The Cabazon Dinosaurs! YEP! Anyways... we went up there while we were down, so that we could show the dinosaurs to the kids, and because we heard rumors of there being a dinosaur museum there. We decided we wanted to check it out! It turns out that there IS a cool little dinosaur park there now, along with the Brontosaurus (a giftshop) and the T-Rex (that was supposed to be a slide, but never was). The kids loved it there. I loved it for that matter. We got to go through a cave that had 2 dinosaur rides for the kids, robotic dinosaurs that you could touch, and some fun activities that the kids could do. The first activity is digging to find fossils (white quartz) if they found one, they would get a prize. The next activity was panning for gemstones ( I think I enjoyed this more than the kids) Any gemstones that they found, they got to keep. All the while, there is a path filled with all sorts of different dinosaurs. At the end you could actually go up into the T-Rex. We got to hike to the top and look out of his teeth. It was such a fun time. After that, me and the kids met up with my friend Billy and his family. It was so nice to be able to visit and catch up. It has been a long time since I had seen him. Jordan and Elly loved playing with their kids Cameron and Dylan. We had a fun time!

Fun in the sun!

While we were down visiting, we had the chance to go see Grandpa Jim and Grandma Cindy. I took my kids, Landon, and Ammon, and we went swimming at their "old" house (which is now being used as their office). The kids had a Blast. They jumped off the waterfall, went under the water and touched the bottom, and they hung out and relaxed. They really enjoyed themselves. I was dead tired when we got back to Grandma Wendy's house, but I enjoyed swimming as well. It has been a while since I have been in a pool (except for our blow-up one). Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for letting us hang out with you and swim. After we got done there Grandma Wendy, Aunt Amber, Aunt Yolanda, Uncle Dyl, and I took the kids up to the Morongo bowling alley to bowl. Unfortunately there was a bowling league so we just played the Arcades instead. The kids thought that was super!