We are due for a post of randomness now that I am feeling up to date on the blog.

look at these 2 cuties!

Lots of mornings we get a knock on the door from our neighbor Lucie. Packer is often in his pajamas, playing his computer time. They are good friends and Cali is ALWAYS right there with them.

Lucie and Packer

I am trying to learn how to braid Cali’s hair. Last week she had a braid 5 out of 7 days and they were starting to look pretty good by the end of the week. I started with a french braid but my skills are bad. I’m posting the first braid so that when I am a champion hair stylist we can look back ad laugh.

Cali's first braid

How does the garage get so full? One day we are parking our cars in there and the next we can barely walk through. It is much cleaner now but not quite park-able. Shannon came and got her stuff out so I got to see her and Michael for a few minutes on Monday 🙂 Maybe I will finish the job today.

garage o junk

Last night I stayed up way to late hanging out with my sister Kelsey. She and the brothers came over Sunday night for dinner and games – (I am Loving ROOK lately). MOnday we met up at basketball. Tonight we have a soccer game and last night we decided we needed to go roller blading. After blading we stayed up way too late playing Nertz and being silly. Kelsey gave it a ‘valient’ effort but I did beat her 🙂

how high would you bid this hand? 3 in the kitty, 2 partners

Raymond is so much fun lately. He loves to smile and make eye contact. He loves his swing. I put him in when he starts to get tired and he naps in there instead of on the couch now. He chews on his fist all the time but is not interested in the pacifier.

Ray loves to eat his fist.

Rose is not a fan of our dog. She has been wacked in the face so many times that she cries whenever the dog is nearby. Yesterday and today she has started using her super powers on the dog. We always tell her to tell the dog no and she will be fine. She barely talks so that is not as easy as it sounds but now she puts her hand out makes super power noises at him – SO CUTE! She is at adorable stage as well (when she is happy). She asks for swings and blues clues daily. Still loves her bottle warmed up and loves to do WHATEVER the other kids do.

Zip Line is just one of those things that sounds SOO fun. Packer’s end of the year soccer party was at Jake’s house and he had a very fun backyard. Our kids have been talking about how we need to build a tree fort ever since. The zip line was great for the kids, they could climb up and do it all by themselves and then bring the rope back for the next kid. Fun Party.

And last night Ben had a family work party at the park. We ate hamburgers, listened to a live band, chatted with work people, ate cotton candy and snow cones, played on the playground, won a basketball and got Balloon ANIMALS!! Yes, the balloons were their favorite part: Robot, Blue Dog, Zombie, Pink Pony.

Than and Erica decided to come to Utah last week so we got to play and hang out just like the old days. They came on Wednesday morning and we visited and played and ate Cafe Rio and talked until late. The next day I let Benji and Packer stay home from school to play all day. Benji says that Pacen is still his best friend. I wonder how long that will last. Might last a while because Benji counts his cousins in a different category so Pacen may never be replaced. ALL of the kids played together really well. We did have a few Rose-Gentry screaming matches but nothing out of the ordinary. I ended up being sick all day on Thursday (Mastitis again 🙁 ) I let Erica take care of me and our kids – sorry E. And then they had to go that night. It was short but AWESOME. We love our Hancock’s.

Camry, Claira and Benji - enjoying some ice cream.

Everyone except Ray. Shoving bread in our mouths so we won't be hungry at the park.

Erica, Mia and Camry at the park.

My kids and Gentry fighting at the park. Luckily I had my new phone with camera or else we would have nothing to document this little visit from our friends 🙂