Cali’s First Hair Cut
monday April 30, 2012
Hair Cut Time!
We got Grandma to grab her scissors before she went to work.
3 inches off the bottom and Cali is ready to go. I love her blonde hair.
Month: May 2012
Table Mountain
On Sunday the 29th of April I drove to Oroville with Packer, Cali, Rose, Raymond and 3 of my siblings. Joel, Brady and Kelsey convinced me to leave early and spend some time at the parents house and let Ben and Benji come with Ryan and his family so… that’s what we did 🙂 We drove on Sunday and then played for 2 days.
On Monday we hung out with Liz and her kids and Tracie and her high school friends. That evening we went up to Table Mountain for a picnic and hike for family night. Table Mountain is simply beautiful. Check it out:
even the cows are pretty
picnic by the big tree
look how cute Rose is these days
hiking to the water
Grandpa. Kids. and a Cow.
Tommy, Kelsey, Mom
Cedar, Tracie, Cali, Mom
we found the water
Cali and Packer with the salamanders.
slimy little guys
hiking back
a bonkey tree! we loved to find trees to bounce on when we were kids so now we are teaching our children the fun.
good night Table Mountain!
More Babies
Tracie and John spent the day with us on Thursday the 26th. We had fun just hanging out and watching our babies.
cuteness
Ray is just 2 weeks older than Cedar.
samers
wrestle mania
Cedar putting the choke bar on Ray.
On Monday morning we all met up in Oroville so these babies could play with their cousin Tommy.
Thomas is 2 months older.
Tommy stealing Cedars pacifier
happy birthday PACKER
Packer was born on April 25th. This year it was on a Wednesday so we celebrated as a family that day and then Aunt Tracie and Uncle John celebrated with us on Thursday and we had a cousins party on Friday. We kept things pretty low key but Packer had a lot of fun with his new presents and eating lots of cake.
wearing his backpack around 2 hours before school because he got to bring the treat and do show and tell!
PRESENTS are the best part!!
a PSP game!
Eye Pet, Snorkel, EZ Fort, Angry Bird Card Game, and Gum = a happy Packer!
We are in the habit of opening presents first thing in the morning so we can just play all day. I don’t think Packer changed out of his pajamas until it was time for soccer practice.
early morning fort building
i would like to wear my birthday snorkel while I eat my lunch.
video games with dad
play-doh time with Lucy, Luca and Mia
cupcakes and candles after soccer practice. grandma and grandpa stopped by too.
thursday
Tracie and Cedar brought window markers!
friday
plants v zombies trivia/treasure hunt!!
the YETI ZOMBIE birthday cake!
cake with cousins - then movie time.
The 3 day party was a success. Packer is still Mr. Chill. He is very lovable. His favorite right now is computer time. He wakes up begging and goes to bed thinking about playing again. He plays everything from Club Penguin to Zombies to Skylanders. Packer loves to play with Benji. He follows Benji around and thrives on their make believe games. He doesn’t like to be kissed good night but he does like multiple hugs. I can’t believe our Pac Man is already 5. Too big!
Baby Cedar!
Baby Cedar came to Utah to meet us! She lives in Alaska with her mom (my sister, Tracie) and her dad (John Lewis). That’s why I am giving her her own blog post – – this might be the only time we see her before she is 5! 🙂
On Sunday April 22nd we went to her blessing and spent the day with family in Murray? (i think)
John, Cedar and Tracie
family picture after church
Rose and Uncle Joelie
us
i love being mom
a little sunday race ???
guess which brother wouldn't stop until the top?
cousins at the luncheon
the cute babies
Aunt Carol and Cedar
Aunt Di and Cedar
After Cedars party we went straight to Amanda’s birthday party. No pictures of Amanda but Great Grandma Nettesheim was there and listened to the kids play in the corner. It was neat just having her there with us.
Ray, Cali, Rose and Grandma in the toy corner
Rose and Ellie playing nicely
dad and Ray after a busy Sunday
busy busy busy
2 weeks ago I started this post titled “busy busy”. I have since added an extra busy and been just that – – BUSY.
I felt behind on blogging and now i feel really behind so I am making a list here and then I will look through my pictures and attempt to catch up because things like birthdays and first haircuts cannot be left unblogged!
April/May 2012 list of busy fun stuff:
fri 20th – look at new homes, pho for dinner
sat 21st – soccer game, pupusas with falabellas
sun 22nd – cedars blessing, Amandas bday
weds 25th – packer bday
thurs 26th – john and tracie here, extended fam at the park
fri 27th – make bday cake, packer party
sat 28th – kids soccer, adult soccer, prepare church talks, pack for CA
sun 29th – speak in sacrament meeting, leave for CA
mon 30th – chill, cousins, table mountain
tues 1st – pull weeds, yogurts, aunts, angelee, hulas, mastitis
weds 2nd – mastitis, Tonya, drive to cabin, meet up with rest of fam!!
thurs – 3rd – games, park, ultimate, games
fri 4th – games, archery, bb guns, Family Pictures, games
sat 5th – games, lake, hike, 60th party/anniversary, crepes, games
sun 6th – drive home 🙁
weds 9th – Bens bday!!
Fish head soup anyone? must be a foreigner thing.
Cali and Mia - cheesers at the restaurant
grocery time - Ben has taken over the shopping almost completely.
boys love the tablet
so happy that sappy feet season is almost over at our house - a negative from our big shade tree.
The Legos have been rediscovered at our house!