The kids being OPA!

For some reason the kids decided to impersonate their Opa before going to bed. It was pretty funny. They were running around the house screaming OPA!

 

 

 

 

My weekend in LA

So, I was lucky enough to get away for the weekend. Just us girls. I had so much fun!
We had a great hotel room, fabulous shopping, great food, and great company!

Kyle lost another tooth

Ronald Reagan's Birthday

So I totally forgot about the boys performances for Ronald Reagan's birthday. It was Alex's first one! Here are some pictures....




This is Kaylee entertaining herself during intermission

Kaylee's diving debut

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Kyle's Diving Debut

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Alex lifting weights

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Kyle and Kaylee doing the disco

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a little update

So last Monday was Presidents Day!! Sam took the day off, so we had a family day of fun:) First we went bowling. It was a lot of fun. Kaylee ended up winning! She beat Sam by one point. I had the absolute worst game of my life. I got a whopping 51. Sad huh? Our next stop was pizza for lunch and off to the movies. We saw Hotel For Dogs. It was pretty cute. Kaylee loved it since she is totally obsessed with whoofs (dogs)! We ended up running into some friends so the boys had fun sitting next to them.
The boys were busy this week being obsessed with buildling forts. I am not a huge fan of the forts. They are a mess, but the kids love them.
Kaylee kept herself busy writing letters to Hunter (a dog we were watching for the past month). One night when she was supposed to be sleeping she came down with a toy mailbox, opened it up and a ton a papers spilled out. She insisted we mail them to her Hunter. It was so sweet. I haven't mailed the letters yet though.
Last night Sam and I went out with some friends to Shoguns. So yummy! Then we decided to go to our friends house and play with the wii fit they just got. They have this really cool Shaun White Snowboarding game. It was so much fun. It made me think I could snowboard! However I did have a huge problem running into all the trees!

Alex learned how to ride his bike!!

February

Hunter getting a bath!

Just some random photos

 

This is what happens when the kids are all getting along at is quiet. They take everything they can find and create a barricade! Quite the disaster!

 

 

 

My sunbeam (a little late)

 

 

Our favorite shows

Bachelor: So good this season!
The office: Love it
American Idol: Love it
True Beauty: Sam's favorite :)

What a Week

We had quite the busy week. Lots to do and we all took turns with colds. Except Sam of course. He never gets sick.
On Monday we almost bought a little puppy. A Shih Tzu. A friend at work was selling a litter. Sam brought home some pictures and we all got excited. Kaylee said she wants a white she can carry. The first thing she said to me was I want the white one, a Hunter no fight with my puppy. Hunter(dog we have been watching this month)is a great dog. I think she put the thought in our head to get one of our own. However, a day of talking it over and almost getting in the car to go pick one out, the kids pretty much blew the idea out of the water. Sam walked in from work and the volume in our house from the kids was insane. Suddenly, we realized we are not up for a puppy who is yapping all the time and competing with our yapping kids. Maybe later?
We also had parent teacher conferences. Both boys are doing great. I am so relieved they are such good students all on their own (unlike their father who barely graduated!!) Hopefully the kids just take after me! Sam is shaking his head at me this very moment. :)
Wednesday and Friday Kaylee and I volunteered in Alex's class. She is so cute in there. She attaches herself to Alex. They are very sweet to eachother. During story time they were sitting next to eachother on the rug, Alex's arm around Kaylee and her arm around him. That was a good mom moment! She is quite popular with class too. We walk in and everyone says Kaylee! She loves it!
Friday was also the 100 day of school. They had little parties. Very exciting.
Sam and I went out with some friends last night. A much needed break! We say Bride Wars which was really funny! The kids love having a babysitter. They have a parties when we're gone.
Today we all had some ice cream a Dewars. The kids had really never been, so that was fun. We took a tour during the summer but they didn't really get to sit and order. Kaylee didn't care what kind it was as long as it was pink! She also let Sam know that he should paint our house pink too!
Oh and since Christmas my kids are obsessed with Webkinz! It is a great motivator though!
Well that was quite a post!

Alex's 6th birthday!

Alex had a great Army birthday today at home. It was so much fun! He is one happy boy! We had our own little boot camp. I made a tank cake, which was so much fun to do.

A compressed recap!!

So it has been a very long time since I blogged. So here goes with the last months update!
We spent our entire Christmas break in the bay area which was so much fun, other than Kyle getting the stomach flu, Sam bronchitis, Kaylee and Alex getting colds.
We celebrated Sam's Dad's birthday at Black angus.
We had a wonderful Christmas Eve. The kids enjoyed their new pj's!
The kids absolutely loved feeding the ducks. The ducks were not shy at all. They came right out of the water and chased us!!