Tree Weekend

In preparation for tree pruning we had dinner at Aunt Anne's. The kids love to go so they can play games with Anne and Carma, food is more of an after thought for them. Uncle David is such a good cook that John and I look forward to dinner and dessert!

Grandpa is a monkey

The kids enjoyed sitting on the cut down sticks, I'm not sure why though, it looks painful!

John is just as big of a monkey as his Dad!

Post tree pruning food. Madison and Jocelyn both ate their entire dinner while sitting on Grandpa. Yes, Grandpa was able to eat too, I'm just not sure how he managed it.

For the last couple of weeks my sweet mother in law has been staying with us so that I can sit on the couch. That's right, I sit all day long while she cleans my house, plays with children and runs herself ragged! I appreciate it so much! Only three weeks to go until we are considered full term and this kid can just come! However, we're in the safe zone now - 34 weeks!

Round 2 of Why My Camera Battery is Always Dead

I'm not sure where Drew was in these pictures but I'm guessing that he was standing on the side playing Wii while this was going on.

Jumping Jacks

One of the kids' favorite things to do in Utah County is going to Jumping Jacks. Because they run like mad people there aren't that many pictures of the bigger kids. They also all sleep really well after they have had a day playing on bouncy toys! This means that Mom and Dad really like taking them here as well!

After jumping around all day the kids like to watch a show before they go to bed. Grandpa has become the jungle gym as they are still trying to adjust to being on a firm surface again.

Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of Jill's baby shower that we had on Saturday. Angie and Carrie put together some great games and the food was great too! We're really excited for Jill's new little one to make it's arrival - any day now!

Jazz vs Miami Heat

John, Josh Wikler, Josh's brother and Dad all went to the game! The Wikler family likes to cheer for the Heat - slightly wrong, we know. They all flew in from Vegas to watch the game and John went with them. They had  upper deck seating, but they were on the second row! Not only did they get to see the Heat players in action but the game was amazing! The Jazz ended up winning by one point! The Heat are ranked much higher this year and getting a win against them at all was great fun, but a one point win with the shot coming at the buzzer? Fabulous game to have spend lots of money on!

Drew's first blog post

When Annie jumps on me I go inside. When I was five years old I liked to play War (the card game). I have a big school drawer that is filled with school stuff. When I was five I was mean a little and a little nice. I'm practicing being nice.

(Annie is no longer with us but the story HAD to be included. Also, Drew is currently five and will be five for another eight months or so.)

Madison's first journal post

Annie likes me and she bit me the other day. Abby came over the other day too. I like to watch shows, not sleep, play everywhere, run, run, run and play, goose around, tippy toe, find people, play piano and play computer games.

(I don't think much explanation is needed here, she pretty much said it all!)

Alexis' first blog post

When I was eating a cinnamon roll, it had lots of frosting on it, my mom said: "Do you like how swirly it is?" I said Yes! And then she picked up the cinnamon roll and put it in my face.

(Alexis was telling us how cool it would be if someone splatted a cake in her face, like they do on tv. She was rather surprised when I did it right then, she didn't even see it coming. And it was a cupcake, not a cinnamon roll.)

When I was playing with my friends I had to chase these boys and I wasn't allowed in the lower field. The boys tricked me and jumped out of the way and I landed in a mud puddle. I couldn't call home because I was muddy. Then at art I was going down the sidewalk and I scraped my knee. I had to go into my classroom and my teacher said it wasn't bleeding. She went to get me a paper towel and when she came back I said it was bleeding so she went to the office to get a band-aid.

(Poor Alexis looked near tears when she got in the car after school. She said she'd had a horrible, no-good, very bad day and that she was glad it was finally over! She had mud smeared all over half her body and then her knee was so skinned she couldn't straighten it for two days!)

Sometimes on Saturday I get to stay up late and get out my blankets and put them in the family so I can watch tv and sleep there. I watch tv almost all night.

When I was putting the laundry in the dryer, I bonked my lip on the dryer and put a hole through my tongue. It hurt so bad that I was crying.