Here is a brief update on what's been going on lately...
Easter Sunday was very nice and the kids were so cute, we enjoyed the day with our family and ate too much yummy food!




I've been feeling a little crafty so I made a nursing cover and gave it to my sister-in-law who just had a baby it turned out really cute and was pretty easy so I made one for myself last weekend but didn't take a picture of it.


I also made a bunch of little bows for Evva and a bow holder to put them on I think I may have to add another ribbon for more bows to attach to because I didn't get all the ones she has on it, I guess it will be a work in progress :)


a couple of weeks ago we took a weekend trip to the coast to go camping in our travel trailer and try it out for the first time, it was so much fun!! We played at the beach, rode bikes, flew a kite and and played around but I, being me, left my camera behind during all the fun stuff so all I have are some videos I took of the kids playing at the little playground by our campsite, but hey it's better than nothing!

kids!

Evva has been getting into everything lately, the pantry, the cat food, my makeup, her own diapers, the list goes on... I think I'm slacking a little on watching her all the time and I forget to make sure our bedroom door is closed so she stays out of A. my makeup and B. the toilet (we've gone through more toilet paper in the last 2 months than we do in like 6 months thanks to Evva flushing it all). Anyway the other day while I was cleaning up the kitchen and lost track of time, I realized it'd been a while since I'd seen or heard Evva so I went looking for her and found her in my bedroom like this

She had lipstick all over her, the cupboards, the wall and some of our clothes in the laundry basket I was pretty upset with her since she know she shouldn't be in there but I managed to take a picture of her since I also have pictures of Jonah and Ryker with my makeup all over them.

Jonah with Mascara


Ryker with lipstick


The funny thing is I think they're all at about the same age when they did this! and can you tell they're related? they're like little clones of each other!

What's up?

Here is a little bit of what we've been up to lately...

Ryker started going to Sunbeams at church and got his very own Book of Mormon to take with him to Primary just like Jonah. He loves it so much! He even sleeps with it and asks me to read it to him all the time, I like that he does even if I only read a couple of verses it's nice for me to take the time to read the scriptures and give myself a spiritual lift in my day!

Here is Evva riding her pony Michael and I made for Christmas 2009 she loves horses and cows, she's so funny!

Here's the kids watching the fire, they were mesmerized by it for a good 10 minutes!

Jonah's school had a Cultural Day and each class learned about other countries then learned a song about that country and performed it for the parents Jonah learned "Itsy-Bitsy Spider" in Spanish and a song about a bunny in Korean. Jonah also won an Improvement award in reading and language arts and math!

Michael built a bed for our mattress, we have never had an actual bed, usually just mattresses on the floor or if I was lucky we had a bed frame to get the mattress a foot off the floor but now we have a nice bed complete with headboard and footboard and Michael built it himself after I told him how to make it look, of course!


This weekend we went out for a Family day, we went to CALM the California Living Museum it's like a mini-zoo here in Bakersfield the kids all had a fun time and it was nice to do something we could all enjoy, and the weather was great about 70, very nice for February!

Christmas 2010 and New Year's

This Christmas I was HORRIBLE with taking pictures! we took a short video of the kids opening some presents and when we went to my parents house for another round of gifts I didn't even bring my camera, so no pictures there either oops! WE had a very fun if picture-less Christmas anyway! It was so much fun to be with family for all the Holiday festivities Between my side and Michael's side of the family we busy running from house to house and only coming home to sleep and change our clothes but we really had a wonderful Christmas and could enjoy the love of Christ and our family!

NEW YEAR'S 2011

Last year on new year's day we went to Santa Monica and rode bikes on the bike trail by the beach, we had so much fun we decided to make it a tradition so this year we went to San Luis Obispo and rode bikes on their trail to the beach. Again it was so much fun! The kids all love to go for a bike ride and it feels good to be outside all day! We stopped by a river to throw rocks and continued our ride to the beach where we saw tons of beautiful orange and purple starfish! We truly enjoyed ourselves and were glad to share the day together with my parents and brother as well!





Evva was so funny on this boardwalk! She was scared of walking on it because she could see through the slats, poor little girl she really thought she would fall right through them!


P.S. if you were wondering, yes that is duck tape on Evva's gloves and boots, Michael didn't want her to lose them while we were on our bike's so this was his solution. "you might be a redneck if..."


Here's Evva while we were waiting for our lunch, she is a very silly girl and is always making faces!


After bike riding all day and finally getting home we had to let the kids play with sparklers to celebrate the new year! We had such a fun day!

Gingerbread Traditions

For the last few years it has been our family tradition to make gingerbread houses with the kids on Christmas Eve but we just couldn't wait this year and we knew we would be too busy with the all the family we have in town to share the holidays with so we made gingerbread houses for Family Home Evening instead. The kids all had a great time and loved all the sweets we kept throwing at them to add to their houses (or mouths which ever it go to first!) I love my family and spending time together!




Ryker LOVED the sprinkles!

Evva LOVED the frosting!

And Jonah LOVED it all!


My favorite picture, He is such a goofy little boy!

Evva showing off her Gingerbread house before D-Day (devouring day in this case)

Chrsitmas time!!

The first weekend in December we had our ward Christmas party.
Me and Nana

Jonah is getting to be such a big kid but went to see Santa anyway.

Ryker was so excited to see Santa and tell him what he wanted for Christmas but then had a hard time when he realized he wasn't going to get it right away, I am still telling him he has to wait for Christmas for Santa to bring his presents!

Evva wasn't to sure about what to do but I was surprised she didn't cry she just sat next to Santa and was happy she got a candy cane!


On Saturday the 11th our ward held a family temple day, where they have volunteers who will babysit at the temple apartments for couples with young children while they do a session. I think this is a great idea! Michael and I were able to enjoy the temple knowing our kids were safe and not too far away. The L.A. temple is 2 hours from our home so instead of feeling like we should rush like normal we were able to take the day slow and enjoy it with our children and walk around with them at the visitor's center and the temple grounds lit up with Christmas lights, it was so fun and beautiful!


This picture is a little blurry but I still like it!

Why Wall Paper?

Why would anyone ever put wall paper in their house? Well, the wall paper that was in the master bedroom was driving me crazy so I decided I wanted it gone! I was so glad that although it took some time it really wasn't that hard I was a little scared that it wouldn't want to come off! After some work and time Michael and I finally got it all off and I started painting, that was the fun part! Now we have a room where we can feel relaxed and it's weird but we feel cleaner too it's like the wall paper sent out these gross dirty vibes, but it's all gone now!