Karate Belts!

Kara and Kelton received their yellow decided head bands! They have started sparring which is fun!
Kelton

Miss Kara!

TROUBLE!!

I trade with a friend and the kids love playing together! Kelton asked if him and Zack could build a fort. Usually I would have them build it upstairs, but I decided "oh why not go ahead and destroy the family room!!" I was making some lunch in the kitchen while Halle and Choe played in the family room! I could hear them playing and talking with one another and so did not go to check on them! Kelton came running in an said, "Chloe and Halle have STYROFOAM!" I was thinking what could they possibly be doing with Styrofoam?"

Aren't they cute! Thanks for the tip boys! Just wish I had gone the first time they told me! They were tearing it apart making my entire downstairs look like it had snowed! All I could do is laugh and get my camera, and then think to myself "Wow, I was not expecting that one!" (The Styrofoam was in a box in another box that I keep gifts in, so now you understand why I was so shocked, I did not even know that I had Styrofoam!

Here the girls are cleaning it up! They thought it was so much fun to try and vacuum it up! For all about 5 minutes, and then the job became mine!

Conclusion: This is why I never schedule cleanings! I just think to myself I really need to vacuum the floor and low and behold someone dumps a whole bag of smashed chips on the floor, and so I vacuum. Or I think I really need to mop and again like magic someone pours their own glass of milk, but misses and the entire gallon of milk is on the floor and so I mop! Or I think that bathroom really needs cleaning and low and behold again a herd of little boys come to play at my house and all use the bathroom and so I clean it up! Or I think I really need to wipe down the walls and low and behold the neighborhood children come and have Popsicles at my house and then walk through the house making beautiful sticky finger designs all over the walls as they walk toward the bathroom to wash their hands and so I wipe the walls down! Definitely a blessing! How would my house ever get cleaned with out my little helpers!! And just think if I had actually cleaned when it was scheduled I would have been disappointed in the spill or mess, but because I waited I am now grateful for the mess that forced me to clean!!

Sleeping..................................

Kara and Kelton sleep together at night! I came in to wake them and saw them sharing the same pillow so I just had to take a quick picture!

Happy Birthday BRENT!!!

Brent wanted to Barbecue and only have one candle on his cake! He is in denial about his age! I think it was a fun party!
Brent was a little winded from all the exercising he has been doing and could barely blow out his one candle!

Here are Brent's friends enjoying some treats! One friend is giving me the evil eye!

This little friend needed some cake too!!

Brent is a great husband and daddy! I am so grateful to be married to him! For his birthday I thought I would list some of his great qualities:

Smart (and I don't mean smart alec)

He lives in the present (therefor punctuality is not in his vocabulary)

He loves to play and have fun (kids that come to our house ussually ask if Brent is home)

Funny (and I don't mean funny looking, even though I do have a few pictures that might make you believe otherwise)

Good cleaner (when motivated)

Easily motivated

Great speller ( which is good for me, he like having a dictionary around all the time)

Factatorian (I made this word up, because Brent is also like having an Encyclopedia with you at all times)

Always in appropriate attire for every occassion (which means he always looks cool)!

Great singer and Guitar player ( he was known as Billy Idol during his college days)

He thinks I look hot (even when I feel fat, look nasty, and smell stinky)

He is really good help (especially when my hormones are out of balance)

The best part is he is my best friend, and my favorite person to be with!

I love you! Happy Birthday!

My beautiful little girls!

Halle Danced in her 1st Ballet Recital with Kara! She absolutely loved it! Halle thinks the world of her big sister Kara! She asks every day, "Mom, where is Kara?"

Halle with the other girls!

Kara with her dancing friends!

May is such a busy month I don't know if I can keep up!

Swimming!

While my brother was in town we took the little guys swimming. My kids love to swim. Halle swimming!
Halle doing her back stroke. She took a swimming class that teaches them to float on their backs when they need to breath!

My baby brother with his baby!

Baby brother number two with his baby!

These guys are really good Daddies. I love watching them love their babies!

This is Halle saying please don't say another word!

Another Day at the Zoo, but always lots of fun!!

If there is family in town, then we have got to hit the zoo! The kids were so excited that I was taking them to the zoo! Now I know some people don't think the Boise Zoo is that cool, but that is because they have never been to the Las Vegas Zoo! Reggie protecting Halle from Brody getting her pappy!
Brody giving hugs! He lays his little head on you when he gives hugs, it is so sweet.

The zoo children!

The little dinosaur children have hatched.

Brody and Halle in the egg for all of 2 seconds!

O.K. so I never take pictures of the animals, but these little critters are never out! So I had to take a picture to prove there really are little animals that live in this habitat!

This little guy was frozen like this! I thought it was funny!

One, two, threeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Yes, I know I am the cutest thing on the planet! My fan club is following close behind!

This is awesome!

Don't you love when your kids are so excited about the littlest things, like riding the little Carousel at the zoo!

I love when the sky looks like this! This is what the Las Vegas sky always looks like!

Halle and grandpa! The reason she always has a passy and blankie is because she is in disguise and does not like to be recognized when out in public.

Heather, Brody, and Mr. Mustache!

Kelton and the lions

Brody with Mr. Mustache

The gang with the Giraffe!

Halle, Mom, me, Heather, Brody, Reggie, Mr. Mustache, and Kelton!

Entering the Zoo!

I know I take way to many pictures! I have an addiction!!!!

Kelton Graduates from Preschool!!

Kelton and his teacher! One of many years of school completed! Little does he know this is just the beginning!
Kelton got to lead the flag ceremony!

Kelton loves to follow me around and ask me questions. Here are a few of the questions he has been thinking about lately!

"Mom, what is 10 +10+10+40+10+10+10+10+10+10+10+10" He will have me adding forever!

"How much is a dog?" Me "It depends on what kind of dog you want." Kelton, "How about a Yellow dog(oh I guess I should mention he had been watching Old Yeller)" Me, "Do you want a dog?" Kelton, "Yeah, do they have blue ones?" Me, "No, I don't think so." Kelton, "I've heard of a movie called Blue Old Yeller Dog!"

Is T-Rex bigger than this house?

Is T-Rex bigger that 50,100 feet?

Is T-Rex bigger than Garrets house(Garret is a friend that has a big house)?

The Sun is bigger than Garret's house!

Oh how I will miss when my little Kelton does not follow me around chatting to me about everything and anything that pops into his little mind!!

Bathtime

Brody and Heather (Tyson's wife). I thought they looked so cute so I had to throw this one in too!

Don't you just want to kiss him

This is Halle in the bath with her little cousins Tiger and Brody! She feels a little silly I think as she is really feeling like a big girl in the bath! I think she is thinking "Do you want me to be a baby or a big girl?"

Happy Birthday to ME!!

I turned the big 29 on May 19th (I'm taking the advice of a good friend of mine and will now be eternally 29)! It ended up being a great Birthday!

My mom made me dinner! Tacos one of my favorites.

All my favorite little friends were there and so excited about my Birthday! Halle really wanted to give me diamonds!

Brent made this beautiful ice cream cake and ice cream cupcakes! He is such a great cook!

My brother Tyson, his wife Heather and their adorable little boy, Brody came for my birthday (well it wasn't just for my birthday, but I'll pretend it was)!

We did a lot of swimming!

And a little water fight too!

I love the warm weather!

Hayden in control of the hose, which has warm water! My parents have hot and warm water valves!

Nothing like getting sprayed with warm water! Are these kiddos spoiled or what?

Kelton threw water at Georgie and then ran right into it soaking himself! Way to funny!

Nothing like a little Bounce around!

We have had this bounce around going on 5 years now and the kids get so excited every time we get it out! I keep thinking it is going to die, and Brent keeps threatening to throw it away, but it is too much fun!

Oh and did I mention that Brent had the house cleaned from top to bottom by the best maids ever! Let me tell you they were AWESOME, and I am super duper picky! I am telling you there were 7 of them and they were at my house for 4 hours scrubbing every little inch! So if your husband wants to give you a gift for your birthday these girls were ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! Thanks to everyone that made my birthday so special!!!