Moments of Reflection

Friday, April 10, 2009

Easter Holiday!

Tid bITS from our EAsteR hOLiDAy.

ReEd And RAquEL cREating Some tye-DYE eggs. Reed tryinG TO masTEr the BLACK egG.

Reed AND RaQUEl at kim's WEDding.

MiCHAel, BroDY anD KlayTON haNGin' out.

BARry and I pLAYing the rOLes of The "SmilING, haPPY, pEOple" at the weDDing

Me and my sis! Can YOU Tell WHich one Is olDEr? I Can't!! :) (tee hee)

The PAxtons! (well, most of them) I ABSOLUTELY love THESE people!

Yey! 3 out of 4 looking and Smiling! KoEN was more INTerested in plaYING in the Fountains and ChaSINg arOUNd his COUSins.

This particular night we ate worms in DIRT and considering the WEATHER we've been having lately, we had to put SNOW on top! And tHAN we ATE it ALL!

KAEL is making sure hE doesn't miss ANy

KOEN, alWAYS making as LitTle a MEss as Possible with his FOOD. Too bad this DOEsn't aPPly In other areAS.

Kael Loved the worms. When we werEN't paying aTTENtion he wOULd sneak morE worms.

Koen still taking HiS eaTING seriOUSly. There is NO AVoidING the CHocolatE MUSTache! MUAHH HA ha!!

The FOLLOwing night the EASTER Bunny came and we coloREd a buncH of eggs. Kael was in deep conCENTration that he couldn'T look up to SMILe for this pic.

Mr. artsy-fartsy KAEl

KOEn Kasually KOLORing

HannAH colorING some very PREtty eggs.

DallIN

KoeN making a VERy mascuLINE pink EGG.

PArt of the EGG opperatION.

Hannah BUG!

KaEL still taking his work VEry SeriOUSly

Some OF the FINIshed eGGs

After COLOring and decoratinG we made two rAMPs in the LIVINg room thAT ran togethER at the ENDS and the KIDS would hold an eGG at the TOPS and let go AT the same time. WHIchever eGG lasted 'till the eND WON! ANd here are the 2 toughEST EGGS with their CREAtors!

.AfTER the EGG games we lET them pICK out a FEW pieces of CAndY and for the FoLLOwing hOUR they ALL ran around on a SUGar buz

...and more RUnning and JUMPing and BUZZIng...with KAEL in the lead

...Barry and I just sat and waTCHed and LAUghED. Oh the THINGs us Adults do FOr FUn..

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Hannah turns 6!

Well, this is a first attempt at a castle cake. I ran out of time and had to cut corners on the decor to get it done in time to leave. The point is, it's edible.

Hannah loves the Jump On It place and always asks to go back so when thinking of where to go for her birthday, the choice was obvious. This pic is Koen in the background. You can't tell but he is behind a net. He kept sneaking out of the little kid section into the adult side. Apparently he thinks he's bigger than he is.

Koen, our little runaway. The first time we went here he was very hesitant on on the unstable surfaces. This time was a totally reinvented Koen. He climbed, jumped and slid down everything that would let him.

The birthday girl!

Our toothless wonder!

Aidan showing off his extreme jumping skills.

Dallin was also experimenting with tricks. Barry and I kept watching him as he would jump up and flail his arms and legs as much as he could before he would hit the trampoline again.

Hannah, Aidan and Dallin

I love Hannah's mohawk in this pic.

My beautiful Hubby!

Munchy!

Munchy and dad

Reed in the big kid section! We're so proud!

Barry playing catch with Kael.

The party moved to the "Castle Park" where every able bodied kite flyer was putting their wind vs. plastic skills to the test. The boys proved to be instant pros.

We soon littered the sky with Lightning McQueen, Buzz Lightyear, Optimus Prime, Spiderman and yes, Barbies.

A few mishaps happened. Dallin got Spiderman caught but not for long.

Here is the tragic loss of Lightning McQueen in a clash with a nearby tree. After being stuck for a while, he was finally rescued but lost an appendage in the process and was fairly crippled and retired.