Our Gingerbread House..

This was our first and only attempt...



The decorations are cute.. Logan helped with that. It's the contruction that is awful.. my fault. That dang frosting dried so quick, I couldn't smooth it out. Also, I couldn't get it to fit together very well. I need a lot more practice! Oh well, Logan and Maddie are happy with it, so better luck next year!

Logan's new do...

Logan recently wanted to grow his hair out like Scott from Imagination Movers. If you're un familiar with who he is or who Imagination Movers are, go to Playhousedisney.com and check it out. Pretty funny. Anyways, so he's been growing his hair out for a couple months or so, and I've been liking it cause I can spike it or do a little mohawk and stuff and it looks real cute. well, then he came to me last weekend and said he wanted to shave it like Daddy's. Oh, and this was right before pics too. So, I made him a deal if he wore it spikey for pics, then I'd shave it, well, buzz it! So, here it is.. before and after. I think I like it in between, but he's handsome no matter what!


Before...


After!

Maddie's two...

Today my beautiful baby girl turned 2! These two years have flown by. I remember the day I had her! She's at such a fun age, and her personality is showing through more and more each day! I'm loving it. She's so silly, loving, stubborn, and adorable!
She got shy when we sang to her. It was funny! But she loved her cake. She dug right in. When she opened her present, she tried to put the wrapping back on. We had to tell her it's ok to take the wrapping off!

Famous Quotes...

"I wish it would rain money so you didn't have to go to work."

"Pretty awesomer than anything."

"I'm pretty much done talking about that now."

"Dop is a word, you know like adopt."

"This homework is not kicking my butt, I'm kicking it's butt."

"Maddie is the champion of crying."

Yes, you guessed it... these are from my wonderful son, Logan. Everyday he cracks me up with new things he says! I love it.

Now Maddie's starting to talk too! She says, "Love you too." With emphasis on the too. It's so cute.
She likes to yell, "B r a - d e e." (brother) all the time.
She's also very polite in always saying "Pease and Thank-you!"
When she's at brother's school in the morning, she likes to go down the slide, and at the bottom she says, "Weeee!"
And of course everytime I pull the camera out the kids know what to do. "Cheeeese!" with a huge cheesey grin on her adorable little face!

Kids says the funniest things and it's always so fun. I can't get enough of it!

Logan's first injury at school

I got a call at about 11:10am yesterday. When I saw Katz Elementary was calling I got a little nervous. So, Logan was at recess and he bumped heads with another kid. He got a cut above his eye. It bled a lot beacause heads always do. I asked the nurse if he was ok, and if he was he crying. She said no he was being very brave. When Mike picked him up he had a bandaid on it. They came to my work to pick me up. Logan was trying to be so strong and not cry. When we got home, we cleaned it up and it bled a little more, so we put a new bandaid back on. This morning he has a little black eye, but he's ok. I'm sure this is the first of many.. lucky it wasn't too bad! I'll try to post some pics this weekend of it.. My poor little guy!

Oh... and they have a behavior chart that goes by colors. Blu=excellent, green=good, yellow=not so good, and red=bad. The kids can move up and down on it throughout the day. If they're super bad they get a red note sent home. If they're super good they get a blue note sent home. Well, Logan got a blue note sent home yesterday, and it was before his injury so it wasn't just a sympathy note!! Yeah Logan.. we're so proud of you!

Logan and Kindergarten...

Logan had an emotional first week. He's upset I can't take him or pick him up, so he won't talk to me at lunch. They come and pick me up for lunch everyday. Luckily Mike can take him, but I have to work. I tried to explain this to him, but he's still upset. I'm hoping he'll settle in and do better. Also, according to Logan, he's the only one who hasn't got into trouble the first week. That's good, but kinda sad everyone else is being bad! He said he only likes Miss Driscoll a little bit cause she yells a lot.. let's hope that gets better too! Here's him on the first day.. he looks so grown up!


Logan at his desk.


Picking him up.. this is his teacher, Miss Driscoll.


My two handsome boys! Logan and his daddy!


Of course we had to end the day with some family shots! This one Maddie's trying a face!

My Beautiful New Smile

It's been less than 1 year and I have a new smile... Thanks Dr. Scott!! And my husband really thanks you.. that they're off!!

Road trip with Rami...

Last weekend I had the fun oppertunity to go on a trip with my cousin, Rami and her kids. Our husbands decided not to go which kinda sucked, but next time we've already decided, they're coming! So 7 hours in a car with 5 kids wasn't the funnest thing I've ever done, but it worked out! We also all slept in one room which was a little cramped, but it was kinda fun like a big sleep over! The first night we didn't get into town till after midnight. Then the babies decided they wanted to stay up and play, so we didn't get to sleep till 2:30am. We were pretty tired the next day because we got up around 5:30am to get ready to go to the parade. We saw a little of the parade then met up with Jess and my cousins for lunch. That was fun! Then we went to the pool at the condo we stayed at. It was fun, and Maddie loved it. Logan jumped in the pool all by himself which was a pretty big deal. I was proud of him! Then we saw the amazing fireworks by Liberty Park. It was such a long day.. we got back around 11:30. Luckily we slept in a little on Saturday morning. We got to see Jess and family at the park and the kids had so much fun together. I don't know what we were thinking, but we decided to go to Sweet Tomatoes for dinner. FYI.. 5 kids with 2 adults.. not an enjoyable dinner out!! We didn't get the chance to say 2 words to each other! It was nice to come back and go swimming again then go to sleep at a decent time! We got up early Sunday and headed back to Vegas. The trip back was better than I thought it would be. The girls actually took a good nap. The older kids watched movies the whole time. It was great! Thanks Rami.. we had a great time. We'll do it again sometime!


Rami and Me.. I just had to take this!


Great pool shot of Mia, Logan and Luke. They had so much fun!


All the cousins.. My kids, Rami's kids and Jess' kids.


My cuties having fun riding together in a Target cart.


My cute cousin, Traci, and her family.. Paul and Zander.. I love them!


My other great cousin, Patrick and his adorable family.. Staci, Spencer and Savannah.


My brother Jess and his family.. Mandy, Simon, Ava and Brahm.. ya there's a lot of them!


Ella, Mia, Logan and Luke waiting for the parade.


Maddie sitting pretty!

Maddie's 1st Tattoo

Oh my goodness.. this was the funniest thing ever. We always give Logan those cute little fake tattooes.(that's mis-spelled I'm sure!) Well, we just hold a wipe on it for about 30 seconds then it's done. You would have thought we gave her a real one! She cried during it, then after too. She also didn't like it when we put one on her brother! But she finally warmed up to it and was fine. Every once and a while throughout the night she'd point at it and whine a little.. It was hilarious!

July 4th

We had a great night with our cousins! My cousin Rami's little girl, Ella, turned one on the second, so we had a little b-day bash/firework party. It was fun! The kids played water games in the grass and did sparklers. They had fun hitting the pinata too. Then we headed over to the Santa Fe to watch the fireworks! It was a late night for us, getting home at 10.. but we had a blast!!


Logan, Mia and Luke waiting for the fireworks!


Logan enjoying the sparklers...


Maddie loved the bubbles, but she kept wanting to grab the bubble stick and got soapy bubbles all over her hands.


Logan had some pent up frustration or something!


Mia, Logan and Luke waiting for the fireworks!


Maddie didn't want her picture taken.

Let summer, parties and fun begin!

Summer is almost here. (tomorrow officially) We have been enjoying it early! here's some fun pics of our cousins b-day parties and fun in the sun! yeah!!


Maddie getting a little wet


Fun with sidewalk chalk


Logan loves that pink shirt!


Logan's such a good big bro!


Logan is so funny!


Maddie hanging out at her cousin, Caitlyn's house


HULA!!

Aunt Lori

I just wanted to pay tribute to my sweet Aunt Lori. She lost her battle with depression on Friday June 12th, 2009. We miss and love you!

Spring Break

I know this is kinda out of order, sorry. The first week of April, I was lucky enough to be off from Tuesday through Friday. It was so nice to just hang out with the family! Since Mike only works weekends, we basically had all 4 days to just hang out, and it was great!



We had a friend get us into the Mirage Secret Garden.. thanks Jen. If we had to pay though, we would because it was fun! The dolphins were fun to watch. They were jumping and playing with some huge beach balls in the pool. The water was so beautiful too! Logan liked to go and watch them from underneath.







There were some huge tigers and lions. The coolest Lion was a massive brindel colored one. He was just chillin on a tree branch in the sun. Looking out like "ya, I'm the king"... it was awesome! We did see a few of the famous white tigers too. They were beautiful!

My big boy is 5...

Logan celebrated a birthday April 16th. I cannot believe how fast time flies.. he turned 5!! Wow..



He wanted all the family together for a small party at the house. It was fun for all the cousins to play together.





Logan picked out the Bob the Builder cake. It was so good! Sams Club has great cakes.. $16 and some change. Did you see how huge this cake is?!