Little Seeds!

Claire has a new favorite song! It's called "Little Seeds". It's a song she sings in nursery. Enjoy!

The Inspector!

Ok....Now you have seen the pictures, time to explain what they are all about! Aside from old Halloween pictures I have never seen or been able to get Patrick to dress in costume. I've always wanted him to cut loose and have a little fun, but it's just not his thing. I have learned to accept that over the years, so you can imagine my suprise when he told me about a month ago that he had to dress in costume for a young men/young women activity. For those of you who don't know, Patrick is in the young men presidency in our ward. The young men and young women decided to do a combined activity where they put on a live version of the game clue. Patrick was originally supposed to be a character that was more in the background and he had very little lines. Well...When he came home with the script it said he was to be the Inspector! On top of that he noticed that the role of the Inspector had the most lines. You can imagine his stress! Again, those of you who know my husband know that he is not a social person. He likes to keep to himself. Well...Patrick decided to try and make the most of this new development and went full out with the costume! I was so proud of him for stepping out of his shell for the night! He is an amazing, funny, and creative man and I'm glad others got to see
a side of him that only I see! Of course I had to get pictures! Patrick did grumble a little, but ultimately agreed to let me take them. In return I let him get pictures of me with his moustache and hat....and Of course the kids wanted in on the action, so we made it a family affair! I love my husband very much and I know he had way more fun then he'd like to admit! I love you babe!

Sunday Stroll!

Sunday afternoon, after the 10:00 session of Conferance, Patrick and I decided to take the kids out for a walk. It was such a nice day (Finally) and the kids have been itching to go outside all winter. We had so much fun just hanging out and watching the kids play. I love this time of year, because it's not too hot and the bugs haven't quite comeout yet. I hate bugs! I love when my kids are getting along, even if it is for the sake of a picture!

That man with my kids sure is sexy1

What a Nerd!

My Creative Son!

Kevin loves to draw and one day, while I was gone visiting family with Claire, Patrick took Kevin to work with him for a few minutes. Weeks later he was cleaning out his desk when he came across these drawings. He brought them home to show me, because he thought they were funny and cool. In this one Kevin is jumping from building to building. When he gets to the highest one

he proudly exclaims " Me Kevin YA! ". This one is a picture of what Kevin calls a ziz bird. The ziz bird, Kevin says, is bigger then the world. The little round thing next to the bird is the world.

This one is of an evil villan Kevin likes to call Lord Syrde (see-rd). Lord Syrde is holding his evil lighting sword.

I love that My Kevin has such an imagination. He suprises me every day with a new drawing or story or game that he has made up. They are so detailed. He invites me into his little world and I'm happy to join him!

Birthday, secrets, and dreams!

So Kevin had a birthday on sunday and we invited our friends Monica and Chris over to Patricks Parents house to celebrate. Thier son, Isaac is Kevin's best friend. He wrote this special birthday note to kevin all by himself. He had no help coming up with the idea (although I think his parents said he is really into Harry Potter). I think it is so funny and thought I'd share it with you all! It says " dear kevin your present lies in the vault of secrets and dreams from your best friend to kevin".

Here is Claire thinking she needs to be the center of attention.

And Here is the adorable 7 year old birthday boy himself!

Family Hike!

We recently took a family hike up Logan Canyon. Here are some pics of the kids on that hike. Kevin was scared of everything (I mean everything). He didn't want to walk too close to the plants because there might be bugs that jump out or snakes that sneak up. He didn't want to get close to the river because heaven forbid he fall in. However, he did find this walking stick to protect him. As scared as he gets you gotta love the kid!

This is his brave boy stance before the hike started. Hey, at least he tries!

Claire was the exact opposite. She wanted to wander off and explore. If there was a bug she wanted to touch it. If we were near the water she wanted to go in it. Her and Kevin kind of balance eachother out.

Here is Claire with her walking stick. She actually used this to walk with. She didn't play with it at all, she just used it to walk. She is serious about her hiking.

Great Grandma!!

For those of you who don't know, Claire loves her great grandma. From the moment they met Claire has always been drawn to her. She askes about her all the time. These pictures were taken the last time my parents came to visit and she askes to see these pictures all the time!

Goofy Goobers

In the spirit of Halloween here are my crazy children attempting to do Scary for the camera.

Spongebob "Claire" Pants!!

Claire loves spongebob lately and she found this costume in Kevin's toy box. Of course she wanted to wear it. She wore it all day. She loves to pretend to be different characters.

School's Out!

Kevin finished School this past week so I thought I'd get some pics of him in his School environment! This is Miss Hansen, Kevin's teacher. She is so nice and really good with the kids.

This is Kevin's best friend and partner in crime, Isaac. They do everything together. I'm sure it helps that Isaac's mom and I hang out a lot ( hey Monica, What's up!).

And finally, here are the boys givin' Miss Hansen some end of the school year sugar. I wonder if this means they like older women!

We had just gotten home from church and I was trying to get he kids out of their church clothes. I couldn't find any of Claire's clothes in her room so I checked the laundry room and this is what I found. Now if I had found her asleep then that would be an eerie connection to my falling asleep in the laundry basket pics. Any of you who haven't seen the pics may not understand this post as much as my Family. Oh well, you can just enjoy my gorgeous daughter instead!

Family Pet!

Patrick caught this little guy while mowing the lawn. We decided to keep him or her. Kevin and Claire love to hold it and watch it hop. We named it Hoppy, because that is what Claire said when she saw it hop for the first time. Kevin usually hates to touch any animal or bug, but he has really taken to Hoppy as you can see in the first picture.