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.

Halloween! (six months late)

SO, I know halloween was like ten years ago (ok, maybe not quite that long) but I figure it has been a year since I updated my blog so this is an improvement. We did a Spongebob theme this year as you can see. Kevin was Spongebob and Claire was Plankton. I made the Plankton costume and well thats all I'm going to say about it, because my sewing skills kind of explain it's self (I messed up A LOT). As you can see Kevin used a jellyfishing net for his candy. We wanted to get Claire a bucket and write "Chum Bucket" on it, but we didn't have time. I really don't think she cared all that much anyway. I hope to update more in the future. It is hard for me because we don't have the internet at home, so I have to go to my in-laws house accross town. I love you all!

Open...

...Look at Mommy and Daddy...

...And close...

This is what Claire did for 30 min. strait. Open, look, close. For some reason my baby girl loves doors. And that is all I'm gonna say about that.

What a Basket Case

I was getting ready to put away our clean laundry. I turned away for a second and when I returned, this is what I found. Claire had climbed in and started to take out all the clothes. Then she just sat in the basket and played for a good while. I seem to remember me doing something similar only I was asleep and the laundry may or may not have been dirty.