Thursday, May 21, 2009

Big Fun Update

wow it has been a long time. i actually have been in phoenix for the past week and a half so i have been having lots of fun. i posted a ton of pictures for those who want to see how much fun i had. i was so busy and ate for like 7 days straight that i actually got sick before i came home. it was yucky but oh well. 

for the first week we stayed with my mother in law and had a blast just hanging out and talking. mikenna and andon missed there nana and were at her side the whole time.

i found out on this trip that my kids love washing dishes. who knew?
this mini guitar was a hit toy and there was lots of music and dancing with it.



my sister in law april and kelton
john's nana came from tucson and the kids enjoyed seeing her along with all the family that came down to see us.
the kids with their cousins jaiden and sean
jaiden, alexis, kelton, mikenna, andon, and sean (i own half of the grandkids... way fun)
MOTHERS DAY!!!!  
mikenna and andon looking great for church
my wonderful husband and me. 
me and kelton....
and andon...
and mikenna. she surprised me with this beautiful rose for mothers day. she is so sweet!
we took a trip to the movies and saw the hannah montana movie (it was really good i thought)
and we went to the mall which was awesome considering i live by a crapy mall


john and i went to a diamondbacks game with my brother bobby and sister in law rachel. we had a lot of fun


i had a wonderful lunch and afternoon visiting with my friends from my old ward. i also saw my friends stefany and kim but i have no pictures of them.

jenny, me, danielle, jaimi, kelly, becca, and jill
mikenna and andon enjoyed playing with lots of friends


kelton with his buddy dylan who is 5 days older than him and a "little bit" bigger. my baby is so little. 


john left home and i went to my sister's jessica for the rest of the week and weekend to stay with her. she had her first baby in december and i hadn't seen him yet so i was so excited to see them
here is my 5 month old nephew braxton. he is so cute and he has the most luscious lips and chubby cheeks.

this is john and braxton before he went home
mikenna made him laugh a lot
3 months apart and almost the same size

my sister has two 9 week old huge great dane puppies and kelton spent most of his time getting licked by them in the face or standing at the window watching them
braxton and kelton in the bath

my sis, nephew, and brother in law joshica (that is what i call him)




so the craziest part of the vacation was when i flew home with 3 kids by myself and carried kelton, a backpack, my purse, a car seat, and two other kids through the airport. it is not something i would do regularly but i think i could handle it once a year. the kids had there ups and down but they were pretty okay overall. it was a long day

Friday, May 1, 2009

Jam Friday

today my mom and i continued our yearly tradition of making jam in april when strawberries are in season.  i didn't get a lot of good pictures because my kids were not cooperating during the process but we were able to do 6 batches.

here is my fridge full of berries before we started....
washing the strawberries and cutting off the stems...
andon sitting by the yummy prepared strawberries that he enjoyed snatching here and there...
mom mixing the jam...
me and my jars of jam. we had lots of fun and enjoyed spending the afternoon together.