Crazy Cousins...

My lil Sicily is finally here.

These girls are CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY, they have such distinctly different personalities but still manage to get along and play sweetly, with the exception of every now and then, Mia swiping toys out of Sicily's hand. They just follow each other around and play side by side. We were asked at McDonalds today if they were twins. Nope, just cute cousins!

Good Morning

After a long day of visiting the library, going to Micky D's and napping, snacking, and pooping in between, the girls were ready for some outdoors fun

Scout's honor...

Sebastian was chosen to this pack meeting's spotlight, which was perfect timing as he is super sad we're moving. They put a great pic of him in the newsletter and wrote a super sweet short piece about Sebastian and neat things about him. We struggle with his interests and guiding him to develop talents but Scouts is one activity he is ALL for and would never miss an oportunity that pertains to it. We love our little Bear!


Bash receiving the spotlight award, but notice this tiny female creature in the background with a super bright skirt, ALWAYS TYRING TO STEAL THE SPOTLIGHT from her brother, What a brat!



I always ask him to try and face me so that I can get a good pic, it's bad enough I don't know a thing about lighting, and what does he do? Put's his back right toward me, so I go hurdling over kids and parents to get the shot below

Great, thanks Bash, good job anyway.

An evening in the park....

Ricker cousins were visiting so naturally we headed to Abuela's park. They have such a great time at this park and never want to leave, until bed time is approaching or someone gets hurt. Doesn't it always work out that way?


I love this, it's like "Stop, I'm dizzy,I need to get off this thing" Notice John going carefully and smoothly down with Olivia Didn't work out quite the same way for MIA! 1-2-3- JUMP, that's her latest, off of the counters, the coffee table, the stairs, you name it

Let me tell you about these two. Nate and MIAThey just melt when they see each other, it's like "oh it's been so long cousin"
Then they hug And Dance Then after all the love... they fight over toys and thats when it gets real fun. How lady like Daddy to the rescue I guess the solution was to get Bash to get her what she wanted
Have you ever had to pull a nine year old out of a play structure?

Our lucky little Trey had a lady bug come land on his hand, how cute is that I ask you?

Easter Week End 2010 !

THURS. - Easter Egg Hunt
Thanks to a brilliant mom in our ward, the kids got to do an early Easter egg hunt at ES park. So, I made some playdates for the kids and we headed out. It was so much fun, the kids were SO tired and HUNGRY after because someone didn't pack lunch, yep dummy me. But, it worked out well for the kids because they got Micky D's and left with a ton of candy. Thanks brilliant mom for thinking of this, you know who you are! 1st things 1st just hangin around 3 out of 6 are prego, can you guess which ones?
dragon trainer gal pal

Fri.- Houston Zoo


Ever since she learned to walk, she refuses to crawl, so Bash had to drag her out You act like you've never seen a Gimpy lizard before


Sat. egg hunt part II at the Tarver's -
Our dearest friends, The Tarver's, will be moving to Saudi very soon. This was going to be their last Easter for a very long time so they went all out. Tess made a ton of food and desserts and then kid's got to swim after their food went down. Next was the egg hunt, which they had so much fun doing. Tess made each kid a special goodie bag with all kinds of yummy treats, even Mia's had 3 of her favorite Gerber snacks. Then Tess and her sister hid eggs contained with money so that each child got $10. It was wild and the kids found every single egg that we hid. Even Mia was piling them in her basket. After we got home we reflected on the wonderful impression that their family has made on us and how much love we have for each other's families. We will surely miss you Scott and Tess.

She walks so much like her daddy, its frightening! score!

Mia trying to jack someones basket

Seriously, they went way too far with the goodies! We'll miss you Tarvers!

Sun.- General Conference- (breakfast with Abuela)

This morning we went to my MIL's for breakfast and yet again, another egg hunt! It was a mini one in the house since it was raining. Quite hilarious to watch. Afterward we went home and tried to prepare for conference. We explained to Bash that even though we had a fantastic time all week for his Easter vacation, that the devotion's we'd been doing throughout the week from the "Easter Story" was the real reason to remember Easter. I only mention this because some people believe that Mormons CANNOT or DO NOT celebrate Easter. Well, we do, sure we do all the fun stuff normally related, but we also reflect on the power of the Atonement, the sacrifice that Christ made for us, and the eternal blessings it brings. It is essentially, in my opinion, the foundation of all of our beliefs and what the church is built upon. This years conference touched my heart and not that it's any surprise, it just is still hard to wrap my head around the inspiration that comes from these talks, that tell you just what Heavenly Father wants you to hear.