Katie's 1st Concert

This Saturday we took Katie to see the Aquabats play. It just so happens that Go Go 13 was opening for them. On occasion, Go Go 13 stays at our house when they come to Phoenix to play a gig. So, Katie was excited to see her Go Go 13 friends play before the Aquabats. We had a lot of fun! Little known fact: Tom used to play with the Aquabats before his mission. Oh, and our names were on the list to get into the show. For just a minute we felt like VIPs cause we just walked right in and didn't have to pay:)

Katie was on Tom's shoulders almost the entire time-singing and dancing the whole time. She was so cute!!! After the show, we went backstage and talked to Christian (lead singer of the Aquabats & Tom's old friend) and Parker (Christian's brother) with Go Go 13. We had SO much fun!!! We got home at midnight and we were all pooped. Kellen got special treatment that night too. He got to go to Uncle Scott's house and watch movies. He also got to spend the night. I think Kellen felt like the guest of honor.

Little Girls Night Out

Last night we hosted a "Little Girls Night Out" at our house. Katie was so excited to have her oldest friends come and play. She has known these girls since she was two years old. They are the best little group to have over to play. They made head bands, played dress up, and then watched Ramona and Beezus (well, kinda:) ).
Katie and Ashlyn posing for the camera. Ashlyn was pretending to be an old lady and Katie was ?? I do love the donut box on the head though. It adds such a great touch to the whole ensemble!
Ava's dress up name was "Arg."

Charli was voted most glamorous.

Ashlyn was an old lady that could not see. Every time I heard a bump or someone running into a door, I knew it was Ashlyn. Underneath the dress up, she also had on two pairs of sunglasses. It was pretty funny.

All the girls together.
Jamie didn't feel well for about two minutes. I think she ate her donuts too fast. I put a trash can next to her just in case. She was fine in no time and was back to playing.
The girls also put on a little play for me. They danced and also played some instruments. I just love some on of their faces. If only they could stay this little for me. They are so fun!

Bend It Like Beckham

Kellen had his first soccer game yesterday. His team name is Princesses and the Frogs (not my favorite, but I didn't get the final say). At first things went really well. The wind was blowing a lot! It was slightly chilly, but the kids were having fun kicking their soccer balls around the field.


Kellen and his friend McKenna were taking turns kicking their ball into the goal.

Then they started to play a "real game"-they don't keep score and just have fun. Kellen did not understand why they only had one ball to play with during the game. Also, he didn't feel like chasing it. Of, and if someone was in front of the goal, he would just stand there and cry about it. At the end of the game one little player had her shoes and socks off, most of the kids were crying and sitting with their parents, and the other kids lost interest all together. Their new team name "The Meltdowns!!!" Hopefully, next week is 100 times better!

Happy Valentines Day

We had to do Katie's hair super cute for Valentine's day...here it is.

Melt my heart

Tonight I stood at Kellen's doorway while he was saying his prayers. He offered such a sweet little prayer. He was saying how grateful he was for everything he had. After he finished, I went in and told him how beautiful his prayer was. Katie came and we all had a huge together, then the ultimate....

Me: I love you guys so much

Katie: I love you more

Kellen: I love you the most

What a sweet moment!!

Flex!

Sometimes you just need to flex your muscles. It wouldn't be an awesome day if Kellen didn't take a minute to flex his muscles. He is such a strong manly man! Oh, and look closely at the pants he is wearing...they are on backwards. Kellen wears his pants like this all the time. He is trying to bring the Kris Kross style back.

Backyard dinner

Yesterday, Tom told me that he had a surprise for me when I get home. Such fun! I got home from studying and a baby shower to find that the dutch oven was out and he had all the ingredients for dutch oven potatoes and marshmallows for roasting. Oh, and I forgot that chicken was defrosting in the frig. What a guy!! The food was so yummy!!! I think next time we are going to try a cobbler. If you want an invite, let me know! Oh, and after we roasted marshmallows, we put some special coloring into the flames that my brother got us for x-mas. We had a turquoise fire. Pretty cool!

Here we are enjoying the weather and waiting for our food to cook.

Here is the dutch oven. I just had to take a picture of it before we put everything in it. It's amazing how great food tastes after sitting in it after some hot coals.


Preparing the pit for a nice warm fire.
Peeling potatoes for our yummy dutch oven potatoes.
Cooking chicken over hot coals. Boy was it tasty!

Katie's exciting month

This month Katie has been able to do some fun things.

First, she had a late night with her great friend Reaghan. We all went over to Aunt Shellie's house and had some pizza. Then Shellie and I did their nails and hair. Then we made cookies and watched the rest of a movie.

Second, Katie has a great love for art. Tom's best childhood friend stayed at our house while his band was in town to play a gig. He just happens to be the artist for Yo Gabba Gabba. The kids love that show! Katie got to sit down with Parker and draw some characters from the show. He also told us stories about the characters and how his initials just might be hidden in the logo. I will leave it up to you to find them.


Third, Katie got to take the day off of school to play with her wonderful friend Caitlin. Her family moved to Utah just after the school year ended. She was shocked when Caitlin showed up at our house to play. They had a great time! Katie misses Caitlin so much!

Kellen's self hair cut

I think that every child has to cut their own hair at least once in their life time. Just recently, Kellen took his turn. I was in my room and Tom was in the kitchen. Tom walked Kellen into my room and told Kellen to look down. There was a huge patch of hair gone! He looked like munk-hair all around and nothing in the middle. He told me that his hair looked like Grandpa Lyle's hair:) We sat Kellen down in the bathroom sink and started to buzz off his hair. He cut his hair shorter than the actual buzz cut from the clippers.

This is how long his hair was before his new buzz cut.

Why not just lick it?!

On Sunday, I was playing the piano in primary (as usual). All of the sudden the chorister called Kellen's name and asked him to turn around. Of course, upon hearing his name, I immediately looked over at him. I saw Kellen turned around, facing the class behind him, licking his chair! What the heck prompted him to do that?! He never ceases to surprise me with his weirdoness (new word, and I love it). Was I laughing behind the piano? Heck yes! However, now that I am taking microbiology, I am thinking about, and picturing the gram stain, of all the germs he just licked off the chair.

Full Moon & Scripture reading

Kellen thinks it's funny to make people laugh, who doesn't! I find this little trait of his wonderful EXCEPT when he tries to make people laugh in preschool and at church. Let me explain...

The other day Kellen wore some jeans that were a little too big. He kept pulling them up but he didn't act like they were bothering him. I guess I didn't think much of it. At preschool they were playing the game duck-duck-goose (only with dinosaur names) and, of course, Kellen's pants were kinda falling. He told me that he decided that instead of running around and pulling up his pants, he would simply pull down his pants and moon all of his preschool friends! They all got to see his red undies around his tiny little toosh. He thought he was the funniest guy! Good thing they just saw undies!

This past weekend Kellen was assigned a scripture to read to the primary. This week was also the 5th Sunday at church and for some reason junior and senior primary were combined. I play the piano in primary so Tom helped Kellen. Tom whispered a line in Kellen's ear to repeat and instead Kellen said this "And it came to pass, that my dog Cassie..." and continued to laugh and make funny faces. He started talking about our dog Cassie. I was dying! The entire primary presidency was laughing (thank goodness) along with the kids! Oh my, it took a minute to get everyone quiet again. I doubt they will asking Kellen to give a scripture anytime soon!!!!!