Cheer Camp

Kaylie and Lani attended Cheer camp on Saturday. My two very good friends were running the camp and asked if Kaylie wanted to come. I figured Kaylie would say no but she didn't so I took the girls to camp and they loved every minute of it. Thankyou Kass and Lindsey for allowing the girls to come.

The girls were listening closely to instructions.

They were practicing there dance they will perform at the half time of the Gale basketball game (I will post there performance complete with a cheer.)

Turning 4

Kaylie turned four on the 15th of January. She asked me if she could have decorations for her birthday so in the night we decorated her room. She woke up to balloons and streamers she loved it. (Tre thinks we have to do that for his birthday as well). Later on we took her to the store and let her pick out her presants. She picked two little girl barbies for her doll house. And she then told dad that she wanted to get her nails done. So of course daddy said yes.

She picked out a nice red color.

She loved her nails and they even put flowers on each of her middle nails.

We had cake and ice cream at moms like always.

She asked for a little mermaid cake this year and this was my attempt. Thank goodness for ariel shaped pans.

Kaylie also asked to go to Red Robin for dinner. She knows that they will sing and put balloons behind your ears. I'm pretty sure that was the reason for the request, there is nothing like being the center of attention. Gotta love this girl.

Christmas 2010

We had a wonderful Christmas this year. The kids loved every minute of the holiday season. The couldn't get enough. They were excited to leave reindeer food outside, leaving cookies for santa, watching santa's progress on the santa tracker website, laying in bed and hearing sleighbells outside- - - they were too cute. I'm not sure who loves it more them or me watching them get so excited. Kue was the first one awake on Christmas morning and he layed in bed with me. He could see the kids sleeping and crawled and woke them up. We headed downstairs to open presents almost immediately. Kue didn't quite understand the whole wrapping paper thing. He was excited because Kaylie and Tre were so excited so he had a good time playing with whatever he wanted. After we were done opening presents we went to my mom and dad's for our traditional "Garbage Egg" breakfast. (my favorite) We then opened more presents from grandma and grandpa and aunties and uncles. We hung out the rest of the day and made dinner at moms and just enjoyed being with each other.


Daddy helping Kue open his present.

Tre and Kaylie opening presents.

Here is a clip of the kids playing and opening presents. Kue was dancing to his musical toy.

Our tradition on Christmas Eve is to go to Grandpa and Grandma Johnsons.....Grandma makes lots of treats and then Grandpa narrates the nativity from the scriptures, while the kids act it out. He does a good job add-libbing in "princess's" (the angel) and "unicorns" (stable horse).....(the little girls know exactly what they want to be). At one point we thought we might have an alligator be a part of the nativity but then she was a happy with being a "princess". This is all the kids who took part- only 1 grandchild the rest are great-grandkids.

Kaylie.....?!!!!!!!?

These were just to hilarious not to post....you may have to turn of our blog music to hear the music she is dancin too.

Disneyland/California Adventure

As part of our thanksgiving trip this year we all planned to go to Disneyland together. My Brother-in-law found a great deal on tickets (admission to disneyland, california adventure, and fast passes) for $50 per person. The kids were beyond excited and had a blast. We got there early and stayed until midnight. The kids were great even when they got tired. Kue just rolled around in the stroller all day and didn't mind one bit. The kids keep asking when we can go back they loved it there.


After we parked we had to ride a little train to get to the front gates.

Riding the train to the front gates.

The rockets were the first ride of the day.

Kaylie was blasting away at Zurg on the buzz light year ride.

The train around the park was a big hit....especially for our nephews who LOVE trains.

Benny and the Kids with The Queen of Hearts... We had to convince Kaylie that she saw a princess since this was the only one we saw that day. Once we told her she was a queen she was happy with that.

Uncle Will, Lani, and Kaylie rode the teacups three times..... the girls loved it.

Seeing Minnie was the highlight of the whole day for Kaylie.

Kaylie and Goofy

Tre and Goofy

California Adventure....we went back and forth from one park to the other all day.

Lani, Uncle Stan, Kaylie, Eli all riding the merry-go-round

They had the coolest Pixar Parade, with Toy Story, nemo, Incredibles, A Bugs Life, Cars, and Monsters Inc. It was the coolest parade.

Lightning Mcqueen.

At about 8 pm we sent all the grand kids except Tre home with Grandma and Grandpa. We then rode all the adult rides. This ride was the tower of terror...it takes you up high and then just drops you. Tre loves big rides and was so beyond happy that he got to stay with all the adults.

Stan, Tre, Benny, and Will before we got on the Indiana Jones ride.

This is Tre's most favorite Uncle Will, once all the kids were gone they became riding buddies. Tre felt very important and loved being able to "hang" with uncle will.

Tre wanted to "drive" the Indiana Jones ride. He really thought he was driving. At one point the ride stopped and everyone was teasing him about breaking the car....He told me he felt bad and promised he didn't break it. I had to explain that the ride operators had stopped it...then he felt ok.

This was a really fun trip for our family.... Many good memories were made.

Thanksgiving vacation.....

We were able to go to California for Thanksgiving this year. This was the first time in three years that we were all able to be in the same place at the same time. It was so much fun being all together and just enjoying one another. Oh and the warm weather was such a bonus.

Eli, Kaylie, Lani, Tre....the cousins had a blast playing everyday.

Benny and his mom (grandma eta)......Momma's boy.

Kaylie, Lani, & Tre riding a clydsedale horse (Uncle Will)

Kue playing under a chair at a wedding we went to. No matter how many times I pulled him out from under there, he just kept going back.

Tre enjoying Grandmas ribs......he loves them.

Kaylie also enjoying ribs.....what can I say she loves to eat like her dad.

Aunty Leeneh and Kue......we were especially glad that Leeneh and Eta suprised us and finally got work off so they were able to come spend time with us.

There is a park right by there house so we took the kids a couple of times so they could run out their energy.

Benny and Will relaxing on the porch, playing the Uke.

Kue, Tre, Eli, Kaylie, Isaac, and Lani.......all the grand kids together.

Kue and Aunty Losilee...she took good care of him while we were there.

Kue's first hair cut

Kue's hair grew in a little crazy.... only the top was growing and he started to have a mohawk/mullet. So we decided to buzz and see if that would help it grow in better. Thanks

goodness it has helped.

This is Kue before.....

This is Kue after..... Much, much, better.

Basketball season already.

This is Tre's first year playing basketball. He is enjoying it and wants to practice at home all the time. It's definately interesting watching first graders try to figure out the sport, but as long as he has fun and learns fundamentals then that's all that matters.

Halloween

We were so glad to get home for halloween this year. We weren't supposed to be home but plans changed and we got home at five in the evening on halloween night. I had to run to the store and pick up one storm trooper costume. I'm glad the kids were able to trick or treat and have a fun night.

Tre-Storm trooper, Kue-Monkey ,Kaylie-Cow

The kids an their cousins

Dad making sure that Kue gets halloween candy...like Kue would really eat it. We know who its really for.

My Boys

This picture was to cute I couldn't resist posting it. Tre loves him so much and is such a good big brother. Those of you who knew us when Tre was 8 months old can see how much these to look alike.