new moon

Okay this is outing me but I just watched the trailor for "New Moon" and wow!! I am so excited. I am already taking names for anyone who wants to go on the day it comes out...not the midnight showing, that I will leave for the younger generation. Anyway if you want to go let me know!!! Here is the link for the trailor. http://www.myspace.com/trailerpark

This is Zackery and Ani dancing at the ball

Dancing is in our blood

This is Nickolas fairy godmother dance for the play they cousins all put on. It was very cute but I couldn't help but think of Elaine off of Sienfield...what do you think

Kai as the king and Zackery as the prince


Prince Edward (as they called him) and Cinderella (Ani)




Ani and Nickola as the fairy godmother

Ani and Tessa as the wicked stepmother

Tessa Zackery and conner as the kings guard

I took the kids and went to my brothers house over the memorial weekend to help my mom take care of my brothers kids while they were in Florida. We had a great time Mom and me and 9 kids but of course one of the highlights is the play. Every time our family gets together my niece Hadley writes directs and produces a play for our entrainment. She uses all the cousins and I do have to brag that she does a great job. She is 13 now but even when she was younger we she had a great imagination. This time was the first time my kids had been involved and Zackery may have got the drama bug from this little experience. They put a lot of hard work into it and it was so fun to watch.

Haircut?

This is conner with his cousin Kai's lizard but the real reason for this post is I think it is time for our summer haircut. He would like to be bald but with the Arizona sun we compromise and go almost bald. He has playoff games this week for baseball. His team is doing really well. So wish us luck this weekend!

Nickola....what else can i say

We have had the most interesting conversations with this gal lately and I wonder everyday how she is growing up so fast. I had her prescreened for kindergarten and they feel she is not ready but she sure entertained them. I guess looks and personality aren't enough to get you into kindergarten these days. Here is an example of some of the conversations we have had:

• I coughed and she says "cough you"
• Darin was drying her off from the shower and she looks at him and says, "my heart beats for you daddy"
• She asks me today, "how was your class" I told her a few things we learned and she says "is that all", so i continued to come up with things until she was satisfied. She then tells me she played games and got candy in her class!
• Daniel came over and gave her an early birthday present and she hugs him and kisses him on the check to say "thank you"
• She tells conner " my heart loves you"
• She informed me the other day that she was going to marry Zackery and didn't take it very well when we said that can not happen

Happy Mothers Day

Last night Kim and I went to Michael's and they had fake corsages and it made me nostalgic for mothers day. Every year my dad would buy mom, me and my sister a corsage to wear to church. I use to love getting them. Many moms at church had one on which is something I notice doesn't happen as much anymore.
It also made me think of all the things my mother has done for me and my family. See once you leave home and get married your mom still continues being your mom. We talk now about my kids and I get advice about how to deal with them. She even gives me examples of when we were growing up. She even likes to mother Darin because he is just like a son to him.
I often laugh when she tells me I need to slow down and give up some of the many things I do on a daily basis only because I learned it from her. She was always busy, planning the school carnivals, making costumes, taking care of us, taking care of everyone around her, babysitting for people; the list goes on and on. I am so thankful every day that I am like her and hope I can share that with some of my children. I love ya mom and Happy Mothers day!