More pictures from a Weekend with Family

The weekend of Jacob and Makayla's Baptism and Spencer's blessing, the kids had fun with all their cousins. Lately, I have been terrible at getting out the camera, so the only pictures I have of are when Ryan got it out to take pics on the last day. Annie captured the whole weekend and hopefully will share her pictures for all to view. Anyway, here are some captured moments from that Sunday:


Rachel and Mekenna


Rob and the boys. Jaxen and Joshua



Joshua posing for the camera.




Rob, Morgan, and Joshua



Gracie, Ashley, and Morgan



Tyler, Mekenna and the boys.



Jaxen, Tyler, Mekenna, and Rachel

Fun Weekend

We had a fun weekend this last week. Jacob and Makayla (cousins) were baptized and Spencer (cousin) was blessed. So, we had a lot of people here to visit. The triplets, Rachel and Morgan loved having extra people here to play with and entertain them.


Jaxen, Gracie and Rachel eating at Lori's house. We did not feel like getting the booster chairs out, so they got to eat on the floor. They were not happy about it. Uncle Rob said they weren't dogs, but they didn't eat much anyway so it didn't really matter.

Here are a few of the kids at the baptism/blessing. If you can believe it there were about 6-7 more grandkids running around in the gym.

Joshua goes to the ER.

Our third straight friday in the hospital was because of Joshua. He came upstairs from playing and was having a hard time breathing. He kept pointing to his mouth and saying toy hurts. When asked if he swallowed a toy, he said "Yes." So, I called Ryan and asked what he wanted to to. He listened to Joshua's breathing over the phone and decided to take him in. They didn't find a toy, but they said is throat and airway were irritated and gave him steroids. He did fine after that. Jaxen refused to stay home with Mommy, so he tagged along.

Deana's Playhouse

Here are some pictures of our favorite hang out this winter. It's a place called Deana's Playhouse that is a big Gym full of toys and activities.


Gracie and Jaxen riding around in toy cars and motorcycles.


Gracie jumping and the other kids playing in the background.



Joshua Jumping.




Rachel driving the car.

Starting to dress ourselves

The triplets are starting to dress themselves. The no longer want help and are always dressed in something different than what I put them in at bedtime or in the morning. Here are a few pictures of them when they decided to get dressed on their own.


Jaxen did all right except for the sweatshirt he put on backwards. Morgan also dressed herself and is now able to match her clothes. Joshua just wanted to pose for the camera. Finally, Gracie tried and did okay with the shirt, but as for her pants there seems to be a problem. She put a shirt on instead.


Here is our blackmail picture. Gracie and Jaxen were playing this is what they put on. What a handsome boy and cute girl. His daddy was so proud.

Kids Picks

While we were at Mariah's the last weekend in Jan, the kids were playing in the tub getting cleaned up for Sunday. They decided to dump the whole bottle (a full brand new bottle) of soap in the tub. Here are pictures of Jaxen and Gracie enjoying the soap suds it created. Joshua and Rachel were dressed by the time these pictures were taken.

Friday, Morgan was playing at her Aunt Lori's and Uncle Zach's house. She was told not to climb on the computer chair, but when Aunt Lori went upstairs she did anyway. Below are pictures of the result. She ended up conking her head on the computer desk and had 3 staples put in. When they were done, she wanted to go back and play with Abby at her house. She acted like nothing happened. (Warning: If you get queazy over blood and injuries you might want to look away).

Weekend Trip to see Grandma and Grandpa and the Tsubakis

We had a great time at Tsubaki's (Mariah's family) this weekend visiting. Morgan loved playing with Lilli and wanted to stay longer as their new sister. Here are some pictures of the fun we had. We also had some unexpected things happen. Jaxen was running and a coffee table got in the way, so we ended up at urgent care to make sure he didn't need stiches. Luckly they were able to glue the cut shut and we were free to go home. Then Ryan was cleaning the van and the back window shattered. We drove home with a plastic window and are hoping to get it fixed today. Don't try cleaning your windows with cold water after you have had the defrost on. Lesson learned.


The kids Saturday waiting for their movie to start. They all wanted to sit together.


Joshua holding Spencer. The kids loved Spencer. He was such a good baby and loved to smile at anyone who would pay attention to him.


Jaxen waiting to see the dr.


Jaxen the next day. It looks even worse now because his whole eye is black and blue, but the swelling has gone down.


Grandma and Jaxen


Josh and Evan climbing the stairs at the Discovery Center.


The kids playing in the water at the Discovery Center.


Jaxen and Rachel driving around town.


Everyone getting ready to eat lunch. Even I'm stuffing my face (you didn't need to see that).