Kid Tested, Mother Approved

Last night Mike and I tended all four of our grand babies while their parents went out on a date. This was the first time that we were responsible for all of them at once. We turned off the lights throughout the whole house except for the room that we were in and shut the door so that they wouldn't want to roam around. We then put on Sprout TV and watched the Good Night Show and played with toys. This picture is of the three older ones sitting on the couch enjoying their little bowls of Kix.
They were so cute and good for us.

Happy Birthday Grandma Shirley!

Grandma Shirley and Grandpa Mark came over for Grandma's Birthday. We had a Wii bowling tournament. Mike was the official winner but Grandpa Mark played and awsome consulation playoff game with a score of 229 and six strike in a row...way to go Grandpa!!! We then sang Happy Birthday to Grandma...Rebecca looks like she is really into that cake.

Esther Can Walk

Esther has gotten the courage to walk on her own...oh happy day!

This is Great

This is very inspirational. You'll need about ten minutes to watch.

Blast to the Past Photo of the Week

This week's Blast to the Past photo is of my Mom and Dad holding their precious little bundle of joy (me). They are standing in front of my Dad's parent's home on 9th Ave. in Los Angeles.

Our Cabin Adventures

(Click on the pictures to enlarge) We just got back from a fun weekend in the mountains. There was a lot of snow surprisingly. We had to dig our way into the cabin. But once we got in we were able to light a fire and warm up. I hadn't been up when there was a lot of snow in a long time; and I forgot how fun it was.

This is the creek by our cabin that runs from the top of the mountains in Fawnskin and empties into Big Bear Lake. The weather was real warm and the snow was starting to melt.

This is our hidden little sledding area. This was a holiday weekend and yet we were the only ones there. It was sooooo fun. Aaron was having a blast riding that green disc down the hill. He just had to make sure that he stopped before he slid into the creek.


Here is Sam and Erika on the tobagan flying down the hill.

Let's do it again!

My husband is so wonderful...he walks on water....literally. He convinced us to do the same. At first I was afraid and my heart was pounding out of my chest...then I realized that we were okay and wouldn't fall through. Even if we did we would be in about at our waists.
The kids standing on the lake.

After our hike to the lake we stopped off at the park to have some fun. Janet and I are having a blast on the teeter totter.

Then it was Aaron, Erika and Nolan's turn.

Sam flying in the air...jumping off of the swing.

Here are a couple of shots inside the cabin. It is really old fashioned in there. Our refrigerater is older than I am and it still works really well.
Here is my wood burning/gas oven. We don't use it as an oven because the building inspector said that it was a fire hazard and we should disable it. I love it anyway.

This is what keeps us warm. The only source of heat...that is until Aunt Vicky gave us us this really awesome portable oven.

This not only bakes tasty cakes...it also warms up the kitchen. Aunt Vicky gave me her very old portable oven. It is in great shape and works very well. Janet and I thought that it would be fun to try it out and make Nolan a birthday cake.

Well...here it is...we made two layers out of loaf pans and frosted it with chocolate frosting....

MMM Good!
(Thanks Aunt Vicky!)

The kids decorated it with candles....

Seventeen to be exact.....

Happy birthday dear Nolan....

Happy birthday, to you...make a wish!

Home Schooling at the Library

Today was "Library Day". Zach comes with us on Wednesdays to do his math. Aaron likes the library too. Their favorite thing to do is to go downstairs to the food cart and eat lunch. Their "usual" is Nestle's Strawberry milk for Aaron and Nestle's Chocolate milk for Zach and creamy macaroni and cheese heated up in the microwave.

Where's Your Nose??

Where's Calvin's nose?

Where's Kirby's nose?

President Hinkley

For those of you who don't know, Gordon B. Hinkley, the president of the "Chrurch of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saint" (the church that I belong to), passed away last week at the age of 97. One of my friends has challenged me and many others to Read the Book of Mormon in 97 days (for every year of President Hinkley's life). I am accepting this challenge and challenging all who would like to to do the same. I will be posting my progress (to the right of my blog under my profile picture) daily. If you click on it, it will take you to the challenge website. President Hinkley will surely be missed!