LoUnGiN in the PoOl....

Gotta love it....  the weather was awesome and we enjoyed every minute of it.  Didn't figure you all wanted to see us in our suits so this is all you get.  hehe

The is two men up at the top of this building cleaning the windows.... this has got to be the worst job ever.

M & M World

MGM Grand

Just a few fun pictures.  

Who's got Talent?

MaKayja thought it was pretty fun to put KortLyn up to the piano to play it.  When I got her down she was so mad and wanted to play some more.  What a silly girl. 

Learning to draw..... or suck on crayons????

Last night I was cleaning up after dinner and thought to myself  "wow KortLyn is being really quite."  So I started to look for her and this is where I found her, in the bedroom playing.  It is a good thing she can't get the lids off of the markers yet or that she hasn't learned to draw because of course it is always everything other than paper.  As of yet.... right.

All I want for Christmas is my 2 front teeth

MaKayja has now lost her two front teeth.  She is so tough.  They weren't quite loose enough to pull but she insisted that Randy try really hard to get them out.  So of course he did.  He had to pull really hard but succeeded in the end.  She didn't even bat an eye.  She is one tough cookie.

Learning to Crawl......

Yippee, KortLyn has officially learned to crawl.  She cruises around the house and gets into a lot of mischief.  All of the pictures or things that were put down low are now put away for awhile. I love nothing more than to be in the other room and for her to crawl in and find me.  Randy had to go on data collections for work and I told him "watch KortLyn will start to crawl while you are gone."  Of course he didn't believe me and said "whatever."  Did she ever prove him wrong.  Sorry Randall......  I told him on the phone that she had crawled two steps and he of course thought I was lying, but I wasn't.  When he got home she showed him what a big girl she is and crawled about 10 steps.  Gotta love it when they get bigger.  

Down on the farm.....

Aren't they so cute??????

Girls - Girls and More Girls

KodiAnn Marie - 9 years old

MaKayja Jade - 7 years old

McKesson Ann -  3 years old

KortLyn Shay - 11 months old

Easter....Easter...Easter

So the easter bunny paid a visit to our house.  Easter is one of the girls favorite holidays and they get so excited for it every year.  Come January we always get asked "when is easter coming, I want easter to be here."  I think it is so cute what kids get excited over.  KodiAnn and MaKayja wrote the easter bunny a letter and left him some milk (isn't that usually for Santa). This year the easter bunny brought the girls a kite, movies and sleeping bags for the camper and of course the usual, candy.  KortLyn got a dress and a baby since she is to little for all the other.  She loves her little baby and is very protective of it, none of us can touch it or she cries. Then easter afternoon we all went to Grandma and Grandpa Skinner's house and had a easter egg hunt and a yummy dinner.  Thanks Ellen we appreciate it and the girls had a ton of fun.  So I guess it is another year till the Easter Bunny comes. (hehe)    

CaTcHiNg SoMe Z's and StReCheS

Fast Asleep

Big Stretch

Is It Really Time To Wake Up?

I'm Awake And So Tired 

KortLyn is so sweet when she sleeps.   I love more than anything to see a baby wake up and stretch and then just grin from ear to ear. 

Easter Egg Hunt at Grandma's House

Dominic - Kodiann - MaKayja and Teeva
All the kids running to find their treasures.

KortLyn and her Bunny that Grandma and Grandpa gave her.

Grandpa - KodiAnn - Kaitlyn and Shelby

Cassie Jo - McKesson - Taylease and Kayson

Kenzie - Kayja and KodiAnn

Grandpa and Grandma Skinner (up on the hill as my girls would say) always have dinner and a Easter egg hunt every year. Shelby and McKenzie always hide their treasures and the kids get so excited to run and find everything. It is so much fun and we are so thankful for all of the good times that we can cherish together. Thanks John and Ellen.

AmErIcAn FoRk IdOl........

Over spring break vacation we also went to the Desert Star Theater, in Salt Lake City.  It was so funny and we laughed our bums off.   It was really comical and they did a lot of twists in the play.  For example....  the names of the actors were changed.... Tanya Trucker who only knew how to sing primary songs, Bo Biceps, Polly Medulla, Ryan Snoozefest, Dylan Ai-Chihuahua, and of course let's not forget the famous Simon Cowell who had gotten into a car wreck so he was replaced my his brother Theodore Scowl (get it Simon and Theodore).   Tanya Trucker and Bo Biceps fell in love and she was so scared to ever take him home to family home evening because her father would be upset because of his long hair.  It was really cute and funny and the girls had a great time.   Thanks Grandma (up on the hill :) ha, ha that's what the girls call her) for watching KortLyn and McKesson for the night and taking time out of your spring break vacation and time with your sister.

Living Planet Aquarium

We had so much fun this year over spring break vacation.  We went to Salt Lake and went bummin with the girls.  These are pictures of us at the Living Planet Aquarium.  The fish were really neat and so much fun to watch.  You can pet the sting rays, starfish and some others that I can't remember the names of.  The girls thought the string rays were really neat and were totally grossed out at how slimy they are.  One of them was coming up on the side of the tank and putting it's nose out of the water so we got to pet his nose and then he would flap his body and get everyone wet.  The octopus was also active and moving around while we were there which is very rare.  They are so incredibly ugly and the most disgusting thing I have ever seen, and it's much worse when they are moving and you can really see their face.  I asked randy if he would ever eat squid again after seeing that and he said probably not.  Thank goodness because I am the one kissing him. :) This place was so much fun and we would really like to go back again with the girls.  

3-D Movie at Thanksgiving Point

We also took the girls to the Safari 3-D movie at Thanksgiving Point.  It was a lot of fun to watch them try to grab the object as they were coming towards them.  They laughed a lot and wanted to go to the next showing but It was time to hit target and go on home.  I remember being a little girl and going to Jaws in 3-D and being so scared.  The girls were a lot braver than I was and loved it.  What a fun weekend we had I hope we can do something fun again next year.  

Cabela's

 We also went to Cabela's with the girls they love to go there and see the animals.  I told Randy that if we went to Cabela's then I got to go to Target (my favorite store). Not that I minded going to Cabela's because I have fun there myself.