My Clean Boy

Cruz is my clean boy, he always has been. he is the only two year old that you can undress at the end of the day and not find dirt and spots all over his clothes. He loves to take baths and wash his hands...always with soap, he never lets a second go by with a bugger on his face-he cant handle a runny nose, he hates parts of his clothes being dirty he will always ask me to change his shirt if it gets a little wet Etc. He is just clean, not in a prissy way but a hygienic way. So I laughed

when he came home from next door looking like this:

Head to foot dirt! Big patch of dirt on his nose, I couldn't tell if he was tan or if he rolled in the dirt, he had a dirt line where his underwear were, no shirt, no shoes, riding home on his scooter.

I liked that the boy can get a little dirt on his hands and face. He is definitely a boy, and I love that about him. He was so happy, but he only lasted about another hour before he felt disgusting and asked me for a bath :)

Mustache Men

My family has many wierd traditions, jumping in the unheated pool january 1st, RBBR, decorating for Christmas the day after Halloween etc . I love being a member of my family for this reason...I have to admit. things are NEVER boring...NEVER. You are always guarenteed a good laugh while you are around them and we know how to keep it real:) A recent tradition has my husband, Dad, brother and the newest addition to our family Callen looking like this:

This tradition is known as "Men of Webster". It all started when the diamond backs put out a calender of pictures of the sexy, hot D-back players. It was a little over the top cheesy, yes. The men in our family decided to do a little calender of their own copying their poses exactly and gave them to us women in the family as Christmas gifts. I thought my grandma was going to either pee her pants or have a heart attack when she opened her calender. We appreciated our men much better! Who cares about abs and waxed chests anyways? Bring on the hairy Men of Webster!!! They are calling this years Calender the Mustache addition...although its seriously sick,

I cant wait!

Quinci's Preschool Pictures

Quinci LOVES her preschool, her teacher, her friends and pretty much anything to do with her preschool. She goes to Grandma Goose's preschool and she always is coming home with fun artwork and is constantly singing songs she learned. She loves all of it esp her feild trips, which i love to because that means i get to go :) When ever i tell her that she has to go to bed early beacuse it is a school night she jumps up and down and says, "I love you Mommy, your the best Mommy in the whole world"!!! I do what I can :) Here are her class pictures:

Thanksgiving 2010

The Food the Fun the Family. I love Thanksgiving!!! We woke up and watched the parade, then we went and played football with everyone at Casey's new house. The kids even had their own football game going on. We all ate @ Juju and Papa's house...more like engorged ourselves @ Juju and Papa's house :) Then spent the rest of the day playing, talking and napping. It was a beautifully awesome day! HAPPY THANKSGIVING :)

Adult Table

Kiddie Table

Our traditional "who wants to

hold the camera" picture

Back off court

To tease us

Meal #1

LOVE MY BABES...ALL OF THEM :)

Cotter's School Play

Cotter has been working on his reading all year & has gotten stinkin good at it! He has done so well he performed his skills in front of his entire class and their parents. He acted out & read the part of Sloppy Dog aka: the pie thief. It was the cutest thing ever! He also learned the "United States" song and can sing every state to you. We had so much fun going to see him- this is me video taping and snapping still shots at the same time...I too am skilled!

Last Dance

I have been styling hair pretty much my entire life! I taught myself how to french-braid hair when I was eight and did all my sisters hair from then on. Whether they were going to church, school, or dances I usually had a hand in what they looked like...my Mom to. I styled every single sister for every dance. They would sit there and let me create until I was happy. Well I just got to style my sister Courtney's hair for her final dance at Mesa High. I feel like this is the end of an era or something like that. I'm gonna miss this. Isn't she pretty!!!

Cotter's big day

My boy is six! Waaaaah! I seriously kinda feel this way at times! Never has there been a more respectful, kind, considerate, loving, fun, funny, talented six year old kid! I am so grateful, and honored to be his Mom! He never stops amazing me! He is genuine and sincere, he makes you feel happy and special, he "gets it" totally!!! I am obviously a proud Mom! He deserves every thing, especially a fantastic Birthday! Love you buddy!

Drive In

I love the Drive In movies! We went and saw, "How To Train My Dragon" or something like that. It was cute and the kids had a blast with their Allen Cousins! My car smelt like Filberto's for like a week, but it was all worth it!

Mission Call

Jake has finally gotten his mission call! He is going to Milwaukee Wisconsin, reporting to the MTC on June 16. I am so proud of him and all his hard work to get here. He is going to be a great missionary!

Birdie Happy spot

We have a little spot on our front porch that the birds love to build nest on. I always see them building nest, then I get to hear chirping a couple days later. Here are the most recent hatchlings. Welcome to our front porch little birdies.

New pictures of my babes

Little Fairy

I could literally cry every time I think about how amazing my QJ is! She has no freaking idea how much I love her and need her personality every day! She is so special and makes my life so much better everyday by being in it. I feel sooooo blessed to have my little girl, my best friend and my favorite person to share girl secrets with in one cute, little sassy package.

Quinci I LOVE YOU!!!

Potty Training

So I'm into day three of potty training....

{I'm going to love it when it's all over!!!}

Still I can't resist this cute bum in these

undies!

He is actually doing really well

Day 1: 3 mistakes, but he went pee every time I took him...because of candy

Day2: 2 mistakes, but he told me he had to go potty

Day 3: woke up dry, 0 mistakes, he told me potty & he took himself!

I am really proud of him!

We will see if he can keep it up

and be a perfect potty training kid...

I wish :)

Little League Begins

Today was Cotter's first baseball game!

I was so proud!!!

{you'll see in the pictures}

We had so much fun cheering on Cotter,

Gage, Hunter & Gunner

it is definitely going to be a fun season!

Dairy Farm

Today we went to the Superstition Dairy Farm for a tour of the farm. We saw chickens, rabbits, turkeys, goats, horses, sheep, dogs and most importantly the COWS! We learned all about them and saw over 3 thousand Holstein cows. While we were on the hayride we saw the maternity ward for the cows and one of the cows was giving birth and we also saw a brand new baby cow only minutes old! It was the sweetest thing! The Farm gets 5 baby cows per day. When the tour was over we got to feed and pet the animals and try the cow's milk. They had over 12 different kinds of flavored milk, we ate cheese and ice cream that was delichhh!

We started the tour in the class room, where we learned all about the cows.

Here we are on the Hayride

I was impressed with how well they take care of the animals

Here is the maternity ward and the mother cow giving birth

Here is the brand new baby Holstein heffer calf only minutes old!

Cruz loved this little baby turkey

QJ loved this sweet bunny...it was so adorable!

This is Cotdog feeding the goats

Cruzer feeding the horse

QJ made me laugh she put like an entire tube of chapstick on in the car right before we got to the farm-she felt so beautiful for the big day on the farm :)

It was such a fun day! My kids LOVED it!