Thursday, May 10, 2012

the last five months...

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 We are tired...we have been busy! We can't wait for summer !!!
Here is a small update on the past five months...

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 Our BABY turned three! Jilly had a Tangled party- she loved the attention and the presents. So much so that we talk about her birthday almost every day and she is always saying, "Can  I get this for my birthday?", "Can I have my birthday part at... Disneyland, Sea World, Pump it Up, and Chuck E.Cheese (just to name a few). "AWW I wish it could be my birthday again". (at everyone else's birthday).
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 This is the real shocker...Rigdon is ELEVEN! He is the cutest boy in the world and I couldn't love him more! He is growing up way too fast!
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 Speaking of growing up, this is my soon to be kindergarten grad! She loves school and her teacher, she always does her whole homework packet by herself without telling me and sometimes her interpretation  of the assignment is pretty cute (and the teacher probably assumes that I must be a stay at home because I don't know how to do kinder homework.)
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 Rigdon is the happiest kid and so easy to please, traits that I hope he keeps his whole life. I have cried multiple times this year as I watch the person that he is growing into. I am so proud of him and cannot believe how fast time flies.
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 Here is my little Easter Bunny after pre-school.
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 Snow ball fight So Cal style.
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 Took the kids to their first "real" concert. The Fresh Beat Band in Anaheim.
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 I call this "a rite of passage" going on ALL the rides at Magic Mountain.
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 Last Cub scout meeting.
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 Here is Rigdon earning his arrow of light award. ( It is always presented as an Indian Ceremony where the cubs get their"wings").
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 Livi- her favorite sport is basketball!
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 Jillian is taking up two new instruments at once.


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 No your eyes are not deceiving you. We are the proud new owners of not 1 but three Easter bunnies!
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 Caroline's 6th birthday and the second time it was on Easter. She is my sunshine!
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 Rigdon's FIRST band concert.
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Hooray! Summer is almost here and what better way to get ready than with a good old fashioned baseball game. (and $15 worth of fingers!) (That's what happens when you start giving kids an allowance).

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Europe...Finally

So Rangi's brother was living in Switzerland and we figured that was a great excuse to visit Europe for cheap. Well I don't know if cheap is the right word, but awesome definitely is! Here it is 13 days in 3 minutes. (My french speaking husband made this video.) OK so he served his mission in France but I am not sure he still qualifies as fluent, although his mission was my favorite part of the trip and I am so grateful that he served a mission and we were able to visit. I am also so grateful to my sister Jessica who may never have more kids after this experience for graciously watching our kids.

Monday, January 23, 2012

Nicknames

So it turns out that Rangi and I are huge nicknamers of our kids and we recently decided that Jillian had the best name for nicknames. Some of our faves have been, prime "Rig", Rigonometry, Big Rig, Livin' it up, Line upon Liney, and lately for Jillian from Rangi ..."Jiller" . He said he wished she was playing in Livi's basketball league so we could put Jiller on the back of her Jersey. For me I was watching her play doctor with Caroline with a butcher knife from her kitchen set and I started calling her "Dr. Jill". (P.S. I don't know where she got any ideas like that about Dr's. )