Out of the Mouth of Andrew...

We have been working with our children on learning the Articles of Faith. (These are short little statements that help us share what we believe with others.) It is important to Dave that the children learn what they mean when they say things like this, instead of just memorizing words that mean nothing to them. I think it's working because this happened in our house the other day:

Kelsi was told to put her folded clothes away but she didn't want to so she pretended not to hear me. I told her that she was in trouble and then I told Andrew that he was also in trouble because he was her sister and if she was in trouble he would be too.

He looked at me in complete shock and said "But it says that men will be punished for his own sins, not his sisters!"

I almost died laughing when that came out of my little boys mouth.

FYI- The 2nd Article of Faith reads: We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam's transgression.

Maybe our children are actually learning something from us!!

Happy Birthday Kayli!

Our sweet Kayli Rose had a birthday! Where has the time gone? When Kelsi was born all the cute old ladies at church told me to cherish every moment because they grow up so fast. I just smiled and thought they were a little crazy- three children later I see the truth in their words. It's hard to believe it has already been a year but on the other hand we can't imagine our family without her!

This is one of my favorite pictures from the hospital. She is only a couple of hours old, so peaceful and so tiny!!


Her little cake :)


Presents! She remembered from Christmas how fun these things can be.


She had been wanting to get at the cake all afternoon...she didn't hesitate at all to dig in. Good girl!


She loved the frosting so much that this morning she got in to the garbage and found some on a cupcake wrapper...yummers! Apparently there is nothing better than frosting on a gymboree tag.

Our December...in Pictures

We had a very busy month at our house. At least that is why I think I am tired all the time. It's can't be because I am getting old! Enjoy our month in pictures...


One very happy boy got to spend the day with his cousin and Grandpa riding on a train...then he got an electric one to bring home!



The kids have been wanting to go bowling so bad since they love wii bowling. We decided that wii bowling is WAY more fun!



One time-out in the bathtub resulted in a much needed nap!


We all had fun opening lots of gifts!


Kayli reminded us on a daily basis that she is getting big and can get into pretty much anything she wants!


The thumb sucking continues...


School Christmas programs are delightful!


Monster babies are not delightful.


We got to play in some snow. Check out Andrew's cool hat!


GNO! Kelsi got to spend the evening with her mommy and Grandma. We went to eat at Olive Garden and then saw The Nutcracker. It was fun and we hope to make it an annual tradition. We also met some reindeer before the show.


Andrew turned 5!!!


We had a blast making this gingerbread house and even more fun eating all the candy off it it! Thank you Grandma and Grandpa Urvina!


This box came to our home full of gifts and then the kids played in it for days...thanks again G&G Urvina!

We hope you all had as much fun as we did this holiday season! May 2010 bring you much happiness and joy!!

Andrew Cuteness

Enjoy a moment with our adorable little man! He learned this at preschool and wanted to share with all of our loyal readers.

Apology

Dear Blog,

Sorry I have not been updating you often. I know that I spend entirely too much time on Facebook and reading other people's blogs. I know that is not a good reason for my neglect towards you. Please forgive me.

Love always,
Keri

Surprise!!

Thursday morning at 5 am Dave got a text message from one of our favorite people, Mandy Jones. It said "Knock Knock, Let me in!" More than just a little confused, he went to the front door ready to take a picture of the empty porch and send it back to our crazy friend. To his great surprise, she was standing there! She had driven through the night with two of her kids to come and visit us for the long weekend. Usually when your phone rings at that hour people aren't calling with good news, but this was the best surprise ever!!! We met the Jones family in Rexburg 4 years ago and quickly became the best of friends. They currently are living in the Sacramento area while Mandy and I make plans to find jobs for our husbands in the same city so we can be close together again!!

We had a super fun weekend that went by way to quickly. On Saturday we took the kids to a fruit stand that has a hay maze and a hay pyramid with a slide at the top. The kids also picked out some pumpkins which we made homemade pumpkin pie with that night...it was delicious!



Kayli is the only child too small to run away from us so we made her pose with the pumpkins. We actually caught some smiles!





All the kiddos minus Aidan who stayed home to babysit his dad while mom was gone.

Thanks for coming so far to see me, can't wait to see you guys again! Andrew is already asking about when we can go to California...

Yummers!

Kayli has discovered the deliciousness of french fries!