Memorial Day Weekend

Happy Birthday Daniel! We had a super fun party barbq at the park for Daniels birthday. The kids had tonz of fun in the sprinkler park and big playground.

They had water guns and water balloons to add to the fun! How many kids did Scott and Feliz make cry? I can't remember! They were supposed to be for the kids!

And a pinata!

Eric and Ariana loved the skate park too!

Feliz & Stacy who is nice and pregnant with Baby Samantha who is coming soon! :) I can't wait! NINE days and counting!

We went to Hood Park on Monday with some families from the ward. It was so much fun I only got a couple pictures and then just went out and played and thought I would enjoy the day instead of trying to capture everyone elses moments. ........... Just kidding, my battery went dead.

The river was freezing so Joc put her tube in this little pool someone had dug, that was her extent of swimming! :)

Temple Trip!
Marinda and her friend Kaitlyn's first Temple trip! Marinda has been 12 for almost a year but missed the last session by a few weeks, so she was so excited to finally get to go do baptisms for the dead.

Good Times

Eric's last game is the same day they are doing the Jack 5 ride so he will miss it. But this last game we had was fantastic! Eric was in outfield and a huge hit came way out there so high and Eric got under it and Me and Scott closed our eyes and he totally caught it! It was awesome! Now this boy has the cutest smile in the world but if you could have seen the smile on his face after that, it was adorable!

Littlest Pet Shops, I think these are the cutest toys and by far the girls favorite of all times (Rin too) in all the questionairs that go around it always asks you what your favorite childhood toy was and so I wanted the girls to have a picture with their petshops!
More cuteness:
Avery: Jocelyn are you mad?
Jocelyn: No
Avery: Whats wrong?
Jocelyn: Nothing
Avery: Are you just resting your smile?

Mom: Whoever picks up the most crayons wins.
Jocelyn: Mom, I can't........ my eyebrow hurts.

So Austin got drafted into the play, they want him to be the lightsman. They also asked if he would make some posters to hang around the school to advertise it so this is one of his rough drafts! See the little tiny Romeo and Juliet in the corner! He is so hilarious!

Someone's in BIG trouble!

What is this you might ask?! That would be tiny hair that has been cut to the scalp!!!!!!!

But who would do that?

Not sweet Avery who already knows how long it takes to grow out hair that she has cut!

Oooohhhh you are in so much trouble! You are old enough to know better little lady!

Don't give me that look!

Busy Weekend

Santo's funeral was on Friday. This was my second family growing up, Me and Suzy were inseparable from 3rd grade on. This picture was taken in Feb. at Suzy's house. I can't believe he is really gone.

Saturday we went to Cathy's house on the Lake which is the most fun house ever! She has the fun dock, and boats, and slide, and tubes. My kids LOVE going there! Most of my family was there and Pat Pat came too. We had a big fun bar b q.

Then we jumped in Cathy's boat and drove a whole five minutes and were at the sand dunes. My kids loved running down the hill into the water. The girls made sand castles and the boys buried Nikolas.

Scott got there late but joined in the fun!

The fun things you can do with Floam. Carter and Austin got creative with the kids masks

Here we are with our shovel at the ground breaking of the new stake center coming soon! :) We go to church in Burbank and its too small of a building for 8th ward. It will be so exciting to have a building so close and especially Wed. nights to take all the kids to the same spot, right now they all meet in leaders homes.

It was Gina's birthday so all my sisters and Mom came here to tricities and played all day and got a hotel for a girl party! My Mom, Cathy, and Me were hiding in Barns while Shirley brought Gina in, she told her to pack a bag and that they were going out of town somewhere special.......like.........Warden! Surprisingly she packed her bag and came. We all went out to eat and wore party hats because Gina LOVES party hats. (she doesn't) and they wrapped the presents in like four boxes each so she had to unwrap for a long time, she LOVES that too (she doesn't). We went and got pedicures and did all kinds of silly things! Fun fun! Happy birthday Gina!

My Mom and Cathy hiding really well behind books.

At Red Robin Gina loved being sung to (not so much).

While we were all playing my Dad was fishing with Mike! Nice!

I finally took the kids to see the zebra down the street at the nursery. So cute.

Mother's day was awesome! I came downstairs to find this with hot waffles, strawberries, and whip cream all waiting for me! It was perfect!


Jocelyn brought this picture home from art. I thought it was pretty good for a kindergartener! Okay I wish I could draw this good.

I was getting Avery at preschool and Ms. Kristen asked if I had a baby in my tummy. I guess Avery announced that to the whole class. She wishes! Her and Jocelyn ask for "some" baby sisters and brothers all the time. Avery said, "you have never been pregnant like Abby's Mom, its not fair". I said I have been pregnant plenty of times you just weren't here for it.

One of the girls at Pasco High was doing an art gallery for her senior project and asked Austin to put in some of his drawings. That was exciting for him. He loved looking at others art. He was also asked to talk with the cub scouts while they were earning their artist badge, it was him and an aunt of another one of the boys, Austin came home and talked about this artist for a LONG time. I said you got more out of it than Eric did! :)

Saturday morning my friend Suzy's father passed away. He has been having heart problems for a few years but recently got stomach cancer and it took over quickly. Watching their family the last few months has shown me the beauty of a wonderful family love and bond. Suzy is a strong girl and Im so proud of her.

Vegas, Drama, & Sick Momma

Marinda started her acting career last year at McGee in their after school program "Act" where she played the Fairy Godmother's Assistant, in Cinderella. This year Mclaughlin has started a drama club after school and are putting on Romeo and Juliet, a funny version of the drama. She plays Abram, Romeo's right hand man. She has the perfect part, not many lines but gets to stand next to the main character for a lot of the play. The Tricity Herold came to the school and interviewed the kids and took these pictures. She is having fun doing it!

Scott went to Vegas with the big boys for the Supercross. They had this giant tv in the van and played rock band. They went on motorcycle rides all over wed. thurs. and friday and then the supercross race on saturday night.

Here he is at the Hoover Dam

Sunday after church I felt awful and went to bed, Scott got home early the next morning and I woke up not able to move, I had fever/chills/shakes/sore throat! It was so bad, I mean really bad and I know Im a baby but I never get sick so when I do I think Im dying but I was totally dying! :) Anyways I don't know what all happened Monday because I was asleep the whole day (besides drop offs and pick ups) and then drugged myself heavily to go to Eric's baseball game that night in the rain. But this is what I got up to Tues. morning. I cried, it was sad! :( But Im on the mend and I feel much better! :) ...............Ill clean it tomorrow!