Ava's Birthday Party

Ava's VERY princess-y 4th Birthday Party!



Ava's guests decorated crowns, made princess necklaces, played "pin the crown on Ariel," and other royal activities!


Ava sat in the royal chair to open her presents!


Here's the Ariel cake - I don't know how to rotate.


Ava & her cake


Blowing out the candles!

Taylor

Finally, some progress!

Ava's Preschool Halloween Program

What can I say?

Children's Prayers

This week we had a FHE lesson about praying. Keith was explaining to the children that praying is how we talk to Heavenly Father.

We asked, "What can we thank Him for?"
Natalie: "Horses."
Ava: "Princesses."


Okay...


Then we asked, "What can we ask Him for?"
Natalie: "Horses."
Ava: "Princesses."
Taylor: "Bau!" (ball)

Our kids have one-track minds!

First Dance Recital

Well, this was a monumental day! The first dance recital!

Little kitty-cats





Natalie is on the end; Ava is right next to her.



(Now Ava is on the end!)



Taylor is the proud little brother!

Natalie's Birthday

Easter Sunday

I LOVE this picture of Keith & Taylor!

Ava singing

I finally thought I'd better get this on video!






(my camera cuts videos at exactly one minute.)

Taylor Playing Peek-A-Boo

Taylor started playing peek-a-boo on his own at my birthday dinner the other night. Unfortunately, I didn't capture the cutest moments, but here's what I got:

Hawaii

These are spinner dolphins, which I watched each afternoon from the back patio of our room.









This is a whale.



This is Keith.


I know - my shoes look especially hot! (This was at the top of a hike)


You can see the resort where we stayed across the water.


This is the view looking out of our room!

Visiting Teaching

Random Stuff

I blended up some blueberries for Taylor the other day, and had to grab the camera between bites to show you his reaction. Do you think he liked or not?!




Natalie trying to introduce everyone to the new kitty.



Ava talks about the new kitty.

Crazy Fun!

We made this video just for fun at some little kiosk in the MGM Grand.  I thought it was so funny!  My favorite part is Ava as the dancing nurse.

Taylor's New Dance

Taylor loves to boogie! I wish my silly voice weren't all the way through these, but what can I do? Try to ignore that and just enjoy Taylor's new dance!

Utah

Taylor - still celebrating...