blair and maisy

August 18, 2009

Family festivities

We went up to UT for my brother's wedding.

The happy couple: Dixie & Dan

Here are all of my sisters and I with the newlyweds.

My foxy mom with 3 of 5 grandkids.

The boys and I passing time between pics.

A couple days later we headed down to Lake Powell for a week on the lake with Blair's family.

Xander got pretty good at kayaking on his own.

Here was Will trying to be like Xander.

Blair and the boys coming back from a ride. The 1st time I took Will for a ride on this waverunner he cried and had a huge tantrum afterward because he didn't want to get off.

Xander going off the slide from the houseboat.

Blair right before hitting the water off it.

Will and I up top. Will said the slide would be too scary for him- but he had fun pushing me down.

Xander and Will with a bunch of cousins for a tube ride.

Grandpa and grandma with all of the grandkids. (We all tie-dyed shirts the day before we went down)

Our fam

The kids and I were "cliff diving."

This is Blair and his brother jumping off a real cliff! AAAAAAAA

This cute little critter came to visit us at Lake Powell- along with bats, bugs, a mouse, a scorpion, and a rattlesnake (that was promptly beheaded when found on the boat-scary!)

On the way back home to NV, we stopped where a sign said "Pipe Springs National Monument," to see what it was. It happened to be a weekend that was free entrance to national park stuff so we were happy we didn't have to pay, and we stayed and looked around. It's on an Indian reservation, and we found out that there would be the annual Indian pow wow that was free to the public up the road that evening.

We couldn't pass it up!

It was so neat to see the costumes, dances, and song- not to mention free food too! An indian man sitting next to us recognized us as outsiders (don't know why) and explained to us what everything was. So cool!

August 4, 2009

Oops

This clip is from a few months ago when Blair was hiking in Zion with some of his buddies from school. The water was freezing cold (45 degrees) so Blair was trying to be extremely careful on this descent. It makes me laugh everytime.

August 1, 2009

Tournament of the Kings

Blair's mom drove back with me from UT, and played with us for a couple of days before returning home. We talked her into going to The Tournament of Kings, a medieval dinner show at the Excalibur.

Here are some of the knights jousting. We knew the kids would like it, and we'd been wanting to go for a while, but with 2 for 1 coupons, we needed one more person since Will was free!

Grandma and Xander.

Here's Blair pounding on the table during one of the competitions.

The portions were big... and not a utensil in sight.

Will had wide eyes the whole time, with all of the smoke, lights, loud noises, and action.

The funnies

Will 12/14 " Mom can you please pour the milk for me because it’s almost full, and there’s a 65% chance that I’ll spill it."

11/14 Me: Why did you dump out all the toys?

Claire: Because I was trying to find something to play with

Me: What did you find?

Claire: The glow in the dark dinosaur

Me: Then why didn’t you put the other toys back?

Claire: Because I had to use the bathroom, so I just runned.

Claire 11/14 "Mom I can’t find any of my jammies, so should I bring you the sew kit so you can sew me some?"

Claire 11/14 "What do these constructions say?"

11/14 Claire: Mom Can I have this?

Me: Sure

Claire: Yes!!! Mom, thanks for asking me!

Claire 11/14 "Oh my Geez"

Claire 11/14 "I had a great dream last night. I got to see Dixie, and eat shrimp!"

Claire 11/14 "Our scarecrow fell over, but we’ll still be able to find our house because you know the numbers!"

Will 11/14 "The only good thing that happened to me today, was that Kord gave me a penny. But then I lost it."

Claire 9/13 "I love polka-dot butterflies."

Claire 9/13 " This pencil needs to get sharpt. Can I sharpt this pencil in myself?"

Claire 9/13 after pulling a piece of tape off of something successfully, "I am a great job."

Claire 8/13 "One time a dog pooped on the grass."

Me, "Why are you telling me that?"

Claire, "Because it was weally gross, PU!"

Claire 8/13 I walked in and exclaimed what a mess it was. "I didn't got that out," said Claire pointing at one little thing.

Claire 10/12 "Ehhhhh he he, ehhh he he."

Gaurd at the Airforce gate, "That sounds like a fake cry."

Me, "Yep."

Claire, "Ehhh he he, ehhh he he. It NOT a fake cwy."

Will 10/12 "Mom, could I miss school on Wednesday, because they're going to learn something really hard like minus?"

Me, "Well what would you do the next day when they were still learning more about that?"

Will, "No mom, we don't have to make up the homework when we miss."

Claire 10/12 "You not funny Will."

Claire 10/12 (almost in tears with the saddest little voice because she wanted all of the toys) "Mommy, brothers not sharing a me."

Claire 10/12 chasing her brothers around slowly with her arms outstretched says, "Bwains, bwains, bwains!" just like a real zombie.

Will 10/12 "Xander is white, and I'm white, and mom's white and Claire is white and dad's a little white."

Will 3/12 "Dad and I are getting gooder at disc golf."

Xander 3/12 seeing frozen peas in his drink that had spilled into the icebox, "Mom, there are green cotton balls in my drink."

Will 12/11 "I know something that's not a word: spit-buggar."

Claire 12/11 "Ha ha, fuh-ee (funny)"

Will 12/11 after he broke a plastic fork, "I would like to put it in recycling because that saves the world."

Will 11/11 as he rubs the carpet, "I like this house because it's hairier than the other one."

Will 9/11 "Mom, could you call my nickname 'shark' please?"

Will 9/11 in a prayer while Blair was away for a month, "Bless that we would ever see dad again, and if we drive there it wouldn't be too long."

Will 3/11 after I asked him how primary was, he said, "I was the 1st kid in class. I thought I was going to have to taught myself."

Will 3/11 "Mom, is today fast Sunday."

Me "What is fast Sunday Will?"

Will, "When we eat really fast."

Will 3/11 "Xander is saying mean things, like that I'm not the leader."

Blair told Will to go to the bathroom with him while we were out somewhere and he was doing the potty dance 3/11, "Hey I had to go to the bathroom too!"