Easter 2011

Homemade whip cream for the apple cobbler

This is how you do it

The slingshot was more of an adult toy

It's a PEEP Cake

Jump!

Is that The Babe?

Obviously, I'm not ready to grow up.

Johnna was hoping to leave what little brain I have in my head.

Can you believe she didn't want to try it?

Jeffry got a kick out us goofing off

Father and Son

Cousins

"I GOT A COOKIE!!!"

Jeffry gets a jump start on the Easter egg hunt

This was Cami's way of thanking me for having her picture taken

Digesting

Scotty flanked by Danelle and Jenny

Lil' Abby

John getting his hands dirty (or clean as the case may be)

Easter Baskets

Playing with the goodies

Smile for the camera

PEEPS!!!

"So, what is all this stuff Jeffry?"

Well we traveled to Phoenix for easter weekend and spent some time with friends and family. We had a big Easter spread of food and fun, eating and playing to our heart's content. The boys are getting to know their cousins very well and Jake frequently asks "Are we going to Papa Jerry's today." It melts our heart. We love getting to see everyone and strengthening those family relationships.

Birthday fun

Well we recently celebrated both Jake and Jeffry's birthdays this month. Funny how when you begin having kids how many birthdays there are (i.e. friends, family, schoolmates). We had been to so many parties from January into February we decided that keeping it low key would be just fine this year. We included Jake's cake and gifts in our Super Bowl get together (Go Pack!) and Jeffry's cake and gifts into an evening with our neighbor's children while their parents were out on an early Valentines dinner. Unfortunately, Jake's B-day pictures are on my mother's camera and I haven't uploaded them yet, but here are a few from Jeffry's impromptu party. As you can see in the video, Jeffry likes the rollercoaster nanna got for the boys (and apparently so does mom). We had previously spent an afternoon at Jeff and Cami's and the boys had a great time playing on the rollercoaster their boys had in the backyard. Of course, we took it up a notch with the taller coaster that gets a little more speed (hence the helmet). I've also attached a few recent pics of all the boys seeing as I don't regularly update the blog.


Time for cake.


"I don't know what you all are eating, but this ones mine!"


"I know how to do this dad"


(No babies were harmed in the taking of this picture)

New Air Hockey Table

Some friends of ours brought the boys an air hockey table the other night and they have loved it. Jake tells me each time we play that he's going to win. Jeffry seems to enjoy being a spectator when Jake and I play, but after a few minutes of watching he decides he's ready for the action. Many thanks to Angenette and Veronica.

Happy New Year

Well we didn't attend any exciting New Years parties or anything this year and in fact we were asleep in bed by 9:30p. The baby woke about about 11:55 and the other kids were woken up by the sounds of the neighborhood around the same time, so we were able to ring in the new year awake anyway. New Years morning I found a text from Jeff and Cami letting us know they were out at the sand dunes and inviting us out to spend some time with them. After attending to an extended family matter that arose over new years eve night, Johnna and I loaded up the kids and headed for the dunes. Unfortunately, I was too busy talking and thinking of other things going on in my life to pay attention to the text I had received earlier from Jeff inviting us to come spend time with them at "Gordon's Well" and I drove all the way to "Glamis" which is about an hour in the wrong direction. I must commend Johnna, she was able to bite her tongue the whole way about my screw-up. I would likely have let her know what I thought of such a blunder had it been her mistake. Seems to be a male attribute many in may family have shared. We made our way back Gordon's Well and met up with Jeff and Jaxun and headed toward their camp. We had a great time and the kids all played well with each other. Jeff and Jaxun took us for a ride in the sand car and we had a blast. Here are a few pictures from the day.



This is what happens when daddy drives in the wrong direction for an hour.


And this...


This is the wife trying to look upset that I went the wrong way


Getting goggled and wired up


Ready

Soccer

Well Jake started his first year of soccer on Monday night. We borrowed some shoes from a neighbor whose son had outgrown them and Johnna proceeded to practice with all three boys while I was still at work. I eventually made it just a few minutes late and both grandmas were on hand to see just how interested he would be in this new organized activity. We were all very happy that he seemed to really enjoy himself and was actually quite coordinated. He is on the team with a few other kids he knows and hopefully this will help him to have that much more fun.

Paying Attention

Ready for action

Jeffry wants to be apart of the fun