Spring break at the beach

We had a fabulous time at the beach. It was quite a crew with 4 adults, 7 kids, and 3 dogs. The cousins played non-stop for 4 days. We even got to celebrate Cooper's 12th birthday.

Cold day at the zoo

We spent the first day of Spring Break at the zoo. It was freezing but the kids were troopers. It was the first time Kaiya really noticed the animals, she spent the day pointing and laughing. The highlight was the giraffe who came up to the window, right next to John and Chloe, and started licking it with his giant tongue. He then decided to give Kaiya some "kisses" which she loved. She kept trying to pet him through the glass. We left before it really started to rain, thank goodness. Now we are doing laundry and packing for the beach!

Bowling

Here's a few pictures from a birthday party that Chloe went to. I think it took the ball about 2 minutes to make it down the lane, we only had the bowling ball come back towards us once.

Rough nap!

Kaiya's hair is at that perfect length that it will stick up at all angles depending on how restless her nap was. I'm sure she'll love these photos when she gets older.

Pics from the Smith visit

I didn't take many pictures when Krista and the kids came to visit but I got a few of Hayden and her backup dancer Chloe!

I'm so horrible...

I can't believe it has almost been two months since I posted anything. I promise to get more pictures up soon. We will be heading to the coast to meet up with Jason, Jen and the killer B's for Spring Break and I'm sure we will get some great pictures. I need to get some pictures of the kiddos and the pets. We learned that Joey LOVES to jump on the trampoline with the kids, we learned that Kaiya loves to boss Joey around and follows him around outside, we are seeing signs of spring in the trees and the flowers (YEAH). I hope everyone is doing well in their neck of the woods and keep checking the blog I will update it!

Sharing the dog bed

Kaiya loves to play in the stinky old dog bed and is kind enough to share it with Joey. She spent most of Sunday hanging out with Joey kicking him in the head and belly. When I got the camera out Joey thought he was in trouble and scooted under the coffee table.

Kids

The girls both got their haircut. Chloe was a bit upset her hair wasn't long anymore. She was very concerned that Uncle Guy wouldn't like her with short hair. I also broke down and cut Kaiya some bangs. Her hair hasn't grown as quickly as Chloe's so it ended up in her eyes all the time. John wanted his picture taken too so we got a nice shot of him with his name written in Chinese. His friend's family took him to a Chinese New Year celebration.

Big girl

Kaiya is getting to be quite the ham. She's learning that if you have something to eat she probably wants to eat it too. She loves to scrunch up her nose and laugh at anything. She absolutely adores the kids and follows them around. Her new thing is hats, she tries them on as long as they aren't hers. It's amazing how quickly she's becoming a little girl!

The dogs

Jinx and Joey are enjoying each others company. Joey has been growing like a weed and is up to 35 lbs. The vet says he'll be around 50 lbs by next month. We are all enjoying having a puppy around, Kaiya loves to give him things to chew on even if I don't want her to.

Christmas day

We spent Christmas day in our PJs or at least the kids and I did. The kids had a great time playing their new games and we even managed to tucker Joey out.

X-mas eve

We had a great X-mas eve opening up presents and enjoying the fire that Jay built. Even the dogs got into the X-mas mood after a few dog treats.