Sunday, April 28, 2013

Spring Time Birds

On a tree just outside of our house, we found a bird's nest with Robin eggs in them (top picture..but is hard to see as it's kind of camouflaged).  The girls were so excited and wanted to check the nest every day!
Our neighbors found that a duck was making a nest in their front yard.  The kids fed the duck bread and wanted to check on the duck daily as well.

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Wheeler Farm with the Fam

We've been to Wheeler Farm many a time, but have never ridden the wagon ride.  So, we decided to give it a go.  The, of course, loved it. I think Hendrix got a kick out of riding in something motorized and not having to be belted down in a car seat!


Let Her Eat Cake

Marley BEGGED for this chocolate cake from Whole Foods. Can't say I blame her...their chocolate cakes are very delightful!!

School Work

As an Easter gift, my mom (Grandma Orimi) gave Grace and Marley these great educational work books and coloring books.  Of course Marley wanted to get working on her numbers!  It's crazy how much Marley loves doing educational type activities! 


Friday, April 26, 2013

Swim Lessons

I signed Marley and Grace up for swim lessons at the JCC with some friends.  They actually didn't do too bad!


Wednesday, April 24, 2013

T-Ball

We signed Marley up for T-ball with some kids from the old neighborhood.  Today was "trophy day" and everyone got their participating trophies.  Marley was thrilled!!
 Above is Savvy and below is Lydia

 Above is Avery and below is their coach handing out trophies.

Above is Marley and below is Calvin.



Elsa (Lydia's sister) with Hendrix.  Elsa was LOVES babies, therefore was enthralled with Hendrix!

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Princes App

The girls are loving playing with this princess app that allows them to take pictures of themselves and while being able to add things to make them look like princesses.  I don't know what is up with one of Grace's eyes in one of the photos...


A Chic-Fil-A Impostor!

Kevin went on a business trip. Unfortunately, no where exciting, warm, or exotic; instead to Minnesota.  He did, however, get to experience the Mall of America and stumbled upon an Chic-Fil-A imitator: Chik Wich.  Apparently, he did not try it as it looked too low-quality to be worth trying!


Monday, April 22, 2013

Doggie Drugs

In order to get his teeth cleaned, Oscar has to be sedated.  Although you can't really tell from these pictures, he acts so loopy after anesthesia!  He either can't calm down and runs around wildly or he staggers around or just zones out!


Messy 'Do

Grace often asks if she can take a nap while we are driving in the car.  This time she woke up with insanely messy hair, which I found hilarious!! Then she took some pictures of her tangled locks as well!






Friday, April 19, 2013

We're Truckers

Driving home from the cabin we saw this diesel truck.  Cooke is spelled right and everything!


St. George with the Ackroyd's (April 19-21)

We went to St. George with the Ackroyd family (which was good for my mom to help soften the blow of losing my dad) for a few days.  It really was so much fun and I really hope that we will do it again soon!! And hopefully Seth's girlfriend, Chelsea, and Tina and Josslyn can come.  Tina had to stay home because her sister was getting married.  Tina's sister kind of threw herself a really fast wedding with very little notice.

 We went to one of those Tepenyaki Japanese grill places for dinner and saw this fish in the fish tank.  We asked the server if it was dead, as it was not moving and stuck at a weird angle. The server told us that this fish "just likes to do this sometimes".  Ok, sure, whatever you say.

 All the other fish seem to be swimming having a good old time, except for the dead one trapped in the orange faux seaweed.



Marley, Kevin, and Grace

Jono and his weird sleeping habits.  He stacked several pillows on his body as blankets...weird. The bed does have blankets...

This is one of the first times that Hendrix has taken a bath in a big tub because there was nowhere else for him to bath.  He seemed to love it!


Marley asked Aunt Alece to straighten Marley's hair out.  It's so much longer that I realized!


We walked around the grounds of the St. George LDS Temple.  It was so pretty and the white of the building made it hard to look at without sunglasses!


I let Seth use my sunglasses because he didn't have any.  He looks "might fine".

I love this picture of Grace and Marley by the Christos statue.

We went to the mall and Kevin bought this adorable hat for Hendrix.  Too bad he won't keep it on. He constantly wants to pull it off!


We went for a hike on the red rocks, which of course Marley loved because it was like an "adventure".

Seth is king of the mountain.



Nice view of the St. George temple.

Alece and Grace are like two peas in a pod!

Grandma Orimi hiking around.



I don't know what the deal with picture is, I think Seth got a hold of my phone and started taking pictures of his feet and face shots.





Ok so Seth's girlfriend (mostly fiancé) couldn't come with us to St. George because of school or something, but she was there in spirit.  I think that Chelsea looks like the Alicia Keys (the picture above); the picture below is of Chelsea.  Don't they look similar?

My family is so weird, Kevin and Seth insisted everyone hold hands in a circle, for whatever reason, just before we left to go home. I refused to be apart of this tomfoolery! 


Kevin was trying to sit on Jono's lap or something weird here.

Before we went home, we stopped to take another hike.  Jono looks so enthused 
It's so much easier to carry Hendrix in the baby carrier that holding him in your arms.  It will be a happy day for him when he is able to crawl/walk!





The girls had a great time at this body of water (I really should now what it's called but have no idea.)





I love that Marley wants to wear this hat!!!

These two photos are kind of a grainy, but I had to take them because Grace was supposed to be napping, but some how managed to get her iTouch in the pack and play with her.


Again, with the weird pillows for blankets thing.

When we first got to the condo we were staying in, Seth had to roll around on the bed like a goon and say "too much stimulation!"  As goofy as Seth is, he really does make me laugh!!