My 2 handsome boys!

I just love this pic of my 2 boys!

Kenzie dance recital

Kenzie had her dance recital this last Sat. She performed 2 numbers. Mickey motion (tap)
and Tarzan song (ballet)
She is our little performer! and so loves to dance! I have to add that she had her pre-k graduation ceremony this last week. She was really blessed to have 2 great teachers. They both loved Kenzie and just thought she was the best. The main teacher even started to cry when she talked about Kenzie and her favorite thing to say is "can we keep her?" I keep saying are we talking about the same child that throws screaming fits on the floor over nothing? Mrs. Terry has been lucky enuff to have never experienced one of these fits. We are so glad that Kenzie is at least an angel for her teachers. (great acting skills too) Its so funny she has the cry that starts out low then builds to this full scream, all drama! You would think that her arm got cut off thats how good she is. With all this crying wolf, I hope one day she doesn't hurt herself for real. Even Mikayla can now recognize the cry and knows she just faking it.

Silly boy

Zach has this thing about putting on which ever shoes he finds. Sometimes they match. Sometimes he wears mine, sometimes Byrons, today I guess Kenzies were the easiest to find. He even went into Mikaylas clothes and put them on.

This bike used to be RED!

On the island lots of kids ride these really cool beach cruisers around, some have hearts, some have flowers. Mikayla wanted one, I called to see how much they were...$350!! So we (Byron and I) took my red beach cruiser and painted it this pretty color. Then we stenciled on the daisys. I also bought the cool new seat with hawaiian flowers on it at Wal-Mart. Hey I just realized if we were really cool we would have stenciled her name onto the bike. Byron was quite the champ taking the bike apart and putting it back together. We did it all for about $40. For me we also painted a green cruiser (this same color) that somebody had put out in the trash, all it needed was a new chain.

Germa-phobe!

So there is a good reason that I am a Germa-phobe. Makenzie has had a fever of 102 for 4 straight days now. And Buddy has had diarreah for almost as long. We have to wake up in the middle of the night to give her more medicine becuz her fever gets too high and becuz Buddy needs a diaper change. Byron and I are both crabby from this. I am sick of being stuck in side the house (good thing I don't live in the snow!) Buddy is crying cuz Kenzie is taking his position on my lap. Kenzie has been crying to go back to school. Mikayla has been crying to go on bike rides but Kenzie is too sick to go and Byron left town of course while she was still sick. Mikayla had this same sickness of course while we were on our Disney cruise and few days after we got back. It will be a miracle if Buddy doesn't get it. I hate germs!
UPDATE: Bryon was suppose to be home at 5pm but his flight was overbooked and since he was the second to last person to check on he didn't get a seat and instead got home at midnight. At which time we went in to check on Kenzie and she was having very labored breathing. We then realized that she probably has strep and her tonsils were so swollen they were blocking her throat. In the middle of a blessing she stopped breathing for a few seconds. He then decided to take her to the ER (first child to ever have to go to ER thank heavens) Yup she has strep. They gave her a steroid shot in her butt and started her on antibiotics. And recommended that she sleep with us propped up for the night. Reason we never thought she had strep for the first 4 days was becuz she never complained of a sore throat and Mikayla got over the same sickness on her own (must be becuz she has no tonsils) Bedtime tonight was 3am!

Yes we really are that CHEAP!

I have wanted a ping pong table for over a year, but Byron keeps putting me off on buying one. So after I saw the young men in the ward one activity night playing on something that looked like this I copied their idea with a few minor changes. You can't see it real well but the net is made out of duct tape and clamps. It works for our purposes and the kids seem to have fun with it.

Butterfly Garden

This is one of the 5 butterflys that we raised from caterpillars that the kids got for Easter this year.
One afternoon when Mikayla got home from school she saw a this lizard on the kitchen counter (yes INSIDE my house) climbing on the caterpillar container. We still don't know how he got in or how he could smell them all the way outside, but he must have been real hungry!