Jovey's 4th!

 Jovey got a year older, and started the day with a walk to A&W for lunch (we found a short cut across the highway too!)  Good fries, good beer. Did you know that they do waffles in Thailand?  with ice cream?

 Then we headed to the mall for some fun, and happened across a roving performance group of kids show or mascots.  No idea what they are, but Jovey tells me "hehe, they are people in costumes!"

 Then Jovey got to choose between bowling and ice skating, because thats what malls have here, and because theater in the mall didn't have any kids shows at the time.

 She had an awesome time and only got bored and started running around at the 7th frame because she had to use the bathroom.  Finished a whole game.  Jackson got several strikes (though I got the first), and the boys started bowling in normal styling.

 Then Jovey got to pick out a cake at the cake store in the mall (we chose at random where to purchase from, went with S&P, not getting a butter cake again... they really mean butter, with a basically straight up butter frosting, salted butter) and chose Doraemon.

and finished with her present, a Hello Kitty home with furnishings and Hello Kitty and her mom.  "Just like the one I saw in the store mom!"

Odds and Ends April 2013

 The kids like to bowl.

 Coryn finished up his wolf, and participated in a flag ceremony.

 Jovey looks like she's eating dirt, but she's not.  I promise.

Coryn gave a farmers market performance.  Good stuff.

Jovey 2nd

 Birthday dinner!

 Presents

 Cards

 Clothes (my favorite!)

Except maybe for dessert... mmmm birthday ice cream!

Baby eating...

 What is so fascinating about a baby eating?  well... you haven't watched one lately have you?

Jovey's First Birthday

Happy First Birthday Jovey!! The day after we landed in Boise we threw an impromptu party for the babe, Chuck-O-Rama, presents, family, it worked out great! (especially considering it was decided about 3 hours beforehand that we would do it)



She had tons of fun pulling the tissue out...


















and thoroughly enjoyed wearing the bow, she kept handing it to me so I would put it on her head.










Favorite present, glow worm!

Random December

Nap on the floor...









Christmas decorations and nativities....
playing with shoes and a friend's dog...










Peacemaker of the month award (like student of the month, but they can pick lots of people)



Cub scout trip to the local tv studio.

And Then Came....

Parents left,













Jovey's still cute...















Coryn started 1st grade











boys like building stuff at Lowes









And Carter likes crazy hats.

Water Safari!

Water Safari... strangest water park you'll find... half water park half carnival rides/storybook village (must be the 'enchanted forest' part) and it has its own circus show. It was supposed to be a warm day... but started out quite chilly, everyone 'wore' their towels around as we toured the section filled with storybook things like the pumpkin house from that mother goose rhyme and Pinocchio.


It did warm up enough to get in the water, and the boys had fun doing so. they even got to go on one of the big rides since we were there with our FRG group I volunteered to laze around with everyone's stuff and Jovey while they got in the water, etc.
Jovey is quite good at lazing... and hydrating.









Here's some of the ladies from our group...









Jovey really enjoyed the train ride, look she's racing!

And She's Off!

sloooooowly :D

Jovey Progression

Look Great Grandma! the outfit you made fits me now! Its perfect, soft and a little stretchy, quite appropriate for the summer :D



Mom says she'll let me get in the water as soon as I start crawling.













I'm trying! I like to use my leg to help prop up my food storage...











I love my food...










do you see my tooth bud?

the CRAAAZIES

yup, just a bunch of silly photos of the kids :D