Josh turns 10......

A little late in my posts....

Josh turned 10 on the 14th of April.

Josh is in 4th grade with Jamie Mullan as his teacher. He was a little nervous at first not knowing her but it didn't take too long before he was telling me what a great teacher he has. He has done very well in school this year. Josh got to go to NY in August with Kylee and I for a week. Think the only thing he really loved about the trip was hanging out with Grandma and GRANDPA. (we did go get manicures and pedicures which he loved too) Josh also got to ride with Stephen and his family on there trip out to NY to pick up my parents. They left on the 4th of April at 5:30am and didn't get back until the 16th. Total miles was over 7,000..... Got back to Othello about 2pm on Saturday, streached his legs and got back into the car to head over to Seattle for Motorcorss. Josh was really glad he made it home in time to go.

Josh's Favorites:

Cheese Pizza

Color Green

Making Milk Shakes

Listening to his music in his room

Taking pictures with his NEW camera

Riding his dirt bike (loves riding on Gearhearts track)

Playing Basesball

Wrestling with Ashton

Shooting hoops outside

Riding his bike

Holding Asher

Last but not least, Sitting in the Hot Tub with Grandpa.......

Happy Birthday Joshy!!!!

Asher's Photo Shoot....

February 12th 2011.......

Asher is growing so fast. When I took her in for her 2 week check up she weighted 8 pounds, 21 inches. We love having her in the home. The kids give her lots of love and attention. She is a joy to have in our family. Ruben says we can keep her ...

Josh turns #9!!!

Happy Birthday Joshy!!!!

Yesterday was the BIG #9 for Josh. It doesn't hardly seem like 9 year could have gone by this fast. Things about Josh:

weights 55lbs

52 inches tall

Plays live pitch baseball

On the jump rope team

Loves his dirt bike

has a dog named Buddy (ok its really my dad's but josh claims her as his)

favorite food is Cheese Pizza

favorite color is RED

Has never had his hair long until this year.

He missing sitting in the Hot Tub in the mornings with his grandpa.

Josh is a sweet sweet boy who listens to his mom all the time.

Spring Break!!! New York City.....

Ariana and I left for Seattle about 4:00pm on Saturday, March 27th to catch our 10:oo flight to New York City....... We got to fly the red-eye flight and arrived in New York the morning of the 28th. Very excited when we landed after a 4.5 hour flight to see my parents there waiting for us. We had a week of non stop fun......

Ariana could not wait to ride the Subways... Sunday: Went to church with my parents. Their church building is also the New York Temple building. Ariana and I got our first "Subway" cards good for one week.... Got to ride the subway to church. Ari was very excited. It was really nice riding the subways this trip as my mom knew her way around and Tony had a nice app he downloaded on his phone... Came in very handy. Don't think we got lost at all and that never happens....

In front of the Temple/Church.....

Monday: Tony and his family arrived about 9:30am and were pretty tired. Everyone took a little nap and by 11:00 Tony, Jake, Ari, Ky and I all headed to the Natural History Museum. All I can say is that place was HUGE and we spent most the day in there. Met everyone in Time Square at a Pizza place (wasn't very good) and then went to Mary Poppins on Broadway..... Afterwards we ended up eating again but this time the pizza place was very good.... Something about pizza at 11:00 just hits the spot.....

Had to get a Jamba Juice.... Stephen used to work at one in Rexburg and got me hooked. I love them and Ariana had never been to one. Think she loved it.........

Tuesday: My parents got the day to spend with us so of course my dad was up and ready to go pacing the floors until we got up and got ready. My dad drove us (mom, dad, ari and I) across the river to NJ where we hit "Carlos Bakery". I was dying to go there. Josh and I watch the Cake Boss all the time so I just had to check it out. Worth every penny I spent in there. (think I spent almost 100 in there) Got my Birthday Cake in there too. Then my dad kinda took us around to show us some of the sights on that side. Did a lot of sight seeing on Tuesday and walking around down on Time Square.

Wednesday: Went to Ground Zero all day and walked around the sights. That night we met up with my parents and went to the Barnum and Bailey Circus in Madison Square Garden's. That place was packed........ This is a picture from the helicopter of ground zero...

Thursday: Went to Battery Park and China Town. Ariana got most of her souvenirs and was very excited to do lots of shopping. She was wanting to shop everyday and took lots of thought into what she was going to bring back for everyone. Went to Bubba Gumps for dinner then some of us went to "West Side Story". I thought it was good but the ending...... alittle disappointing.....

Friday: Statue of Liberty (we had tickets, got there at 8:30am and still waited in line for 2.5 hours to get on the boat) and Ellis Island. Went to 14th Street to see where my parents work. Their building was once part of a old Convent so my dad got to walk us around. They used to let missionaries stay in some of the room but now it is all shut down. Can't remember what else we did but most nights we stayed out til about 11:00..... That town never sleeps..........

Taryn in one of the many rooms in the old Convent. We didn't take pictures because we were to busy looking around at how cool this old place was til the very last room. It was really big. Think we went up four set of stairs or more.

My moms nice office.

This guy was sitting next to our line for the Statue of Liberty. There are many of these people around playing music for money.....

Saturday: Went to the Zoo in Central Park. Walked around a small portion of the park. Taryn, Jake, Ari and Ky went in a horse carriage for a tour of the park. Walked 5th Ave and Looked at all the fancy shops. Went to FAO Schwarz... Awesome toy store. Went to the Top of the Rock to see the sights from up high.... Awesome. Then Tony, Taryn, Jake, Grandpa, Ky and Ari went on a airplane tour. Ariana loved it. I'm just glad no one got sick... That stuff is not for me. Finally we ended this awesome trip with some good food at Olive Garden..... Have to say it was the BEST food all week.......

In FAO Schwarz toy store. The best thing we found in this store was the Rocky Road Fudge....... It was soooooo good we went back and got more.

Girls on the Helicopter

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIFFANNI

I am in New York right now, haha, the rest of you are losers! But I am going to bring back a New York sweatshirt (like the black paint splatter one from China town) for my sister-in-law Korbi, size Large, because the one that she has accidentally shrunk so much and her body has gotten slightly fatter, so yeah, I am gonna bring her one of those home. Because yeah, I am just awesome like that. And oh, yeah, did I mention that it was like totally my MY BIRTHDAY!!! Happy Birthday to me because I am the awesomest most caring person in the whole wide world!! I am the best mom, hairdresser, taxi cab, wife, friend, best friend, babysitter, aunt, daughter, sis-in-law, driver, sister, listener, peace maker, in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD!!! (well, second only to Korbi of course)

Last Tuesday was our Blue and Gold Banquet for Scouts. Everyone in Cub Scouts got to make a cake of there choice with the theme of 100 years of scouting. Josh made this cake all by himself.... It was one full sheet cake and 4 round cakes. I helped him cut the #1 out of the sheet cake but he did all the baking and frosting himself and each cake is double layered.... Best part is he got 1st in the cake contest.... They only chose one and he was it.... I'm so proud of my little baker......

He put oreo crumbs on the corners and in the middle of the zero and then put candy worms on top. They thought he was very clever.....

Good Job Joshy!!!!!

Kylee Volleyball in Genesee, Idaho

We went to our 3rd Volleyball Tournament this weekend in Genesee, Idaho. Ruben and I went down Friday night and stayed with his sister AnaMaria. Kylee went with Todd, Dena, Ariana, Sandra and Carly and stayed the night in Clarkston with the team. Guess she thought Ruben and I were boring....... Saturday they played 3 games in there pole and won 1. This was there first win and they were very excited.

Here is my "star" biting her lip. Ruben took so many pictures and she is doing this in all of them.. I think its super cute that she can bite her lip and still play ball. Very talented Kylee.....

There first win and it was time to celebrate.....

Here she is getting ready to serve. Kylee did great in her serving this tournament making almost all of them over..... Good Job Kylee!!

Kylee plays as a center blocker and hitter. She is getting braver when she jumps up to block the ball. Kylee has improved so much in just a little time...... I love going to watch and cheer her on.....