picture pile up

It has been one month since my last post.
I have figured out why I struggle so much with blogging.
With three kids, (one being a baby that NEVER wants to be put down)  I am not taking pictures like I used to and documenting the kids life, like I like too!!!
Since I do blog posts off of pictures I have taken my blog is suffering;(

So here is a pile up of pictures that have been taken and have been waiting to be posted.

 Kali first learning how to catch a ball

her first catch

 a little hot chocolate club with Janica and Warren

 Kali, Emily and Lilly playing at the park

Lilly and Kali playing dress up

Kali and Krew love doing puzzles right now.

 Kali learning to blow up a balloon for the first time

 Kolt in his Aden and Anais swaddle blanket from Auntie Hillary.  It is the best blanket ever!

 Janica Larae Photography took these pics of Kolt and I.  I love mornings with Kolt, he just hangs out and makes noises and smiles.  I think this is why some mornings I never want to get out of bed because if I do I have to deal with fighting, crazy, whinny children and Kolt crying all day because I can not hold him all day.

 Kids love playing with Jo Jo!!!!

summer time + watermelon = cute pics of happy kids

 No matter where I hide the markers and no matter how high I put them, Krew finds them and decorates himself while the rest of us our in our REM cycle.  Sometimes he decorates innocent sleeping by standers.  He was so proud of himself when I had him look in the mirror to see what he looked like.  He said he was Iron man.  I guess maybe I need to buy him a costume so he does not feel the need to transform himself with markers.  Luckily they are washable, so the color melts off in the shower.

 And the kids can not get enough pancakes, they love them and they love to decorate them!

how well do you know Kali?

What is your favorite color? blue, green, yellow, pink
How old are you? 5
What is your favorite food? oatmeal and pepperoni pizza
What is your favorite movie? Lion King and Dinosaurs
What is your favorite thing to play with? Dinosaurs
Do you like to ride your bike or skooter better? bike
What is your favorite sport? soccer
What is your favorite car? Sally
Do you like cats or dogs better? dogs
What is your favorite animal? panda bear
What is your favorite animal in the ocean? dolphin
What is your favorite game? hide and seek
What do you want to be for Halloween?  Jaguar
What is your favorite dinosaur? Triceratops and Long neck

More about Kali,

She taught herself how to ride a bike.  A few weeks before she did this I had decided it was time to help her learn how to ride a bike without training wheels, so I took them off and helped guide her and tried to get her use to the feel.  Well after about 5 min. she was over it.  Fast forward two weeks, we were at a BYU-H reunion and the Reynolds home and Kali hopped on a bike there and started riding without training wheels.  We came home and lowered her bike seat and the rest is history.  She now rides her bike everywhere like a pro.

Kali really wanted to run in this 5k race for our stake.

We only went out running twice for a couple of miles to train.

On those two runs I would let Kali run as long as she could and then we would walk

for a little and run again.  So naturally I planned on running the race in this fashion.

Kali was concerned about winning the race.  

She told me several times that she wanted to win it.

I told her she might be able to win in her age group but not against the adults.

When race day rolled around she was determined to win the race.

Instead of our normal run, walk, training fashion, she did not want to stop running.

We ended up finishing in 31 minutes.

She only stopped 3 different times during the race and walked about 10 steps and then continued her run.

She gave me a run for my money, I was hurting, but there was no way I was going to stop

when she was determined to win.

She did such an amazing job!

I was so proud of her.

In the last mile we had caught up to an 8 year old boy and as soon as he saw

Kali behind him he took off sprinting,

Kali sprinted after him and passed him,

I told her to relax till the last block, then she could sprint passed him.

When the last block came, she took off sprinting, but half way there I think 

she realized he was going to win and she started crying.

I told her to keep going, I grabbed her hand and helped her run to the finish line.

She had worked to hard to stop and be disappointed now.

She finished about 10 ft. behind the boy.

I am so amazed with how determined and competitive this little girl is,

but at the same time I am not surprised, hello look at her parents;)

getting to know Krew

This picture was taken after Krew had his first skate boarding accident.

What is your favorite color? - white, red, blue and brown
How old are you? - 6 (he is really 3 right now, but will never answer 3)
What is your favorite food? - bird food, you should buy some bird food and eat them;)
What is your favorite movie? - Alacai (Madagascar), oh wait Iron Man
What is your favorite thing to play with?  Big Iron Man, Tony
Do you like to ride your bike or scooter better?  my spiderman scooter
What is your favorite car? Lightning Mcqueen, or maybe Chick?  maybe Lightning Mcqueen because Chick is rude, lighting is nice.
Cats or Dogs? dogs, Tank and Duke.  Can we go to Uncle Tuckers house?
What is your favorite sport? dinosaur train
What is your favorite animal? T-Rex
What is your favorite animal in the ocean? T-Rex, Myasaurus.
What is your favorite game? catching a ball
What do you want to be for Halloween? Peter Parker, Spiderman

A little more about Krew,

Krew loves to tell both Aaron and I to ask him if he can play games on our cell phones.
The conversation goes like this:

Krew: Ask me to play a game on your phone.
Me: Krew, will you play a game on my phone?
Krew: yes, now say YAY!!
Me:  YAY!

Krew LOVES his little brother Kolt and can make Kolt laugh harder than anyone else.

Willow Park Zoo

 We met with the Bagley family and went to the Willow Park Zoo.

The kids liked feeding the fish

and seeing all the animals.

Kali's favorite was the bobcat.

 Krew loved pushing stroller all over the park.

After we saw all of the animals we went to the playground

had a picnic and finished off with some shave ice.

t-ball

Kali's first day of t-ball practice she got her shirt and hat.

She is number 5.

She is the only girl on her team and despite the look on her face in this pic

she loved it and is so excited!

Kali's first game she started out at first base,

I was a little nervous for her but she did a great job.

kolt at 5 months

Kolt is 5 months old.

He loves to laugh and hear himself talk.

He always has his tongue out, always, and everyone likes to comment on it.

He is drooling all the time now, and has been a little fussy, I am guessing he is teething

even though I cannot feel anything yet.

He is a little piglet and eats, ALL THE TIME.

He does not sleep more than 3-4 hrs. at a time, which makes for a tired momma.

He is eating rice cereal, beans and carrots right now.

He can roll from his stomach to his back and has almost mastered from back to stomach.

He loves to be outside just like is brother and sister.

He loves to be held and cuddled.

vogue

Kali is trying new styles and it liking the tie look right now.

She got this cute outfit on and asked me to take some pictures of her posing.

She now has 3 of Krew's ties in her drawers to match her different outfits.

She tried to wear on of them to church and got a little frustrated with me 

when I told her Krew needed it for his suit.