The Mahkorn Family

Kyra Kate

2012-02-06T13:24:00.000-08:00

Hmm...it's been a while and a lot has happened since I last posted but I will try and catch up in the next couple weeks. The biggest thing to happen to our little family is our new baby girl!

Kyra Kate Mahkorn was born on January 12th at 1:50pm. She weighed 7 pounds 9 ounces (biggest baby by almost half a pound!) and was 20.5 inches long. She looks so much like the other 2 kids, especially Emme, but with dark hair. Maybe we will have a red haired kid after all!!

I love that it looks like she is smiling!


Don't you just want to pick her up and cuddle her?!?!

Owen and Emme love her to pieces and we are so happy to have another little baby in our family.

First Day of First Grade!!

2011-09-13T14:50:00.000-07:00

Our little Owen started first grade this year; I guess that doesn't make him so little anymore! I can't believe how quickly time flies! I think it was just yesterday that I was taking his first day of kindergarten pictures and just last week that I remember bringing him home from the hospital...

Well, no more nostalgia! Here he is being silly before we walked to school.

His teacher this year is Ms. Porter, who the principal swears to me is not anything like the teacher he had last year-this is a good thing. So far, he says school has been kind of boring (going over rules, reviewing stuff from last year, etc.) but he seems to be doing alright! No crying after school that he doesn't want to go back or trying to stay home in the morning because he doesn't like his teacher. Phew!

The bad thing is he doesn't have very many friends from his class last year, but he will just have to be good at making new friends! And he does get to see his old friends on the playground in the morning, at recess, and at lunch. I think he'll be just fine.

More silly faces from Owen---I couldn't get him to make a normal face all day!

That night we went out to dinner, our first day of school tradition. That way he can tell Scott (he has already told me) about his teacher, his classroom and his friends. Going out to eat makes it seem special instead of just repeating the same things he already told to me. Owen loves to eat and eat and eat; and he can never seem to make up his mind what he wants. Solution?? Eat at Souplantation! Then he can get what he wants, as much as he wants, and still have an ice cream cone at the end of it all.

And a silly one of Emme---why not!??! Everyone else got a silly face picture. (Oh, and she is wearing her new "first day of school" outfit. Couldn't have her feeling left out, right?)

The ice cream cones he loves. Had to do something funny here too!

El Matador

2011-09-01T11:45:00.000-07:00

Ahhh...one of our last adventures of the summer.

We asked Owen what kind of adventure he wanted to do (beach, mountains, museum, etc.) and he voted for another beach exploration. On this little adventure we found one of the most beautiful beaches in Southern California---El Matador State Beach! On our way up there (it is just north of Malibu before you enter Ventura County) we stopped in Malibu for lunch at a local cafe sorry I can't remember the name of the cafe but the burrito I had was awesome!) and grabbed some drinks to take to the beach. I did a little research on El Matador before we went there and I was a little concerned about how we would get down to the beach...everything on Yelp stated that you have to walk down a really steep path, then some stairs, more steep path and then more steep stairs. Reviews all said to not carry too much stuff down, since you have to carry it out all back out, etc., etc., etc...but you know what?!??! It wasn't that bad at all! If little 2 1/2 year old, 23 pound Emme can walk down and back up the path on her own, then all those people online are wimps! After spending all afternoon at the beach we drove back home through Malibu, stopping to get ice cream at another local little place (where Scott found one of his favorite childhood ice cream flavors). Another fun day---next time we go to this beach we want to take some friends with us too---no point in finding something amazing if you don't share it with others, right??

Scott and Owen exploring.

Emme loved digging in the sand!

Can you tell how HUGE this rock is? Owen is so little standing right next to it!


Our little beach babies.


Owen destroying one of his beach castles (Emme called them "temples" not "castles")

I love my family!!

Our family is growing...

2011-08-08T13:00:00.000-07:00

I know I haven't posted in a couple months and so much has happened since then! I haven't taken pictures of everything, but here are a few of the going-ons around here lately!

Oh, and I guess I should mention that we are having another baby! Baby is due January 19th (I am a little over 16 weeks right now---almost halfway!) and the kids are both pretty excited. However, one of them will be a little disappointed seeing as Owen wants a brother and Emme wants a sister (but I think she would be happy with a brother too. She just likes babies.). We will be finding out in a few weeks and we'll let everyone know then!

Ultrasound at 9 weeks.

Another day at the beach

2011-08-08T12:42:00.000-07:00

I love living in SoCal! We have the beach just 15 minutes away (it's actually less then 5 miles, but with traffic it takes a little while to get there!) and we try to go there as often as we can. The kids love the sand and the waves, catching sand crabs and collecting shells. And Owen has gotten braver and has even let Scott take him out on a bodyboard lately. (We tried to get him to take surf lessons instead of swim lessons this summer but he said he wasn't ready for that yet. Maybe next year.) Here's some pictures from one of our most recent trips.

Getting out is the hardest part for Owen. I think he needs to grow a little!

Coming in off the wave.

One of their favorite things to do...

...the end result!

Swim Classes

2011-08-08T12:29:00.000-07:00

Both the kids have been swim class this summer. Owen is on his 3rd year of classes and is sooo much better than even just last summer. This was Emme's first time and she started talking about swim class a month before we even started; she was so excited to take classes like her brother! Emme, however, is not old enough to take classes on her own yet, so I got to join her in the Parent and Me swim class. Scott and I are thrilled that our kids love the water and are so comfortable around it.

Jumping in!

Working on his backstroke.

Emme swimming underwater from her teacher to me.

Showing daddy how much she loves swimming!

Flips

2011-08-08T12:22:00.000-07:00

Owen and Emme LOVE to do flips on the couch. Scott and I are always telling them to stop flipping and jumping on the couch, but they just don't want to listen. I think we need a big backyard so we can buy a giant trampoline for them. Maybe then my couches won't be falling apart!

Emme still needs to work on her technique...she kind of dives in stead of flipping.

Fishing!

2011-08-08T12:15:00.000-07:00

Back in July we went with our friends Jeramie and Valerie Alba and their kids Jacob and Tyler to Mt. Baldy Trout Farms. Our boys really wanted to go fishing and this place doesn't require a fishing license. We let all 4 kids catch their own fish (which took about 3 minutes combined!) then walked across the road to this awesome creek where we went swimming and had a picnic lunch.

The next day we went to the Alba's house for fish tacos! We had a great time and we'll have to take the kids fishing again---maybe real fishing next time. You know, try and teach the kids some patience! (Owen commented on the way home how he thought fishing would be harder! Ha ha!)

Owen and Tyler scouting out the fish pond.


Owen's first catch!!

So proud of his fish.

Of course once she saw Owen do it, Emme had to have a turn too!

She wanted to hug her fish but was a little scared of how wiggly it was. I think she thought she would get to keep it as a pet, not eat it in tacos the next day!

Where we played in the water.

Emme testing out the water.

The boys exploring.

Armed Forces Day

2011-06-02T09:54:00.000-07:00

Every year around Memorial Day the city of Torrance hosts an Armed Forces Day Parade that Owen LOVES!! The night before the parade you can walk around and meet the soldiers, see tanks and helicopters, watch bomb disabling robots and see real (but not active) missiles. Lots of pretty cool stuff.

Owen and Tennyson in the helicopter.

Shooting from the top of the tank. Owen needs a grow a little more though!


Don't get used to driving this thing Owen, we found out they get horrible gas mileage.

This year Owen wanted to invite his friends Tennyson and Asher to come along. They had a great time, including the dads. (The boys enjoyed it more than Emme; she was only kind of interested.)

Sea World Adventure

2011-05-20T09:50:00.000-07:00

We had an awesome trip to Sea World on Wednesday! Scott has some great clients, Robert and Cecille, whose son is a trainer at Sea World. They got us free tickets and Dana, their son, gave us a behind the scenes look at the Arctic exhibit. It was an amazing day that Owen has not stopped talking about!

On the way down to San Diego we passed Camp Pendleton and Owen was so thrilled to see military tanks driving on the side of the freeway. Then 5 minutes later 2 fighter jets flew right overhead.

Once we got to Sea World the kids were so thrilled!!! We did everything you can possibly do; went to all the aquariums and tidepools, saw the Sea Lion show, Shamu show, and the Dolphin show (that also had some cool birds). We walked through every exhibit and rode rides at Bay of Play.

The most amazing thing was our tour with Dana. We got a feed and pet a 3500 pound Walrus named Obie. He is too large and blind to be out in the front, so not many people even get to see him. Then we saw where they keep the polar bears at night; did you know that the same people who build prisons build polar bear enclosures? They are so huge and can be so dangerous that they don't take any risks! Then we got to meet Nanuk and Ferdinand, 2 awesome Beluga Whales. Nanuk did not want to come over but we got to pet Ferdinand, even Emme! How many 2 and 6 year olds get to do that?!?! They feel kind of like hard boiled eggs. Squishy, slippery and really cold. It was so great and I hope that Owen doesn't ever forget the once in a lifetime experience he got to have. ( I am sure that Emme will forget, but that's what pictures are for! There are couple of videos as well, but Blogger isn't letting me put them on right now.)

On the way home from our fun-filled and exhausting day, we stopped at the San Diego temple. Such a beautiful temple! It looks like a princess castle and the kids both thought it was so pretty. I love being able to take my kids to the temples that we live by--Scott and I both want them to know how important temples are and we like to expose them to as many as possible!

Feeding Obie. He sucks the fishes up like spaghetti noodles!

He also gives you kisses when you put your hand to his lips.

Helping Emme pet Ferdinand. Such an awesome animal!!

Waiting for Shamu.

Funnel cake---yummy

Owen loved Obie so much he drew a picture with sidewalk chalk the next day.

Such an amazing day. I am so happy to have my wonderful family and I love spending time with them...

Getty Villa

2011-05-05T11:29:00.000-07:00

On Monday my sister Kylee, Emme and I took a little trip out to Malibu to visit the Getty Villa. Kylee had to visit a museum for one of her classes and the Villa is one that I have wanted to go to for a long time. So we tagged along.

This place is so beautiful!!! The whole museum is focused on ancient Greece and Rome. The architecture, the gardens, the endless statues, coinage, jewelry and furniture. They even have a couple statues there from Pompeii! Everything was so amazing; it almost makes me wish I had lived back then. Well, only if I could have been in one of the wealthy families of course.

Emme with her silly smile. Almost every room or garden we went into, she would say "This is neat!"

Same garden from the opposite angle.

Roman Holiday, anyone?

Emme wanting to feel the water in the central courtyard.

One of the pieces uncovered in Pompeii.

Sarcophagus. Amazing detail on this one--told the story of Achilles.

Look at how much detail!! This little cameo piece is about the size a thumbnail.

You know how Olympic champions get to wear those beautiful wreaths on their head? This is where that comes from! At the ceremony they would wear actual laurel wreaths but this one, made from real gold, was probably presented to the family of an athlete at their death.

Latest Adventure

2011-05-04T14:15:00.000-07:00

Since the Kings were eliminated from the play-offs (sniff, sniff) Scott had a few days off last week and we decided to take advantage of the time he had!

We let Owen skip school on Friday (yes, we are those parents. Sometimes spending the day with your family is important too! And what fun memories he'll have off those occasional days playing hooky with his family!) and we drove down to Newport Coast.

There is a great state park there called Crystal Cove that we decided to explore. We had so much fun!

We climbed all over the rocks and looked at crabs, fishes, anemones, pelicans and tons of other wildlife! We swam in the waves, built a teepee out of driftwood for the kids to dry off in then had lunch at Wahoo's. We walked the beach a little more and saw dolphins surfing, a whale spouting, wild rabbits, lizards and a flock of quail. On our way home we stopped at the Newport Temple and let the kids walk around. What a great day! The kids didn't want to go home and honestly, neither did we. We are really loving these little adventures we have been doing---I hope this is something we will always do with our kids...


Searching the tide pools...


One of Owen's hermit crabs!

The teepee-and yes, Emme is in her underwear!

My Karate Kid impression!


Wahoo's!!

If you look in the center, you can see one of the dolphins! They were out in the line-up with the surfers.

Beautiful!!

SeaLab Aquarium

2011-04-07T18:44:00.000-07:00

Since spring break has been this week we have been looking for fun things to do everyday. One day we went to the library, another we walked to the park down the street and fed the ducks, and today we went to this little aquarium in Redondo Beach called the Sea Lab. (It is run by the LA Conservation Corp and is free! They only ask for a $4 donation per family. The help rehab injured sea animals and run day camps and host field trips to educate kids on taking care of the ocean.)


Holding a red sea urchin!!

With a sea star that coordinates with her shirt! She was laughing because it felt funny.

It was sooo cute-the little building itself was not so impressive but we took a tour and the kids got to hold or touch almost everything! They got to touch sharks, rays, hermit crabs, sea cucumbers, sand dollars and sea urchins. There were also flounder, giant black sea bass, sardines and crabs to see. We will definitely be coming back here again!

Saying Goodbye to Our Friends

2011-04-04T14:24:00.000-07:00

This last weekend some of our best friends moved out of state. We are so sad to have them leave but they are going on to bigger and better things (Mike is starting his residency this summer--yeah! No more school!). After walking home from school, both my kids sat down on the front steps and cried--so sad!! It seemed like a good excuse to watch some cartoons and have root beer floats. Before the tears started, we did get some cute pictures though!

Good luck Mike, Jessica, Peyton and Brady!

Peyton, Emme, Owen

Cute boys!

Brady was pretty upset at this point---he didn't want to smile or look at the camera. And Owen is forcing Emme to look at me! They all look a little goofy here.

And a cute one of Owen--just because!

Homemade Playdoh

2011-04-04T14:15:00.000-07:00

Owen was "bored" last week (he claims to be bored if he is holding still for more than 5 minutes) so we decided to make homemade playdoh. It was a lot of fun and only a little messy.

Owen made a dinner plate with corn, spaghetti squash, broccoli, asparagus and steak. All foods he likes believe it or not!

Emme making.....well...something. She was happy with herself!


Kylee wanted in on the playdoh fun too!

Science Fair

2011-03-04T09:44:00.000-08:00

Owen loves science and was really excited to enter his school's science fair this year. After some research into lots of types of projects we finally found a really fun idea---exploding soda cans!
We had a great time shaking cans and letting them explode...and his project won first place for the kindergarten projects! He got to have his project displayed at the district science fair where he also received a trophy. We had a great time working on his project and he is excited to do the science fair every year now.

With lab assistant Emme.

Shaking cans!!

We measured what was left after they exploded.

Recording data.

Receiving his award at districts.

The finished project!

What Happened to December???? And January for that matter...

2011-01-25T13:39:00.000-08:00

Well...the title says it all. December was crazy, January slowed down a little. Christmas was awesome (my kids are VERY spoiled!). I was thinking I should go back and post the pictures from all the family parties, the kid's birthday party, Christmas, New Year's and everything else-but then I changed my mind!

We got a new computer last week and I am still trying to figure out how to get the pictures organized the way I want! And trying to get pictures off the old laptop (which hates us now and won't stay on for more than and hour at a time) has been a headache. When I have more than an hour to devote to this, I will figure things out and maybe post some pictures from the last 2 months!

Until then, here is what we did this last weekend!

Road trip!!

Drove up through Malibu and stopped at a little beach just inside Ventura County-so beautiful!

Climbing down from the road where we parked.

Isn't it amazing the beautiful things you can find when you take the time to stop!?!?

There were giant rocks, little caves, tidepools and a fun little beach! Owen decided to sample some raw abalone that Scott found-he liked it!!

The boys went to explore some caves while us girls stayed behind to watch the waves.

We had a wonderful day together! After exploring the beach, we stopped for lunch in Malibu then went to 3rd Street in Santa Monica on the way home. The kids love the dinosaur fountains and we let them each pick out a toy from the cute toy store there. I took a lot of video this trip and I will upload some of them later. Little interviews with Owen at all our stops. I have decided that these mini trips should happen more often. We had such a fun time together and it didn't involve going to the movies or the "hanging out" at home (like we seem to do so often). After living here in LA for almost 9 years there is still so much I haven't seen!

Another Beautiful November Day

2010-11-14T20:34:00.000-08:00

After church today we decided to drive up to Palos Verdes and take some pictures of the kids, especially since we have had such beautiful weather lately. We took some pictures up there at the library when Emme was just a couple of weeks old (to use for her birth announcement) and I thought it would be cute to recreate the same poses---the kids were not so cooperative though! Wiggles, running, asking for candy and Emme making these crazy laughing noises! We did get a couple of cute shots, but I think it will take a few more photo sessions, and maybe borrowing a nicer camera from my F-I-L to get some shots for a Christmas card. (I need a faster shutter speed so I can catch those fleeting moments when both the kids are looking at me!!!)

We had a really hard time getting her to look at us!

One of the crazy faces Emme kept making---

I finally gave up on taking pictures of them both and just took pictures of Owen.

Doppelganger

2010-11-01T16:10:00.000-07:00

Emme makes this face that we call "serious face". We all get a huge kick out of it...she does it on command and it is really hilarious when she tries to do it while smiling!

While Scott was reading bedtime stories to Owen the other night he found Emme's doppelganger!

See a similarity?? (By the way, it is really hard to try and catch the exact face she makes on camera-this is as close as it gets!)

HALLOWEEN

2010-11-01T10:50:00.000-07:00

We had such a fun Halloween this year (not that they aren't all fun!).

It all started with some pumpkin carving a couple days before Halloween. Owen and Emme loved squishing the pumpkin guts and throwing the seeds all over the floor. Oh, and they loved carving too! Owen made a scary face pumpkin, Emme (with some help) made a butterfly, Scott made a Frankenstein.

Owen had a costume parade at school on Friday that Emme and I went to see. He had fun walking around and showing off his cool army man costume. There were some pretty cute little kids there!

We had trunk-or-treat at church on Saturday night and the kids came home with soooo much candy! Emme was a little confused with what was going on. I was helping her practice saying "trick-or-treat" earlier in the day, but she just wasn't getting it! After the first few cars she took a look in her bag and got the biggest smile on her face!! She started giggling and pulled out a lollipop that immediately went into her mouth. I don't think I saw her without candy in her mouth the rest of the night. (I also found her eating chocolate the next morning in the corner of the front room! After that, the candy bag was placed on top of the pantry!)

Look at my cute cupcake!!

Tough army man!

On Halloween we decided to not take our kids out trick-or-treating but we did invite a couple of friends over to hang out (so the kids wouldn't feel like they missed out on Halloween because it was on a Sunday!).

We had tacos and root beer floats, watched Nightmare Before Christmas, and made our first deep fried Oreos and candy bars (Snickers, Kit-Kats and Reese's). The Oreos and Reese's were amazing!! I think we found a new Halloween tradition...deep frying our kid's Halloween candy! (It may sound gross, but don't knock it until you've tried it! We made fun of deep fried Oreos for years!)

Look how much Jessica and Mike love the deep fried Oreos!

SOCCER

2010-10-24T20:49:00.000-07:00

Owen started soccer this fall--he is loving it! He is not the best player on his team, but he does have fun and is learning how to play as a team. His team is the Green Gators-they are so cute!

Team huddle with Coach.

Walking With Dinosaurs

2010-10-24T20:33:00.000-07:00

Months and months ago Owen saw a commercial for the show "Walking With Dinosaurs" and really wanted go. One of the final shows was herein September at Staples Center and since Scott works there...he was an awesome dad and remembered to get tickets for us to see it!
The dinosaurs were AMAZING!! They were so lifelike-it felt like we were sitting in the middle of Jurassic Park. The kids loved the dinosaurs, yes, even Emme. (She kept asking if it was her dinosaur!) Such a great show. Not a very long show, it is geared towards kids, but worth it! So much fun!!

Emme smiling at the "dinos".

T-REX!!!

Well...I tried to load a cool video of some raptors fighting a brachiosaurus but Blogger is not letting me. I will have to try again later!

Apple Picking

2010-10-24T18:03:00.000-07:00

Ahh..Oak Glen! We come here every year and I always love it! We have great BBQ for lunch, walk around the cute shops, sample lots of yummy foods and pick apples!
This year there were only a few of us: Jamie and Kylie, Kylee, Owen, Emme and Brittany. We had a really fun afternoon and I was so glad the Jamie and Kylie came out with us!

Nice apple Kylee!

Owen and Kylie-busy little apple pickers!

Emme had to sample all the apples we were picking...well, actually

all the apples on the ground under the trees we were picking from!

Kindergarten

2010-10-24T17:46:00.000-07:00

So...time to do some quick updating!

Yes, it is almost Halloween and I am posting pictures from Owen's first day of kindergarten! I know I am behind! Owen has, well, a different teacher. We had some issues the first few weeks of school but things are steadily getting better. He is such a big kid now! I remember when he was born so clearly and now he is off in school all day!

Wedding Weekend

2010-08-08T10:39:00.000-07:00

This last weekend has been sooo busy!! I was asked to make cupcake favors for our cousin Jessica's wedding (Welcome to the family Clint!) - 220 Jumbo cupcakes, individually boxed and tied with a ribbon. They turned out so cute, and they tasted good of course!

I was also asked to make the wedding cake for my friend Carly - congrats to Carly and Michael! She had a beach themed wedding and everything was so beautiful! I made the chocolate seashells and added graham cracker sand and edible pearls. I was pretty happy with the cake, I hope they were too!

Summer ABC Book

2010-08-08T10:23:00.000-07:00

During the first week of summer Owen and I made a Summer ABC Book. The book has a page for every letter of the alphabet; on each page is an actvity that we came up with to do sometime this summer. The idea is, if Owen has a day where he gets bored, we open the book, find a page and do that actvity!! We have had fun doing everything. This might be something we do every summer!!

Yogurt Popsicles: we made these the first week and now make them all the time!


Bubble Art - You blow colored soap bubble then press them onto paper.

Kool Aid Playdoh--so much fun!! (We made peanut butter playdoh too!)

Armed Forces Day

2010-06-08T20:24:00.000-07:00

Every May, Torrance has an Armed Forces Day parade with tanks, jeeps, helicopters, fighter jets...and anything else you can think of! The night before the parade, you can go see and climb in all the vehicles, go into simulators, and meet some of the soldiers. We went down with some of our friends for dinner and to let the kids play around. They had so much fun!

Another fun day at the park!

2010-06-08T20:20:00.000-07:00

We love that we have a park down the street...and that the weather is so nice we can be outside year round! My kids love playing outside and love playing with eachother...Love this picture!!

LA Zoo Trip

2010-06-08T20:18:00.001-07:00

Scott and I have had free passes to the zoo since last summer..In April I finally decided to use them with some friends! We took the kids up for an afternoon and they had such a great time!

Petting a Python---Owen thought this was the coolest part of the whole zoo!

Emme LOVED the animals!!

Rex, Brady, McKenna, Peyton, Zane, Emme, Owen, Jordan.

Easter

2010-06-08T19:38:00.000-07:00

Yes, yes...I am posting these VERY late! (At least they are here!)

Here are the Easter photos-we dyed eggs the day before. Scott and Emme were interested for about 5 minutes so Owen and I finished them up. The two of us had fun at least!
On Easter morning, the kids had baskets from the Easter Bunny and he hid eggs all over the front room. They had so much fun finding all eggs and eating their goodies in their baskets. Emme's favorite was the bag of cotton candy. Nothing like pure sugar for breakfast!!
After church, we had dinner and ANOTHER Easter egg hunt at Grandma Terri and Papa Mike's. There were only 3 kids (Owen, Emme and their cousin Adam) and close to 100 eggs!! Lucky kids-especially since some of the eggs had money in them!

Jog-A-Thon

2010-03-21T20:13:00.000-07:00

Owen's preschool had a Jog-A-Thon last month to raise money for their field trips and new supplies for the classrooms. I sent Owen's pledge form with Scott to work and Scott did a great job coercing his coworkers to donate! (Owen collected the most money. Thank you everyone!!)

On Jog-A-Thon day, the families were all invited to come and support their kids (and buy snacks and drinks to raise more money--nothing like a $2 hot dog at 9am!) and play games before they started running.

The laps they were running were pretty small, afterall, these kids are 3, 4 and 5, and so they had the children run in groups. There were 4 groups all together and Owen ran in group 3.

Each child had a paper safety pinned to their back and each time they came to the start/finish line, one of the teachers would cross off a number on their paper showing how many laps they had run. Owen was the first kid to complete all 20 laps!! Most kids stopped between 9 and 11, but Scott and I just kept yelling "Keep going!! You aren't tired yet! You can do it!" (He really wasn't tired---it was pretty amazing to watch him go and go and not break a sweat or start breathing hard!) We were so proud that he finished-and he was so proud of himself! He ran the whole time with his friend Arianna (in the red, above) right behind him--her dad kept saying the same things to her and we all laughed about what great naps they would take that day!

Good Job Owen!!

So happy with himself for finishing!!

All 20 boxes checked!!

Just Like Mommy

2010-03-21T19:58:00.000-07:00

Anyone who knows me, knows that I LOVE ice cream...this is not just love, but LOVE LOVE!! I could (and usually do) eat it everyday. Sometimes twice a day (and yes, even for breakfast!) Guess who also loves ice cream???

Emme is Growing...Kind Of

2010-03-21T19:49:00.000-07:00

Our little girl is now 16 pounds (the size of a 6 month old--but we are happy with it! Growth is growth!) and 27 inches long! She got her first tooth at 14 months old (a molar) and now has 2 molars (the first ones to come in all the way). Next came her top 2 front teeth (she will look like a bunny for Easter pictures) and now the bottom 2 front teeth are on their way in. That means 6 teeth in one month! The thing I am most excited about??? Hair!! She is finally getting some hair! Little curls are coming in on the back of her head! Maybe I will get to put barettes on her head afterall...

Hamburger Creature

2010-03-21T19:38:00.000-07:00

Owen LOVES to play with his Play-Doh...and this is one of his masterpieces! He created a Hamburger Creature! You should see the things this kid comes up with...

Ice Skating

2010-01-07T16:44:00.000-08:00

Scott took us to Seaside Lagoon where every year they have an outdoor ice rink and snow. Last night was a special Kings event night and we got in for free! So Scott decided to let Owen try skating. Owen had so much fun (even though Scott just ended up pushing him around the rink-he wasn't really skating) and said he wants to do it again. At first he didn't want to go: he said he was too cold (from playing in the snow) and needed hot chocolate and then he said he already knew how. But once he had his hot chocolate and his skates on, he had a blast! Emme and I hung out dancing to the music and watching the boys skate-Emme was also a fan of the hot chocolate...

Owen was showing me all the ice on his skate after being out. He had to stop to warm up with his hot chocolate!

Owen's Birthday Party

2010-01-07T15:38:00.000-08:00

Owen's 5th (I can't believe he is 5! My kids are getting so old!) birthday party was this last Saturday. It started off very eventful---Owen threw up! He had a fever the day before, but woke up that morning feeling fine! No fever, no complaints, so the party stayed on! (We would have called all the friends and cancelled if we knew he was sick.) So, while his friends all made pizzas and played in the back yard, Owen hopped in the bathtub, took some medicine, then rested and watched some SpongeBob.
Before we knew it, all of his friends had snuck into the room where he was, and were on the bed watching cartoons with him! (I hope no one got sick-we haven't heard that anyone did!) He said he was feeling better, and we figured everyone had now been exposed, so out he came to join in his own party!
The kids made their own pizzas, played some really funny games, and decorated cupcakes (which is a tradition at Owen's birthday parties...the kids all look forward to it.)

Cupcake craziness!!

Playing the Donut on a String game.

Emme's version of the game.

We sang Happy Birthday and Owen got to open his presents! He had a great time and got some cool stuff!
(Scott and I gave him one of his presents, a scooter, on his actual birthday. He also got to have donuts for breakfast, which is his favorite, and he picked In-N-Out for dinner.)

We are grateful for Owen in our lives! He is such a smarty-pants and we love having conversations with him! He makes us laugh everyday!! (Seriously-we laugh everyday!) He is loads of fun, really loving and the best little boy. He is a great friend and a wonderful helper and we love him sooooo much!

What a cute baby boy!!

Summary of November & December

2010-01-04T17:18:00.000-08:00

Like I said in the previous post, I haven't blogged in a while because I couldn't find the camera cord. I asked Scott if he knew where it was and 3 minutes later he handed it to me. I should've asked a while ago, I guess!!

I am going to play catch up here quickly...
For Thanksgiving we went to Oregon to spend the holiday with my family. We played lots of board games, my siblings played with the kids, Owen played with the dog, my sisters and I did girly things (had manicures done, face masks, etc.) and had a great Thanksgiving dinner. It was a great week! Owen had so much fun he cried when we left my parent's house and then cried again when we crossed the Oregon/California border...it was sad and sweet at the same time!

Emme turned 1 (I can't believe it!!) on the 9th of December. Grandpa and Grandma Stewart sent her her first dolly-a Cabbage Patch baby! She suprised us all by immediately picking the doll up, hugging her and saying "Hi Baby!!" She walked around the house with her baby all day and the rest of the week. (She still loves her baby!)

We had her party on the 12th and had so many people over! It was lots of fun to have family and friends over and hang out with us! Emme was a happy girl all day (although that is not unusual for her to be happy all day!) and had fun opening her presents and eating her butterfly cupcakes. She is such a sweet, loving baby and Scott and I are so blessed to have her be a part of our family! I love her so much!

Christmas was loads of fun! We spent Christmas Eve at the Mahkorn Grandparents house with about 40 of our family members and friends. We chose to do a service project that night instead of exchanging gifts, like we usually do. We painted terra cotta pots and planted plants in them-we then "ding-dong ditched" some neighbors and left the plants and christmas notes from Santa's Elves on their doorsteps. It was lots of fun and I think it is a tradition we will keep---doing a service project on Christmas Eve! However, the littlest kids still got presents from their cousins and everyone still got new pj's, too!

Christmas morning, our kids opened their presents from Scott, myself and Santa at home then we had breakfast at Scott's parents house with Steve, Tracie, Adam, Melanie and Preston. For Christmas dinner, we went to Aunt Sharon's house and had tamales for dinner----Scott's dream come true! Dinner was great, the people were fun and we are hoping that this becomes a tradition as well!

We are so lucky to have such wonderful people around us to share the holidays with. We are truly blessed and are grateful for everyone who is a part of our lives!

Happy New Year!!

2010-01-01T13:23:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year to all our family and friends! Thank you for all the fun and wonderful memories you have helped us make this last year...We are looking forward to another fantastic year!

P.S.
I haven't blogged in about 6 weeks for a reason---I can't find the cord to upload photos from the camera to the computer. As soon as I find it, photos will be posted! (I am missing Thanksgiving, Emme's Birthday, Christmas and after tomorrow Owen's Party as well! Sorry!)

Emme Walks!!

2009-11-17T22:23:00.000-08:00

It's official...Emme walks! She is just so adorable toddling around all the time now! Here is a short video so you can see just how fast our little girl is growing up!

Halloween and Pumpkin Carving!!

2009-11-11T21:37:00.000-08:00

I know I am posting these pictures a little late---but better late than never, right???
The kids had a great time at "Trunk or Treat" at church. They loved their costumes, had dinner and played with their friends, and got a TON of candy...which will now sit on top of fridge and go bad. Just like last year!

Here are the kids together before we left for Trunk-or-Treat.

Owen wants to be a K-9 police officer when he grows up (at least for now he does. He has also wanted to be a firefighter and a basketball player...) so he LOVES his costume. He has been wearing at least once a week since we bought it!

Emme made an adorable butterfly. She loved her costume and kept everything on! She didn't try to pull off the tutu or the antennae or anything! She just smiled all night and played with the ribbons in her tutu...silly girl!

I love these kids!!

** PUMPKINS **

Owen and I also carved pumpkins on Halloween...here he is with our works of art! (Owen's is the 3 eyed alien, as he called it.)

Getting Crafty

2009-10-23T14:29:00.000-07:00

Here are two of the projects I have done lately. I thought they turned out so cute, I wanted to post them on here so my mom could see---aren't you proud, mom?!?!?

"Emme" letters for her wall (to match the "Owen" letters)

Bracelets for me and Emme!

Happy Birthday Scott!

2009-10-23T14:26:00.000-07:00

Scott had his 31st birthday on the 11th--we had the family and some friends over for dinner and opened presents. Scott asked for chocolate souffle for birthday dessert, so souffle we had! It was kind of impossible to get a candle to stay in the souffle, so he held a tea light and blew that out while we sang!

The week before, on the 4th, he opened his presents from Owen, Emme and myself. (Owen was so excited to give him his presents and just could not wait any longer!) We gave him a Best Buy gift card, which he used to buy a PS3, a new game for the PS3 and the Wii, and Owen gave him a Nerf gun---the boys love to shoot eachother while running through the house! Happy Birthday!

J-E-L-L-O

2009-10-23T14:25:00.001-07:00

Emme had her first taste of Jell-O...now, this is not something I would normally document or take note of, but she loved it sooooo much!!

Frozen Fury - Las Vegas

2009-10-23T14:02:00.000-07:00

Well...it has obviously been a while since I have posted! We have been busy-I will try and get all caught up within the next couple of days!

Back in September, Scott and I went to Las Vegas for the Kings game at MGM Grand. They play a game there every year, called Frozen Fury, and this year we actually stayed at the MGM! What a beautiful hotel! The game was great, the people we went with were so much fun and we went without the kiddos...do I need to say more?!?!? Love them, but sometimes you just need to be an adult. You know-eat at nice restaurants, stay up late, sleep in the next morning without waking to a kid in your bed, gamble your life savings away-just kidding!

Meagan's Visit - Part IV

2009-09-12T14:47:00.000-07:00

Friday night we went to 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica. We walked through the shops, watched the street performers and had frozen yogurt. So much fun!

Saturday morning we went to the Farmer's Market and sampled all the fruits and veggies then had lunch in the shade. Owen was so sad that Meagan is going home today!

Tasty cantaloupe!!

Meagan's Visit - Part III

2009-09-12T14:27:00.000-07:00

On Friday afternoon we went up to the Getty. We looked through the South and West Buildings and walked through the gardens. It was a really nice afternoon!

Statue on the front entry steps.

Playing on the lawn in the gardens.

One of the many beautiful fountains!

A picture with the "cactapuses"

Meagan's Visit - Part II

2009-09-12T13:26:00.000-07:00

Well, Meagan will probably be home by the time you look at this, Mom, but here is part two!! On Wednesday we spent the day at Disneyland! We rode so many rides (and we DIDN'T ride some rides...ask Meagan about that one) and had a great day.

(From top): Toy Story, Bug's Life land, Teacups, Haunted Mansion.

On Thursday, we drove up to Hollywood for the afternoon; bunch of crazies up there!

In front of the Chinese Theater.

At Hollywood and Highland.

Meagan's Visit-Part I

2009-09-06T21:19:00.000-07:00

Mom...here is your first update on Meagan's trip to see us. She is still alive, we are all still alive. Here are some photos to prove it!

Riding Owen's bike at the Strand.

On Manhattan Beach Pier

GIANT volleyball (for the volleyball tournament)

Playing the Wii

Sunday afternoon walk at the lighthouse.

Rule Breaker!!! Can't you read the sign??!?!?

We were looking for rattlesnakes after we saw this sign...not one in sight!

Rolling down the hill on the library lawn.

Don't you have such cute grandkids??

Love, Brittany

Emme's 1st Disneyland Trip...

2009-09-02T23:10:00.000-07:00

...of many!! She seemed to have a good time (what you can tell from a 9 month old). Although, Emme is such a good baby, even if she did have a horrible time, we probably wouldn't know about it! She got to go on Buzz Lightyear, Pirates, Haunted Mansion, Winnie the Pooh-the music and colors on this one had her mesmerized-and the Tiki Room. Owen also went on Big Thunder, the Teacups & Autopia. Disneyland sure can be exhausting!!!!

Waiting patiently while the boys went on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (which Owen now says is his favorite)

The boys on the ride.

Owen and mommy on the teacups (Owen loves the teacups--we go on them everytime we come to D-Land. Scott refuses to ride them so this is just a Mom & Owen thing)

In front of the castle with mommy!

Enjoying Lunch!

2009-09-02T22:54:00.000-07:00

Lunch is always best when you manage to get the bowl away from mommy and feed yourself!

Some Emme Stuff...

2009-08-27T21:31:00.000-07:00

Two of Emme's new favorite things to do:

Crawl under the table and look for scraps (like Kix and Cheerios that she likes to throw from her chair)

Pull all laundry out of the basket and throw it on the floor. (She doesn't care if it has been folded or not; she's not picky!)

We are now calling Emme "Rudolph"-she fell and got rugburn on her nose.

Palm Desert

2009-08-27T20:03:00.000-07:00

We had a great time in Palm Desert!! We spent 4 fun (and hot) days swimming, eating and sleeping...wish we could do this once a month...

Feeding the ducks outside our room.

This is Owen's way of relaxin'--he loves his music!!

All the kids get a chance to feed the koi every morning.

Scott and Owen found a ping-pong table and had fun playing (well, chasing the balls that Owen tried to hit!)

Grrrrr---Owen the shark!!

They had an adorable kiddie pool area with fountains that shot up out of the ground...Emme thought these fountains were so much fun!

Taking a break between trips to the pool.

On our last night, they had a "dive-in" movie...lucky for Owen they were showing Wall-E, one of Owen's favorite movies!!!

Hanging out while waiting for the movie to start.

Owen caught a praying mantis while we were packing up the car to go home; he wanted to bring him home with us in this cup!

Nice tan line!!!!

Owen Swimming--Short Video

2009-08-15T16:58:00.000-07:00

We just got home from Palm Desert and I wanted to post a little video clip I took of Owen. While on this trip, I taught him how to dive into a pool and swim under water-something he would never have attempted in swim class. Look how much he learned in just 4 days!! (I will post pictures from our trip sometime soon!)

All done with swim class...

2009-08-07T10:22:00.000-07:00

Owen finished his swim classes last week and is such a better swimmer than he was at the start of summer. We decided that we are going to keep him enrolled in swim year round (the pool he takes them at offers classes for kids on Satuday mornings all year).

On their last day of class, the instructors let all the kids put on lifejackets so they could jump off the blocks into the deep end. Owen thought is was sooo much fun!!

Dodgers Game

2009-08-07T10:05:00.000-07:00

On the 21st, Scott got great tickets for free from work, so we took the kids to a Dodgers game. Owen got some cotton candy and had a great time watching the game! Emme had fun making faces at the people behind us. Fun night!!

Emme Crawling : Short Video

2009-08-07T09:44:00.000-07:00

Time to babyproof again...

Emme's New Crib

2009-08-06T22:53:00.000-07:00

Emme is now a big girl and is sleeping in her crib, instead of the bassinet. She now is crawling and we figured she might try to escape the bassinet! Owen helped me put the crib together then rearrange the furniture in his room to make space for his little sister--as soon as it was all assembled, he wanted to let Emme try it out!

Too cute not to post!!

2009-07-09T23:03:00.001-07:00

The swimsuits I bought for Emme had to be adjusted to fit her little body--after I fixed them, I wanted to try them on her and she loved it!!

The kids love eachother so much! Owen is always wanting me to take pictures of the two of them.

The Next Michael Phelps...

2009-07-09T22:52:00.000-07:00

Owen has been taking swim classes at the Torrance Plunge everyday since school got out---the first 2 week class was a Parent & Me and now he is in Tadpole Swim (where he goes by himself.) Hopefully he'll be swimming on his own by the end of summer!!

Another beautiful day at the Beach

2009-07-09T22:43:00.001-07:00

Our park group has a new schedule for the summer and Mondays are Beach Day!! Just a couple pictures for y'all!!

Ocean and Emme.

The boys burying Owen!

Independence Day

2009-07-09T22:30:00.000-07:00

Happy Fourth of July!!

Emme loved everything!

Owen checking out the fireworks...

Scott let Owen light some fireworks this year!

Shawn's Grad Luau

2009-07-09T22:13:00.000-07:00

Scott's brother Shawn also got his Master's degree (on the same day---Scott will want everyone to know that he technically got his first! Ha ha ha) and had a celebration luau!! So much fun---thanks Shawn & Heidi!!

The cousins enjoying some sno-cones!!

Boys learning a dance

Fire dance; Owen was fascinated!! (I just hope he doesn't try to do this!)

Scott's Graduation & San Francisco

2009-06-19T17:20:00.000-07:00

Golden Gate Bridge

Scott graduated with his Master's degree at University of San Francisco-which happens to be a private Jesuit university. So, instead of graduating in a stadium or on the quad (like at CSULB) he got to graduate in this beautiful cathedral that was on campus.

With friends at the reception before graduation.

Owen and Emme are so proud of daddy!!

These houses are called "The Painted Ladies"--very famous SF landmark and right by USF!

Lombard Street (the crooked-est street in the world. Believe me, it is!) Coit Tower and the Bay Bridge are in the background.

Cool building--I took this while stopped at a light.

At the Golden Gate Bridge--it was freezing!!!

Owen checking out the famous sea lions at Fisherman's Wharf-Pier 39

Ghiradelli Square (if you look closely, you can see Owen's blonde head by the white car)

Have you ever seen a kid enjoy an ice cream cone more??

Emme learned how to stick out her tongue---most pictures nowadays feature her tongue!

We drove over to Sacramento to visit friends and family---

Yes, we went to the Jelly Belly Factory, again.

Todd knows I want a Topsy-Turvy and he felt the need to rub it in that he owns one!

Suzie and Owen just hanging out!

Why do people always make funny faces at babies?!??!

At the conclusion of this trip, Emme has decided she no longer likes carseats!

Oregon Photos

2009-06-19T16:54:00.001-07:00

Picnic in the park

"More bars in more places" (that's what I think of when I see this)

Owen got help Grandma drive the riding lawnmower-almost as fun as Autotopia at Disneyland!

Parker and babies...like mixing oil and water.

Owen being silly while learning to play croquet.

Meagan, Emme and Kylee: what pretty girls!!

AT THE COAST

Meagan and Emme-with that amount of clothing on you would never know it was June!

Owen was soooo proud of his crab shells.

The siblings: Nephi, Brittany, Kylee, Meagan, Parker.

Parker's Graduation

2009-06-19T16:27:00.000-07:00

Owen, Emme and I went to Oregon to see Parker graduate from Dallas High School. Here are some pictures from graduation:

Doesn't it look like Parker is giving me the stink eye??? Really though, we are too far away and he can't even see us!

Giving a speech.

Parker with his niece and nephew.

Parker and Nephi. (No one knows why it is impossible for Parker to just smile in a picture-he is always making some kind of face)

The whole gang walking to the cars before we roasted in the ridiculous heat.

Sitting Up

2009-06-19T16:21:00.000-07:00

Emme can sit up all on her own now! She has been doing this for about a week now--and she does NOT want to lie down any longer...

She also loves frozen bananas. I break them in half and stick a popsicle stick in them before I freeze them. Owen and Emme eat them up!

We are finally all home!!

2009-06-06T20:38:00.001-07:00

The last couple of weeks have been very eventful-- Scott graduated with his Master's degree in Sport Management from Univ. of San Francisco on May 23 (YEAH!!) so we went up to San Fran and Sacramento) from the 22nd to the 26th. We drove home on the 26th, unpacked our bags and then Owen, Emme and Brittany flew to Oregon on the 27th until June 2nd. Parker graduated from high school and we wanted to see the family- as well as let Nephi meet Emme for the first time, since he was unable to come down for the blessing. We have some great pictures, but my computer is being funny and won't let me post them right now. I will get some pics on soon!

How nice to be home and normal again!

Emme's Favorite Things

2009-05-12T13:40:00.000-07:00

Emme is discovering the world around her more and more everyday! She has a few things she really enjoys--

She found her toes and she loves them!!

She likes when Owen plays with her and gives her kisses.

She likes to be on her tummy and chew on her toys (well, she likes it for a little while-then she gets frustrated when she can't figure out how to get back over!)

Owen's Field Trip

2009-05-12T13:16:00.000-07:00

Owen's preschool class had a field trip to the Cabrillo Museum. Families were invited to come and Scott happened to have that day off from work so...we all went!! We saw all the exhibits, bought some cute little things from the gift shop, had lunch with his class and walked down to the tide pools-Owen had a great time!

Owen and one of his best buddies, Jesse.

Checking out the sharks!!

AHHHH!!!!

Old Town Sacramento and the Jelly Belly Factory

2009-05-03T23:56:00.000-07:00

We spent one morning walking around Old Town Sacramento looking in all the fun shops! This is a place we are going to have to explore more when we are back in a few weeks.

Emme loves to give kisses and decided to give one to Grandma!!

Owen checking out the paddle boats on the river!

Jelly Belly Factory!!!

Emme was so tired by the time we made it to the Jelly Belly Factory...

...but Owen made sure she was awake for the tour! (You aren't allowed to take pictures on the tour, or we would have some to show you how excited Owen was-it was adorable)

Owen had a great time on this trip, but one of his favorite parts was when we would pull the car over to let him stretch his legs and he and Daddy would throw rocks into the fields--silly boys!

Sacramento

2009-05-03T23:37:00.001-07:00

My cousin Hilary got married in the Sacramento temple last weekend and we decided to drive up. It's always so nice to be present for a temple wedding and it was great to see family that we don't get to see all that often! My uncle and aunt (Rob & Karen) live in Kentucky, and my grandparents and parents live in Oregon and we don't visit as often as any of us would like. It was a really fun weekend and I am so glad we had the opportunity to go!

Owen loves taking pictures and walked around with his camera and took pictures of everything--until his camera died!

Aunt Kylee also came down and Owen and Emme were so happy to see her!

Grandpa Stewart with Emme. (There aren't too many pictures with Owen because he wouldn't hold still long enough to take one!)

Rob, Scott and Grandpa Cox

Great Grandpa and Owen are buddies

Great Grandma Cox and Emme.

Point Vicente

2009-05-03T23:10:00.000-07:00

The weather was so great a couple of Saturdays ago, we took a drive up to Palos Verdes to show Owen the Point Vicente lighthouse. We stopped at 7-11 and got slurpees then walked around. We walked through the cute little museum and Owen chased some lizards that he found out in the brush. Just another beautiful SoCal day!

Owen decided that this sign did not apply him--we kept having to pull him off the rail!

A flower for me!!

The view was best sitting on daddy's shoulders--

What a fun day!!

Emme and the Bunny

2009-05-03T23:07:00.000-07:00

I found this super cute picture of Emme and our Easter Bunny decoration; the bunny is taller than she is!!

Happy Easter!!

2009-04-14T14:54:00.000-07:00

Owen was so excited about the Easter Bunny, he ran straight from the shower to the front room without getting dressed, which is why he is in a towel!

Owen and I dyed eggs on Sunday afternoon after church and we had so much fun! Thank you Grandma Stewart for the egg dying kit--our fingers were beautiful colors for the rest of the day...

Owen got so many eggs this year! We had a primary easter egg hunt on Saturday, a whole bunch of eggs and candy from Grandpa and Grandma Stewart, and an egg hunt at Papa Mike's and Grandma Terri's---so much fun!!

Emme sure is cute, but she is not much fun at holidays yet--next year though!

Family Photos

2009-04-13T11:36:00.000-07:00

On Monday night, we had family photos taken. Here are the pictures of the kids in their Easter outfits--the whole family photo is really large, so I am going to have to figure out how to scan it and get it on later!

Los Angeles Kings

2009-04-09T12:53:00.000-07:00

This is Scott's contribution to the blog---for those of you who don't know, Scott works for the LA Kings (NHL). Here is their team and staff photo for this season. Scott is in the back, center right, pink tie. Next to the guy in the red shirt. I know it is probably impossible to tell it is him, but it really is! He loves his job and has a lot fun with the people he works with.

Beach Season has Begun!

2009-04-07T15:32:00.000-07:00

The weather is finally warm enough for everyone to start going to the beach! (I know some of you out there are laughing at me.."warm enough"- it has been in the 70's since March, but you know, those of us that live in SoCal have very thin blood!) Yeah Summer!!!!

The boys found a MILLION ladybugs on the beach. They spent almost an hour just digging through the sand to collect as many as they could!

They did eventually run in the water, chase the birds, and get

covered in sand, you just can't tell from these pictures!

I know Emme looks like she is going to cry, but really she was just trying to figure out what sunglasses are. She made the funniest faces until she got used to having them on. She loved having her feet in the sand and just sat quietly wiggling her toes while the crazy boys kept flinging sand on her as they ran past. She puts up with the boys very well!

Emme!

2009-04-05T14:10:00.001-07:00

Emme is always such a happy baby! She laughs and smiles all the time and is just such a sweet little girl. She has the funny habit of sticking her tongue out when she smiles-it cracks us all up! Enjoy!!

The Start of Spring Break...

2009-04-05T13:56:00.001-07:00

Owen started spring break this weekend and as you can see, he has been having a good time! He started in on Easter candy from his class---

---and we went to Michael's yesterday to buy some fun art projects to do this week while he is home. We are going to make Easter cookies to take to friends, refinish his picnic table, plant more little plants for his garden, and we found a pirate ship bird house that you get to paint yourself. Owen decided that he wanted to paint it right when we got home! Here is his finished project, he did a great job! (I only helped with 10% - I wasn't allowed to help anymore than that!) We are planning on hanging it on the back deck by his garden.

Park Day

2009-04-02T13:33:00.000-07:00

Every Thursday is park day for the kids in our ward. It's nice for us moms (and the occasional dad) to have someone over the age of 6 to talk to and it's great for the kids to burn off some energy. We all have said what great naps they take on park days! As you can tell, it is mostly boys at park day---we usually have 11-12 boys and only 3 girls!

Malakai, Kingston, Owen, Zane & Peyton

Way To Go Parker!!

2009-03-17T11:43:00.000-07:00

My brother Parker competed in the Mr. Dallas competition at his high school on Saturday night and was phenomenal!! Owen and I watched the tape just the other day and we thought he was so hilarious! (Dallas High School, Dallas, Oregon)
For the talent portion of the competition he and a couple of friends danced to Beyonce's "Single Ladies" a la Justin Timberlake on SNL!!! (Check out YouTube if you don't know what I'm talking about)

By the way Parker---Scott says he is going to have a movie made of the last year of your life---from being in a coma to dancing to Beyonce!

It is sooo hard to catch a smiling baby on camera!

2009-03-09T21:03:00.000-07:00

As you can probably tell from the title, I have been trying to capture Emme's adorable smile on camera for a long time but I always just miss it! Here is the closest I can get to the real deal, sorry the picture quality isn't so great! Isn't she cute though??

Bubble Baths...

2009-03-09T20:42:00.001-07:00

Owen has always loved his bubble baths---

This last one was taken just a couple of days ago and as you can see, he enjoys them just as much now as he did when he was one!

Owen's Garden

2009-02-25T17:18:00.000-08:00

Owen and I decided to plant a garden on our back deck. We bought some cool plants (mint, cucumber, rosemary, lavender) and some seeds (lettuce, beans, green onions, squash) and started planting today. We'll post some more pictures when everything is (hopefully) in full bloom this summer!

Owen with his gardening supplies...

All planted! Owen is ready to start eating already!

Ahhhh--she can roll over already!

2009-02-24T14:25:00.001-08:00

Emme is so strong! Look at what she can do

at only 2 months old! She started rolling over

earlier this week as well. She better not be

walking at 6 months, I will go crazy!

Owen LOVES his sister...

2009-02-24T14:19:00.001-08:00

Everytime someone tries to take a picture of Emme, Owen feels the need to be right next to her---(I took this last picture because Owen and I thought it was so funny that Emme fell asleep with this hat over her face! She was so tired in the car, she either didn't notice or didn't care.)

Owen vs. Emme

2009-02-24T14:12:00.001-08:00

Don't these two look similar?? I think they look very much like brother and sister.

Owen at 2 1/2 months

Emme at 2 months

Emme's Blessing Day

2009-02-24T10:46:00.001-08:00

Emme was blessed on January 18th, 2009. It was wonderful to have so many family members and friends there to support her! (We were sad that Nephi couldn't make it down.) We are so lucky to have family members that love our kids so much. Thank you everyone...

Aren't Owen and Emme so cute???

Brittany's family: Dad, Parker, Scott, Owen, Brittany, Emme, Meagan, Kylee, Mom

Scott's Family: Melanie, Mom, Dad, Owen, Tracie, Adam, Steve, Scott, Brittany, Emme, Shawn, Hailey, Chandler, Heidi

Adam, Chandler, Emme, Hailey & Owen

Everyone!!!

Our Day at Knott's

2009-02-24T10:37:00.001-08:00

When my family came down from Oregon for Emme's blessing, we spent a day at Knott's Berry Farm--we had so much fun! Owen and I went on the Snoopy ride right when we walked into the park. Here are some more funny pictures of the family on some coasters!

We Finally Have A Blog!

2009-02-23T15:27:00.000-08:00

Hello Family and Friends!

Since so many of you live so far away--we are finally putting together a blog so you all can see our adorable kids! (wink, wink)

I will be putting some pictures on soon of all the things that we have done lately.

Enjoy!

Love,

Scott, Brittany, Owen & Emme