Rob created a website for our boy's Cub Scout Pack. Check it out at www.tempecubscouts.org.
Saturday, March 15, 2014
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Disney Roundup
I figured after all the crying, whining, napping, and peeing on rides that went on that the kids were pretty tired. I thought that even though we were calling it an early night getting back to the house around 7pm that the kids would want to go right to sleep. I was sadly mistaken. They were all in great moods, had all kinds of energy and willing to smile for pictures. Before our trip we got Disney shirts for all the kids. Between the ones they got for Christmas and the ones that we picked up for them they all had enough themed shirts to wear a different one each of the 5 days we were in California. At the park they were each able to pick out a Micky Mouse ear hat and a light toy. There are the pictures of all my happy children right before they drop off in to dreamland.
I can't wait to go again in three or four more years.
I can't wait to go again in three or four more years.
Disneyland Day 3
Since we got in so late the night before we decided to let everyone wake up on there own and just get to the park whenever. I was hoping that by letting all the kids get good sleep that they would be in much better moods. Not so lucky.
The first thing we went to was a Royal Coronation. It was pretty lame, and London and Jacob were the only ones who would participate. Finally when they started the may pole dance Joseph decided to join in. Overall, not something I would waste time with next time.
Next we went into Toontown to see the big mouse himself. Last time we went they only had one family per room, and this time they shoved us in there with 4 other families. I felt very rushed and the pictures did not turn out that great.
For the rest of the day we took things slow and hung out with my sister and her family. We were all at the same parks the other two days, but not doing the same things much. The first day at the park we took all the kids on Space Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain. After that London said she did not want to go on any more roller coaster. We tried to convince her while we were in line for the roller coaster in Toontown that it was not as scary as the other ones, but when we got to the front of the line she was not having it, so her and Nana waited for us there. Guinevere and Jalynn both said they wanted to ride, but as you can see by this great picture Rob got neither one enjoyed it very much.
I asked the kids what was the one ride they wanted to go on again and they all said Star Tours. I don't remember who said it first but I am pretty sure that the rest of them just went along with it. Rob got fast passes for that first thing while we were waiting for the princess thing. It was the last ride that we went on that day. Guinevere looked super cute with the 3-D glasses, but she would not sit for the picture.
The first thing we went to was a Royal Coronation. It was pretty lame, and London and Jacob were the only ones who would participate. Finally when they started the may pole dance Joseph decided to join in. Overall, not something I would waste time with next time.
Next we went into Toontown to see the big mouse himself. Last time we went they only had one family per room, and this time they shoved us in there with 4 other families. I felt very rushed and the pictures did not turn out that great.
For the rest of the day we took things slow and hung out with my sister and her family. We were all at the same parks the other two days, but not doing the same things much. The first day at the park we took all the kids on Space Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain. After that London said she did not want to go on any more roller coaster. We tried to convince her while we were in line for the roller coaster in Toontown that it was not as scary as the other ones, but when we got to the front of the line she was not having it, so her and Nana waited for us there. Guinevere and Jalynn both said they wanted to ride, but as you can see by this great picture Rob got neither one enjoyed it very much.
I asked the kids what was the one ride they wanted to go on again and they all said Star Tours. I don't remember who said it first but I am pretty sure that the rest of them just went along with it. Rob got fast passes for that first thing while we were waiting for the princess thing. It was the last ride that we went on that day. Guinevere looked super cute with the 3-D glasses, but she would not sit for the picture.
Sunday, March 4, 2012
California Adventure Day 2
On day 2 we went to California Adventure. The wait was really long for the Toy Story ride, so the kids and I went on the carousal a couple of times. Then after we joined Rob and my Dad in line Guinevere said she had to go to the restroom. Thank heavens for cell phones. By the time we got back they were already grabbing there glasses to get on the ride. I thought we were going to miss the ride, and I was really bummed, but a really nice cast member let Guinevere and I wait right where the people get on the rides for the rest of the family, and we were all able to go. It was worth the wait in line.
London had been talking about going on the Ferris wheel for days, but I figured once she saw how high up it took you that she would not want to go anymore. London and Jacob still wanted to ride it, so I sent Rob with them while my Dad and I took Joseph and Guinevere on the carousal two more times. Other then those two rides lines were pretty short and quick. We were able to go on all the rides that we wanted, catch the Aladdin show, and the talk to Crush the turtle. While we were in the show for Crush they let some of the children ask Crush questions. Jacob raised his had and they brought the microphone to him. Crush "Hey little dude whats your question." Jacob "My favorite color is blue." Crush after a slight pause "Ummm, True. Your favorite color is blue right?" Jacob "Yes." Crush "I love these true false questions I always have a 5o/50 chance of getting them right." It was much funnier in person.
I am sure once we get pictures from my Dad's camera that we will have lots more good pictures but due to height Rob had to ride all the rides with Joseph me with Guinevere and London and Jacob together. My Dad stayed on the ground and took pictures of us. We stayed extra late and watch World of Color. It was a great water show. However our view was not the best and I ended up holding Guinevere either in my arms or up on my shoulders for the whole show. I think the show last like 30 min. My mom and sister traded off with Joseph, and my dad had Jacob up on his shoulders. Rob got lucky and just stood London on the stroller seat, and she was tall enough to see. On the 40 min ride back to my Aunts house that night all 4 kids fell asleep.
California
London had been talking about going on the Ferris wheel for days, but I figured once she saw how high up it took you that she would not want to go anymore. London and Jacob still wanted to ride it, so I sent Rob with them while my Dad and I took Joseph and Guinevere on the carousal two more times. Other then those two rides lines were pretty short and quick. We were able to go on all the rides that we wanted, catch the Aladdin show, and the talk to Crush the turtle. While we were in the show for Crush they let some of the children ask Crush questions. Jacob raised his had and they brought the microphone to him. Crush "Hey little dude whats your question." Jacob "My favorite color is blue." Crush after a slight pause "Ummm, True. Your favorite color is blue right?" Jacob "Yes." Crush "I love these true false questions I always have a 5o/50 chance of getting them right." It was much funnier in person.
I am sure once we get pictures from my Dad's camera that we will have lots more good pictures but due to height Rob had to ride all the rides with Joseph me with Guinevere and London and Jacob together. My Dad stayed on the ground and took pictures of us. We stayed extra late and watch World of Color. It was a great water show. However our view was not the best and I ended up holding Guinevere either in my arms or up on my shoulders for the whole show. I think the show last like 30 min. My mom and sister traded off with Joseph, and my dad had Jacob up on his shoulders. Rob got lucky and just stood London on the stroller seat, and she was tall enough to see. On the 40 min ride back to my Aunts house that night all 4 kids fell asleep.
California
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Disneyland Day 1
We started the day with an early character breakfast. London Jacob and Joseph loved it. Guinevere was ok if all she had to do was watch the other kids with the characters, if I actually tried to get her close to them she freaked out. I was a little disappointed that you had to go stand in line outside to see Minni Mouse, and it was her breakfast, but other then that it was great.
We discovered that if the characters looked like people, and not furry animals that Guinevere was ok getting near them, she even liked when we got over to see Tinkerbell. We let all the kids pick a hat out. They ended up being a huge hassle because most of the time they did not want to keep them on there heads, and I ended up holding them all. Needless to say we did not let them bring there hats to days 2 and 3 at the parks.
We stayed and watched the parade and then headed home on the first night. The kids were pretty tired, but I think they enjoyed themselves.
We discovered that if the characters looked like people, and not furry animals that Guinevere was ok getting near them, she even liked when we got over to see Tinkerbell. We let all the kids pick a hat out. They ended up being a huge hassle because most of the time they did not want to keep them on there heads, and I ended up holding them all. Needless to say we did not let them bring there hats to days 2 and 3 at the parks.
We stayed and watched the parade and then headed home on the first night. The kids were pretty tired, but I think they enjoyed themselves.
Monday, July 4, 2011
Mount Mingus
Every wonder what you would get if you pointed your camera at a dark spot in the night sky? I had, and I was very surprised just how many stars my camera picked up. These were taken from the top of Mount Mingus, a few hours after sunset. All these stars could not be seen by the naked eye. I even caught a shooting star!
For those other camera enthusiasts here is the technical data: I used my 50mm lens with the aperture set at 1.4 to capture as much light as possible. I set the ISO at 2000 with a shutter speed of 30 seconds.
I took this next picture with the same settings, however it was of the adjacent mountain ridge. The light pollution from the small town of Cottonwood at the foot of the mountain is very noticeable. However, it was interesting to see how there was just enough light to give the red rocks color in the photo.
For those other camera enthusiasts here is the technical data: I used my 50mm lens with the aperture set at 1.4 to capture as much light as possible. I set the ISO at 2000 with a shutter speed of 30 seconds.
I took this next picture with the same settings, however it was of the adjacent mountain ridge. The light pollution from the small town of Cottonwood at the foot of the mountain is very noticeable. However, it was interesting to see how there was just enough light to give the red rocks color in the photo.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Another weekend, another skirt
Okay, so this skirt took two weekends. I sized down the pieces from Jennifer's skirt and made a few adjustments to allow for growing.
London enjoyed looking just like her mother.
London enjoyed looking just like her mother.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
London 6 year old pictures
Since we have a nice camera we have decided to start taking the kids birthday pictures ourselves. It was a team effort from Rob and I. We brought all four of the kids to the temple grounds to get pictures of the girls and just have a nice family outing. The temperature was great, but it was a bit too sunny for some of the shots I wanted.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Rainy Day Project
It was a rainy day. Time to get my mind off of accounting for the weekend. So off the fabric store we went. Jennifer and I found some nice brown material with an embroidered floral pattern that would be perfect for a long skirt. Jennifer was in need of a skirt after losing a few dress sizes, and at six feet tall, long skirts are hard to find. I used a skirt Jennifer recently bought as a model for my project.
-Rob
-Rob
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Turning 2
My baby is 2! Time is going way too quickly. I told myself I would not do it, but I just can't seem to help myself, I baby my baby. Yes, Guinevere gets away with so much more then my other children. And of course she is a smart little girl and knows that she can get away with stuff. I love how she still curls up on my lap when she is upset. I love that she enjoys crashing cars and playing dinosaurs with her brothers and combing her hair and playing dolls with London. She is a picky little eater, and is often cranky because I won't give in and let her eat only graham crackers. Guinevere is adorable and presious, and while it is fun to see her learning new things and start talking, I am sad that my baby years are behind me (I don't miss the lack of sleep though).
We enjoyed a quite party at our house with family for her birthday. I was not feeling very motivated, so after putting on the white frosting I just let my mom decorate the cake. She did a great job like usual.
Opening all those presents was a little too exhausting for Guinevere.
It is a good thing we had some cake on hand to perk her back up.
We enjoyed a quite party at our house with family for her birthday. I was not feeling very motivated, so after putting on the white frosting I just let my mom decorate the cake. She did a great job like usual.
Opening all those presents was a little too exhausting for Guinevere.
It is a good thing we had some cake on hand to perk her back up.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Our trip to see Santa
Visiting Santa this year was a true test of my patience. When a few too many things decided to work against me I should have scraped the whole idea and rescheduled for a different day, but I didn't. The place where I go to get pictures is a huge store, but they allow me to use my own camera to take pictures and they give the kids a print out of the picture they took, all for free. I like free, so I go despite the craziness of the store. On weekdays Santa does not show up till 5pm. I knew that I did not want to go on a weekend because the crowed is too much. Since Rob does not get home that early I decided to arrange for two extra adults to go with me, both for different reasons were unable to show up. I feed the kids an early dinner and we headed out alone. Guinevere was not happy for whatever reason and was screaming almost the whole way there. We arrived at 5:10 and there was already a line. My kids, like all kids I am sure, do not like to wait in lines. They had activities for the children but they were all up closer to where Santa was and I did not feel comfortable letting my kids go up there since I had to stay in line. After 10 minutes of wining I let the older three run up there were the explicate instructions that they had to stay together, yah right. Guinevere was not happy about this either, and proceeded to scream in my arms for 5 minutes before I allowed her to wonder up to where London was by herself. I was close enough not that I could at least see them for the most part. I got a few looks from the other parents standing around me for this, but I am use to it so it did not bother me too much. When I was three people away from getting to see Santa I tried to round my children up. London was the only one who came willingly. I left London in line with the camera and stroller while I went after of my wayward children. London, Jacob, and Joseph all stood willingly with Santa for me to get a picture. I place a mostly calm Guinevere on Santa's lap and she screamed. I was not even able to get a picture of her with my camera. I had originally planned to see Santa a couple times so that I could get a good picture of each of the kids but I was so exhausted after one trip that I never went back.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Zoo
I recently made the mistake of taking the kids to the zoo on a Saturday when an event was taking place. I wanted to go and check out Boo at the Zoo. We were not going to a pumpkin patch this year, it was advertised that there would be a pumpkin patch at this event, and I wanted some cute fall pictures.
First we waited in line to see the new koala exhibit. Cute.
Then we headed to the main event. First off was the hay maze. Rob did manage to get one shot of Guinevere with a bow in her hair before it was lost. None of the other children in this rather lame hay maze. The other kids all made there way to more interesting exhibits like painting picture of a cow.
When Joseph found out the the cow that he had drenched in paint had to stay at the booth to dry and be retrieved later we ended up with this.
After all this fun we lost Jacob to the play area. It was at this time that Rob pointed out the "pumpkin patch" that I had come for. I was somewhat less then optimistic when I sat out to wait in line with the three girls for our turn in the "pumpkin patch." After getting this lovely picture we left. Oh the way home we enjoyed a choir of screaming, thus rounding out a beautiful morning at the zoo.
First we waited in line to see the new koala exhibit. Cute.
Then we headed to the main event. First off was the hay maze. Rob did manage to get one shot of Guinevere with a bow in her hair before it was lost. None of the other children in this rather lame hay maze. The other kids all made there way to more interesting exhibits like painting picture of a cow.
When Joseph found out the the cow that he had drenched in paint had to stay at the booth to dry and be retrieved later we ended up with this.
After all this fun we lost Jacob to the play area. It was at this time that Rob pointed out the "pumpkin patch" that I had come for. I was somewhat less then optimistic when I sat out to wait in line with the three girls for our turn in the "pumpkin patch." After getting this lovely picture we left. Oh the way home we enjoyed a choir of screaming, thus rounding out a beautiful morning at the zoo.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Halloween
I am finally posting pictures again. Sorry to all our family and friends who have been oh so patiently waiting for me to get my life together and post pictures of the kids.
We had quite the Halloween this year. First on Friday we had a trick-or-treat thing at Rob's work in the afternoon, and then London had a thing at her school in the evening. Then Saturday we had the ward Halloween party, and Sunday night the kids went out in the trick-or-treating in the neighborhood. After three straight days of Halloween we ended up with way too much candy, and two very worn out parents.
Before we went out trick-or-treating on Sunday Rob took the kids outside and got some great pictures of them. London was a total ham for the camera. The boys were mostly cooperative, and as long as I did not try to put Guinevere's wings or hat on she tolerated pictures as well.
Total by chance the little girl that I baby sit was also a ladybug for Halloween. Guinevere was not very cooperative at Rob's work trick-or-treat until Esther got out her camera. Both girls loved looking at there pictures.
We had quite the Halloween this year. First on Friday we had a trick-or-treat thing at Rob's work in the afternoon, and then London had a thing at her school in the evening. Then Saturday we had the ward Halloween party, and Sunday night the kids went out in the trick-or-treating in the neighborhood. After three straight days of Halloween we ended up with way too much candy, and two very worn out parents.
Before we went out trick-or-treating on Sunday Rob took the kids outside and got some great pictures of them. London was a total ham for the camera. The boys were mostly cooperative, and as long as I did not try to put Guinevere's wings or hat on she tolerated pictures as well.
Total by chance the little girl that I baby sit was also a ladybug for Halloween. Guinevere was not very cooperative at Rob's work trick-or-treat until Esther got out her camera. Both girls loved looking at there pictures.
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