Seth is 6

Seth had 3 celebrations for his birthday this year.  We were visiting Visalia 2 weeks ago, so we celebrated with all the family there.  He got a pumpkin pie for his cake.  Then on his actual birthday he wanted Rachel to make her no-bake cookies and we opened presents with our family.  Then we celebrated his birthday with his friends a few days later.  For that he had a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and he had a pinata, and nerf war, and roller coaster races with his friends.

 Seth got his first lego set this birthday.  He loved it.  He's already put it together 4 times.

What makes you happy:  someone that would play with me
Favorite food: noodles and alfredo sauce
Favorite thing to do:  Playing video games
What are you really good at: soccer

Favorite Movie: Brother Bear

Favorite TV Show: The Odd Squad

Favorite color: red
Favorite song: Rudolph

Best friend: Asher and Bridger Melvin

What do you and your mom do together: play games

What do you and your dad do together: play games and he gives me gummy bears

Favorite sport: soccer

Favorite place to go:  McDonalds Playplace

Favorite animal: penguins

What do you want me to be when you grow up: a guy who jumps out of planes with a parchute-Army guy

Christmas

This year, Grandma and Grandpa, Dustin and Sheila and Kristal came to visit us.  They got a great hotel room at the Trump.  We rode the High Roller, sat in their hot tub, ate at the Stratosphere and played lots of games, shopped, acted out the nativity, opened presents and ate a lot!

Deans Visit

Our great friends, the Deans stayed with us on their way to CA and back.  And we met them for a day at Knott's Berry Farm.  The weather was great and we had so much fun. We even got to make our traditional candy trains with them.

Thanksgiving in Visalia

For Thanksgiving we went to Visalia.  Thursday we ate  and went to see the new Hunger Games movie.  And the dads took the kids to the Penguins of Madagascar movie. Friday we went to the coast.  We tried to go to Hearst Castle but all the tickets were sold out by the time we got there.  So we played at a park and walked on a pier and went out to eat. Saturday we went to the Fresno zoo.  We had a great time. 

 Anteater faces

 Flamingo legs

 Bob must have been magnetic. The kids kept sticking to him.

Utah trip

We went to up Utah to visit the Deans and so Bob could see some BYU games.  We had a great time at the Dean's beautiful new house. We played games and ate great food and watched movies.  It was freezing there that weekend.  I think we were all wondering how the Deans could have moved to a place so cold. Rachel and Savannah attempted a hot chocolate stand and the boys all played basketball in the backyard. Before we left we stopped for a quick visit at Temple Square.

Ruby is 4

What makes you happy:  presents
Favorite food: yogurt and quesadillas
Favorite thing to do:  play toys
What are you really good at: opening presents

Favorite Movie: Frozen

Favorite TV Show: Bubble Guppies

Favorite color:  every kind of color
Favorite song:  Let it Go

Best friend: Kloey Boyd and Lizzy Wagner

What do you and your mom do together: go shoppin

What do you and your dad do together: help him do stuff

Favorite sport: you know those things that go in the snow (skiis)

Favorite place to go:  Grandma's House

Favorite animal: puppies and kitties

Favorite Book: Dog Tails

What do you want me to be when you grow up: a fish man or a pizza man

Aaron is 9

Sunday was Aaron's birthday.  We got Krispy Kreme's the night before and he opened his presents in the morning.  Then we had white sauce and noodles and his funfetti birthday cake and ice cream after church. This Friday he'll take a friend and his brothers and sister to laser tag

What makes you happy:  going to the Buffet
Favorite food: white sauce
Favorite thing to do:  soccer
What are you really good at: soccer

Favorite Movie: Charlotte's Web and Mom's Night Out

Favorite color:  blue
Favorite song:  Centuries by Fall Out Boy

Best friend: Cannon Dean and Tyson Pettingill

What do you and your mom do together: Eat

What do you and your dad do together: play

Favorite sport: soccer, football and Basketball

Favorite place to go:  Aliante Buffet

Favorite animal: Funny animals like blub-fish and goblin shark

Favorite Book: World records 2012

What do you want me to be when you grow up: A GIS or  NBA player