Cute Carson

Just some cute photos of our little buddy Carson from the past couple of weeks. He is getting so big. Just had his 9 month check up today...21 pounds 8 ounces and 29 inches long. Also has a double ear infection...poor little guy. But he is the happiest sick kid ever and I am so grateful for that!

Happy Father's Day!

My kids are so lucky (and so am I) that they have the best Dad ever! He loves to play with them, loves to take them to all of his Church meetings and activities with him, is an awesome example for them and loves to teach them all good things (with a few minor exceptions, of course). Our Father's Day was spent having fun together for the first 1/2 of the day and then having the Roaches over for a yummy Cafe Rio dinner and fruit tart dessert. It was yummy! The kids did a great job picking out a new tie and shirt from Banana and even kept it a secret! They loved watching their Dad open their gift and were also very proud of the "lollipop ties" they made for him in Primary. We love you! I am grateful to have such a great Dad for my kids.


My Dad is amazing too...I am so grateful for his love and advice throughout the years. It was fun to see him spotlighted in the Santa Clarita Valley Magazine for Father's Day. It does take a special person to take care of 8 kids. Thanks for all of your sacrifices and hard work, Dad!

Eliza's 3rd Birthday

On June 8th, Eliza turned 3! A few days before her birthday, she went for her first "professional" haircut at Fun Time Cuts and sat in the airplane. She has gone there many times to watch Kolby get his hair cut and now it was finally her turn. She loved it! More than the haircut, she loved playing dress up in the back with the owner's granddaughter and singing and dancing with her. It was so cute.
We went down to Grandma and Grandpa's house for the weekend and Eliza was so excited until she wrapped her entire hand around the HOT HOT curling iron and we ended up in Urgent Care. You'll notice her cute little pink cast in all of her birthday photos. The cast definitely made everything all better. She felt like a very special one handed princess and was so disappointed when we got home from the dr. because everyone was napping and she didn't have anyone to show her cool cast. When everyone did see it, though, they were sure to give lots of sympathy. She had a fun birthday party with her Tinkerbell cake that she helped me make, she dressed up as Belle and acted like the perfect princess through the pin the tiara on the princess game, the princess pinata, the presents and cake and ice cream. Some of her favorite gifts were for sure the Barbie guitar (she wears the microphone all the time in the car and pretends to sing along to all the songs on the radio) and the Tinkerbell bathing suit. She also loves all of her new princess movies and the cute little princess figurines that her cousin Abbey gave her. The rest of the family loves her Dance Dance Revolution game. She doesn't quite get it yet, but Kolby is really good at it and he and I love to practice when Eliza and Carson are napping. I'm sure plenty of you are laughing at that image of me and DDR. It is as funny as you think! It was such a fun, simple birthday party. Just my style!
When we came home from Grandma and Grandpa's house she had a very momentous moment...she threw all of her binkies in the trash can. Yippee...no more hunting for binkies all over the place. She has done awesome. She threw them away and hasn't even asked for them since. We are so proud of our big 3 year old princess! 2 days after her birthday she got to start preschool for the summer. She was so excited and has been loving every minute of it! Lots of fun stuff for this little girl. Enjoy the slideshow.

Happy 34th Birthday, Geoff!

Geoff celebrated his 34th birthday on June 4. We surprised him at work with a big balloon bouquet that the kids were so excited to take to him. The best surprise was just us showing up at work since we rarely make it over there to visit. I'll have to admit, this wasn't his best birthday ever...he picked out his own presents, the homemade ice cream roll didn't turn out as great as I had planned and he didn't get to go to the Dodgers game that he was so excited to go to. On the positive side, he did get lots of special attention from his cute little family. The kids were so excited for Dad's birthday. We promise to make 35 much better for you!

Bakersfield Triathlon

Once again, I should have posted this a very long time ago. Better late than never...right? Well, I must admit that when I married Geoff I had no idea that I was marrying an awesome athlete. He did his first Triathlon in May in Bakersfield when it was 106 degrees outside. It definitely wasn't supposed to be that hot, but it was one of those weird weather patterns unfortunately for him. In that kind of heat, a triathlon is torture (or so I hear), but after his 1 mile swim and his 20 mile bike ride, he still made it running through 10 miles in the mountains. Most people stopped the triathlon after the swim or bike because of the grueling heat, but Geoff was determined (or crazy) and continued on to the end and finished with a very respectable time. Way to go!!! I've attached a photo from a distance because those triathlon outfits are a bit skimpy for a close up. Seriously!

Kolby's Last Day of Preschool May 2008...

...in Miss Joy & Mrs. G's class. This is a picture of him with Mrs. G at the last day of school picnic at the park celebration. He has had so much fun spending 2 years with these fabulous teachers. They have been so great to him. At the end of the school year, the classes all performed for the parents and here is a video clip of Kolby's class. You can see Kolby on the left with his red handkerchief that he was so proud to wear as he sang "Down on Grandpa's Farm." It was pretty funny to see my little boy yelling out the words up there. I remember last year's performance and he didn't even know the words to the songs and definitely didn't want to be singing. But this year was a whole different story...he is quite the performer. We like to call him "Big Marty". What will the next few years bring??? Sorry no video...why can't I load anything longer than 20 seconds??? any ideas???

Kolby T-Ball Fun

I should have posted about this a long time ago, but I am finally getting around to doing some "catch-up" posts. Kolby played T-ball for the first time this year and he was awesome. He was known by his teammates and the other parents as "Bruiser" after he hit a line drive right into another player's forehead during a game. He is a very strong hitter and of course at this point in life, that is really the only part of the game he enjoys! We need to work on the fielding, but for now, we are happy that he has so much fun hitting. He had fun playing...was always so excited to go to practice and games and his coach, Robert Salazar, was great. He even bought all of the kids trophies and handed them out at a pizza party at the end of the season. Kolby carried that trophy around with him for a few days, maybe weeks, after receiving it. Eliza threw it into the closet door the other day, but thanks to some super glue it is good as new. Here are some photos of "Bruiser" in action...