Baby Jaguar

Jane was starting to cry because the Letter Xs she was making looked more like letter Ts. Then she stopped herself and shouted, "I'm not a baby jaguar! I'm a BIG jaguar! And I don't cry. I'm mean. And I'm mad!"

International Night (Spring Concert)

Our elementary school had it's bi-annual "International Night Concert" last week. Lorelai's class sang songs from the USA. Lorelai is on the front row in the blue/white dress with a red sash. She was gettin' down and making the audience laugh.

Silas' class sang songs from China. Everyone had to wear yellow or red to match the Chinese flag. Silas is in the yellow shirt in the middle.

And they performed a little dance... Silas was getting into it. :)

Ephraim's class performed songs from the continent of Africa. Ephraim is wearing the white hat that Mystery Man actually bought in Africa years ago.

Everyone had a fun time! 

Azael is 12!

Azael turned 12 recently and had a lot of fun with various celebrations.

Here he is posing with the cool "AZAEL" sign Grandma made for  him.

 

Celebrating with the family...

Middle School Band Concert (Azael is a percussionist and is standing in the back (second percussionist from the right)

A party with friends...

Azael is lucky to have a great group of friends... 4 of these boys are in band together, all of them share a love of computers & videogames, several of them love Dr. Who, and they all talk non-stop! Very fun to watch them in action together.

Finally, Azael got a suit to wear to church because he was ordained as a deacon. A big week... I like how Azael and Dad have the same expression when smiling at the camera. :)

Azael is a great kid and we're excited to see all the fun things he'll do with his life! We love you Azael.

My parents recently celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. My brothers and I threw them a party to celebrate. Here they are, just before the party began, looking dapper:

We even managed to get our kids to pose all together:

Lorelai really enjoyed the dancing more than almost anyone else in the room.You can see her in the brown dress throughout the video below. She had a lasso move and a "riding a horse" move. The band gave her the "Best Dancer Award for 2013, 2012, and 2011." 

Easter

Some photos from Easter weekend

Ephraim wanted a carrot cake for Easter and Lorelai wanted a bunny cake, so we came up with a compromise and had the bunny leave "easter eggs" on the grassy field on half of the cake. 

Jane's latest

Jane cut her friend's hair the other day. oops!

And today I found Jane sleeping in the bathroom shortly after finishing her bath. Even 3 1/2 year olds can look like angelic babies sometimes. :)

A letter from Lorelai

A letter from Lorelai...

The letter says "Mom, I love you. And I love Yier Hasbend Dad. I Love My body." 

Her positive attitude and love is great to witness. And she is like this every day. I could learn much from her. :)