The Reptile Man

Tonight at the Elementary School, The Reptile Man put on a show. I took Hunter, Lauren, and Kiersten. We learned some interesting facts about snakes, turtles, lizards, and alligators. The presenter brought tons of reptiles to showcase. After the show, he had a tortoise, burmese albino python, and a rock iguana out for the kids to touch and in the case of the burmese python, hold.

Hunter, Kiersten, and Lauren all took turns with the reptiles. Kiersten said her favorite part was when the tortoise peed on the floor.

Epic Saying Take Two!

As we were getting ready for Church on Sunday, Connor was very vocal about needing new clothes. He continued to complain as we loaded up and drove the the Church building. Kiersten quickly put an end to his complaining with a, "Too tight, huh?".

We all started cracking up including Connor. The only one who was not happy was Kiersten who thought we were laughing at her. One day she will understand if you say something funny, people will laugh with you.

Where does time go?

Here it is, halfway through January and I still can't write the correct year on anything. I look back at the last post and realize it has been a month since I have updated the blog. It seems lately, time has been flying by. So much has happened in the past month, I will hit the highlights.

* Keith's mom came to visit for Christmas. We had a fun time with lots of sleep in days. Grandma took Lauren, Kiersten, and me to the Nutcracker ballet. Lauren really enjoyed it but Kiersten not so much. Afterwords, she thought it was good but it was hard for her to sit still and watch.

*Keith had surgery on his knee. The doctor removed some torn cartilage from his knee. Thankfully he recovered quickly with no complications.

*Connor took 1st place Prone in 2 shooting matches. One of his 1st Place finishes was for the whole state of Washington. Lately he has been building rockets and finding things to solder together.

*Bryce is also doing well in shooting. He has participated in 1 match so far and placed 5th, just a couple of points out of medalling. Bryce also got a metal detector for Christmas and hopes to find something valuable in his treasure hunting.

*Hunter added 2 more hamsters to our menagerie. They are pretty cute dwarf hamsters named Buddy and Cutie. He is really showing responsibility taking care of his pets.

*Lauren started another session of ballroom dance, this time working on the Cha Cha and the Waltz. Lauren also started reading the Twilight series. Will she like Edward or Jacob?

*Kiersten really enjoyed Christmas break, especially the sleep in days! She is back in Preschool and is doing really well learning her letters. She learns scriptures in her Preschool and can quote John 3:16 for you!

*As for me, I am staying busy. I just got back into couponing and had a very successful day of grocery shopping last weekend. Keith and the kids were way impressed!

There you are...all updated. For now.

Lauren's Ballroom Showcase

Make sure you wait about 25 seconds for dance to begin. This first one is the Viennese Waltz to the song "Once Upon A December".


Again, make sure you wait for the video to run 25 seconds or so before the dance comes on. This one is the Mambo to the song "Mambo!".



Lauren really loves ballroom dance and will be continuing class in January learning the Waltz and Cha Cha.

Connor's Band Concert

I tried to post another video but it wouldn't upload. Connor still enjoys playing the clarinet and loves to try new music.

Kiersten's Preschool Christmas Program

A few musical selections from Kiersten's Christmas Program.

A Partridge in a Pear Tree?

Christmas means time to put the Christmas tree up.  The tree had not even been up for a couple of hours when we found a surprise in the tree.  Definitely not a Partridge!  Morgan thinks he is so sneaky but after a few pictures, Keith pulled him out.  Fortunately he has not made a repeat visit.