Pathetic!

I'm embarrassed at how far back this post goes! Clear back to Easter weekend...We went to the mEGGA Easter Egg Hunt put on by the community. It's always great fun! We made it early enough this year for the kids to get a chance for the free horse rides, coloring, face painting and finally the egg hunt. All four kids were in separate age groups, so we let Maika and Logan go on their own while Kelly took Bronson and I took Nalani. Nalani found a "Golden Ticket" and picked out the Ugliest Doll in the World as her prize:)

What do you do

when a simple "Time-out" doesn't work? Put them in a dog kennel!**

**Please note: No children were hurt during the creation of this blog! As you can see, they were doing it themselves:) Logan tried to fit, but found her long legs were just too long.

Logan's Birthday Party

Logan recently turned ELEVEN! She got to have a few friends sleep over. Everyone got to decorate a pair of flip-flops, they played on the trampoline, ate junk food, and watched "Hotel for Dogs". I think they actually fell asleep at around 2 am. Kelly and Bronson were off having fun at the Father/Son camp out. Is that perfect timing or what?

Slumber Party

This is how we found all our kids after coming home from a date. Don't they look comfortable? From L to R we have: Nalani, Maika, Logan, and Bronson all sprawled out and sleeping.

Who needs a sidewalk?

With Bronson and Nalani thinking they are big kids now, we have corralled all the kids and most of the neighborhood into our backyard. Since we don't have any sidewalks back there they use our fence as the medium of choice. I love it! They play games of tic-tac-toe, write birthday wishes or just draw pictures.

Playing Catch-Up

Just a warning: I will try to catch up on all the things we've been doing lately. I've not been in the blogging mood lately, but will get caught back up so my mom will have something to do when she's not busy at work. I don't know how many times I've heard, "You haven't blogged anything in forever!" So here you go mom...enjoy! Sorry to all you Google Readers who will be bombarded with my updates today:)

Birthday Season

Three out of six of our little family's birthday's take place within two weeks of each other. The rest are spaced out pretty well. April and May are busy times for us! We have two grandma's, countless aunties, uncles and cousins, plus mine, Kelly's, and Logan's birthdays...plus Mother's Day. So here is the official Happy Birthday wish to all our family and friends who recently celebrated or soon will celebrate their big day. I'll try to list them off, but forgive me if I leave anyone out. Here goes: Etano, Michelle, Nathele, Emilie, Gary, Grandma Marcia, Little Kelly (who's not so little anymore, but was named after my Kelly and that's still how we distinguish between the two), Anson, Kekoa, Kekai, Grandma Winna, Kelly, Logan, Nickie, Trey, Jared N., Jeremy L., Dave W.,...Out. Of. Breath.

Anyway, I had a great birthday. We got together at Rochelle's house with a few friends to eat goodies and play games. Rock Band was a big hit! "Shut up, when I'm talkin' to you!" was our favorite lyric:) I was also surprised to get a really cute set of dishes that I'd been eyeing in front of my friends. They were pretty sneaky. Thanks guys! Kelly also cooked a good dinner (he smoked a turkey and had all the fixin's. So yummy!) and then we had cake and ice cream with more friends on my actual birthday.

Kelly's birthday was yesterday. I asked what he wanted for his birthday dinner and he requested Soy Sauce Chicken, rice and broccoli. Jeremy made a cake for him the night before, so he wanted chocolate chip cookies instead of another cake. Oh, how I wish I had pictures of the cake Jeremy made him...He was super tired because Bronson kept us up all night the night before with a fever, so the rest of his present was letting him go to bed by 8:00...He woke up to chocolate chip cookies to take to work.

Logan's birthday is this Sunday. It will be kind of special because eleven years earlier, she was born on my first Mother's Day. I can't believe I've been a mom for eleven years! All Logan really wants for her birthday is cash...she and Maika get to spend some time with family in Utah before the rest of us go down and she wants to save for that. She won't admit it, but is SUPER excited to see the Jonas Brothers at the Stadium of Fire with her aunties and cousins. I know I brag about Logan all the time, but I really couldn't ask for a better kid! She's a good student, athlete, sister, friend and daughter. She is also peppered with some major attitude at times, but we enjoy that too. Most of the time. She is a great help to me and I want her to know that I appreciate all that she does to help me. Whether it's chores around the house or entertaining her siblings while I try to get dinner on the table, she helps! Not always with a smile on her face, but the important part is she does it. Love you, Sis!

Happy Birthday, Everyone!

ps. I'll post pictures when I can find the cord to my camera...