Hiya.

Our Joy School group minus one. This one was cute(except Rory choking Ashlyn)..Caden didn't want to be in the shot... Love Caden's face in the background!!

Rory and Danny pushing Caden around, at their friend's birthday party.

Syd hanging out at the party.

Rory's friend Sydney had a birthday party last week, they had a cute cooking theme. The kids played games, made pizzas, rolled dough, and most importantly, played and ate cake! Playing "musical kitchen utensil."

We hit the park last week with Lynnette and my friend Letecia. Rory is good friends with her son Gene. Here they are wearing themselves out.

Sydney relaxing. Isn't that the life?

My niece Kaydence.

Lynnette and the girls.

Grandpa stopped by last week for a visit, Sydney was happy to see him. We went to Joy School to pick up Rory and Grandpa surprised him. He was excited to see Grandpa there to pick him up!!

It's Friday...finally! Fridays are my favorite day of the week, the day before the much anticipated weekend. I love having Micah home. It makes the days so nice when we are all together. And especially love the Saturdays when it's my turn to sleep in. Which would be tomorrow. So double yay!

Anyways, today is also May 1st. We(me and the kids) leave for St. Louis in 2 weeks for a short visit, Rory can't wait to get on the airplane. The last time he flew was when he was 1, so he can't remember. I'm nervous flying with both kids, but thankfully will have my Mom and all three sisters with me, so it should be even easier than if Micah were with us(maybe).

We had a bout of beautiful warm weather at the very beginning of last week, but nothing since...it's been cool(but not too cold), and it may rain tomorrow...I'm getting anxious for some consistently warm weather, so we can plan some outings.

Sydney is now the proud owner of 4 teeth, with two more on the way. It's been a long crabby road, which isn't even close to over, but hey, 4 down, 16 to go!!

Have a great week everyone!

It's so hot!!!

Rory and Gene on the speeder car(or as Dad calls it, the "lamer" car)...it's definitely not as cool as the steam engine or the trolley car, but Rory likes it. Sydney at the park.

All three cousins in the swings, Sydney, Kady and Rory(and Uncle Keith).

Me and Lynnette and the girls.

Dads and the girls.

Sydney and Brandon and Jacob. If everyone who is in our ward actually stays for the next 16 years or so, she's going to have TONS of cute boys to pick from to date. She's definitely in the minority of girls, tons of little boys nowadays!

Rory running around the splash park.

She didn't want to keep her hat on, she looked so cute, though!

Rory and his best buds Caden and Danny.

Well, today and yesterday have definitely been the beginning of summer here in San Diego. It's been close to 100, and the a/c has made it's yearly run already...(it's on now). Saturday was gorgeous, Rory spent the morning running errands with Daddy, and then when he got home, Rory and I went to Old Poway Park and rode the train with our friends Gene and Letecia. Then after naps, Uncle Keith and Aunt Lynnette and Kaydence came over and we had dinner at another nearby park, and hung out for the evening. Today we decided to cool off by heading to a nearby park that has an awesome splash pad, so we spent the morning hanging out with some friends and cooling off. Rory had a blast and didn't want to leave! We'll definitely be spending lots of time at this park this summer.

Girls night, bye Kelli and Whitney!!!

Rachael, Luisa, Stacey, Kelli, Whitney, me, and Rosa.

We had to go out to say goodbye to our good friends Kelli and Whitney, who are both moving this week(I am still thinking I can find a way to keep them both here...). So we(me and some of our other wonderful close friends) had to give them a proper send off with one more girls night out for them to remember before moving to Utah and Idaho(seriously? can't you guys stay? Who needs those states, anyways?). Well, I love you both so much, and anxiously await your return visits...

Easter post

The Easter Bunny came to our house, and it turns out it's Sydney! Rory and his cousin Madelyn at Grandma and Grandpa Kim's house.

Rory searching for Easter eggs with his cousins.

Tara, Holli, me, Mom, and Lucretia.

Sydney enjoying herself.

Dad and Sydney at Mema and Grandpa Drury's house on Sunday.

Rory and his friend Jake doing the Easter egg thing...Rory got so much candy this weekend!! uuugghh....

Me, Kady, Lynnette and Sydney.

Mom, Sydney, Kathryn and Kasey

Rory on his bike.

Rory was so nice to share his brownie with Mema.

Sydney on Mema's table...

A random shot of Rory jumping on the couch this morning....has to get a picture of it before I yelled at him to get down!

Well, we had a fun filled weekend, spent Saturday at Micah's parents, and Sunday with my parents...needless to say Rory got more than enough treats, so I hid them away to use as bribery tools when needed! Anyways, hope you all had a great Easter!

My Kids...

Okay, I need to get back on track with updating this blog!! Anyways, my friend Tara was so sweet and took photos of the kids this week, and they came out so great!! Here's a few of my faves, I love all 300 that she took, but obviously I'm not going to post all of them on here for your viewing pleasure!! And Sydney wasn't at all in the smiling mood, I think out of all of them, we got a couple where she had a smile on her face, so we'll do another photo shoot of the whole family soon, and hopefully get a few of her beautiful smile!

Anyways, not much else going on. We all had the flu about two weeks ago, poor Rory had the worst of it, he was sick for a week, but everyone is recovered. I'm working on my three month supply of food(and will slowly work towards a year), if anyone has any great tips for this, feel free to let me know. I'm looking for the best way to stock my shelves for the cheapest amount of money. We are going to have a deep freezer in our possession as of this week, so I have big plans to try this new thing out where i spend one Saturday a month cooking, and freeze enough pre-portioned meals to have dinner every night(or most nights) of a month. We'll see how that works. The freezer will also come in handy for the shopping trips that I find great deals on anything I can freeze(produce/meats/etc.). Anyways, I've been feeling the big push to really make sure we're following the counsel of the Prophet, and I need to make sure we're prepared with the necessities!