Jamie's Rebellion...

Not really...he's not really rebelling, he actually freaked out when he realized how short his hair was going to be on the sides. It was quite traumatic for him. (hee hee) He decided he wanted to do something crazy for the end of school. So as crazy as he is, he decided to get a mohawk!! Little did he know I would really do it for him and not be upset that he wanted to! Bring it on!! I wanted to bleach it out and get really crazy but he's a chicken! After our little stressful episode of creating the mohawk, he actually liked it. All of his friends at school started calling him Mr. T...I didn't think there was much resemblence but I guess that's the only other brown person they've ever seen wear a mohawk. Whatever. He didn't want to cut it off today before church...he had grown attached to it. But he leaves for EFY tonight and I couldn't let him be at BYU with a mohawk. What kind of mother would I be?? :)

Part 2 of these pictures are all the nasty owies on the side of his face. He was riding his bike and somehow totally crashed!! He is so banged up. His shoulder took the worst of it. I almost got sick as I was cleaning it- and I don't have a weak stomach at all. I felt so bad for him. The funny part of it is that he has matured quite a bit because he used to be the biggest pansy when I would try to clean a wound or give him medicine or anything, and I wasn't here when he had his fall, so I couldn't help him. He had to do it all by himself and it was really hard for him, but he didn't cry and told me later that it was payback for all the years he was difficult with me. My baby is growing into a man...it's seriously hard to learn how to let go.

Kai's Preschool Graduation

Well my big boy has finished his first year of preschool. I've decided he's ready for kindergarten next year, but he's not old enough yet...so we will have one more year of preschool with a new teacher. He was so cute at his graduation.

They did a whole little program for the parents and he just smiled the whole time. He has had so much fun at preschool with his "best friends". He loves having play group on thursday with all of his classmates. In fact Miss Andrea his teacher loved this class so much, she is doing summer school. They will meet on tuesdays for 4 hours and just have fun doing experiments and cooking and things like that. Thank goodness for good teachers!! Kai always talks about Miss Andrea, in fact, he dreams about her too. He says her name alot when he's sleeping...could it be his first crush??? It cracks me up!!

Not Yet!!

Maddy came home from school today and handed me an envelope....keeping a very straight face and not saying a word. I thought it was empty, so I just held it up in the light and saw a small tiny square inside it. Recognition slowly set in...it was her front tooth! We've all been making a joke about her keeping it in her mouth until after her pageant. I've been teasing her alot to not lose it for another 3 weeks, but it was hanging on by threads. I didn't think she would make it, but I was hoping! She's going to be the toothless wonder at her pageant, and she's still going to knock them dead.

Malak's Birthday

On to the cake......he wasn't sure at first what to do, but once he tasted that sweet frosting, there was no stopping this kid! He went to town eating ALL of his little cake and throwing as much as he could all over the floor and grandma's walls. He devoured the entire cake! But he paid for it later. He spent the whole night throwing up! I guess his little body couldn't handle all the sugar. I felt so bad for him! Other than getting sick, I think he had a great birthday! I can't believe he's 1 already. It's going by way too fast for me!

We went up to Grandma's house to celebrate Malak's 1st Birthday. We thought it would be easier to take our tribe up there than expect everybody to come for his birthday so we spent the weekend with Kieth and Hariella. We were opening presents and Malak was bored....he wasn't sure what to do, but his siblings kept opening everything for him. He loved his presents once they were out of the paper, but wasn't sure what to do with them when they were wrapped. We had a lot of family members there and it was fun to spend time with everyone.

Malak's Walking!

I know I am really late with this because he's actually been walking since he was 11 months, but better late than never! He has been our soonest walker...and the hardest to contain. His favorite thing to do is play on the stairs! He used to just sit there on that bottom step and clap and play and then get up to try and walk, but now we're lucky if he's not up the whole flight of steps before we can catch him!! He is so fast, but hasn't learned to come down. He just sits on the landing and sceams at me to come get him.....! We're working on getting him to turn around and come down safely, but he thinks he's big and tries to step down with his feet. We've had a few falls. James makes fun of him walking. He says he looks like the alien from "Men in Black", you know the exterminator that gets possessed by the alien and looks totally drunk every time he walks? That's my son!! He's getting better on his feet, but he sure is cute!

Oahu Day 1-3

This is the first day that we were in Oahu. We woke up early and went to the base first to check things out and get our tickets for the Polynesian Cultural Center. It was fun to just drive around on the island and look at everything. It is such a beautiful place to try to absorb it all is hard. The PCC was alot of fun. We went in the afternoon for the Luau and the big show so we didn't wear the kids out in one day. We decided to go back the next day to visit the villages. The evening show was amazing. One of the best fire dancers I have ever seen. I enjoyed watching the kids try the poi poi balls and the stick games from New Zealand. I think it's exciting to learn about the beautiful culture from Polynesia and my kids thought it was very interesting. I think Jamie just liked all the half naked girls!!

Hawaii

We are in Hawaii! This is for sure the most beautiful place on earth. We decided to bring the kids on a family vacation since we didn't get to take one last summer because Malak was born. We have wanted to return to Hawaii with our children for years, but just never have. It is my favorite place to be and I'm pretty sure my children will adopt that mentality! We are having so much fun!

The kids did really well traveling. We left Las Vegas at around 6:00 in the evening. I think the excitement kept everybody awake longer than I expected, but for a 6 1/2 hour flight, they did amazing, especially Malak. We arrived at around 9:40 local time and went to get our rental car.

We drove to the north shore and we are staying in Turtle Bay which is absolutely beautiful and very quiet. We have a 2 bedroom condo that sleeps everybody very comfortable. In fact, we have room for at least 2 more people....any takers on the next trip??? The first night was a little rough, only about 2 hours sleep for mommy and daddy. We didn't have a crib for Malak. We trained him too well not to sleep with us and we paid for it the first night, but went quickly to get a crib the next day and Malak slept wonderful!!

Madelyn's Choir Experience

I tried out for choir and on tuesday my music teacher called my house and told my mom that I was in choir! And I felt exited! Last tuesday was my first time going to practice. We go to practice at 8:20 in the morning, I do not like to get up that early. This tuesday I have practice again.

Malak's Crawling!

It is so fun to watch thislittle boy move around! Nothing stops him from getting to where hewants to be. I don't remember any of my other kids being as fast as he is....but I'm getting
old and my memory isn't as good as it used to be! Malak's favorite thing to do is to crawl over to the fireplace and get up on his legs and walk back and forth! Any time we put him down, he finds a way to pull himself up to something so he can stand. He only crawls when he wants to go fast. I think he's going to be an early walker....ugh!!