Kenni's 1st lost tooth

This morning Kenni FINALLY lost his 1st tooth. This thing has been loose FOREVER! Since two of his girl cousins beat him to loosing their 1st teeth he has really been working on getting the sucker out! Both Laura and Little Man let their teeth just dangle before pulling them out. Not Kenni..Mr. Tough guy. He asked James last week to pull it but it just wasn't ready. Well after another week of wiggling it he went back to Daddy and this time it came out. James said he heard it crack a couple of times and then it came out but Kenni didn't even let out a peep! Kenni can get shots and pull teeth with no tears but tell him he doesn't get video games and the whole world ends!

It's Raining, It's Pouring....

AZ City is flooding! Monsoon 2010 has definitely arrived! Thursday the weather man forecasted it to rain but not before 5pm. Well about 1:30 the rain came down in buckets! A lot of the surrounding areas got terrible wind (60-70 mph) but we only got rain. The kids were scared because of the thunder and usually when the monsoon hits we loose power. They all went and found their flash lights but I went out under the front porch and watched it rain! I was always scared as a kid, even as an adult in IL, of storms but since we've been here I just love the storms. Once the kids saw I was okay they came out with me and we just sat and watched it rain! That night I was woke up in the middle of the night because it was raining again. Friday was pretty quite but again I was woke up from my sleep friday night from rain. When I got up this morning our whole backyard was underwater and our pool is VERY FULL! This afternoon we headed up to see James' Uncle and it took us a half an hour to get out of AZ City because there was no way to go that wasn't flooded! We even saw kids tubing down the road! By the time we got home this evening the water had mostly receded but there is still a lot of water in the streets. Now everything is a muddy mess but we sure do welcome the rain anytime we can get it!

Busted

Laura is ALWAYS singing! Everytime I catch her really into it she's done by the time I get the camera. The other day I got her! She's too funny and she has to look at her self in the mirror when she sings!

Down on the Farm

Saturday Greg and Laurel had us over for dinner and just to hang out. It was great food and great fun. As soon as we got there Kenni had to go check the chickens for eggs. He just loves those chickens! The kids played outside for a while with the chickens and then it was time to eat. After dinner it was time to feed the horses so the kids of course had to help do that too! By that time the wind had really kicked up so that was it for the outside stuff. The kids then watched some tv (they have cable!) and played legos and it was time to go. On the road in front of the neighbor's house James spotted a snake! Again I didn't see it until he pointed it out to me. I would not make a good survivor in the desert!

TinkerMaddi

Aunt Tammi got a swimsuit for Ally and it didn't end up fitting her so she sent it to Maddi. It is Maddi's favorite swimsuit and she just looked so cute this day so I wanted to share this picture!

What to do on a rainy day......

Last night Laura Belle wanted popcorn....but she wanted real popcorn, not the microwave stuff. Since Laurel is the Queen of making popcorn I called her and she walked me through it. To my surprise it turned out GREAT! What I didn't realize was how much it made!!! It made 2 huge bowls of popcorn. We only ended up eating the smaller of the two bowls. Instead of throwing it all away we saved it and made caramel corn today. It worked out well too because it was raining today. After making the caramel corn the kids enjoyed it while playing the game of Life.

We're Gonna Get You

The boys absolutely love having mohawks. Their school won't let them come to school with obscene hairdo's. I told them during the summer we would let their hair grow out and then give them hawks before school started again. I had tried before to put Laura's in a faux hawk but wasn't successful. I put the girls' hair up in pin curls. I thought they looked adorable but Laura cried the whole time I was doing her hair. I think she really liked it when it was done but of course she wasn't going to tell me that!!!! We decided to do a photo session today...I should say I decided...The kids weren't, and never are happy about taking pictures. It started out with Maddi crying and ended with Laura crying.

Life after the Fulford's

Our very distant friends Mike and Becky came to visit us for a couple of days. Since we miss them so much and can't see them anymore, we stayed up very late and of course the kids woke up very early. We also spent pretty much the whole day in the pool yesterday so today after they left this is how I found my girls.....
Passed out like I've never seen before! For one Maddi never falls asleep voluntarily, not in my bed, and during the day and I don't know what Laura was thinking sleeping in the chair when there was a bed within a foot of her! We were so happy to see them and miss them like crazy all over again :(

Ahoy! Me Mateys

This weekend we had Kenni's friend Alex's 6th birthday party. He had a pirate birthday and his mom Holly throws ultimate birthday parties. She is also the ultimate cake maker! Anyway...I didn't take these pics ( I forgot my camera can you believe it?) but they were just too cute not to share!

Can you tell it's Laura?

Arrrr....

The ultimate pirate cake...EVERYTHING (except for the little skull guy) you can eat!

Goin' on a treasure hunt....James was the winner!

Kenni and the birthday boy Alex. Doesn't Kenni look even more like his Daddy with the facial hair?

Laura Crocker

Laura has been my little baker lately. She helps me out a lot but recently she has made two desserts all on her own. She made rice crispy treats a few weeks ago and the other night she made brownies. I was so proud of her to do it all by herself and they were really good too!

God's Promise

One neat thing about living in AZ is we do get to see quite a few rainbows. They are always so bright here too! Last night it was trying to rain but it I guess it evaporated before it ever hit the ground here! The weather man says we should for sure get some rain tonight!!! We'll see! We sure do need it! It's been something like 78 days without rain.

Boys will be Boys

The boys were using their imagination the other day and this is what they came up with!
Broken Arms! Then for the next hour or so they were trying to do everything with a "broken arm"! I was cleaning the house and they had some stuff to put away. They were trying to do it with their broken arms but it was just causing more trouble so I made them take the slings off. Terrible Mom I know!!!! They had fun while it lasted and I'm sure they will bring them out again!

Japanese

We had a lamp that broke and the boys were taking it out to the trash. Kenni was carrying the top dome part and decided it would be good to put on his head. Then he started dancing around saying "I'm Japanese" The others of course had to do it too but Kenni looked the most funny.

Indoor Fun

A couple of Christmas's Mikey got the kids helicopters. At the time we didn't have enough batteries (they each take 6) and the kids had a lot of other stuff to play with anyway so I put them away in the closet for a later time. Well a year and a half later I was cleaning out the closet (and we actually had batteries) so I got them out for the kids. Not even 2 days later Little Man broke his. He cracked the propeller and thought a band aid would work to put it back together. Well it fixed the propeller but now it's too heavy on one side! He had a good idea though! So now instead of bugging me for something to do they have the helicopters to keep them occupied!! We'll see how long it lasts :)

Our New Pet......

Ch Ch Ch Chia pet that is!!!! Chia Shrek actually. We tried to make him have eyebrows and a soul patch but those parts never sprouted for some reason. And for those of you who know how well I am with plants, it's amazing that any of it sprouted at all!

3rd of July

For some reason the fireworks for our town are on the 3rd of July. The fireworks are really awesome for our little town and the best part is we sit right in our driveway! It also turned out to be a really nice night for sitting outside!

Will It Rain Already?!?!?!

According to the weather man we haven't had rain since Apr 22nd. It's been windy lately and since it is so dry the wind has kicked up a lot of dust. Now the air is yucky and we are all having breathing problems. 2 nights in a row last week I was up doing breathing treatments with James and Maddi. Laura, Kenni and I are all congested and we have sore throats. It's not fun living in a dust bowl :(

Maddi does such a great job sitting through her breathing treatments! Poor thing!