Las Vegas & California

We left our house Saturday morning and went to Margie's house.  We all packed up her car and headed towards St. George.  We had to stop a couple of times to check the load we had on the top of the car and because Josh wasn't feeling very good (he even threw up a couple of times).
We made it to St. George and had some lunch at Nana's house.  The kids loved having a break from the car and they always love to spend time at Nana's.

After Nana's house we drove to Las Vegas.  We checked into our hotel and got our things all situated before heading out to dinner.  We decided a place with a play ground would be best for the kids.  They were driving us nuts in the hotel room.  After dinner we got some yummy donuts and then went back to the hotel for bed.

This morning we all got up, ate breakfast, and then started our drive to Victorsville where we were going to church.  Yesterday Josh had a pretty high fever and said his mouth hurt so we were going to take him to an urgent care while we were in Vegas, but then he brightened right up and started acting a lot better and his fever wasn't so high.  So we didn't take him.  Then, this morning he woke up saying his mouth hurt and was very unhappy.  So we said we were for sure going to take him in and have him tested for strep.  Tony took Josh to the urgent care while we went to church.  Turns out the poor kid does have strep.  So now he has taken his medicine twice and we hope he starts feeling better soon.
We checking into our hotel near Disneyland and then went to Costco for gas and treats and then picked up some dinner before heading back to our hotel for the night.  It has been nice unpacking, organizing, eating, and chilling at the hotel.  Hopefully everyone will get a good nights sleep and tomorrow everyone will feel great.

Allie's Eating Baby Food

My sister, Julie, gave me her old highchair and we just picked it up, cleaned it, and got it all set up for Allie to use.  I started out with the tray on and it seemed way too big, so with the tray off Allie had some yummy rice cereal and apple sauce for breakfast.
Allie is a funny eater.  She didn't get it at all at first but is slowly figuring it out.  She gets the food into her mouth and then to help swallow it down she sucks on her thumb.  It is super funny but very effective.  Sometimes we have to take out her thumb to give her the food or even try to get the spoon in her mouth before she puts her thumb back in.  Learning to eat is obviously much harder then drinking out of a bottle, but she is slowly getting it...thumb and all.

Happy Valentine's Day/Birthday

Tony got me these beautiful flowers and yummy chocolates for Valentine's Day.  He is currently out of town helping is brother and his family drive here from Washington with is mom.
They left yesterday morning and the kids were pretty sad that they couldn't go on the airplane with Daddy and Grandma.  They got over it and we have been having a grand time hanging out.  We played at my parents house yesterday and today we have been hanging out at home.  The Kunzler's brought us over some yummy cinnamon bread for this special day.  It made some really good toast for breakfast.  My friend Marissa brought over some lunch for my birthday and our kids played together while we chatted.  It was really nice.
Later the kids and I played outside on the neighbors driveway and then after dinner I bathed the kids and now they are all in bed, yeah!  I have received many texts, phone calls, and messages on Facebook for my birthday.  It is nice to see that people have remembered me on this day.  My other friend, Gwen, brought me over a cupcake this evening and it was so nice.  It's always nice to feel loved.

Bath Time

For the first time we had all four kids in the bathtub at the same time.  They thought it was so fun to have Allie in with them.  They all wanted a turn to hold her, but since babies are so slippery when wet we just let Tyler hold her for the picture.  We sure do love our cuties!

Best Winter Weather Ever!

The weather has been so incredibly nice the last week or so.  Today the sun was shining and the the temperatures were perfect.  After church and lunch we all headed outside to enjoy the sun.  Tyler got on his skates and Josh got his scooter and we all headed to the Kunzler's to play on their driveway. 




Tyler loves his roller blades  He has been practicing a lot and has gotten pretty good on his skates.  He is always asking Tony to teach him tricks like skating backwards.  Tony is currently looking for a nice pair of skates for himself so they can skate together.  It is amazing how expensive good skates are. 

Tony and Allie hung out soaking in sun while the kids played and I took pictures.  Tony did start to show Tyler a little bit of what it takes to learn how to skate backwards.  After that lesson we decided to go on a family walk.

Megan loves to get her pictures taken.  This is a shot I got of her running around the driveway.  She kept saying, "Take my picture mommy."  I got out our little red stroller and put Allie in it to see how she'd do on our walk.  I had a picture of us, but I accidentally deleted it, super bummed.  Allie did really good on the stroller ride.  She didn't fuss at all and was such a big girl.

When we went on our walk Josh wanted to ride his bike instead of his scooter.  It is definitely time to take off the training wheels and possibly to time to get him on a bigger bike too.  His knees were pretty high into the handle bars.  I might see if Tyler's bike will work for Josh and then get Tyler a new bike.  Guess we'll see.

Megan wanted to ride her bike on our walk.  Tony pushed Megan and had Koda on his leash  It worked pretty good except when Megan would steer her bike off track.  She too, is almost ready for the next size up in bikes.
After our walk we hung out in our front yard playing soccer and eating otter pops.  What an enjoyable Sunday.  Oh and after all that we went to my parents for my birthday dinner.  It was really yummy and the kids had so much fun playing with their cousins.

Megan's First Hair Cut

Megan before her hair cut with her baby hair that was thin straggly. 

After I cut it.  I was nervous that it would look terrible.  I have never cut girls hair before.  I quickly found that it would be really easy to cut hair shorter and shorter trying to even it out.  I didn't really want to go very short but mainly just get all the baby hair cut and even.  Note: Allie on the floor on her tummy.  She started rolling over today.  She did it like four times while she was on the floor this morning.

This is after her hair was dried.  I did end up trimming her bangs some more after this picture.  For the most part I am pretty pleased with how it turned out.  I guess we'll see if I attempt it again someday.

Ouch Josh

Josh totally biffed it when coming out of preschool today.  My dear friend, Marissa, picked him up with her daughter, Ella.  The kids like to run out to the sidewalk together and he hit his foot on the sidewalk and went down hard...face first.
He did put his hand down to stop himself and that got some pretty good road rash on it too.  He said he cried a little bit, but he is super tough and didn't cry for very long.  He did tell me that it hurt and needed some band-aids to feel better.
He said they hurt pretty bad in the bath this evening and really wanted on new band-aids.  So after his bath he got three new band-aids and is feeling much better. 

Last Indoor Soccer Games

Josh and Megan were excited to get their picture taken after Josh's soccer game.  He scored 2 goals today.  He LOVES his trophy and really enjoyed playing indoor soccer.  Josh scored a lot of goals this season and it was so much fun to see him get so excited when he would score a goal.
Megan and Allie did great watching their brothers play soccer this season.  It could be really fun if they all end up playing soccer at the same time.  Time will tell.

Tyler had a silly indoor soccer team.  We had to quickly get this picture before the next game started.  We have really enjoyed our soccer team and hope to play with them again for outdoor soccer.  We are not going to have the kids play the next session of indoor soccer since we are going to California in February and would miss 2 games.  Tony is going to be gone the Saturday before we go to CA to help drive his brother and his family down here from Washington, so that is 3 Saturday's that he'll be gone.  A few of the parents were disappointed but we hope that they still want to play on our outdoor team.

Megan is Batgirl

Megan wanted to put on Josh's Batman costume that he got for Christmas.  It was super cute to have her come in and say, "I am Batman."  Then I looked down and saw that she was holding a mermaid in one hand and a wand in the other, that made it that much more cute.  Megan is adorable!

Grandpa Willis's Funeral

Tony and Allie waiting for the dedication of the grave to begin.  We sure are going to miss Grandpa Willis.  We are very thankful to Margie for watching the older kids for us!

Bring the casket to the grave.

Michelle, Tony and Allie.  It was a little chilly, but nice and sunny.

Sherri, Wendy, Kevin, Julie, and Michelle

The crazy Clark's with their thumbs up.  We are such nerds.

My mom and dad by Grandpa Willis's casket.

Tony feeding Allie in the lobby after the lunch.

Bill, Norman, Kim, Connie, and Cristy

Nana with Allie.  She really liked Nana, we all do.