Mario

I was asked to paint Mario and Sonic for a really cute 4 year old. Of course I agreed, then he brought me an anime picture to work from...I was a little sad. I told Pantera I was really looking forward to painting Mario, so she quickly had an assignment for me. She and her friend Carter play Mario everyday at school and he just became a big brother in her words "this is perfect!" So every morning since, she has greeted me with "Is it done yet?" She is so excited to give it to him.

Zeke thinks he has a baby in his tummy. He loves to touch my belly, then show me his baby. He says he wants a sister. We will see. He said the dinner prayer for the first time it was so stinkin' cute!

Amari loves to help (hinder) with the laundry. It seems like just yesterday Zeke was doing the exact same thing.

Amari loves the song "Popcorn Popping." If you say "i looked out the window" she will open and close her chubby little hands until you sing it to her. I love the picture of her smelling it.

"Tights make me feel like fighting." -Pantera

Tera's talk

I was in a hurry posting last night and forgot to write about Pantera's first talk. Bishop asked her to talk in Sacrament meeting. First off, when I told her about it she was thrilled (not the usual reaction lol!). She wrote the whole thing herself, after shooting down all my suggestions of course. Jess kept asking her if she was nervous, to which she would reply "No, why would I be?" And she really wasn't, she got up there all by herself and gave a great little talk using words like "atonement" and "resurrection." I still can't believe how great she did. When I told her that in the car after church she said "I know, everyone's talking about it."
Poor little Amari woke up in the middle of the night with a fever. I am sad she is sick, but a little relieved that is the reason she wasn't great for pictures yesterday. I was worried we were entering a new anti picture phase and that would truely break my heart,lol!

Happy Easter

I love Easter! And to make it better it fell on our anniversary this year. I can't believe it's been 7 years already.
Look at what a stud my hubby is, man I lucked out!!!

My dad took family pics for us today. I tried to keep the kids clean throughout church, then Amari spits up on her cute shrug right as we sit down...ugh!

But what's even better is that Zeke was a MANIAC!!! He screamed and ran away so we only got a couple shots...we tried right?

I wish I could have gotten some better shots of Amari, she looked darling, but refused to stand up for pics. They are finally revolting I guess.

Ze-tiel mommy

I got Amari's hair in full pigtails the other day. She looked so stinkin' cute! On Friday she finally decided to take on the stairs and she is pretty much a pro by now. So I find her all sorts of places, but usually in my room reading books, just like Zeke loves to do.Pantera is currently obsessed with space. She loves to watch documentaries that bore me to death, but has picked up a pretty sweet Russian accent from them. She came home from school on Monday and asked if she could go to space for her birthday, she even said I didn't have to get her any presents. So if anyone has a spare rocket I could use this November...

Ms. Tera has also come home with some pretty tall tales from school. A couple weeks ago she informed me that she was taking science classes at the highschool and that the older kids were making fun of her for being so small. But, it's ok because she knows all the answers and the teacher is always like "Wow, Tera how did your brain get so big?"

We colored Easter eggs on Saturday. Zeke loved it!!! He has been majorly protective of me lately and will hug me saying "My mama!" The other day he was running through the house singing "Mommy, mommy, mommy, Ze-tiel Mommy!" So cute.

1st birthday

My baby turned 1 today! Of course we had our traditional photo shoot, the 8th of every month since she was born. I bought these gloves to go with her Easter dress (just wait till you see the Easter dress, my favorite little girl dress of all time!) and she loved wearing them.Amari has been a little behind in the gross motor skill department, but she is catching up really quick now. She is starting to thin out and I think that is helping. Please Amari, don't lose those cheeks!!!

She has the most hilarious facial expressions and loves to make people laugh. We are so blessed that she is part of our family. We love you Amari!

Zeke's Fedora

I bought this fedora hat for Tera's dress up collection. Zeke has since adopted it as his own. When Zeke wears this fedora hat he is UNSTOPPABLE, he is AMAZING, he can do ANYTHING. For example, a couple weeks back I hear rustling upstairs at 11pm, I go up to check on the kids and as I open his door, out flies Zeke wearing his hat. He runs down the stairs, picks up a blanket and jumps off the couch over and over again. I tell him to go back to bed, but he is wearing his hat, so he doesn't have to. Naturally I picked up the camera at that point. I just wonder what is going through his head, who is he pretending to be? Yesterday, Pantera got a phone call from one of her friends from school. It was so cute hearing this little voice "Is Pantewa thewe?" They talked for 1/2 an hour and let me tell you it was a very interesting conversation indeed! At one point Pantera walks into our bathroom and says "ours doesn't smell like that." Then a minute later she said "Just squeeze real hard, hard as you can, then it will come out." This is when I asked what they were talking about, to which Pantera replied in a duh mom tone of voice "She's on the toilet." Wow sorry for interrupting. I go to the doctor Monday, I'm really nervous and hope he doesn't lecture me. The big question is the number of kids we plan on. The answer: I promised Jess unless we have a divine revelation and by we I mean him, cuz I've had to talk him into the last 2, we are done after this one. Life is so funny, I didn't want kids now I just can't stop!