I've been wanting to put some of the funny things that my kids say on here so that I can remember them and so the kids can look back and see what funny, silly, crazy, yet adorable kids they are. Might as well start it up with one that Gage said last week.
He had to go to the bathroom so he said, "I'm going to go squeeze the lemon."
Squeeze the lemon??? What! Well, Max apparently thought this was pretty funny so he started saying it and then of course Lize had to join in and now all three of them say it. I wonder how long this one will last! Oh well, at least there is never a dull moment with these sweet kids of ours. They definitely keep us laughing.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Kure Beach and The North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher
On July 27th and 28th we took a trip out to the coast. We went to Kure Beach the first day. We were all very excited to get out and play in the ocean. We had a blast! The waves were perfect for boogie boarding and just splashing around. They were strong enough to knock even me and Blake over! The kids had a great time. They loved playing on the boogie boards, especially the boys. The day was somewhat overcast with the sun shining through occasionally, but that's just the east coast for you. We don't have the same bright, sunny, blue sky days here that we had in Utah. I definitely miss that. You can tell in the pictures though that it looks overcast. It didn't matter to us, it was still plenty hot, especially when the sun would come out. When we were done playing at the beach we stopped and ate dinner at Chick-fil-a. We love that place! One of the things we definitely like about North Carolina is that they Chick-fil-a's all over, and not just in the malls! Bummer we're on a budget now or we'd probably be there more often.
Gage boogie boarding....
Max could not get used to the idea of sand in his shorts, I mean who really can?? Here he is trying to squat into the water hoping some of it would get washed away. He had handfuls in the pockets of his shorts weighing him down so we did manage to get that out and then turned his pockets inside out which definitely helped. Every so often though I would see him trying to get the sand out. The other two kiddos didn't seem to mind at all.
Eliza constantly had spit on her chin from trying to spit out the salt water. Makes for nice pictures, huh?!
The boys having a blast together splashing around....
Blake and Lize trying to pull each other around on the boogie board. Well Eliza was trying....
Getting buried in the sand....
Blake tried to give Lize a kiss since she couldn't push him away like she usually does and she turned away and spit his kiss off. He thought it was pretty funny!
Blake told Eliza that she looked like a churro after getting buried in the sand which I thought was funny because she totally did look like one! She thought she looked like one too.
After Gage saw all of the burying fun he wanted to get buried too. If you look closely Blake gave Gage some cones. Gage was cracking up about this as he was protesting it. Can you tell where our boys get their humor from?
Like father,
Like son....they both ended up taking naps on the beach.
The next day we went to the aquarium before heading home. It was a nice aquarium. When we got there they were feeding the crocodiles and cleaning their tank at the same time. I definitely wouldn't want that job. The only thing keeping the crocs from the cleaners was a girl trying to keep their attention by giving them fish.
We all loved the seahorses. They are sooo cool looking!
Here Eliza is making a happy face and then a mad face while moving her hand in front of her face like Alex does in Madagascar. She does this all the time and we all laugh at her of course and think she is pretty cute when she does it.
Max LOVES turtles and always wants to take pictures of the turtles, with the turtles, whatever he can of turtles. We usually look for turtles right off whenever we go to an aquarium and then see them again before we go. He has been asking for a turtle, but we were told they are kind of hard to take care of. We told him he could have one when he is a teenager. So he figured it out right away that a teenager means thirteen and that it is five years away. He is such a good boy and never really complains about much, so he never threw a fit or anything that five years is so far away. He just keeps talking about when he is a teenager and gets to have a turtle. I'm sure he won't have to wait that long! That would just be mean!!
Gage boogie boarding....
Max could not get used to the idea of sand in his shorts, I mean who really can?? Here he is trying to squat into the water hoping some of it would get washed away. He had handfuls in the pockets of his shorts weighing him down so we did manage to get that out and then turned his pockets inside out which definitely helped. Every so often though I would see him trying to get the sand out. The other two kiddos didn't seem to mind at all.
Eliza constantly had spit on her chin from trying to spit out the salt water. Makes for nice pictures, huh?!
The boys having a blast together splashing around....
Blake and Lize trying to pull each other around on the boogie board. Well Eliza was trying....
Getting buried in the sand....
Blake tried to give Lize a kiss since she couldn't push him away like she usually does and she turned away and spit his kiss off. He thought it was pretty funny!
Blake told Eliza that she looked like a churro after getting buried in the sand which I thought was funny because she totally did look like one! She thought she looked like one too.
After Gage saw all of the burying fun he wanted to get buried too. If you look closely Blake gave Gage some cones. Gage was cracking up about this as he was protesting it. Can you tell where our boys get their humor from?
Like father,
Like son....they both ended up taking naps on the beach.
The next day we went to the aquarium before heading home. It was a nice aquarium. When we got there they were feeding the crocodiles and cleaning their tank at the same time. I definitely wouldn't want that job. The only thing keeping the crocs from the cleaners was a girl trying to keep their attention by giving them fish.
We all loved the seahorses. They are sooo cool looking!
Here Eliza is making a happy face and then a mad face while moving her hand in front of her face like Alex does in Madagascar. She does this all the time and we all laugh at her of course and think she is pretty cute when she does it.
Max LOVES turtles and always wants to take pictures of the turtles, with the turtles, whatever he can of turtles. We usually look for turtles right off whenever we go to an aquarium and then see them again before we go. He has been asking for a turtle, but we were told they are kind of hard to take care of. We told him he could have one when he is a teenager. So he figured it out right away that a teenager means thirteen and that it is five years away. He is such a good boy and never really complains about much, so he never threw a fit or anything that five years is so far away. He just keeps talking about when he is a teenager and gets to have a turtle. I'm sure he won't have to wait that long! That would just be mean!! 
Friday, July 31, 2009
Everyone Loves Lizey
The past few weeks that we've been here I have captured some pictures of a very regular occurence in our house. It is of all of us being enamored by Eliza and cuddling and kissing on her once she's asleep. Gage is probably the biggest culprit. I catch him doing it all the time. He says he can't help it, he just loves her. So sweet! We are all guilty of it though. The problem is that she does not freely give out hugs and kisses to anyone except for me. She will sometimes be in a lovey mood and then Blake and the boys might get them, but generally it is only me that gets her sweet little hugs and kisses daily. We all love this little girly like crazy, so we'll take them whenever we can get them, asleep or not! We love you LiLi!
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Happy Pioneer Day!
Our new ward had a Pioneer Day party this past Saturday. The kids made hats when we first got there and then we went on a mini pioneer trek. We learned about where the pioneers were headed and some of the conditions they had to endure. Then the kids played some games that the pioneer children played and later we had dinner. For dinner the email invitation said that we would be having BBQ. We learned that here in North Carolina when they say BBQ it doesn't mean hamburgers and hot dogs (that's a cook out), it means shredded BBQ'd pork. It was really good, but not necessarily what we were expecting. Now we know for next time.
This is about the only picture I got of Max. He wasn't in the mood to be social or to play games. You can tell in this picture that he wasn't even in the mood to take a picture. That hardly ever happens!!
Eliza insisted on wearing all of this jewelry. I asked her to take some off, but she thought she looked better with all of it on,
Gage with some of his new friends.
On the mini trek....
Eliza with her new friends Taylor and Alyssa.
This is about the only picture I got of Max. He wasn't in the mood to be social or to play games. You can tell in this picture that he wasn't even in the mood to take a picture. That hardly ever happens!!
Eliza insisted on wearing all of this jewelry. I asked her to take some off, but she thought she looked better with all of it on,
Gage with some of his new friends.
On the mini trek....
Eliza with her new friends Taylor and Alyssa.
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