"Twinner" Outfits and Ty too

Kate wore a new shirt today.  I showed her a dress that she wore when she was a baby made out of the same patterned material  (no pictures to upload of the dress, since those were the days before we had a digital camera).  Kate thought it was pretty cool.

The baby dress now belongs to Hello Kitty.

And, of course,  I had to take a picture of Ty since I had the camera out.  Nothing like sitting in the road eating an apple.

Cosmo

While we were in Utah, we took a trip to Provo and visited BYU campus.  The guys went on a tour of one of the athletic buildings (I don't know what it was called since I was gone getting my hair cut).  Anyway...at the end of the tour they gave the kids a copy of the DVD, Cosmo, Back to the Future. 

Jack has watched this DVD multiple times since we got home last week.  He now pretends to be Cosmo (instead of Buzz, Andy, etc.).  This is fine, except that Cosmo kicks the bad guys in the movie, so we've had a few talks about that.

On Sunday, Kate made Jack this awesome Cosmo helmet. 

It even has a smiley face on the front.

This hat (that Jack LOVES and wears everywhere) was made out of a fireman hat that Kate cut apart and refashioned with duct tape.  Pretty creative.  Other kids will see Jack wearing it and say, "awesome helmet!"

I wonder if Jack will be disappointed when we go to a BYU football game and he sees Cosmo in person (hanging out with the cheerleaders).

First Grader

Kate started first grade last week.  She was so excited to start school again!

Kate loves her teacher Mrs. Brosha.  All of her close girl friends are in another class, but most of her favorite boy friends are in her class.  They are cute kids!  It's hard to believe that Kate is already in first grade!

Reunion Week

We spent a week in Utah with Dave's family.  We started out the week by going to the Emery County Fair parade and the Castle Valley Pageant.  We spent the week playing with cousins, swimming at the new Castle Dale swimming pool, trips to Walmart, visited the doctor with Jack (coughing and wheezing all night), cooked, ate, ran, celebrated our ninth anniversary, etc.

We took the kids over to some dirt hills to ride their bikes.

The kids loved playing dodgeball.  

The girl team

 

 Boy team

 

 We spent two days in Clear Creek all together.

The kids at the top of our early morning hike to the water tower before breakfast.

 

 

View of the town from the water tower hill

 

 The kids loved riding in the back of Grandpa's truck.

 Jack loved it too.

 

 The kids loved shooting Grandpa's gun

 

 

 

Most of the grandkids (minus three babies)

 

 Ty LOVED being able to scoot around on the dirt and get really dirty.

 

 The kids loved being with Grandma.

 

 Picking up bullet shells.

 

 Bullet whistles.

 

Catching snakes

 

Grandma planned a fun treasure hunt for the kids.  Kate and Katelyn were a team.

 

Austin and Jack were a team.

 

 Grandma gave all the kids fun prizes.

 

 Aunt Maggie made this great "J" pinata.

 

 The kids loved the candy that was inside.

 

 We all went on a hike.

Jack loves hiding off the hiking trail and scaring us.

 

The five baby cousins born last year

It was fun being with all of Dave's family together for the first time in three years.  The kids loved playing with all fourteen of their cousins!  It was a good time.  And we drove home on my birthday (after Maggie made me some fabulous chocolate birthday cookies).

Gutter Boy

Ty loves to be outside when the kids are outside and his most favorite place to sit is in the gutter.  Don't worry, I sit right by him and move him if cars come by.  Who knows what my neighbors think...

Little Miss Photogenic

Kate got her hair cut today, so I snapped a picture of her outside tonight.  This girl is so photogenic (and she has great hair).

Obi-Wan

Meet the new Obi-Wan (and yes, I did have to google how to correctly spell his name). 

We've been watching all the Star Wars episodes with the kids.  The kids LOVE them and Jack is a little obsessed.

Every Jedi has to have his own light saber, so here is Jack with his "light saver."  Jack said that if it's okay if he loses it because the older Jedi's will find it for him.

Jack Obi-Wan loves to fight anyone with his light saber, including his little defenseless brother. 

And, he's got some great Jedi-fighting moves (thanks to gymnastics class).