new addition...

Because of this little bundle of Joy
Raimey Grace Alger....

Our house got these bundles of energy!!! :o)
the boys getting ready for another foot race...
The girls holding hands, "mowing" the lawn.
these will seem tame...it was nap time! Miss Tahlia is so cute zonked on the couch!
The boys were happy watching a movie...
and we even played with a little goop! :o)
They are all such good friends...it was great to have the alger's come and play...we were sad when they went home....we really would have kept them longer...maybe when our house empties out a little we can have them over again for a little sleep over! :o)

Visit from the Dan Squared Family!

Dan and Danna and the kids came for a visit! It was so AWESOME to see them...it seems like forever since the last time. We had a ton of fun and the kids LOVED being together. At one point we had 11 kids at Mand's house playing and they did VERY little fighting! :o) PG walked around saying "I love Riley and Jake"!!! Thanks for coming guys, it was Great!!!
This is PD once she fell asleep while/after eating a huge marshmallow. it was EVERYWHERE! She had to get a bath! (not that she minded that part!)

KJ doing what KJ does best...playing on the computer...actually he was helping Dan with his computer. and PD and Leili were playing too. Cute girls!
This is what the celestial room of the temple looks like in miniture. At Temple Square they have a huge model of the temple. it was SO cool!
Here are the 2 ya-hoo's in the visitor's center. they are cute, but crazy!!

Lagoon '10

Here is our annual summer Lagoon fun with KJ's Work....
we left PR with a friend so she wouldn't be out in the sun all day...
PD went this year, there was still plenty for her to ride even though she was 2" too short for some of the rides.
She wasn't too sure about the whole ride thing....but we got her on a few...
like Bulgy the Grey Whale! Look how happy PG is! He wanted to ride EVERYTHING, over and over an over again!
She did ok on the swings but then she was about done!
She just wanted to walk US around, while PG was on rides.
It's like "Driving Miss Daisy"
They are too cute!
PG and I at the beginning of the Log water ride.
us at the end....
See, this was her idea of a good time...
She about freaked out when she thought this coaster car was going to move...but it wasn't
PD did care for this on at ALL! But PG put one arm in the air and had a great time with Daddy!
I wish we would have found her niche earlier! Bumper cars...she complained the whole time they were on but she sure didn't want to get off! (She cried all the way to the car! - but fell asleep about 3 seconds after we started for home!)

cutie pies....and a very special day!

Here is your fix of really cute kids....
Look at me...I am a ballerina! (or something...)

Hey Mom, take a picture of me too!
look at that CHEESE!! He cracks me up!!!
They are so sweet together...sometimes! :o)
And this little one is getting so fun and SMILEY!!! More and more every day.
We had a little accident in the wagon....it was VERY traumatic!!! KJ had to hold them for almost 2 hours before he could go back out and work in the yard.
On the 6th, PR got blessed, then after church we had a BBQ to celebrate her big day and my birthday...this is what it takes to get PR to smile...a really cute Tahlia! :o)
There is our pretty girl on her big day!
Me and my baby!!!
Grandma and my baby! :o)
Happy birthday to me....
here is my festive star cake! you really can't see what I did very well, but it had a cool checkered effect.
PG on clean up!
then it was nappy time!

This is how Heavenly Father ended our BEAUTIFUL day!
Happy Day! I love the Lord, and I LOVE my family!!!

marshmallows to cinderella!

Here it is....the roasting of the HUGE marshmallows!
It was raining so we pulled the grill over to the door and roasted them from inside! :o)
He finally ate all of his dinner (which was an ORDEAL this particular night) so he got a S'more!
This is ONE marshmallow mind you!
YUMMY!!!! PD liked them too! Look at that cute smile!!
One afternoon I could hear them "reading" books and this is what I found...gotta love a dirty bathroom floor to lay on and enjoy a good book! They sure are cute!
Daddy Horsey revisited! :o)
Daddy's nightly work out!
Gene and DeNae came to visit...it was good to hang out with family that we don't get to see that often! :o)
believe it or not PG is saying "cheese" in this picture...
what he was doing with his smile, I don't know....
But he had to have his pic with "Cinderella"...
PD was wearing PG's shoes and had her bib on and walking around sweeping! It was too cute! :o)

just a little update....

I just have a few random pictures to share, nothing really big, just life as it passes everyday. Enjoy!
That is one REALLY large toy....and it is really cute and fun to play with, it looks a whole lot like PG! :o)
PR is getting closer to moving into the crib, which means PD needs to NOT be sleeping in the crib, so we broke down and bought PD a bunk bed (Since eventually PR will need a bed too.) So here are PG and PD playing in the box from the beds.
Daddy building PD's new big girl bed.
First night in her big girl bed! She did great, she cried in the night and I went in to check on her and she was walking toward the door, I put her back in bed and gave her kisses and she was fine. She naps and sleeps at night in her bed, it is great!
she calls this her "hello"....she walks around most of the day with a phone on her ear while she plays with other things and every once in a while she will say "hello"...it is cute, except when she finds MY phone and decides to call real people, fortunately Daddy doesn't mind, and he is the only one she has managed to call so far!
PD playing on my touch and chillin' with PR (the older kids fight over who gets to lay/sit by her when she is laying on the couch - it is cute but gets a tad annoying sometimes! :o)
Someone is learning to SMILE! It makes not sleeping worth it! She has now slept through the night 2ce...we are on our way! (by sleeping through the night I mean that she goes down around 8:30, gets fed at 11-12 then doesn't get up until 7 or so!)
PD reading PR a story...gotta love Puss In Boots....
The gigantic-est marshmallows I have ever seen...the other night we broke them out and made s'mores....it was great...it is about 4 marshmallows in 1! and 1 is all you need!!! :o)
cute little smirk!

PR with rhythm....

our little dance, dance, dance MACHINE!!!
:o)