It’s a GIRL!

For those that haven’t heard already…we found out a few weeks ago that we are having a girl!  We’re not exactly sure what to do with a girl since we have no experience in this department, but I’m sure we’ll figure it out by trial and error.  She’s sure to be a total tomboy with 3 older brothers to pester her and protect her.  We’re all very excited!  Cameron really wanted a girl because he said I was outnumbered and we needed another girl in the family.  Channing wanted a boy and Cason flip-flopped.  At first he wanted a girl and then he changed his mind and wanted a boy so he’d have someone to play with.  I think everyone is getting used to the fact that she’s a girl now.  Now we’re working on a “C” name (which we’ve pretty much chosen, but don’t know how we’re going to spell it) and finding a middle name for her.

Dyeing Easter Eggs 2010

It was a fun Friday night for dyeing Easter eggs.  We had Ashley join us since she now lives in Phoenix (yay)!  The kids had a blast dyeing their eggs and Cason was an expert at dyeing his hands!  He had his hands in the dye so much that they were pruned.  What a silly boy!  We had some very interesting designs this year.  They get more creative as they get older.  Ok Easter bunny…we’re ready!

           

Easter Pictures

Here are a few pictures that Bob took of the boys in their Easter clothes.  Since we don’t actually have church on Easter this year, due to conference, these were taken the week before.

      

Taking the boys to the Symphony….Star Wars style!

This lovely day was brought to you by Andrea and Nate (awesome Christmas gift right here).  We took the boys to see the Phoenix Symphony play Star Wars music.  They also played some stuff from Close Encounters and The Planets.  It was a space adventure day.  We dressed Cason up in his Jedi costume and all the boys took a light saber.  When we arrived, we were able to see all sorts of Star Wars characters and we took some pictures with them.  It was a madhouse, so we were lucky to get the ones that we did.  The one of Channing and Cameron standing with Darth Vader cracks me up!  They just stand there like it’s no big deal.  (you’d never get my mom to do this…or Cason for that matter).  Vader’s hand is around Cameron’s neck!  So funny!  Good thing this was a nice Darth Vader!

The conductor gave a pre-concert speech to the kids about conducting and how it’s better to conduct a concert with a baton, rather than a light saber.  He also taught the kids the notes to the Close Encounters theme so they could sing it in the concert.

After taking pictures, we folded an origami Yoda.  Then we watched the symphony.  Bob “rested” through some of it (ear infection had gotten the best of him).  Channing seemed mostly attentive.  Cameron kept asking about when the were going to play the Star Wars music (he’s really not a fan of Close Encounters or The Planets).  Cason did believe think they were playing actual Star Wars music (even when they were).  Finally they played a theme that they knew and they all got excited.  We watched some Jedi’s duel it out with Vader on stage and the conductor stepped in at the end to defeat him.  Cameron was excited about that and wanted to see it again.

So it was a fun trip to the symphony.  We were glad it was a kids concert and full of families just like us with all their noisy kids too.  Really, most did very well for as young as they were.