Look who is 4!

AJ had a birthday crown the wear while we were at C.E.C.
He was syked that he was getting special attention for the day.

Macey & Leah love playing air hockey & with the table just their size, it was great.

AJ taking Bob the Builder for a ride.

Avery had a date with Chuckie himself. They even had their picture taken together.

I am not sure what it is about boys & their video games but AJ was addicted to the race car game. He actually did very well.

AJ out for a drive with Stuart Little.

Mommy & her birthday boy!

The newest member of our family....

Just to clarify, we are NOT pregnant again. I am sure many of you jumped to that conclusion. We have added a new family member in the form of a 4 legged ball of fur. His name is TOBY. He is a Queensland Heeler mix almost 3 months old. Vanilla Bean needed a playmate & Toby is just what she wanted. Toby is potty training & doing quite well.

This is Toby sleeping in the truck after we got him.

He was worn out from the summer bash where we picked him up at.

He is checking out his new bed. I find him sleeping in it through out the day.

He is playful as a puppy should be but not destructive (yet, anyways!)

Leah turns 6!

We did an at-home birthday this year. As a new tradition, we started letting the kids pick where they want their birthday lunch/dinner. Leah chose Golden Corral. We had a nice meal & then went for Coldstone Creamery later that evening for dessert.

Leah has been wanting a Tamagotchi since Macey got one fore her birthday. She named it ABBY. For those who do know what it is, it is an electronic pet they have to keep charge of.

Date Day

It has been quite a while since our last date, so as soon as we had our babysitter home from Harding & a summer mission trip to Africa, we booked a WHOLE day of just the 2 of us time. We started the day by walking around old town & I actually got to go in to the shops that I normally have to avoid due to non-child friendly.

Then, we hit The Melting Pot....if you have never been to The Melting Pot, then you defiantly need to make plans. It is not an average night out...you might want to save it for a special occasion, though. It is a fondue place that is really great. It took us 3 hours to eat dinner with all the courses they give you. WOW! We waddled out way out the the restaurant. Just kiddin'....

Then we hit the putting greens...for those who know us, we have always loved to play golf. We used to play a couple of times a week till my belly got so big, I could not swing anymore. I realize that this is no the same, but we hope to start playing again soon. We were playing best of 3 & got rained out on the 18th hole of the 3rd game. Guess we will have to go for a rematch!

To finish our evening, we went to see Transformers, the movie. WOW! I remember my brother, Brian having transformers growing up. It was really neat to see Hollywood breathe life into them. It is a very good action movie.

Look who is 2!

Avery is 2! Who can believe it? I am still shocked that time has flown so quickly. She is talking non-stop like the rest of the crew & loves to do EVERYTHING that Big sisters & brother do. No leaving this big girl behind. She is going thru the terrible 2's a bit early so hopefully that means that she will come out of the terrible 2's early, right? Well, I can still hope! I just keep looking at the bright side. I can stop buying diapers after 7 1/2 years. YEAH!!

Kristi's New-DO

Okay...so it is summer time & MAN! is it hot! For those of you who do not know this, I have really thick hair & alot of it. I decided to donate my hair to Locks of Love. A good friend of mine did it in Ohio & I thought it would be a great idea.

It was fun going thru the process of trying to figure what I was going to do with my hair short. I have a computer program that simulates hair-cuts & I chosse a few & we all voted. AJ was totally against me cutting my hair at all. (I think Billy paid him off) The girls were excited about the whole thing. Avery did not have much of an opinion at the time & now she just keeps looking at me. :)

They cut off 10 inches as you can see in the picture, I still had quite a bit. I am sporting a new do for the summer & lovin' it.

Happy July 4th America!

As I sit here writing this, I can hear fireworks going off just outside. (Yes, apparently it is LEGAL in ABQ for certain fireworks to be set off within the city limits.) I have no idea exactly what the laws are here but I am sure there are some.

We had a wonderful block BBQ last night & got to meet a lot of our neighbors. We ended up unintentionally blocking a street but the kids had a blast meeting other kiddos their age & Billy & I were also excited about meeting our neighbors. We set fireworks off in the street & of course, the cops showed up. We have at least 2 firefighters in the neighborhood, (one is our next door neighbor, Martin) so the cops basically said HI & left. Funny how that works!

I can not believe that summer is almost half way over. Where has the time gone??? I spent about 3-4 weeks in Texas hanging out with family & helping my folks get settled in so there went one month.

Since I have returned home, SU! has released a new catalog so I have jumped started my new business year & planned my classes & events till December 2007 so I am excited about that. If you want more info on classes & events, check out my SU! website link.

I will try in the next few weeks to post from our trip to Texas but with my convention coming up at the end of July, I am making no promises. I did sneak a picture of AJ & my mom (a.k.a. Gammy) SORRY MOM! this is way too cute!

I hope everyone has had a wonderful July 4th!