Oatmeal and a haircut

Johnny had a good time with his oatmeal this morning... He likes to do it himself and it has to be his way. This morning he decided he needed a big spoon, not the baby spoon I gave him, bigger spoon bigger mess! So then since he was already in the sink with wet hair and Kyla was still sleeping I decided to cut his hair. Steve has been saying he needed one for awhile but I wasn't ready for my baby's first haircut. I finally broke down and cut it. He played with the water the whole time and didn't even know I was cutting his hair until he noticed the scissors on the counter, then he wanted to play with them and it got tricky. Since scissors are "not a toy" I gave him a break instead and finished the hair cut upstairs which he was fine with since he was playing with the camera... until I wanted to take his picture, then he is crying because I took them camera away... I thought Kyla was strong willed... I think Johnny beats her out. Maybe I have changed. I let more things go if the don't "really" matter. Anyway we made it through and now my handsome little guy has a slick hair do, no hair over the ears and no mullet. :)

For Grandma and Grandpa O. (Hermana and Elder Oliver)

We were in Kolob this week with my sisters and their kids, oh and one husband... the rest of us left ours home... It was great to be in that beautiful place with my sis'. I got some video and pics for grandma who is far away in Mexico. I hope it doesn't make you homesick, mom... :)

My kids are going to be so bored with just mom to play with, we have had cousins for two weeks now and they are so much more exciting than me...

Pretty Princesses

A rare moment unleashed...

Johnny and mom

GRAND Canyon!

While Jess was here we kept it pretty low key. We ventured out to the grand canyon one day, it was amazing! We had Arizona monsoon weather with mostly clouds and not a lot of rain so the day was not too hot. I got a little nervous with Ky and Johnny and the "big crack" (that is what Beave calls it...) The first look out Ky was so excited she ran towards the edge yelling "the grand canyon!!" I kept the monkey leash on the rest of the day and Johnny in the backpack.
I talked Jess into making Ky a "pink princess dress" and she had enough material with what I bought to make two so Ky and Lea have twinner dresses. The cousins had a lot of fun together, Ky thought 4 was too many names to remember and list off every time so she just called them "my friends."

while dad is away...

So Steve is gone this week to our ward's scout camp, it is just Tuesday through Saturday but with no nightly phone call it seems much longer. Luckily Jess and girls got here late last night so we won't get much of a chance to get lonely. This is what I came downstairs to Tuesday afternoon, it was a new thing for Johnny. I am embarrassed to show you all my kid in nothing but a soggy diaper but you saw the good pic already so I guess this is the bad. He is on a no clothes streak, literally. I insist on clothes outside but that is as far as the battle will take me.

So here goes... I have been S L O about this whole blog thing. I guess we will see if I can keep up with it. If nothing else you all can see our latest attempt at a family pic. Ky was way more interested in the pond and ducks, Johnny tried really hard to get out of the shot and Steve and I tried to keep it all together...