Woodland Park Zoo (Seattle)

This Zoo hardly compares to the one in Louisville Kentucky as far as I am concerned but the kids had fun just the same.

The Mitchell Family

Last month Jaxon was suppose to be baptized, my parents even came for the special occasion. However as the Military goes, life is very unpredictable. Dave ended up having to go out to the field for some training so Jaxon's baptism didn't happen. Although Jaxon didn't get baptized that week, the kids and I had a lot of fun while they visited. Also, some very good friends of ours ended up getting baptized that week . My good friend Enma and her daughter Cassandra were baptized by their husband and father, Jarod. It was a really good experience for our family and glad that we could be apart of it.
Here is a picture of the Mitchell family with the missionaries Elder Harris from Orem, Utah and Elder Simons from California.

Jaxon is set to be baptized this coming Saturday 5/14, we are really excited for him.

It's about time

I finally convinced Taylin to let me cut her hair. With swim lessons twice a week and having to be out the door by 7:40, her hair was really suffering.

It turned out a little bit shorter then I had planned but the hours that will be saved will be well worth it. Taylin's hair has got to be at least 10 x thinker then Kinleys, I had to cut it layer after layer after layer and I was even using my new scissors.

Wish me Luck

We have been very fortuante to have Dave around as much as we have this last year. Today he left to do more training for the rest of the month and boy are we going to miss him. Wish me luck with my crazy monkeys. We survived with him gone for six months, so one month shouldn't be so bad, right?

For anyone that is interested in what Dave is training on I found some cool videos on You Tube. Dave is the Platoon leader over a MGS Stryker unit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzi8cBiHfGM or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41CpIA1Jytk

To Cute

My little baby turned 3 last Thursday, I can't believe it. I know everyone says that but really where has the time gone?? Kinley is the spunkiest little girl I have ever met. She has a very strong personality and knows what she wants.
Kinley and I had a little photo shoot for her birthday, there was so many cute photos it was hard to choose my favorite.
She decide the day before her birthday that she wanted a Minnie Mouse cake, hence the weird ear things on the cake. Shortly into making the cake I decided Minnie was a little out of my league, she loved the cake regardless.

Blooming Friendship

Here are some of Taylin's Valentines. We only have about 20 more to make but we are on our way. Jaxon's Valentines are in the post below.

Introducing the iLove

Okay, so the iLove is not an original idea but I usually wait until the last minute and end up buying some lame bagged Valentines. This year we got an early start and set out to make all of our Valentines today, but as usual things always take longer then expected so we only got Jaxon's done. I guess this post is to be continued.................... so we can show you the cute ones Taylin picked to make. If you are looking for some cool ideas for Valentines gifts and cards I found the iLove and other cool ideas at www.familyfun.go.com

Family Togetherness

Christmas was great this year as usual. We had a lot of time to play and relax. It was good to see lots of our family and visit with some dear friends.