Pinewood derby

Jonah competed in his first pinewood derby.
I have to admit it was difficult for me to turn this one over to Deon. My Dad was the "go-to" guy when it came to building cars. He knew all the tricks to make a fast car, and I learned a bit from him when all the scouts came with their dad's to our garage. Deon had never even seen a pinewood derby car, enough said, but I really wanted them to this together. So I did my best to keep my mouth shut, Jonah did almost all of the work himself (which is the way it is supposed to be), he had a great time, and his car did well.
And look at this proud boy!

reclaiming weekends

Deon's parents came down for the weekend. We had a blast. They took us all out to dinner and we took them to the "road show"( a skit performed by our church youth group). It was pretty funny. I think Lily enjoys it the most. She had a permagrin and jumped up and down through every song. Jonah and Naomi had their last games today. Yeah we get Saturdays back!
And we hit a BBQ at our friends, the Catledges.

why we have a king size bed

I remember when we used to sleep-in on Saturday.

we have an announcement...

Imagine our surprise when we came in to check on our sleeping daughter and found her 9 months pregnant (with a red balloon).
I could never sleep on my back when I was that pregnant. How did she do that?
Our kids fall asleep with the funniest things. I need to take more pictures of this kind of stuff.

deja vu

I love this stage. Where they can sit and not crawl away yet. Everything they do is just so dang cute. I just want to do it over and over again. But just this stage really (not terrible two's, potty training, newborn sleepless nights), so seeing that is not really possible I'll settle for this just one last time.

Eve is hot

So we are reading The Friend magazine (an LDS childrens publication) on Sunday night and Jonah finds the story he wants to read and proclaims:

JET: "Eve is hot!"
me: what?
JET: Yeah, Eve is hot, mom. Check her out. (hands me the picture). Too bad she is not young so then I could marry her when I grow up.
me: (trying so hard not to just roll on the floor laughing) Yeah, too bad.

football & friends

One of the kids took this picture while we were watching the super bowl game. I don't think Deon and I have a picture taken in 3 years.


The kids were all excited that Deon let them wear some of his old football jerseys while we watched the game. He said if I play my cards right he'll let me wear his varsity jacket to his 20 year reunion. YES!


For those of you who knew (great) grandma Jennie Vea Travers, this shot will crack you up too. Jennie Vea was a leader in her community and had her picture painted in a mural at Frederick Douglas elementary school in Lawton, Oklahoma. (I hope I got that right) Naomi is posed just like Gramdpa Travers. What a ham.


Lily and her buddy "Big Tony" Rodriquez. He is our friends Rudy and Melissa's son. He is 5 months old and over 20 pounds. We will miss them as they move to San Antonio.



Deon has been talking about getting a quarter pipe for as long as I can remember. He fianally took the leap and got this one. He is having fun, I am having mini heartattacks-especially when the kids ride their bikes down it.