Teni turns 6!!!

CALLING ALL SUPERHEROES!

We invited 14 kids thinking maybe 10, at the most, would show up but nope...all 14 came to party! Lily was the only woman at the party(she is the one behind the 2 batmans) and she definitely held her own.

Gotta love pizza!

Singing to the birthday boy

Teni's birthday was a blast! We had a superhero party theme and invited Teni's friends to Superhero Training Camp-13 boys and 1 girl! Teni was Superboy (a teenage Superman). Before their rigorous training they first drank special superhero juice (I added dry ice for special effect) to help their muscles grow big and strong. With their strong muscles and sharp reflexes they had to aim and shoot two poster villians taped on our downstairs wall. Then unexpectedly, a real-life villian (Troy) started to reek havoc in camp and placed kryptonite(green glow sticks) all over our downstairs headquaters, to purposely ruin Superboy's party! The superheroes had to work as a team, in complete darkness, and carefully collect all the kryptonite before it would have harmful lasting affects on Superboy. They then had to take down the evil villain(Troy) himself but, they had to be very careful not to get too close because of the villain's poisonous strings (silly string spray) that shoots out from his wrists. They once again had to work as a team and were able to successfully capture the evil villain and put him away in jail. It was hilarious to watch 15 kids tackle Troy and drag him to jail. I couldn't stop laughing:) They all had so much fun!!!

Happy birthday Teni! We love you!!!

What we love about Teni:

-He is kind, sweet, and sensitive
-He is our social butterfly-he makes friends with everyone! I swear my schedule revolves around his play dates and his friends birthday parties.
-He is very protective of the girls in our family
-He has awesome hair-when it is fully grown out
-He loves to play Connect 4 and is really good at it
-He loves church and school
-He loves to wrestle with his dad-well, pretty much do anything with his dad
-He loves to cuddle
-He shares his testimony almost every fast sunday
-He loves to sing and dance
and
-He loves to play,watch, and listen to sports-even asks me to turn off my music in the car so he can listen to sports radio. Troy takes pride in this:)

Teni is AWESOME and we can't get enough of him.

Alyia turns 4

My sweet Alyia turned 4 this Monday. To celebrate the special day I took her and a couple of her girlfriends to a local hair school. They all got V.I.P. treatment of getting the hair,nails, and makeup done. The girls loved every minute of it and did not want to leave.

before getting their V.I.P treatment

Fiti

Elle bug

Jada

Alyia getting her nails painted

Alyia got these cute pink diamonds put in her hair for her special day.

The girls looking so AWESOME!

After, we went to Wendy's for lunch and then headed back to my house for some ice cream and cake! What a fun day!!!

What we each love about Alyia:

Segi- Loves her sense of humor. She is such a big tease:)

Teni-Enjoys playing board games together, play fighting, and teaching Alyia karate.

Troy- Loves her hugs and kisses! She makes him work for her kisses...it's pretty funny.

Jordyn-Loves to play with Alyia. They fight like cats and dogs but can't keep away from each other. Typical sisters.

We love Alyia!!!

Fun in Page

We headed to Page last weekend and as always we had so much fun! My kids were in heaven and were able to have a fun birthday fiesta with their Papa and Grandma. We also were able to spend time with Chris on her birthday and celebrated with a turkey dinner. It was delish! We spent most of the weekend playing games, relaxing, eating very good, and just having some good ol fun.

Lately, Alyia has been interested in puzzles. She loves working on them and is very patient putting them together. She completed her first 100 piece puzzle about a month ago. Teni gave her the puzzle for Christmas. It immediately grabbed her attention because it was a puzzle of all the famous Disney princesses. Everyday she will put it together and take it apart. When we were in Page Alyia was in puzzle heaven. She spent a lot of her time putting together Grandma Chris' puzzles and taking them apart.

On Saturday, Teni and Alyia were so excited about the fun fiesta birthday that Papa and Grandma put together. They were especially happy to break open a pinata.

Teni cracked the pinata open and the kids scrambled to pick up all the candy.

Teni got books and a very cool Lego Connect Four game. He absolutely loved it!

Alyia got a cradle complete with a baby and a baby quilt.

She also got a puzzle of America. This has become her very favorite puzzle to put together.

Thanks Paul and Chris for being wonderful grandparents! The kids were sad to leave but anxious to get home. We all had so much fun!!!

Happy Valentines 2011

The kids were excited for their school Valentine party. Teni even walked to school a whole fifteen minutes early because he was so excited. Anytime candy is handed out in his class Teni knows to wait until he gets home to eat it. Because of his peanut allergy I have to thoroughly check his stuff. When I looked through his Valentine bag I noticed this.....

Teni's first LOVE letter!
It reads: Dear Teni, I want you to know I am your best friend. When you need help come to me. I'm here for you.
Love, Makaylia
(Isn't this sweet!?!?)

On another note, Valentines was not so fun for me. I wasn't feeling good all day. I was in bed sick and feeling pretty frumpy until Troy and the kids surprised me with this....

There is nothing that chocolate can't cure!...love my family:)


Happy Valentines Everyone!!!!

Weekly Giveaway

Click on the image above and check it out! They are giving away great stuff. This weeks giveaway is Jamberry Nails and they are the best! It's so easy to enter:)

3,2,1.....Happy New Year!

This year we hosted the Worthen's new years eve party. It went on like years before, a lot of games and good food!

The girls playing with Grandma's new game

All the grand kids...except for Karlee, Malia, and Tyler

We had a blast playing Minute to Win It games!

How long and high can you stack ho ho's on your forehead?

How fast can you hook candy canes like this?

When midnight came we went outside in the cold and lit up sparklers.

What a fun night!!!

Christmas Morning!!!

Oh how I love Christmas morning! There is nothing better than seeing the "ear to ear" grins on our kids faces when they rip off the wrapping paper on their gifts. We heard a lot of hooting and hollering of pure happiness from the kids. Santa brought much joy to our home!

Christmas traditions continue.....
*Santa brings 3 gifts for each kid because Baby Jesus received 3 gifts. We started this tradition a few years ago and it has worked out great for us!

*this year we added a new tradition to the list. The kids exchanged names amongst each other. It just so happens that Teni's gift from Alyia was his favorite gift on Christmas and.....it was from the Dollar Store....gotta love kids:)

The kids were excited to open their gifts. Santa did not disappoint!

-Teni got his golf clubs and now he can go with his Dad golfing. He also received a new back pack and the "Guess Who" game.

-Alyia got a mini doll house, barbies, and a play dough set.

-Jordyn got her very own baby, complete with a swing,high chair, and car seat. She also received play food and the "Lucky Ducks" game.

-Troy got new snow boots which he was in desperate need for.

-Segi got a beautiful serving platter and new boots! ( notice how the 3 gifts per person did not apply for Mom and Dad)