The Walkers

Kaiya had her first dance recital last week and it was adorable. I love everything about this picture...I'm pretty sure that Kaiya (second in from the left) is looking for us in the audience. The thing about three and four year olds at a dance recital is that maybe two of them actually dance. Kaiya was not one of those two. She mostly just swayed awkwardly, tapped her toes occasionally, and grinned. And I couldn't be more proud. Brad gave her a pink rose afterward and she couldn't have been more thrilled. Yes grandmas, we have the whole show on a DVD.  And yes, we will make you watch it.

The past two weeks (since my temporary emancipation from the high school) have been a riot. We've spent quite a few afternoons with the Richardson cousins running through sprinklers, improvising our own water slides in the yard (check out Isabel and Kaiya stealing sips from our Cokes in the background), and playing with the new teeter-totter. I love Ben's sad, looking for anybody to play with, face in this picture. Isabel came through :) We spent last weekend with the Lillywhite kids while Amy and Frank were out of town. Let me tell ya', spending four days with five kids is all the birth control I need.  I'm so not ready for another child. Ava was my little helper. She is definitely the ringleader of the group with her big imagination.  Here she is playing at "The Costco Park" in Spanish Fork. Koben Ben Vance Kaiya was not cooperating with the camera.  It's a little embarrassing that out of all five kids, she is the har...