Meg wanted a haircut like her brothers

So, she took the scissors into her own hands and this is what Mom walked into.

Package from India!

Lex singing in the van

This is a video from when Lex was 2 years old.

Brynn Breakdancing

Brynn came home from school (he's in year round) a few weeks ago and said he wanted to break dance in his school's annual variety show. He made the tryouts much to our dismay!:) He is self taught and didn't practice once. We were just happy that he wasn't booed off the stage. He was pretty excited about the audience clapping along with the music. Afterwards, in response to the clapping he declared, "I must be a big hit!" We just laughed and rolled our eyes. If anyone is interested, Brynn said he would give lessons. But just a forewarning, he said he will be the drill sargeant type.

In Memory of...

Chips the hamster has passed away. He was a good little hamster, most of the time, except for a few escapes. Unfortunately, he died while we left him at our friends, while we went on vacation to Utah and Idaho. We had no idea how old he was and of course they don't live that long. We felt bad for our friends, of them going out of their way, helping us and then this having to happen to them on their watch. He died the day after we left, but we didn't tell the kids until the end of the trip, when we were a couple hours from home. Of course there were some tears. Brynn and Kate took it the hardest. The news was broke to them with the preface, " We have some bad news...." For a few days after, Lex was heard walking around the house saying, " We have some bad news..." He was not being serious at all. I guess he got over it quick.

Moriya runs a half marathon!

On Sat. May 16, Moriya ran a half marathon in Odgen, UT. Her husband and family are very proud of her! You can click on the link below to see a picture of her running.

http://www.zazoosh.com/photos/201253000

Pictures

We took the kids to get pictures the other day. It didn't start out well. Meg wasn't cooperating. We had the other kids go first and then Meg warmed up. I think they turned out pretty good. Brynn has 2 large pictures of him because his parents couldn't agree on which one they liked better. Dad liked the cool pose and Mom liked the smiling pose. If you would like to see the small pictures better just click on them to enlarge.

Meg

Lex

Kate

Brynn

Maybe a new favorite pastime?

We've gone bowling a couple times lately at the casino!

Meg's favorite part was watching the ball come back!

The first time we went, we mostly had the 72 lane bowling alley to ourselves. They provided this cool ramp for the kids to roll the ball down.