If men could have babies.....

A good friend of mine's parents once said after having my friend. That they would have more children when men could get pregnant. Well apparently that time is now! I tripped across this story the other day. I guess he was on Oprah but since I don't watch that I missed out.
****HAD TO TAKE OUT THAT PICTURE...IT WAS GROSSING ME OUT*******
http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid52664.asp

Sea Horses may not be impressed but I am in shock at what is possible in today's world...

Nika Easter

So I had a sick baby and a sick Anja so it was just me Triston and Nika on Easter Sunday at church. Ben took some shots of Nika in her pretty dress.

Easter Hunt - a little late....

This was our wards easter egg hunt.
Nika searching for eggs
Anja finding her eggs
Triston off in the Senior Primary Area
Daddy helping Liam in the nursery side
Checking out his egg.
This is the way Liam rolls
Stuffed to brim of his overalls
Can't wait to open and consume!

"The Jonas Brothers" or "The three Hobbits"

I am not always up to date with the latest "thing" and watching Dancing with the Stars last week I was introduced to these guys.
Is it just me or do these guys show a little hobbit flair?
I can totally picture them in the shire....

Roadrunners Ice Hockey

So last summer the kids participated in our county library's reading contest and won some cool prizes. One of them were four free tickets to an ice hockey game in downtown Phoenix. It is actually in the same arena where the Phoenix Suns Play. Anyhow the Roadrunners aren't in NHL but they are the next best thing. We had to redeem the tickets this season so we picked Thursday the 20th of March. We had fun! The highlight for the kids was Rocky the mascot.
Ben met me and the kids there since it is in between work and home. He doesn't normally wear a suit to sporting events! (-=
Happy but tired kids. The game started at 10 past 7pm which is usually when they start to get ready for bed. Thankfully they didn't have school the next day but they had been up early so they were ready for bed.
Gotta have some of the hockey action shots!
ROCKY the ROADRUNNER!

And what would a hockey game be without the Zamboni!

Visits with Elisabeth

I really have to be better about posting in a timely manner...oh well.... Elisabeth (Ben's sister) came to visit us in March for five days. The kids loved spending time with their aunt! We got to show her our AZ world. We even went to the Easter Pagent here at the Mesa Temple, it was amazing! One of the days Jed had work off so we took off to the White Tank Mountains for some hiking. She came at the best time of year because all the wildflowers are blooming right now and the desert is the prettiest it can be. We went on a hike called the Waterfall trail.

There was a ton of these yellow wildflowers but there were others out there as well. My favorite were these purple ones that for some reason I didn't get a picture of them. Too busy looking at them in person I guess!
At the end of the hike there is actually shade! Because it ends where two mountains meet.
Taking a rest and looking guilty. I wonder what she was up to?
Here is the end and the little pond that has formed from all the recent rains. The waterfall is actually on the right hand side of the picture. The boys in the picture were climbing those rocks to get to it. Usually the pond isn't there and there is only a little waterfall. This year was a wetter one so the reward at the end of the hike is greater!
On the way down the mountain. Uncle Jed thought he would scare me and take a picture of him and Nika up on a boulder. Smart girl... she held on tight!
Almost to the car. A nice little shady area to rest. I figured I should get a picture too just to make sure you all know I was there...


The end! Thanks for coming to visit Elisabeth! We love you!