Student of the Month

Ben received an award for being a Good Citizen. They call it the Student of the month but they pick 3 per grade for the month. Ben was chosen by his teacher and some of the other 1st Grade teachers. He was very surprised and was unsure what was going on when it happened. Elann was able to be there during the presentation assembly, I unfortunately was still at work.

This is Ben's Principal Ms. Houllhain

Cenna turn's 4

I do realize how behind I am and I apologize I started working in a new area at work and have been getting ready for our Inventory. So I've been a bit preoccupied

Well here is some pictures of Cenna during her birthday. We went to the store and let her pick a cake I didn't feel like cooking and neither did Elann. She got some clothes from her grandma Romney and a book and a pizza play kit from grandma and grandpa Barlow. If you notice in the pictures she doesn't smile on command. If you tell her to smile this is what you get.

Turning two

Ariana is officially 2. I know this is a little late but I'm a little behind. She recieved presents and Cake. Always a joy to give small children suger. out of all the things she got she loves this little bear from Nana and Papa Barlow the best. She carries it everywhere although she was a little confused by the bears earring but now barley notice's it as she gives it hugs and kisses.

Just Fun

Once again I was going through misc stuff on my computer and found some fun little visual art that I thought I would share. I keeping with mom's "What is it Blog's" here is

what can you see

and can you read this

Redneck Spanish

Elann and I were discussing spanish meanings the other night (don't ask why we don't know). Anyway I decided that there are some common spanish phrases that just get mistranslated too much so I have retranslated them for your entertainment.

Understanding Spanish the Redneck way
No habla Espanol – I don’t have a cocker spaniel
Cinco De Mayo - The five days of Mayonnaise
(was going to be Cinco de Queso but they couldn't take the after affects of all that cheese)
Adios Amigo – We love Amy Grant
Te amo – We need more ammo
Esta loco en la cabesa – Eric Estrada was crazy and Chips was an awful show
Mi Casa es su Casa – Get me a case and one for you too

In the Redneck spirit my picture is also redneck

Dancing

I was playing music while doing some things around the house and when I turned around this is what I saw.

Jazz Halftime

During the Jazz halftime a couple of guys came out with a trampoline. We were guessing that the Jazz Bear (Mascot) was going to perform. Boy were we wrong the guy's that brought the trampoline are the world record holders in a couple of trampoline tricks. The clip is the one seeing how high he can get the other. enjoy

Jazz Win

I'm sure it wasn't a big suprise that the jazz would win this game but it was still exciting to get out and see the game live. After an okay start the jazz pulled ahead and by the ned of the first quarter already had a good lead. from there it was downhill for the Memphis Grizzley's once the Jazz gained a 20 point lead they maintained it for the rest of the game at one point even reaching a 30 point lead. They ended up winning 118 to 94. It was quite fun and the fact that there weren't any kids made it that much more fun.

This week on Day's of My Life

Parent teacher conference's are so much fun. I'll bet dad would disagree but for the parent it's not quiet as bad. We get to find out how our offspring are doing in school. Ben is progressing nicely his teacher just loves him he is very outgoing and friendly. Alex has encountered the infamous school bully. Luckily her teacher has also noticed the bully and is taking steps to prevent problems. Cenna and Ariana are just terrors by day and sweet hearts for Dad when he gets home. Ariana has slowly been picking up words she no longer just grunts and points now it's a grunt point and peas (please, for those of you without kids). Elann and I managed to get Tickets to this Saturday's Jazz game and we are really looking forward to it. It will be the first night out without kids in about 4 maybe 5 months. So my picture for the week is a reminder that sometimes dogs are the best security.

Halloween Revisited

I was rummaging through my picture file on my computer and ran across some old halloween pictures. I thought they would be fun to post and view.

Halloween of 2002 Ben was a pumpkin and Alex a Fairy Princess

note the sweats it's always cold on halloween Halloween of 2006 Alex was a Witch
Ben was the Green Power ranger. (His Friend was also the green power ranger)
And finally Ariana was a pumkin last year.

All of our children have worn the same pumpkin outfit for their first halloween.

Cenna apparently is camera shy during halloween I couldn't find a single picture of her.

Blind Ghosts

Halloween is here and the kids at sandy elementary went on a costume parade. They of course planned it for early in the morning so as not to interrupt classes as much so the sun was just coming out when they had it. Boy was it cold.

Here is Ben as the Blue Ninja Turtle
Alex as a Blue Cheerleader. Completely different from the pink cheerleader two years ago.
And the finale my two blind ghosts. We would have had three but I couldn't get the pillow case past my shoulders.

For those wondering no those ain't my kids in the last post.

Ain't Kids fun

Yes I'm aware of the grammatical error in my title. I was going for Sanpete talk. Halloween is almost here I considered dressing as a woman again this year (would make 4 years in a row) but decided it's just to hard to find dresses my size. The kids are excited of course Ben is a ninja turtle this year he and his best friend are going as turtles each a different one. Alex is going to be a princess or a cheerleader she hasn't decided yet. I'm going to throw a pillow case on the other two and they can be blind ghosts (I'm not cutting holes in them). The kids have fall recess this week so they get Monday and Tuesday off and have to go for Halloween I'll never understand this system. Ariana is learning to talk a little and I admit it is cute when she says please she says peas but gets her whole body into it so she is almost kneeling on the P and stands really quick on the ease. She is also learning some of here language from Cenna so Num is food even for the prayer if Cenna says it, it comes out bess num. Oh well we'll work on that maybe get some sanpete grammar into her. My picture this week is kind of self explanatory on the innocence of children. (yes those are baby skunks)

Sickness stricks the Barlows

Being sick is never fun and put all six of us sick at the same time it's even worse it doesn't seem to last long but believe me it's long enough. My picture today is to remind us the parent have to deal with anything no matter how unpleasant.

Mom in training

Ariana decided that her doll needed to be clothed so she got a pair of her own shorts and proceeded to put them on the doll. it took her about 15 minutes but as you can see she managed to get them on.

Lucky Number 5

I was going to censor this picture but figured the Ultrasound was blurry enough



Here are the ultrasound pictures for baby number 5 I'm not prejudice or anything but I think she's cuter than yours James and Lonna. Of course being the size of a Peanut anything is cute.

Weekly Update

Not a lot has happened recently. Alex and Ben are both enjoying school. Ariana is a terror with legs. The big news of the week is Cenna is finally Potty trained. You can all call with congratulations later. My work is going well they are sending me up to Logan for a week to help that store with it's relocation. Elann is officially 16 week along with lucky number 5 (at least I hope it's lucky). My picture for the week is a reminder that duct tape can make even the ugliest things a little better.

Odd

I have decided that trying to get a picture for every posting is part of the reason I haven't been as diligent in posting as normal. So I'm going to start using random photo's from my collection some of my kids some of other things to fill in the gaps where I don't have pictures. Hope you all enjoy.

Ariana Spaghetti Queen

We recently made the mistake of letting Ariana eat spaghetti. You can see the results. She needless to say ended the night with a bath. She really enjoyed the spaghetti but didn't enjoy the bath.

Alex's Baptisim

As many of you know our oldest child Alexandra was baptized. I admit it has taken me awhile to add this to the blog but we've all been sick and I just haven't had the energy to do it. Here are a couple of pictures for you all to enjoy.


All the kids enjoyed a luncheon afterward, and the adults enjoyed the conversation time.

Turning 8

Well Alex is now 8 and boy is she excited. she recieved a number of presents as you can see by the pictures, and loves them all. Ben is quite jealous of the Bicycle and has already asked for a new one. Cenna thinks it's cool and wanted to try it but isn't quite big enough to reach the seat and peddles at the same time.

No Picture

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. I think most of my recent ones are worth a couple of Vowels, so sorry no picture his post. We've been real busy these past weeks the kids are about to start school. Alex will be going into 3rd Grade and Ben is going into 1st Grade, they are both really excited Ben is really excited to be learning to read and Alex just wants to go back to school. Cenna wants to start school also. Ariana isn't sure what's going on.

Lucky number 5

Well number 5 is on the way 6 weeks gone 30 more to go. We just found out that I'm pregnant.
Alright Elann's pregnant but we share so I'm pregnant. First man to be pregnant. However ask me again in march and it will probably only be elann that's pregnant and not me anymore. (I'm not a pain person). the kids are excited ben's hoping for a brother so he's not alone with all these sisters.

Got the Hint

Okay Okay we got the hint I'll try to be more diligent in posting.

Here's some current pictures of the kids.

Ariana Thought this bed was too good for her doll but just right for her.

Here is a couple more pictures from the Discovery Museum that we went to

Ben love the rock climbing wall and was part way up before we noticed

Forman Ben decided Ariana wasn't fast enough on the crane

They had a miniture house that cenna and alex loved. Cenna came across a doll in a stroller and dissapeared more than once, only to be found back in the house.

Family Photos

We recently had family photo's taken and well these are the results.