New Haircut

Elann decided that she needed a new haircut

This is how it turned out

Picture

For those of you that guessed. Yes Cassidy is in picture 1 and Cenna in picture 2.

Great Picture

Every now and then I take a really good picture this (I believe) is one of those.

Guess who

Picture 1
Picture 2

Can you guess who is who. We found one of these pictures and noticed how similar the girls look so guess which is which.

Girls Night

Elann and the girls decided to have a girls night. So Ben went to a friends house for a sleep over and Dad went to work for the night. They watched movies while eating junk food and painted fingernails and toenails.

Morning Disney

The younger girls have a habit of getting up at 7:00 in the morning about when we have to get up to get Alex and Ben off to school. We found that the Disney channel is the perfect sitter while we get Alex and Ben off.

Sleepy Time

Kid Pics

We also took individual pictures of the kids that we wanted to post.

Family Photos

I have been trying to add this post for 3 days now and couldn't

get the blogger to upload the pics.

We decided that now that Cassidy is here

we should take a new family photo, so here are 2 of the ones we took.

The only issue with this pic is Alex. She has this desire to make funny faces for every picture it reminds me of those Calvin and Hobbes cartoons.

Better Pics

Here are some better pictures of Cassidy with Ben, Ariana, and Grandma and Papa Barlow

Cassidy Ann

Yes she is finally here Cassidy Ann Barlow was born at 6:29pm on Feb. 29, 2008 (Leap Year)

She was 6lbs 11.2oz, 18.5 inches long, and has a full head of dark hair.

here are some pictures of her taken about 15 minutes after she was born.

I will post again tomorrow with better pictures. Elann is doing well also.

New Blog

After much consideration I have started a blog with basic computer Tips and Tricks. I will have a poll with what people would like to know in a future post. You may know some of this information you also may not know. If there is something you would like me to post please leave it as a comment and I will be happy to include it in my posts.
http://mycomputerneedshelp.blogspot.com/

True Barlow

Alex has begun to follow in her grandmothers footsteps. Both grandmas are avid readers and Alex loves to read to the point I have to take her book away so she does her math homework first. She and I have started the Harry Potters together I listen and she reads. She is really enjoying it. I am running out of books for her age so suggestions are welcome of what she may enjoy.

Nap Time Pictures

Ariana and Cenna both feel that they no longer need a nap so we get lots of screaming and fighting when ever it's nap time. This past week hasn't been as bad as they seem to be getting tired even faster then normal. I'm almost positive it isn't that I'm making them wake up earlier. But now I don't even have to say nap time they just sort of crash.

Picture Winner

For those of you who did not notice my mistake in leaving the name on the picture. Yes it was Jen who drew this and sent it to me on my mission.

Guess Who

I was cleaning out some old stuff and ran across some of my old mission stuff. This picture was went to me while I was out. I thought it would be fun to see if any of you know who drew it. (Yes I know who drew it I want to see if any of you do.)

New Car

The (David) Barlow's have joined the bandwagon and bought a Mini Van. A very nice model with roomie interior. The best part is that it's seats 7 which is soon to be our family size. Yes Mom that means we will be visiting more often. Now all we need is for Ryan and Jen to buy one and we can have Mini Van Races, or conventions. I do realize that I posted three times today but as you can see I haven't had a lot of time to post.

Close Call

Wednesday afternoon I got to work like any other day and was getting my area clean, trying to sell carpet and tile when I got a phone call from Elann telling me she was in labor. I was a little surprised because she wasn't due for another 2 months. I promptly call a friend of mine that I hoped would be home and had him go pick up Elann and the kids and meet me at the hospital. (I want to add that I didn't pick up Elann and the kids because I only have a 2 seater truck.) The hospital was great they proceeded to get Elann checked in and the started doing there best to prevent the baby from coming so soon. After 5 hours of trying they finally managed to stop the labor and released Elann so that she could go home. Thankfully Elann's parents were able to come up and take the kids to get them out of the way. We wanted to thank all of you Who Prayed for us during this scary time.

Locked in

A funny thing happened a work. I was closing one night minding my own business stocking shelves, cleaning, I was using the standing forklift putting pallets of tile up and some others down when all of the sudden the alarm went off. I put the forklift in the back and walked up front assuming that someone had just opened one of the emergency exits. I'm not that lucky however and they had all gone home. I had to go to the front door and explain myself to the 6 Sandy Policemen that were outside. I had to show ID and my lowes ID to prove that I worked there and then had to stand out side with them until one of the managers could come back and verify that I did indeed work at lowes. Overall it was an exciting experience.

Christmas Time

Unfortunately we didn't get a whole lot of good pictures on Christmas morning. The kids running around made all of the pictures blurry. but never fear I did get one good one and I'm going to take more with the kids and what they got. This one is of Ben with the tool set he got for Christmas. If you feel the need for more please read Jen's blog and think of my children's faces.

Christmas Eve

Christmas eve is always enjoyable.

The Tree, seeing the kids do the nativity,

and of course Leaving a treat for Santa

I spoke with santa and he enjoyed the treat

In the Nativity Cenna and Uncle Scott were the two wise men. We couldn't find a third.

Ariana and Ben were the Shepperd's in the field with Grandma Romney

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.