Kinley starts Gymnastics

Kinley has an abundant of energy and is always dancing around.  We decided to see how she did in a gymnastics class.  We are also considering a dance class later in the summer.  These pictures are from the first few classes.  Enjoy!

There is a window between the class and the parents....sorry for the glares.  Kinley seated and waiting for Coach to instruct them.  She was sooooo excited.

They were getting ready for a meet so they had rotations for each area; floor, bars, balance beam and vault.  This rotation is to help them with handstands, cartwheels, etc.

No lie, this was on her first try at a handstand.  Coach helped her up, but I'd say she has pretty good form.

This was a piece of cake for Kinley.  Jumping and landing on the mats at the same time.

Bars were next.  There were four stations of bars.  On this station they had to have their feet on the bar next to the hands and swing.

Finished product.

On this bar she had to climb the mat and put her legs over the bar.

Finally, climb the mat on the wall and flip over on the bar.

The next week, time was spent on the balance beam.

Kinley did really good on the balance beam, she even remembered to point her toes.

Finishing their floor routine with a handstand.

One week we went on a different night due to a conflict and Kinley had the coach all to herself.  Here she got up on the bar by herself and swung her legs.

Another improvement from the couple weeks earlier.  She was able to get her body on the bar all by herself and swing.

Disney on Ice

Disney on Ice came to Vegas again and this time Colton wanted to come.  We also went with my friend Autumn and her two girls, Lillian and Emma.  It was a lot of fun!  Enjoy!

 

The girls wanted to dress up as princesses so Kinley decided on Rapunzel from Tangled.

Emma (Snow White), Colton, Lillian (Little Mermaid), and Kinley eating popcorn and waiting for the show to start.

Disney on Ice does a really good job of making the characters look just like from the movie.  Here is Bruce from Finding Nemo.

Jesse, Woody and Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story.

All of the kids were glued to the show.

Kinley waving to one of the princesses.

Afterwards we tried to get all of the kids together for a picture, but Colton wanted nothing to do with it.

The girls all dressed up.

Kinley received more than one compliment on her darling outfit.

Colton was happy to get his picture taken all by himself. :)

April Randoms

Below are some random pictures from April.  Enjoy!

Kinley in deep thought.

I'm not sure where she learned this face, but it has been seen in more than one picture lately.

Kinley's name is on the yellow owl at the top of the picture. This bulletin board is at Merryhill and has all of the kids that are registered for next year.  She was happy to see it and know that she will be going to Merryhill next year for preschool.

My fashionable diva.  She found the socks and the yellow shoes that she wore when she was 1 1/2 and Minnie Mouse for Halloween.  How her feet still fit in them is beyond me.

We finally got over to the Purple Penguin for some yummy shaved ice. 

Colton showing off all if the puzzles that he put together.  Kinley helped him as well.

Although Colton was taking soccer at school, we wanted him to have more experience with it.  We decided to start in at Lil Kickers which helps with the basics and fundamentals of soccer, plus it's indoors which helps with the Vegas heat.

Kinley was able to have a free day to try out soccer.

She had fun and listened to the coach.  We will get her started in the fall.

Kinley enjoying a nice breakfast outside.

Easter, 2014

Easter was fun this year. As the kids get older, the more fun the holidays become.  Enjoy!

Dying Easter .  I bought each kid a coloring kit; princesses for Kinley and Angry Birds for Colton. 

Both kids had fun deciding what color to use next.

Colton was very particular about where he wanted to put the stickers.

After dying the eggs it was time to get in the pool.

On Easter, after the kids naps, they woke up to see that the Easter Bunny had been by.  Colton was so excited to get the Angry Birds Go cars for his iPad game.

After seeing what the Easter Bunny brought, it was time to head outside and go on the Easter egg hunt.

Can you tell she's excited?

It was a great day!  Happy Easter!

Spring Break, 2014

We had a crazy busy Spring Break this year, but oh so fun as well!  We took the kids to San Diego and hit up Sea World.  We also got to see our good friends the Silva's and have fun at Dave and Busters.  It was a short trip but one that will be remembered.  We also had my sister and her family as well as my brother and his family stay with us.  Fun times for sure.  Enjoy!

Sea World:  It is the 50th anniversary of Sea World this year. 

When we first got to the park, it was empty!  It was also cold and overcast.  The sun finally came out mid morning and it warmed up which is a good thing because Eric and Colton got soaked on the Atlantis ride (the are in the very front).  Colton LOVES any type of roller coasters!

Due to it being the 50th anniversary of the park, workers walked around and gave out a limited edition Shamu carrying a present stuffed animal.  While Kinley and I were waiting for Colton and Eric to return from Atlantis, the worker picked Kinley to give the animal to.  She was soooo excited!

Playing in a little area while waiting for Colton and Eric to go on another ride.

Eric and Colton on a spinning ride.  I would seriously loose my lunch...good thing Eric likes them.

Visiting the shark area.

Hahahaha....Colton's look is priceless!

Each kiddo got to pick out a treat to take home.  This little girl picked the Shamu bubble blower.  Quite fun, colorful and messy.

Playing around having a slurpee.

Checking out the colorful fish.

Completely worn out and unfortunately a little sunburned.

The night we got home from San Diego, my sister Lisa and her family as well as my brother Jeff and his family came to stay.  It was so much fun having everyone under one roof.  There were 14 total....good thing we have a pretty good size house to put everyone.  The next morning, the swimming pool was the spot to be.

Blake giving Colton a ride on his back.

Lots of water wars with Eric were had.

My sister and her family left and Jeff, Mubbs and Luke stayed for a baseball tournament.  We took them out to eat at one of our favorite spots, which they don't have in Utah...Freddy's.

The kids seriously LOVE Luke.  He is so good to play with them and they love him for it.

Pool time was a must daily, even if it was 8:00 pm.  We heated the pool to ensure that it was warm enough.

We also hit up two of Luke's games, one being the Championship game.  Look closely and you'll see that Kinley ran over to Luke as soon as she could.

Kinley giving Luke a pine cone....too cute!

One final night of swimming before they left in the morning.  So fun!