Can it really be......

BRYN HAS A LOOSE TOOTH!!!!

First of all, Bryn has been a little jealous of her cousins that are her same age all loosing teeth.  She keeps asking me when hers will fall out.  

Tonight as I was flossing her teeth, I went between two of them on the bottom, and it seemed like a small wiggle.  I got so excited and said, "is that really loose?"  She jumped up and ran to the bathroom and tried to wiggle it, but it was so small of a wiggle you could barely tell.  I thought she would be upset that it wasn't any more loose after the excitement I gave her, but she came back in all smiles and said, "Will it be out by the time Grandma comes?"  I told her probably not by the time Grandma Anderson comes, but maybe by the time Grandma Stowell comes.  She started talking 90 WPM!  She said, "I am only six Mom, can you believe it, and I am going to loose a tooth, Kyler when you get to be six you will loose a tooth too, is that exciting?  I am going to put it under my pillow and guess what?  MONEY!!!!  When Grandma comes she will see my lost tooth.  I will write a note for Grandma Anderson to take back and tell all my cousins that I finally have a loose tooth.  I can't wait.  I will have to write a note for Grandma Stowell too, so she can tell Avia and Madix...............!  She went on and on. 

I hope it really is loose and not just my imagination!  I guess we will find out tomorrow if it still wiggles!

Lemon Sharks and Baptisms..........

On February 1st, A little girl in our branch, Aspen, was baptized.  The Baptism was held in the ocean.  When everyone got to the beach, the Branch President noticed a Lemon Shark in the water.  He told everyone it was there, but it just swam around and was gone.  They did the baptism and as soon as Aspen and her dad were out of the water, the Lemon Shark was back.  He was swimming right where they had been standing!! It wasn't very big, but it was still a SHARK!!!  

The witnesses

The Sunset that evening.

Meet Bear Bear......

For Christmas this year, my Mom and Dad gave each of the grandkids a bear from Build-a-Bear.  They recorded their voices into each bear for each of the kids.  It was such a great gift.  The kids have had so much fun with them.  It is like they are real people.  My kids have named their bears: Bear Bear.  They love to get them dressed and feed them meals, and basically treat them like babies.  So this is a glimpse into a day with Bear Bear......

BREAKFAST

This is Bear Bear helping to make toast (our favorite breakfast)

Ready to eat at the table

By the time we get the bears set down and Joseph Smith, there isn't room for Erick and I, so we usually have to wait until Joseph Smith is done and can take his seat!!!

Getting ready for the day

SUN-BATHING

A quick trip to the courts

A very nice long nap!

Getting Ready for Bed

This was my Favorite!  I walked in and saw the kids doing this.  They use the middle drawer of their dresser as a bath tub.  They get "tub toys" and everything.  And of course they have different items that they pretend are shampoo, conditioner, body wash etc....

Dressed and ALMOST ready for bed.

Combing their hair....

Having a bottle.......

Brushing their teeth.

They talk to the bears like I talk to them.  Kyler will say "open your mouth like this" and then open his mouth as wide as he can.  They even remind their bears to spit!

They get serenaded by Kyler before story time!!!

Then it's bed time.

I went back in to get these pictures, because I love to watch my kids sleep, but I think it is so sweet to see how they snuggle up to their bears and hold them like that all night!

I don't know what we would do all day if we didn't have such great imaginations.  I do know our days would be very boring.  And honestly there is never a boring moment at our house!  

Erick's new RIDE......

When we first got to the island we decided we would get Erick a bike to get to and from school.  We went to the hardware store and looked at ALL the bikes.  They had mountain bikes, beach cruiser bikes, and these little BMX bikes.  It appeared that the BMX bike was the cheapest at $195.00!!!!  Plus Erick was so excited thinking about being able to pump the kids on the pegs, and of course they were excited about that as well.  So we bought the bike and got it home.  Erick took the kids for a few rides and had a great time.  On Monday when he rode it to school, he come home and said it wasn't going to work.  Apparently he is a little big for the BMX!  So we took it back to the hardware store and got the mountain bike.  It was marked at $255.00.  So we were prepared to pay the extra $60.00.  Well when Erick gets up to the counter they charge him $2.11.  We thought we had just made a huge deal.  However, the bike would be delivered on Monday.  So come Monday the guy brings the bike and an envelope with $30.00 in it and said we had been over charged.  We are not really sure what was going on with the whole situation even still, but we ended up getting the better bike and spending even less than we thought we were going to spend when we were getting the cheapest bike they had????  

Notice how Erick gets ready for school.  He has his school back on one side and his tennis bag on the other!!!!

Joseph Smith

As we were sitting it testimony meeting today, a little girl got up to bear her testimony and in the middle she said, "I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God."  Kyler of course heard this and since he really doesn't have a whisper voice said REALLY LOUDLY, "Hey, that is MY Joseph Smith."  Of course everyone turned to look at us and see what was going on (at least all those around us)  

What a funny little guy!