Snow Day part II

Emily is as crazy in the ocean as she is with a snow sled...

Merry Christmas from the Family

They kids are all getting so big. Steven is 13 1/2 and Kimberly is10, Tiffany is 9 and Emily turned 7...and she lost her two front teeth. Happy Holidays to you and yours. We love you all.

Hoover What?

For spring break we took a trip to vegas and the Hoover dam. We took the tour that takes you down into the power plant. Our tour guide was very funny, she kept saying, we don't say the "L" word here. (leaks) they say seepage instead. We also got to be in two states at once, neveda and arizona. We had awesome weather for our trip, every evening the kids would go swimming in the pool for an hour or so. They did a great job in the car, thank goodness for dvd players.

All the cousins...

We got to see my brother's kids from utah when they came for spring break. I can't believe the oldest one is graduating from high school. Way to go Emilee, that is the other Emily, if you noticed we have two in our family and they love sharing their name. Kyle is the tall one in back, he is eye level with me and only 13, wow. Thanks Kasey for driving thru the snow storm. It was fun to see everyone.

New addition to our camping family.

The girls were so excited when they finally got to meet Ellie. My best friend Taryn had baby number four on February 24th. I got to be with her from start to finish. If you can believe it i actually stayed up for more than 24 hours, that is a record i don't plan on beating any time soon. But she was worth it! Taryn got to have a water birth, which she was so excited about until we told her during hard labor that she had to get up and move to the tub. We are so excited for the clawson family and can't wait to spend more time with her this summer.

more traveling

We packed in our lunch so we could have more time playing.
Steven is dressed up with authentic Mormon Battalion Loot.
The kids panned for gold like in the olden days.
La Jolla has some awesome trees to climb in.
The seals are just basking in the sun. Tiffany loved seeing the seals.

The travelers

We spent some time in Old Town San Diego over the long week-end. Do the kids look excited about who is in the back seat? They all took turns driving the police cruiser. We also got to visit the first San Diego Mission, Kimberly had a mission project due soon and we got some great pictures and information to do her report. Thanks grandma for your help.

Children's Museum in Vegas**

 

 

 

 

Steven made the tallest tower he could, he had quite an audience when he was done, the record by the way is 52'. Kimberly tried but hers kept falling down. Tiffany found a stage to perform on and she loved it. She dressed up in every outfit and did a dance on the stage, with curtain and all. Emily found a bubble section that she was mesmerized by.

Move on over, I'm passing you!!

 

We got to take our cousin Owen to the roller skating rink with us today. Wow the kids really did awesome for their first time. Steven rode inline skates but the girls all did the traditional skates, even Emily made it around the rink a dozen times. Tiffany was a pro, she went out without any help and said mom this is so easy..

The kids playing in the snow at Big Bear..

This is a typical thing with steven and his sisters.

Big Bear Snow Day!

 

B-day Bash!

Emily's friend Riley had an awesome b-day party that all my kids got to go. The clown painted their faces anything they wanted, they thought that was so cool!

spooky halloween

What is scary than mom without make-up! Steven was a skeleton, Kimberly a spanish princess, Tiffany a pop-star and Emily was tinkerbell. I of course went as myself, just not the pretty one.

In case you've never seen one..

Yee Haa

We went to the local pumkin patch and the girls rode on some ponies. Emily was the most excited out of them all because she just loves horses, about as much as Kimberly loves dogs. She asked for a pony for her birthday. Steven did an excellent job being the photographer, he thinks he is too old to ride ponies...The kids also ran crazy in the corn maze and got to watch pig races. I love having these kinds of Saturdays.

Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures....

Mom got us four rolls of toilet paper for free by signing up to do a survey about how we use the toilet paper. So, for one week we have to record each time we use the toilet paper and how well we liked it....some of the things they want to know are...how many times did you pull the paper?...how many sheets did you use?....did you fold it, scrunch it, wrap around your hand...there are 36 toilet paper diary entries available....i laughed so hard reading the instructions that i was crying..hope you all enjoy this one!

UH, OH, SPAGHETTI....

This was my kitchen on Saturday morning. No one touched anything, they just slid out of the pantry and CRASHED to the floor. There was at least 12 Ragu jars...so sad. and very messy! Kimberly was standing right there when it happened and I came rushing out of my room because the noise was so loud.
Yes it took forever to clean up.

There's more..

This was the favorite night because we roasted hot dogs and then smores!

Kimberly has told me she is going to have two kids and four dogs! she is my animal lover...but who could resist Jack Jack..
Water balloon toss was entertaining until steven got involved and thru one at kimberly's stomach..ouch!

Just chilling out!

more fun in the sun...

Aren't these the cutest kids ever...emily was just digging her cute little toes in the sand...couldn't resist.
Kimberly made a chair out of sand..and filled her swimming suit with the stuff.
Allergic reaction to all the mosquito bites..ouch!
Tiffany found her happy place..a bag of bbq chips and some warm sun.
Steven is getting older by the minute. This year he actually cared whether or not there was sand on his food.

C and C Crew...

The Coonce and Clawson annual camping trip was in July this year. We decided to stay a little closer to home and checked out a new camp ground in Oceanside. The weather was beautiful ,the camping sites huge, just some uninvited guest would come around dusk..mosquitos...yuck! but other than that we had an awesome time. The kids rode their bikes, went on hikes and explored nature..near by lake ( mosquito's home) and saw ducks and geese and rabbits and squirels..but the best part was going to the beach every afternoon and watching the kids body surf or build sand castles..hopefully these pictures show the excitement we experienced!