Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Cantina

Maxx is obsessed with legos.  This is his rendition of the Cantina in Star Wars.


Maxx's Wolf

Maxx received his Wolf!

Juan got to paint his wolf paw on his forehead - now it's official...




Way to go Maxx!

Maxx's 9th Birthday!

Last but definitely not least....

Maxx is 9!!!


This year Maxx had a friend party.  We decided to rent out the local Jr. High pool.  It's just too hot for the park, and he wanted to invite too many for the house.


 CAKE!


PRESENTS!


Wonder where Fia gets her hamming skills... 


Happy Birthday, Maxx!  We love you!
You are so proud of the fabulous boy you have become.

Sofia

Sofia's first day of school...



They had a Tea Party at preschool.  They had been learning about manners and wanted to show us what they had learned.



I tried to get Sofia to wear a fancier dress, but she is a stubborn one.  She did let me put ringlets in her hair.

 Our beautiful princess!

They made a paperdoll of what they wanted to be when the grew up.  Sofia wants to be a ROCKSTAR!!!



During Fall Break Maxx and I purged his room.  It totally wore Sofia out - you know all the hard work messing up her room. :)

Abby

Abby's first day of school.


They had "decades" day at the Jr. High.  Abby chose the 80'S.  Her leggings are mine from when I was in 7th grade.  The rest we just threw together.  She wouldn't go totally 80's with the Madonna look or really big hair (she considers this to be big hair - little does she know) - more of the cool rocker chic.  Her "look" could pass for today.

Sand Rail

Our friend Joel let us borrow his sand rail.  We took it out to the desert on a beautiful August day.  It had rained - even rained a bit on us - was nice and cool for August in AZ.  Love the monsoons!  Of course I only took a couple pics...



Don't let her face fool you - she loved it!  Juan took her through a few puddles. :)

The Many Faces of Fia

Sofia has been quite the ham lately.

What started out as a beautiful Butterfly...


Turned into pulling faces...




 More faces at karate...




I don't think she's read the Calvin and Hobbes where he face freezes that way.


Hogle Zoo!

We went to the Hogle Zoo with Suzanne and Isaac.



The Elephants

There's a baby elephant hiding...decided to take a nap when we got there.


We took just a few group shots.

Tortoises 

Penguins


Giraffes

Did I say we took a few group shots?


Not sure what this is - anyone?

A bunch of wannabe gorillas!

Guess I should have taken more pics of actual animals!  You know - the kind that live at the zoo - not the kind that should live at the zoo. :)

Monday, October 18, 2010

Liberty Park/Tracy Aviary

We went to Liberty Park in SLC with Kathrine and Debra.  Inside the park is Tracy Aviary.   We enjoyed seeing the different birds and riding on a few rides.

The pretty birds...




The rides...




Maxx was sad...he got motion sickness on the swings.


Sofia and I on the Ferris Wheel

This little girl is fearless!  She was mad they wouldn't let her ride the swings.

Gorgeous view - I miss the mountains!

Debra and Kathrine

Abby