First Steps

Our Halloween Dragons

Enoch and Caleb were both green dragons for Halloween. Enoch loves dragons, especially being one. We had a fun time at our ward's Trunk-or-Treat activity. Enoch ran around roaring at everyone. Caleb kind of reminded me of a rooster. A very cute one.






Duane dressed up as a stressed out state employee for the party.





At preschool Enoch had a costume parade and a Halloween party with his class.

Arizona State Fair

At the end of October we went to the state fair in downtown Phoenix. It was huge! Really huge! Enoch fulfilled many of his life-long dreams, all in one morning....such as seeing Thomas the Tank Engine, riding an elephant, giving Caillou a high five, and operating a motorized vehicle all by himself.......

Nice Hair

This picture of Caleb was taken a couple weeks ago. His hair is even longer now.

Videos

Here are some fun videos of our kiddos. They seem to love dancing!

Family First - Camping at Mt. Lemmon

We went to our Ward Campout in mid-August. It was our first family campout. The weather was wonderful and the area was beautiful.




Caleb was the youngest baby there. We weren't sure how he'd like sleeping in the outdoors, but he actually loved sleeping in the tent!
This is a blurry picture of Enoch on a swing that someone rigged up in a tree. He loved it! While we were there, Enoch was either: a)playing in the stream, b)hiking through the woods, c)swinging on the swing, d)throwing things in the fire, e)climbing on a big boulder, f)playing baseball with the bishopric. He didn't want to go home. Obviously a small apartment just isn't as fun as a large mountainside.

Two Cute Cousins

Caleb (almost 8 months) and Hank (almost 6 months)- August '08

Our trip to Utah

This is us enjoying the 4th of July celebrations at Willard City. Enoch spent most of the time during fireworks covering his ears, and Caleb fell asleep. It was a long show.

Our two cute boys!

Enoch, Caleb, Camila and Emma. I love having little sisters!

More Birthday Boy

Enoch had LOTS of presents to open on his birthday. He loved it.




Here is the dragon cake. The kids had fun picking which body part they wanted to eat.

I made this "Pin the Fire on the Dragon" game for his party.

Duane insisted on the pinata, and it actually worked out fine having it hung off the end of the broom stick. One of the kids' moms told me that her son keeps talking about the 'beaniata' at Enoch's party.

Our new Dragon Slayer...

Silly Enoch Turns 4!

We've had a lot of fun with the video camera the last few days. It has helped us capture Enoch's unique personality. He's very entertaining at times.

Here he is singing Happy Birthday -




This video is for you Mom - of Enoch opening your package and trying out his new presents. He loves them. He took his dragon to the baseball game last night and played with it most of the time. He made it fly next to him while we walked into the stadium.

Boyce Thompson Arboretum

Enoch's Graduation

Yesterday was Enoch's last day of Joy School. They had a little 'graduation' party. They played on a Slip-N-Slide outside, and had treats. We will sure miss school this summer.

Quilt

I finally found some fabric for Caleb's quilt. Here is the fabric I picked (an assortment of pale blues, greens, oranges, and white), along with a picture of the pattern that I am going to use. I found both at a great quilting store in Chandler, Cutting Edge Quilt Works. Too bad it isn't closer to my house (but it's only about 15-20 minutes.)



Also, I bought a nifty dispenser. It's called Clickity Clips. It holds little clips (for holding on your binding), and you use it like a PEZ dispenser. Have you seen one before?

Rolling

Here's a video of Caleb and his progress in the rolling over business.

Cute Boys

Here are a few pictures I've taken of the boys this past week.

We got a book from the library called Bobby the Bold. Bobby is a bonobo, which is like a chimp, but different. In the book Bobby escapes the zoo and explores the city. He goes to the barber and gets a mohawk, so Enoch wanted a mohawk too.

This is Caleb's first time in the Exersaucer. He's not sure what to do with it.

This is Caleb in the Exersaucer earlier today. In just a few days he's figured out how to turn himself in the seat and grab the toys he wants. He likes it (of course)!

New Table

I got my birthday present from Duane a week early. Here are a couple pictures of our dining room set. It's very nice! There pictures show it without the leaf. The leaf folds down and is hidden under the top. Want to come over for dinner?

Brothers, Our Trip to Utah, and Easter

So, do they look like brothers?

Enoch - age 3 months: Caleb - age 2 months:

Enoch visits the pilot after our flight to Salt Lake City.

A few pictures from our trip to Utah:

Happy Easter! Our family in front of the Mesa, AZ temple on Easter. It is a tradition for us to always walk around the temple grounds on Easter.