Fancy Dinner

On Sunday Grandpa took one for the team and entertained these two cuties by playing Majohng so Mom and I could listen to some of conference.  They sure liked that game.  They played during most of the morning session.  In between sessions Grandma showed them how to make homemade donuts.  They LOVED them.  I did too unfortunately.  

They saw the dining room table and china and said they wanted to have a fancy dinner one night so Grandma obliged and we had a fancy dinner on Sunday.  Mom asked what they would eat so I thought  their favorite tuna fish patties is always a success.  We were laughing about how this was the first time Tuna Fish has been served on the china in the dining room by candle light.

This little lady even got to join in on the fancy dinner as well.  Poor little thing had a tooth coming in and would hardly eat all week.  It was sad for her and SO frustrating for me.  I get a little stressed when my kids don't eat well.  Thankfully once the tooth came in she returned to eating solids again.  

After dinner we headed to my Aunt Ann's house where a few of her children and grandchildren were all getting together.  I always love seeing family especially since I have so many memories of the Tolman's house since my Grandparents lived next door. 

This little lady wanted to play on the swing set the whole time.  Shocker.  And there are no pictures of JJ because  he was no where to be found.  The Tolmans have about a million little boy cousins so JJ was in heaven playing with all the boys.  They were a little shy at first but then they had a ball!

On Monday these two had to fend for themselves a little in the morning so we could get packed up and ready to go to Disneyland the next day.  So they decided to have a picnic outside and play in the sprinklers and even check out what was in the empty pool.

Later in the afternoon we headed back to the park one last time.  I chased these two all over the park since Grandma stayed home with Cambrie while she napped.  I must have worn Calli out because she crashed on the couch as soon as we got home.

JJ made a friend and insisted that I get a picture with him.  Little boys sure are cute.  They were having all sorts of fun playing in that sand.  

Painting Time

Saturday morning Grandma spoiled us and made swedish pancakes and bacon.  My kids were in heaven.  It was General Conference weekend so instead of heading out we had some activities planned around the house.  

In between sessions Gramps put them to work painting the fence.  They looked so cute in Grandpa's shirts.  They didn't last super long but they sure had fun for a minute.

During conference we had some water colors for them to paint.  I guess Grandpa thought that looked like fun so he thought he would give it a try.

Of course there is always time for stories.  We love to read!

And doen't forget playing games.  Their favorites were Go fish and Memory.  Calli got to have a special date with Grandpa and Grandma while I was putting JJ to bed.  One of the perks of taking a nap is you get to stay up later.

Time for a Tea Party

After Calli and I woke up from our naps it was time for the 1st annual tea party with Grandma.  These two were So excited to have a tea party.  JJ helped Grandma set the whole thing up.  They thought this was so fun.  

Miss Calli waiting patiently for J man to pour her some lemonade.  :)

He was quite the little server.  Grandma even had hats for everyone to wear.  

I love this picture.  Calli looked so grown up in that big hat I think we may have to get one for her.
Cambrie was a bit of a challenge at the tea party because she wanted to grab everything.

I am trying to keep her from knocking everything over.  Eventually I got a little blanket for her to sit on the grass with.  Grandma made the cutest little finger foods.  She had little muffins and turkey rolls and cheese squares and our own little class bowls filled with berries.

It was seriously too cute watching these guys at their special tea party.  They asked to have another one every day we were there.  JJ even picked some fresh flowers to put on the table.

After lunch we headed off to the park.  They have such a great little park in their neighborhood just a few blocks away.  We love to go there and play.  We of course can't go to the park without pushing Calli on the swing.  She LOVES to swing.

Gramps and JJ were having fun on this seesaw.  They had this cool little sand pit and castle thing you could play cars on so I ran home and got some cars for them to play with.  JJ could have spent ALL day there.  

I think all my kids went to be early and then it was time for Grandpa to give me my tutorial in family search.  I decided it was time I learned a new skill and learned how to find my ancestors and make sure their work is done.  I was really excited to start working on John's side since they are converts and we just recently learned the names of his father's birth parents.  Dad helped me find lots of people and submit their names so we are excited to start taking all these family file names to the temple now.

Here we come Gramps and Grams!

Grandpa and Grandma were the last ones of the family to head home on Tuesday morning and then we packed up and headed on our way to their house on Thursday.  When we booked our flights to visit them we didn't know that they would be coming to visit us just before.  We might have waited a few weeks if we had known.  It was a good time for us to be gone with John's crazy school schedule.  If we would have stayed home we wouldn't have seen him anyway, he was working and studying super late every night getting ready for his finals.  We all can't WAIT for school to be over just a few more months now.  :)

So I decided to fly solo with all 3 of these cray cute people.  I was a little nervous but it actually was pretty easy breezy.  We did have about a 20 minute span where everybody was fussing but the rest of the flight was smooth sailing.  This was Cambrie's first time flying.  The older two are professionals by now.  JJ is especially easy to entertain.  It only got a little tricky when Calli wanted me to hold her instead of Cambrie.  Good thing JJ likes to play with miss Cambrie and we had lots of snacks and electronic devices to entertain as well.

After we got off the plane we got to take this little tram to the baggage claim area I think that was their favorite part.  The worst part of the traveling was driving from the airport back to Gramps and Grams house.  They were so tired and hungry.  Grandpa and I had to sing 100 bottles of soda on the wall for like 20 minutes to keep them distracted from touching each other and crying.  

Once we made it to their house.  They got their second winds and were so happy to see Grandpa and Grandma and play with all the toys.  Grandma has kept all of our toys from when we were little so they are different from what they are used to and super fun.

We did lots and lots of playing and destroying their house of course.  Calli loved the little doll house.  

The best part of seeing Gramps and Grams back to back was that Cambrie would go to them really well.  She is at that age where she gets nervous with people she doesn't know.  

I was a little nervous how they would all adjust to the time difference.  Sure enough they all woke up around 4:30 in the morning.  I was so tired that next day thankfully they were in good hands so I could take a nap.  After that first night they adjusted really well and slept great at night so I was able to rest well too.  Nothing better than a rested mommy!  

Where a kid can be a kid!

On Thursday since the whole crew was finally here, except for Grandma who was flying in that night, we decided to go to Chuck E Cheese's.  The kiddo's sure do love this place and gramps loves to see the kids have fun.  

Uncle Dane has such a soft spot in his heart for baby girls.  He was in heaven having Cambrie and Tori to snuggle up to.

Part of us doing the dance with Chuck E.  so we could get some free tickets!

Another part of the gang hanging out and eating some pizza.   I think we ate like 4 larges!

After we came home we had lots of time to play together and chat.  The teenagers and most of the adults besides John and I and Katie went that night to the 10:00 show of the host.  It was way past my bed time so we decided to hang out with the sleeping kids.  Grandma made it just in time to head off to the movies with the gang.

Easter Reunion

Yay it is time for a Bagley family reunion!!  My brother Dane and his family from Alabama decided to make the trek to our house for their Spring Break.  So my sister Esther and her family from Utah heard about them coming and they decided to join in on the fun.  My brother Elliot and his family were already planning on moving here so when my parents heard about most of their kids and grandkids being together in one place over Easter they weren't about to miss out on the fun.  Everybody slowly trickled in and out but we were all together for 3 days.  We were 10 adults 7 children and 2 babies.  We were a full house but we made it work and had so much fun.  Good thing we had some big enough closets and bathrooms for people to sleep in.  :)

Grandpa was the first to arrive helping drive uncle Elliots moving truck from Utah.  He came on early Sunday morning.  JJ couldn't wait to get home from preschool on Monday and watch cowboy movies with gramps.  

These two little jumping cousins had lots of fun exercising together during the reunion. 

On Tuesday the day that the Attridges were arriving this little guy woke up with a fever and not feeling well.  I was so worried that he would be sicke the whole time or that the virus would spread like the flu spread over Thanksgiving.  Thankfully it was really only a 24 hour bug.  He did lots of sleeping on Tuesday and then when he woke up on Wednesday he felt much better.  

Esther and her family rolled in around 1:30 on Tuesday afternoon and we wasted no time in getting right to the princess play.  Miss Isla was in heaven with all of the girly toys Calli was introducing to her.  

Look at these cute little princesses.  I thought it was hillarious that Calli was wearing the one dress that would actually fit the other girls.  She was in heaven being the ring leader with these cute girlies.  Cambrie missed the dress up party since she was taking her nap.

 On Wednesday since J man was feeling better Grandpa decided to take the kids to the store and buy them some kites to fly.  It was a perfect to fly them since we had some wind.  They were pretty excited.  We haven't done a lot of kite flying.  They even got to pick out which ones they wanted.

It turns out that Grandpa is pretty professional when it comes to flying kits.  Look how high he got that one to fly.  JJ was loving it.  It was a little tricky getting it started but then it flowed pretty good, until he accidentally let go of the end of the kite and we were both running after it chasing it.  I almost had it and then it got caught in the tree.  I tried to get it out but no luck.

The same thing happened to Calli's and Isla's they all eventually became subject to the trees.  But we sure had fun while it lasted.  Gramps decided to go back to the store and get some more so we could fly kites the next day with the Bagley kids.  

 These cute little cousins were fast friends.  They even like to eat the same lunch.

Miss Cambrie got to try some of the same lunch as well.  Turns out she likes strawberries and avocadoes and Mac n cheese.

These two cuties sure love playing with the same toys.  Good thing they are both so sweet and easy going still that there isn't a fight about it.  I am sure those days are on their way.  The Bagley's finally arrived around 8:30 that night.  They were sure glad to be out of the car and we were so happy to see them!

Cousin Fun

We are so EXCITED!!  My brother Elliot and his wife Katie and their baby Tori have finally moved here.  These two little cuties became fast friends the moment they saw each other.  It is so sweet to watch them play together.  I think they kind of think the other is a moving toy still.  They love to roll around each other and touch the others face and eyes especially.  We are looking forward to lots of play dates together.

The other night I was putting Cambrie down and as I came outside to get the other two this is what I found:  They had dragged out JJ's Quilt and pillows and had decided to put themselves to be on the trampoline.  What cuties.  I wasn't thrilled about getting his quilt and pillows dirty but thought this scene was pretty precious.  I promised them that when it got a little warmer outside that daddy would have a sleepover with them outside on the tramp in their sleeping bags.  You are welcome daddy.  :)

We also headed back to the doctor this week with little missy.  She had never had an ear infection her whole life until a few weeks ago.  I gave her the antibiotics and then a few days ago she started complaining again of an ear ache so I took her back and sure enough she has another one.  Hopefully it will all clear up after this round of antibiotics and she will be good as new.  We are getting ready for lots of cousins to come and play with us next week so we have to be 100%.  

The other night I called the kids in for dinner and Calli came running in and sat at the table and then said, "Mom, I appreciate you."  It was the cutest sweetest thing.  I don't even know where she learned that word from.  But it melted my heart.  She is such a sweet heart.  I think because she got such a good reaction out of me she and JJ say it all the time now.  Which I am not going to lie I sort of LOVE it!  It is busy and it is crazy but it is SO worth it!