Hip Hop Dance King Dax

Dax took a fun 4 week long Hip Hop Dance class, and here is his performance!

I want it to be my turn.

He's 2nd from the left. He was so cute with his hat to the side.

By far the best in the group!

Joey starts Basketball and swimming lessons!

Joey was involved this summer, in the local Parks and Recreation youth Basketball team.

Heights Youth Basketball.

Getting in those stretches!

Niagara Falls, Canada! Spring Break 2009

Niagara Falls was so BEAUTIFUL! JJ, Joey, and Dax all had different weeks off for Spring Break! Go figure. So, we decided to let Joey miss a day or two, and head up north to spend the weekend in the wondrous city of Niagara Falls, Canada. It was the 1st time out of the country for all of the kids :) Yay for the kids! And the 1st time to Canada for Daddy. Mom has been to Canada in the past. It was nice to finally go somewhere out of the Country where JJ had never been before!! Except I have to confess, I was only 6 :) and don't even remember! I just have my families stories, and my souvenir of a pink plastic wallet with the logo of Expo '86 The Worlds Fair. But all the same, there is something exciting going to another Country. Even if it was only a few hours North East of us. We did stop at customs, and flash our long ago obtained passports, and birth certificates! The ask you questions about where your from and where your going. I'm sure to slip you up and make you nervous. Each time we passed through, we got an odd question. "You have 3 kids? Are they all yours?" Well yeah! We are Mormons.

We are now entering Canada!

Here we are in the tunnel under the Falls. And with our balloons in front of the Falls.

It was a fun time to go. The mist of the Falls left a thick coat of ice on all of the rocks and trees and grass. The boys found this very fascinating.

Isn't Daxie the cutest little cheese ball?!?! Ok, Goat cheese ball.

The boys made it clear how much they wanted to go see the Butterfly Conservatory. But, as soon as we walked in and all the Butterflies were flying all around us, they soon regretted it! It was so odd to see Joey so afraid! Lol! Well, maybe not so odd. But we paid for it, so we were going to see it! Much to all our surprise they had many of our favorites, the Blue Morpho, and the Monarch Butterflies. So many of them found it fun to perch on top of Lola's head!

Then we hit the WAY to expensive "Skylon Tower". For a ride up the elevator, an awesome view, and some very expensive food!

We got a bit nervous on the ride going up.

But once we were up in the revolving restaurant, we had such a wonderful view!

Even a great view of our next destination, The Sky Wheel.

Nice view from the Sky Wheel!

Before we left, we had lots of fun with all the different shops and "Museums" up and down the streets just next to the falls.

Last but not least, we stopped off at the Original Home of the Buffalo Wings. In Buffalo, NY.

Lola's video update for March.

Here are Lola's video updates for March. She has improved so much since these were even taken! They are a bit long, but she ends up standing, crawling on all 4's and going up the stairs! She is non-stop now. She is always on the go :) Some exciting news- Lola finally got into the toddler program at a school we have been on the waiting list for a while now. She will go 2 days a week (in a row for consistency) from 10-4. Six hours is quite a long time for Mom to handle! But I will be able to come and go as I please, even stay the whole day. I'm sure I'll do that for the first while. We are hoping that this will be the big step that she needs to take off even further with her development. We visited the school and played a few times there, and she loves it there :)

Lola scoots

Look at what Miss Lola can do!

She scoots!