Merry Christmas!!!

WE MISS YOU!!!!!

We have a had a great time the last few days, and everyone must have been good this year, because Santa took good care of us. We went to the zoo Thursday to see Santa and have taken it pretty easy today. We opened presents and played with them, went to Tangled and played outside today (it was 50). Thanks to everyone for all the wishes and presents!! Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. WE LOVE YOU!!!!

The Big Game

Last week Q-jo finally played at the Y' like he does at home. He scored 6 or 7 baskets and couldn't stop smiling as you may notice on one of these videos. We told him he had to play hard or we wouldn't put him in winter basketball, and when the game was over he said to me, " Will you sign me up for Coach Keith's team for winter, now?!!" Obviously, we did. :)

The Cutest Reindeer Ever!!

Here he is, Donner the Reindeer, making his acting debut.Yes, his nose is black, part of the costume. You may notice he is a bit more engaged than he was last year in the kindergarten music performance. He was VERY excited to have a little part in the performance and did a great job!! And all the first graders were adorable!! He chose to wear the nice shirt and tie all on his own, so we had him take a picture with his teacher Mrs. Gutierrez, whom he adores ( that is a new word Quinn has learned and constantly brings home paragraphs he writes at school about things he "adores").
Zoe has some new dance moves that we thought you might enjoy seeing too, we can't leave her out.

Happy Friday to all!!

PS. Not sure how that giant picture ended up at the top, but didn't think anyone had seen the "toothless Quinn" yet.

A taste of b-day fun!

Just a few shots from Sat. and Zoe's birthday cinamon rolls on Thursday. Grant wasn't loving the camera, but Max was!

The Big Run

There has been quite a bit of excitement around here since Zoe turned 5 on Thursday, but the most exciting event for the Birthday boy, Quinn, occurred Sat. afternoon at his football game. He loves playing flag football, and his team hasn't been able to muster much offense this season until the 3rd to last play on Sat. The person holding the camera got a little excited too, so you can't see that he made it about 3 feet from scoring before someone snagged his flag. Zoe, also scored her second goal of the season, this video is from a couple weeks ago...we haven't gotten the goals on video. Many more pictures and videos from the B-day events will be coming soon!

Thanks for all the calls and presents!!

Been a long time since Mommy added any pictures and videos, and we've had a busy summer. Some of this may be out of order. This looks like our camping trip this summer. Quinn and I were master grillers and Mommy said it was the best hot dog ever! Quinn won free tickets at the Sky Sox game for throwing the fastest in his age group. Daddy said his wind up reminded him of the Mad Hungarian.

The first grader

Here he is...all ready for first grade. So far things have gone well at school. As hard as it is to believe, he is still VERY well behaved according to everyone I ask. Zoe loves her new bike and was riding all around tonight. We are off to get to bed early tonight..this morning we were all a little tired and grumpy.

Love you!

She keeps getting bigger and bigger....

Zoe has been involved in some"big girl" events this summer. I know many of you have already seen her ride her bike with out training wheels, which she mastered in two days. She also has stopped sucking her thumb and needing her blanky (well, 98% of the time- she only needs it in great times of stress). We went out to celebrate at her favorite restaurant, Panda Express and then to Marmaduke. And finally all her years of taking care of Shayla, Fayla, Kyroo and all the other babies is paying off as her new cousins are arriving. Max and Peaches will be well cared for when Zoe is around. Hopefully I can get caught up and get out some more summer highlights soon!

Rocky Dogs!

I am way behind updating this blog...but will try to catch up this week. Here are the kids with Grandpa at the Rockies game over Father's day weekend. You can see everyone had a great time, and the Rockies won!

Sky Sox

We went to our first Sky Sox game last week and we got to sit right next to the dugout. Zoe and I each got a ball from the manager, he said I had to be nice to my sister and keep the mustard off my face when I eat hot dogs. How did he know I have trouble with both of those requests? There were some Rockies playing down here that day. Dexter Fowler is batting behind me and that is Houston Street behind me signing the ball, he signed my ball first and I got a bunch of other autographs. It was hot, but it was an awesome day at the ball park!

Summer???

Hard to believe this is what we were doing two weeks ago and today we are wearing pants and sweatshirts, and it is COLD!! Just hanging around this weekend, and we won't be on our swimsuits!
Talk to you soon!
Quinn

School is out for Summer!

The end of Kindergarten is here, and I can't believe it! I loved being at Evans this year. Here are some pictures of my class and my friends Analise and Taylor, who I went to an extra reading class with this year. Analise is a little "girly" for me, but Taylor is a good friend. We had a performance, and I was really hot, but I hung in there....I would have rather been playing baseball.
Zoe finished level one of preschool and she may have gotten more awards her first year than me. She is really good at school and got a Leadership award from Ms. Angela. She said she is always helping out and keeping everyone in line. (sounds a bit like a "bossy" award to me). I will admit, I am proud of her, just like Mommy and Daddy are. Even though we both love school, I think I love summer just a little bit more!
Love you all!!
Quinn

Weekend Fun

A little glimpse into our weekends. Two of the last 3 three weekends we have gone to the zoo and we are ALWAYS in the driveway. Quinn would prefer a game of baseball with some of his friends, he even recruited some of our adult neighbors on Sunday. He doesn't really care, the more outfielders the better. For awhile he was doing lunges so he could get strong enough to dunk. I'm pretty sure he is getting ready to log in about 8+ hours of playing outside once school is out. Zoe, she just kind of does her own thing and wanders around with Giovanna and their new friend Riley who lives down the street, She was trying to decide at dinner the other night if she is a girly girl or a tom girl...either way, she is pretty good entertainment!

Science Fair

Here is our little scientist! Her flower project was a big hit at the science fair, and you will see she did an amazing job. As always Ms. Angela has the kids trained and they are all business.
Sorry we are so behind on updating the blog...I will try to get caught up. Quinn only has two days of kindergarten left and he has a program tomorrow night at school. We are all ready for SUMMER!!
Miss you all!

The Tooth Fairy!

Hi! I finally lost my first tooth!!! After we went to Grant's house we got ready for bed at Patti's and Mommy gave my tooth a big twist, and it was out! It didn't even hurt. I was so excited it was hard to get to sleep, but I did so the Tooth Fairy would come. Three ones and two half dollars...whoo hooo! Paige was a little worried about the tooth fairy coming in the tent where we were sleeping, but everything was fine!

We had a great weekend with our cousins and now I have have to get my next tooth moving to make room for my permanent teeth which are already there.

Love you guys!!!

Quinn

Little Ballerina

Here she is....the little dancer. The videos speak for themselves. Pink is week one, purple is week two...enjoy!