October 2012

Andy was working one morning, when Anthony locked himself in our room.

I tried unlocking the crystal/glass original doorknob.  Nothing worked.

stick, paperclip, screwdriver, nothing

I called Andy because the windows in the room were closed and locked as well.

Andy came right home and he couldn't get the lock undone either.

So, he got the hammer out and opened the door after shattering that perfect, beautiful doorknob.

But, my baby was safe!

 Kelly turned 16 in September and went on her first date, to see Bill Cosby!  

I didn't get a picture of her with her date, but here's Kelly before.

 Maggie is able to mow the lawn now!

 Josh turned 14!

He requested lemon cake.

The recipe is here.

We try to make applesauce each year.

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 We add a lot of red hot candies, to add color and flavor.

That was my Grandma's recipe.  

Most everyone loves it.

 Our Squeezo is really easy to use.

The applesauce goes out the front and the waste goes out the side.

 The striped sauce is spicier applesauce with plain applesauce on top.

 Maggie dressed up as a cowgirl for Halloween.

 Playing a game together after church.

 Lilly dressed up for a choir concert.

 Kelly and her friend at another friend's Halloween party.

 Anthony was a monster for Halloween...for the 2nd or 3rd time in a row.

He finally fit the costume this time, so this year we'll have to come up with something new.

Homecoming 2012

Kelly went to Homecoming with her friends.

 Anthony always loves Kelly, whether she's dressed up or not.  :)

 And of course, Lilly and Maggie had fun.

August 2012

Maggie and Lilly came with Anthony and me to Seattle.

Nana had some birthday surprises for Anthony.

Not great pictures, but Anthony was soooo excited!

He's signing "help" for Maggie to help him open the Cars toy.

 

Anthony's sleep positions sometimes crack me up.

 Josh always has fun with Anthony.

Anthony liked to flip the table and piano benches over a lot.

Josh gave him a ride, and they both had fun.

 Lilly and Maggie with their friend.

Not catching up yet, but some of our Spring Break so far

Yesterday was April Fools Day.  So when we got to my sister's house, we had dinner with dessert first.
My camera and cell phone were dead, so I couldn't take pictures!
For dessert, we had birthday cake for Daniel (who wasn't with us, but who has a birthday in a couple weeks)...made with meatloaf with mashed potato frosting mixed with ketchup (for color) on top.
To drink, we had "grape juice," which was a jell-o made to look like juice.
For dessert, we had frozen mashed potatoes in an ice cream container, and a bowl of cake frosted to look like spaghetti with chocolate meatballs and jelly on top.  It looked like spaghetti!

After dinner, we went to Eastern WA University and went to their climbing wall.
That was fun!  Next time I'll climb along with Andy and the older kids.  :)

After getting to our hotel last night, we had the cousins come visit and swim.
The hotel we go to has an indoor pool, hot tub, wading pool, and a twisty slide.
We played in the water until after 10pm.

Today, we went to the Spokane Temple first thing.

Kelly, Josh, Anthony, Lilly, Maggie

(Daniel stayed home to work)

Anthony sat down and grunted to not go any further.
He's coming off steroids.

Posing for me

We went to a church bookstore, and Maggie bought some earrings to remind her that she is a daughter of a King.
Lilly's earrings are from her cousin, Janice.

After the temple, we went to Subway and made the ladies there laugh a lot, just talking about our family a little.
Then, it was time for the new science center in Spokane, Mobius.


Folding airplanes



Lilly was making cuts in the paper cone to see if she could make it fly with the air blowing out of the circle.

The waterflow exhibit was interesting.

Andy making sound by moving the circles around the table.

Josh's cone design really flew high!  It made it to the top circle by the ceiling!


Me biting on a metal rod, with a straw over it.
While biting, you can hear the music that is otherwise silent.


Maggie doing lasers


Andy having fun with the ball maze.  The pieces are all magnetized and can be moved around.
Anthony had fun watching.


Back in the car while I rested my headachey mind.

I saw the cool tree on the wall and told the children to line up for a picture.  Kelly was not happy with that and told all the others to face the wall so I couldn't get a real picture.  Classic. :)

We walked around downtown Spokane, then went in the mall.  4 stories of escalators!
But, since we weren't going to movies, they couldn't go on the upper 2 escalator levels.


Swimming again tonight.
Anthony was having so much fun splashing.


Cousins filling up the pool!