Really? AGAIN??!!!

This poor little girl has had a bit of a rough time. And right now is some rough time for her. She has serious constipation - she cannot poop without help. She is sick again. Today and tonight has been a yucky battle with a yucky fever that is determined to stay with her. And she has pink eye. All at the same time! Woo hoo!!

This is a picture of her in the throes of trying to poop. She laid on the floor and kicked her feet and cried until it came out. Sad, but a little amusing to watch.....

Is it Easter yet?

Since General Conference falls on Easter this year I dressed my little dolls up this past Sunday. I think I'll dress them up again the Sunday following Easter as well!

My two favorite boys. And they are both so handsome!!!

I swear this man gets cuter as the years go by! And he makes mighty cute kids too.

I just love having two girls to play dress up with! And lucky for me, Kay loves playing dress up!

Kylie love - she's such a sweetheart. I just adore her. She doesn't like grass. She doesn't like it to touch her. At all. When we first put her down to take her picture she tried crawling to us to get off the grass, but then gave up when she realized that the more she tried to get away from it the more it touched her.

Kay Kays - Our very own princess. She is turning into such a big girl. This year she got to pick out her Easter dress. That was so exciting for her. We love this girl!

And then there is our buddy - When he is in the mood to be helpful he is an excellent big brother! Quite inquisitive as well. He NEVER stops talking and asking questions! And we really do love that about him.

Newfound love

Kylie had such a blast in the swing. She didn't want to get out.

We Love Cousins!!!

My kids love their cousins. They look forward to going for visits. They get so excited to play with them. I love to watch them together.

Here are all of them with the exception of Kylie. She stayed home with daddy.

Jc, Austin, Anthony, Jr, Chelsea, Alexya, Della, Kaylin, Logan, and Konner

For almost 4 years there were only 6 of them. They are now the "big cousins".

Then Konner came along. And then almost a year and a half later 3 more cousins came!! We call them the "little cousins", with Konner being the oldest of the little cousins, and Kylie being the youngest.

These kids are so dang cute!!!

Kylie

So much personality in such a little package!

Kaylin got this cute baby bed for her dolls for Christmas, and little miss Kylie is determined that this bed is for her. When Kay brings it out to play with, Kylie immediately climbs on! When Kay gets upset and tries to get her baby bed back, Kylie gets upset back at her and yells and hangs on. When mommy takes pity on Kaylin and removes Kylie from the baby bed, Kylie screams and cries at mommy. When mommy moves the baby bed out of Kylie's reach, Kylie races for the baby bed while still screaming and crying. In Kylie world EVERYTHING belongs to Kylie!

Kylie is a very impatient, no nonesense eater. She does NOT tolerate waiting around for dinner to finish being made. She does not tolerate anything she doesn't like (that food tends to fly around the kitchen!). But when she loves it, you know!!!

Our family would not be complete without this little doll!

Future Derby skater?

This is Konner's first experience with skating. He really liked it, even though he fell A LOT. I think I might get him his own skates!

Dancing Girl

Kaylin just loves dance class. She has such a good time. I'm so proud of her for trying so hard to do what her teacher tells her to do!! She even practices at home and teaches her brother tondu, sutzu, chasse, and shuffle step.

Four of the kids in Kay's dance class. Daniel, Clara, Kaylin, and Andrea.

My Favorite Person

M - mathematician

I - incredible

C - clever

H - hot!!!

A - amusing

E - eternal

L - love of my life

The best uncle there ever was!

This is my great uncle Leo. He is my grandma's brother. And he's seriously German!! I love this man. He has always been like a grandpa to me. And lucky me, he loves me too! My official title is "favorite niece Kathy". And nope, I'm not kidding. Almost a year ago he was given 6 months to live, and look at him! He just turned 95 and he is still going strong.

Uncle Leo and I used to hang out (back when they lived in Whittier) and watch old movies late into the night. He introduced me to the good old oldies "Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers". He used to pick me up when I was a teenager so that I could spend the weekend with them. He used to teach me phrases in German and discuss the Holocaust with me (and remind me that he wasn't actually in Germany during that time whenever I would get upset!) He used to give me quarters before I would go to a school formal and tell me to call him if I needed him to come pick me up because some boy wasn't behaving. And he has always watched out for me. I love him dearly.

His 95th birthday cake. Chocolate. Yummy.

Aunt Peggy and Uncle Leo

Happy Baby

Kylie saw the camera and immediately scrunched up her little face and grinned.

She loves her "ditty" (stuffed kitty). She gives it hugs and gets mad at her sister whenever she picks it up. It's cute.