Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Sandy Valley Days 1 & 2

We went to Sandy Valley before the reunion so we would have more time to spend with Grandma Dance
Jordan in his bed.

Jack and Coleman

Kenzie.

It was so, so, so hot while we were there. The kids spent most of their time outside in the water. Doug and I spent our time outside in the shade:)


Jordan also spent a lot of time mining. Doug took him and Coleman up on the side of a mountain to do some mining. They loved it!





This picture is so crazy. I have no idea how it happened, but part of Kenzie and Colie are missing...


Jordan loves physical work.


Grandma watering her garden.

Jackson trying to catch the football.


Kenzie taking a reading break.





Coleman trying to catch the football.






We worked hard on this puzzle.


Coleman tried an Otter pop. He said he liked it, but hasn't wanted one since. He did say he didn't like the juice of it.


Play football.

Doug telling Jordan the play.




Doug showing off his football poses:






Kenzie trying to catch the football.

Jordan's turn.

Kenzie's always doing cartwheels.


She caught it!


So excited!

Cute girl!

Coleman's Birthday Interview

What is your name? My name is Coleman.
How old are you? I'm six.
What is your favorite color? My favorite color is red.
What is your favorite animal? My favorite animal is a buffalo.
How come? Because I like looking at them.
What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a dad.
Who's your best friend? My best friend is Tessa.
What do you like to learn about? I like to learn about math stuff.
What do you look forward to learning in first grade? I don't know what I'll learn in first grade.
What do you want to learn about? I want to learn about how did fur get on animals.
What do you like to do for fun? I like to play games.
What's your favorite game? My favorite game is Battleship.
What's your favorite movie? My favorite movie is... I have a lot of favorite movies. I'll tell you one of my favorite movies: Trolls.
What's your favorite tv show? PJ Masks
What's your favorite book? My favorite book is that science book. The science book we're on. (My First Encyclopedia.
What makes you happy? Somebody being nice to me.
What's your favorite sport to play? My favorite sport to play is tennis.
What's your favorite season? Spring. That's so beautiful.
What's your favorite word? love!
If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go? I would like to go to Alaska.
If you could go anywhere in the universe, where would you go? to the other Earth (Kepler-22b)
How many kids do you want to have? I want to have 11.
Boys or girls? I want 9 boys and 2 girls.
What do you want your house to look like? (he suggested this question:)) There's a ton of bunk beds and I will have 15 TVs and I want to live in Idaho so I have a log house. And I want to have a dog and a trampoline that has a net and is connected to the ground (in a hole in the ground) and it will have a ceiling net and it will be big. And my backyard will be huge and we have a horse too. And it's a trampoline horse (a horse that goes on the trampoline:)) And there will be 2 tables, one inside and one outside. And I will have 2 couches, outside and inside,  and 2 rocking chairs, outside and inside. And even rocking couches! Couches that rock inside and outside. I want to have a Foosball, and pool, and air hockey, and ping pong table. And I will have basketball hoops and basketball stuff. And I will have a soccer field that's in my front yard, and I will have a football field that is in my front yard. and my garage will not be connected to my house. My children will sleep outside with an umbrella covering it so they don't get rained on. And the mom is a school teacher so we even have a school place in the house. And my upstairs is huge.And we even have an Echo, Alexa, and Amazon. And we have 10 of all those.  I would have five 10 year olds and six 5 year olds and none of them would be exact twins. And I have 8 stories (8 stories tall.) And I have water by my house. A lake. And it's Lake Tapps. Another Lake Tapps in Idaho.
Who do you love? Everybody! Everybody that I love! I love Jordy, our family, and a lot of our friends, and a lot of our cousins, even though that is our family.

Monday, August 7, 2017

Coleman's Birthday

We had to celebrate Coleman's birthday early year because the Dance family reunion was on his actual birthday.

We had his family party the Sunday before his birthday.


Showing his big muscles for his muscle man shirt.



Cam, Sam, and Jordan in the background.

Alli and Jack

Konrad, Ash, and Kimber

Grandpa

Grandma


play Angry Birds


He wanted yogurt for his treat.


We told him to open his eyes :)


Jack did a brain teaser for my dad.

Playing Bounce Off

Coleman opened his presents from us on June 13th, I think. It was the day before we left for Vegas.
Such a handsome boy!


Moana! He loves these kind of toys!


Zingo. After we played he said this is the best game ever :)

I thought he'd be way more excited about checkers.


He got lots of Paw Patrol toys.


I love these kids of mine!



All about Colie:
He loves to make us laugh and smile.
Once he told me if he died, I would be the so sad because he's the one that cheers everyone up.
He says "oh dear" sometimes and it's really cute.
He loves to think deeply about things. He's always asking why things happen or what it would be like if certain things happened.
He loves math. He decided he wants to be a mathematician when he grows up.
He's doesn't like to be near animals, unless they are in cages.
He loves giving hugs and kisses.
He loves playing games.
He wants to make good choices.
He's very loud.
He loves playing with other kids, but also plays well by himself.
He loves us to read him sciency books.
He's getting better and better at reading everyday, but doesn't seem to care that much about doing it.
He still doesn't like to get himself yogurt in the mornings.
He eats yogurt usually for breakfast and snack before bed. Sometimes he eats it during the day too.
He's been trying more desserts lately. Sometimes he says he likes them and other times he says he kind of likes them, but he usually doesn't want more after the first bite. He tried a Sour Patch Kid and thought that was pretty awful :) I don't think he's really had anything so sour before.
He likes playing on the Kindle.
 He also likes playing ABC Mouse on the computer.
He likes Doug and I to lay with him every night for 5 minutes.
He loves his siblings so much and they all adore him.
He's excited to be a first grader this year.
He's not shy.
When he has something to say he has a really hard time not saying it.
When he gets sad about things, he looks so sad that we have a hard time not giving him whatever he wants.
He's super cute.
We love him so much!
We are so happy he's in our family!

Sunday, August 6, 2017

Random Pictures

Last day of co-op. We had a party that included making ice cream in bag.

I was organizing the back part of the pantry, and Kenzie came in and organized the three lower shelves. She did it in about 5 minutes and it looked so much better. She loves organizing!

We were watching out friends' son one night and the kids made a fort to sleep in.

Kenzie, Jordan, Elijah, and Coleman. Jackson just wanted to by himself upstairs.

Our backyard has long grass and clovers and honeysuckle (I think) growing all over so bunnies love to come play and eat in it. We always are so excited when we see one!


I found this at the Lakeland Hill garage sale this year! I went with my friend Margene and we spent the whole day there. It was so fun!

Hair Cut

Kenzie wanted to get her hair cut soon after he dance recital. I always have her wait until after her recital so her hair will go into a bun more easily/




I didn't get an after picture with her hair down, but this is still a cute one with her short puppy ears.