Liza and Bailey bladed the new driveway

Appliance Shopping the Boys' Way

It would be too boring to simply enter a store and get what you went there for! After Kev and I decided on some appliances for the new house, the little guys found the tool isle! Liza was at Kangaroo Zoo with Kennedy tonight so we didn't have her with us.

Snow Cone Season Has Finally Arrived!

So what if it was a rainy day...? These kids have been waiting for snow cones all spring!

RainDance

Liza and her good friend Bailey think of the craziest, most hilarious, fun things to do. During yesterday's rainstorm, they jumped on the tramp wearing garbage bags for over 2 hours!!

Creative Land

That is where Liza lives! Ever since she was tiny, she could turn any regular object into something mind-blowing! This entire flower bouquet is her latest creation...it is made purely of duct tape!!

Christian's Artwork Extravaganza

"Little Stevey"

Christian drew and titled this masterpiece himself! Little Stevey is born!

Christian Being Three

Christian wouldn't pose for a pic while
giving his balloon to Jessa; this is right after :)

....Jessa's slipped off her wrist up into the sky. She was so sad. I stood back in amazement, however, as Dane, Jonah and Christian each took off the balloons on their wrists and gave them to her! Wow-if the impressed people in the restaurant could have seen that too....

Heart

We have been playing with our cousins alot this week since Kate and Jase are
in Hawaii! This morning, we took Jessa and Elsie to Village Inn for breakfast. Walking in with 5 kids under age 5, I knew we were being watched by everyone there, and the kids proved worth watching! They were amazingly well-behaved! A family even stopped me on our way out and told me how refreshing it was to see obedient, well-mannered children! They were all so good that the manager gave each child a helium balloon as we left. In the parking lot, however,....

We LoVE Legacy

The boys and I got to go to Legacy Prep this morning to watch Liza and the 4th grade perform a play about Utah. Liza was great with her singing, square-dancing and saying a line about drinking too much coca-cola! Afterwards they had a county fair where she displayed a poster on Salt Lake County and gave out salt water taffies from Sweets Candy Factory. As part of their Utah study, in art class they have been drawing the state bird (seagull), tree (spruce), and symbol (beehive). They have learned about it's history, geography and current culture. We love Legacy! Great job Liza!

Bird-Feeding Vid

Bear and Cleo

Visiting Mandy's dogs was another exciting animal-kingdom experience for the kids today!

Highlight

Feeding these birds was the BEST!

Christian had some real sympathy for this bird and kept whispering to him,"sorry you're stuck in there, little guy."Then he would mix it up with a loud "HEY, NO PECKING!" and then go back to his sweet talk. Quite the hilarious birdy bond!

GREAT day at the aviary with Mandy and our cousins!

The Jonah Brain

We spent some time at Abbas and Papas home today even though thy are out of town (at their final Mortons location dinner with all of the corporate big wigs!). Jonah was in the living room with his cousins for a few minutes and then came to get me in the kitchen to tell me that his head hurt because a needle poked it. I asked him to show me the needle and he took me to the living room couch where we got down on the floor and saw that the bottom kick is secured with small nails that have become loose and are pokey. I said "Oooo that must have really hurt" to which he replied "Not really....its just good that I have a skull!"

"boy"

"boy"(n) - a noise with dirt on it's face

Happy JoJo

Jonah lit up when Kev met up with us tonight at music! Sweet!

Liza Speaking Guitar

At her lesson today, Liza rocked through two Taylor Swift songs and then began to learn a third! We love her coach, Rick, despite his off-key singing!

Glimpse of Summer

Christian's use of lines and colors has amazed us from the beginning of his early-artistic life. 

Look at those eyes! We love his creativity!

Puppeteering

The boys, as usual, colored for hours today! They worked so hard on these transformer puppets and put on a play with them!

Vacteria eating a bird

By Christian

Family Night at the Fishers

This was an important night in the history of the Tolton family, as this was the night that blogging from my iPhone was born, and hence, this family history kept and compiled! Thanks to Tim Fisher for sharing his tekky brain with me - I would have missed so much documentation had it not been for his willingness to share.