Andersens come to visit

We had a great visit with Shaunalei, Micah, Ashleigh and Peter when they came recently. We went swimming a lot, and had a great, full day at the beach. Unfortunately, the day before they were going to leave, Micah did a handstand too close to a palm tree and sliced his foot open, needing 5 stiches. Last time they were here Peter split his chin. I hope these accidents won't keep them from coming again soon. We love you!

I love Peter's cowboy hat!

Micah and Shaunalei had some fun boogie boarding together.

Kaleb and Peter loved collecting sea weed out of the ocean. They made a pile of it. We couldn't see them at one point, then we looked farther up the beach and they were trying to drag this "treasure" back to their pile. Shaunalei finally went and helped them. Emily was quick to point out the bad smell coming from the sea weed, but the boys loved it.

Awards and Jedi Masters

Becky was all smiles during her awards assembly at school. She ended up getting recognized for being on the student council, being on the honor roll all three semesters, and another award for high academics. Way to go Bex!

Kaleb found his own way of entertaining himself at the 2+ hour awards assembly. He found a flip toy in my purse, that flips when you turn it inside-out. We were coming up with new places for him to try it. This video turned out great! (technical difficulties with the video, check back soon)



The week after school was out the kids and I went to Disneyland with some friends for one last time until fall. The park was packed, so we did some things we've never done before and only went on a few rides.

We went to an animation show and got to meet Mickey Mouse when it was done!

We went to Jedi training, and all three kids were chosen. I think it's because they were all wearing their tye-dye shirts from Vegas.

After they all completed their training, Darth Vadar came, and with him Darth Maul! Here Kaleb is lined up to fight Vadar, and he doesn't look too confident.

They all fought extremely well.

Way to go my Jedi Masters! May the force be with you, always!

Changes at home

So I don't know when I'll get new pictures on here since everything takes me 5 times as long now, but I thought I'd update you on some changes we've had recently. I got some good news when I went to the Doctor on Monday and found out I don't need surgery for my foot. He also said it's not a problem for me to travel this summer, but I might still be on crutches, which would be a pain, but we'll see what happens there. The other big change we've had is Emily got her braces on yesterday, plus an expander at the roof of her mouth. She has been so good about them, even though it took her an hour to eat her burrito for lunch yesterday, and she's having a hard time getting certain sounds to come out right. She was so brave! She chose black and purple for her rubberbands, and I really will get a picture of her on here soon. My ward is being so good and helpful with my broken foot. They've set up babysitting and meals for most of this week, which has been really helpful. It's nice to be taken care of, especially with no family close by; at least not until next Wednesday when they start arriving for Emily's baptism. I can't wait to see everyone!

Party Central

Having 2 kids with the same birthday=lots of fun and excitement and parties! This was the first year that Kaleb had a birthday party without Emily. He still got to share his party though since his friend, Joshua (sitting on the blue chair), has a birthday on June 1st. We had a combined pool party. It was a lot of fun, and since most of the kids aren't strong swimmers, we had moms and siblings come too. I think we ended up with 25 or 30 people. We all had fun though, and no one drowned, so it was a success!

Kaleb and I took donuts and chocolate milk to share with Emily's class. They sang happy birthday to both Emily and Kaleb.

That night we had cake and candles. Emily and Kaleb each made a wish, and blew out their candles on their side of the cake.

Saturday we had Emily's pool party. It's a lot easier to swim with 8-year olds than 5-year olds. She invited all of her girl scout troop and a couple of friends from church. It was a lot of fun, but all of us ended up with colds at the end of the week.

So having a double birthday is a lot of fun. I'm just glad it's only once a year!

Cruising with the Webers

The cruise was a blast! We were on the Carnival Elation. We got spoiled having food whenever we wanted, and having someone make our beds each night.

A kiss at sunset.

It's hard to believe I know, but Becky still found time to read. Here she is in Catalina.

I love this picture of Becky. A look of pur joy on her face!

It was so fun to go on the cruise with Kirsten, Spencer, Richard and some of his family. We had a great time together with lots of laughs.

These guys were our waitors. The first night at dinner the kids all had ice cream cones, so the one waitor started calling Kaleb "ice man." It stuck, and he called him that for the rest of the cruise. Very fun guys. They all sang for us one night, danced the next night, and sang a fairwell song the last night. They are great.

We all looked forward to returning to our room after dinner to see what towel animal we would have. Emily loved this turtle.

We were too cheap to buy the nice pictures the cruise people took of us, so we took our own picture in our room with a blanket propped up behind us. It's not professional, but it's free!

This is us waiting to get off the boat to head to Catalina. We love the island! We went snorkeling on a couple of different beaches. Spencer had never gone snorkeling before, and he really liked it. We also did a little shopping and a lot of walking. I'd love to go back again.

This picture of Kaleb sums up our whole trip. Fun, relaxing, and like Kaleb says "the cruise was so fun!"

From the mouth of Kaleb

The other day we were driving in the car and Kaleb said, "You know what my favorite car is Mom? I like the ones with no topping. You know that kind Mom? The ones with no topping." It took me a minute to figure out he meant a convertible. What a great way to describe it.

This morning, Kaleb walked in my room while I was in the process of getting dressed. He looked at me and said, "Oh, you just have your garlics on. Is that what their called Mom, garlics?" We had a little discussion about it, and had a good laugh. You've got to love kids!

Here's a video Kaleb did when Grandma and Grandpa Torgersen were here. Caution: Could cause motion sickness!



It's fun to see things from his point of view.

A bit sour

Easter was great! My friend Kym gave the kids a big easter basket full of treats. Kaleb was excited to try this sour treat.

We were expecting a good reaction, but his sour face was so funny!! We all had a good laugh about it, and he repeated the process for the girls who missed it. Thanks for keeping us entertained Kaleb!