Family in town

A couple of weeks ago Joe, Kristi, Davey and Mark came into town. We had a great time visiting with them. We played games and went to the Zoo. The guys went to a Spurs game. I wasn't very good at taking pictures and the ones I do have are courtesy of the camera on my phone. Sorry they're not great quality.

Update

Yes, its been a very long time. I've been stuck in a blogging rut and haven't felt like posting much. I don't make any promises about posting more, but I will try. Here is a kiddo update.

Luke will be 4 in a couple of weeks. He is finally potty trained and has been for a couple of months, Wohoo! After trying a few times and giving up he woke up one morning and did it by him self. I make a reminder in the morning and that's it even when we go out and about he will tell us he needs to go . He still wears a diaper at night, but there has been a couple of nights when he fell asleep before I put one on him and he stayed dry through the whole night I think he just wanted to do it on his own terms.

I started a small preschool with a few women in our ward. We have it once a week on Thursdays. We go over a letter, a number and a color each week. Luke has been having a great time with the other kids. He has been learning so much and I am very proud of him.

Samantha is now 15 months. She is running every where and can go down the stairs all by herself facing forward. She enjoys being outside and will now walk on the grass even in bare feet. She doesn't say to many words but she understands everything we say to her. She will answer us with a yes nod of her head when we ask her a question and stares at us when the answer is no. She just adores Luke. I'm amazed that the motherly instinct has kicked in so soon with her. when Luke cries she is right there patting his back giving him hugs. She loves babies and even tries to pick them up. She loves coloring and will sit right next to Luke and color with him. In general Luke and Sammy get a long pretty well. If Luke is being mean to Sammy she will get frustrated and hit him and all I need to do is reminder only huggies and kiss and she'll stop and give him a big hug.

Easter

The kids

The apples don't fall far from the tree

Check Up!

Samantha had her one year check up last Wednesday. She is 30 & a quarter inches tall and weighs 20 pounds. She now has 4 teeth on top and 2 on bottom with an other one coming in. After learning how to walk during Christmas week she is now piratically running.

The Harlem Globe Trotters

Last Thursday we went to see the Harlem Globe Trotters here in town at the At&t center. We all had a lot of fun. The kids did fairly well even though it started right at Samantha's bed time and Luke was only unhappy when we wouldn't buy him a basketball.