Some Catching Up to Do

A lot has happened since our last post, much of it has been great.  Jens got to show Papa Dave how snugly she can be when she wants.

Papa Dave showed Jensley how Secretariat-y he can be when he wants.

Jens transformed into the Pink Knight.

When Rock was a baby he would wake up and want to go go go.  Ryker usually woke up grumpy because Rock disturbed him by going going going.  Jensley is different.  Jens wakes up and wants to snuggle and cuddle and be adorable.

She's pretty good at all of those things.

Oh, and she's pretty awesome as the Pink Knight

Always vigilant, always pretty.

Jensley also got to go flying with Papa Dale.  She loves jabbering into the headseat and spitting on commoners down on the ground.

Oh, and she also loves eating the Starbursts that Papa Dale has to drop to kids.

Ryker stayed home with DeA and so we buzzed the house.  He was so excited to see the chopper that he slipped and fell running out on the deck.  Can you see him sprawled out next to the BBQ?

Fall flying is pretty awesome.

Rock was co-pilot and gunner.

Then they gave Papa Dale all the help he could handle getting Whirly back in the hangar.

Jens thought it was all pretty fun.

Rock won't really pose for pictures unless he is threatened.  In this picture I told him to smile or he'd go to bed without dinner.  It worked, but DeA is worried about my ability to follow through on that threat (not that I wouldn't follow through, but if it is worth sending Rock to bed without dinner just because he doesn't like getting his picture taken).

Ryker loves getting his picture taken and never needs to be threatened with loss of food.

One morning I did trick Rock into thinking that my phone was a mirror and stole some pictures that way.  He was checking out his Superman curl.

DeA and I went the temple Saturday while Nick watched the kids (thanks Nick!).  Afterwards we took the kiddos to Chuck E Cheese's.  Jens had a blast.

The boys had a blast...trust me, they are there somewhere.

I even had a blast setting high scores on the real games.

DeA taught the kids the strategy of climbing up the lane and putting the ball in the 10,000 point hole.

Rocko tried opening his toy with his teeth and that caused his previously slightly loose tooth to become very loose.  Then he wiggled that tooth all the way out of his head.

Uncle Nick had a flag football tournament in the evening so we cheered him on.  It was a lot of fun and the kids did about four laps on the track...that meant that everyone had a very good night's sleep.