K-Day 56

After church we went for a hike...Kody loves to be in the spotlight. After he climbed to the highest spot he pulled up the legs on his shorts and danced for us. What a goober, the other night he did this and then started singing, "Blinded by the light!" When we noticed how white his thighs are. What a goof!

Bryt: Day 56

This is Morgan after she finally chilled out after a 45 minute fit. She fell asleep at 5 in the afternoon which always means trouble, so when she woke up she was not a happy girl. The lovely fit ranged from "My legs hurt!" to "I have a belly ache" and finally "I need you to stand up and hold me, not sit in yours lap!" But finally, FINALLY, she decided breathing was a good idea and she just chilled. Thank Heaven.

Diane Day 55, April 24

The Stevens' boys came to help plant trees. Stetson is a wonderful worker, Hunter stayed out the way mostly, Remington (who you can't see) was on and off, hard to keep up with the older brother, he entertained the dog.

Diane Day 54, April 23

The leaning tower of Palm.

K-Day 55

Danielle decided to read outside and get some sun, she looks so thoughtful.

Ro: Day 55

Connor's cousins came to play today. He had a lot of fun playing, though he still gets quite upset about the whole sharing thing. Connor has the most amazingly adorable cousins in the world.

Bryt: Day 55

Oh no! Intruder alert! How will I ever know which baby is my own????

Ro: Day 54

Just when I think he can't get any cuter...

Bryt: Day 54

My Mom came to help with the kids today while I finished up all the packing. The thing I love about my Mom is that she genuinely loves to be with her grandchildren. She spends time doing things with Morgan and she never says no to a silly game of make believe or hide and seek. And you KNOW she never says no to the chance to put Morgan to bed with a book and some cuddle time :)

K-Day 54

Try as they did the poor firemen couldn't fight off the lava and save the tree.

Ro: Day 53

Connor likes to help me with my Wii Fit yoga.

Bryt: Day 53

It was really risky taking this picture cause I had to use the flash and I was so afraid she was going to wake up! But I couldn't resist how cute it was that she tucked in her little glow-worm :)

K-Day 53

Tomorrow, baring the weather lets up, Lolo's class is going to erupt volcanos. For extra credit the kids could each make one and bring it to erupt. So in true Oquist style we waited til tonight to start, but I think it looks pretty cool!

Diane Day 53, April 22

Check out all the grapes on the grape vine. I hope they get bigger this year. Should I pick some off so the remaining ones get bigger?

Ro: Day 52

We crack our windows a couple of inches for the swamp cooler and today during nap time this little guy decided to pay us a visit. Although he found his way in he had a bit of a hard time finding his way out, even when I opened the window all the way.

Bryt: Day 52

Who knew all I had to do to get Morgan to eat the crust was to let her make her own sandwich? Or maybe the trick was that she did it in her bathrobe...

K-Day 52

Here was the storm that hit us today. This is right before it unleashed it's power on us on our way to school!

Diane Day 52, April 21

This is my picture for today. I am the Activity Day leader in our ward. Today we did a Treasure Hunt of sorts around the outside of the building. This is my favorite page of directions for the hunt.

Bryt: Day 51

Today was a very, extremely, so much over the top kind of stressful day. Close your eyes and imagine yourself trying to find a place to live and move into in 2 days....and open them...Now you're me! Anyhow, I got into the car to go to a doctor's appointment, and I saw this: A phone number scrawled into the side of a banana. When I asked JD, "Did you really write a phone number on a banana????" He said, "Yep - It was handy." (in a "duh, isn't it obvious" kind of voice)

It was my comic relief for the day, and that my friends, is why I love having him around :)

Ro: Day 51

Bedtimes have been very smooth for a long time, but for the past few nights it has been back to crying -- no, screaming himself to sleep. This is especially trying in our new location for a number of reasons. 1) On the other side of the wall at the left of the picture is my bed. 2) There are no doors separating our sleeping spaces. 3) The safest spot for Connor's crib in his cubicle is right next to the light switch, oh and his books. Sooo right now as I am typing this on my laptop I keep seeing books being chucked from behind the wall. It would be funny if it weren't so loud.

K-Day 51

I felt that I needed to post a pic of Kody today, since he woke me up last night after I was in a deep sleep to cry that his ear hurt. Than after 600 mg of ibuprofen didn't work, an hour later we headed to the emergency room to find out he had a full blown massive ear infection. They gave him some antibiotics and Vicodan, than the numbing eardrops and we headed home. With all that he finally sleeps. He slept til late morning and is feeling much better, he is back to his goofy annoying self as the pic shows. I guess the lack of sleep was worth getting him to feel better! Ah kids what would we do without them??

Diane Day 51, April 20

Allergies! I have come to believe that this nice Olive Tree is the culprit! It is in full bloom and spreading its pollen everywhere, including in my house. After a couple doses of homeopathic allergy stuff, which usually works, and 2 Benedryl, which casue me to take a wonderful 1 1/2 hour nap, I am still watery and itchy! UGH!!!!!

Bryt: Day 50

Savannah, Kristi, and I went to the mall today to hit up an awesome sale at The Children's Place. I love doing things with these girls because I have just as good a time when I'm with them as Morgan has when she is with their kids. I took a picture of the three of us "grown up girls" and it was just not flattering for any of us, so I decided this one of Morgan on the carousel would do just as well :)

Ro: Day 50

Cinnamon toast for breakfast.
Forget the toast part, all he did was lick of the cinnamon-sugar.

Diane Day 50, April 19

I have spent most of the day either cleaning house or cooking. I know that it is hard to believe, but I didn't take any pictures. I should have had Walt take a shot of me (not at me) cleaning the fans. Anyway, I went through my cards on file and I love this. It makes me smile.

K-Day 50

Lolo played her first game tonight, they won 1-0. She had 4 strike outs along with being the starting pitcher. Way to go Red Hot Chili Peppers!

Bryt: Day 49

Sometimes my uncontrollable addiction to buy things that are only a dollar can be bad. Couple that with my need to see those around me happy and sometimes it can mean real trouble. Like this: Exhibit A: The Recorder. And I do this to myself...

Ro: Day 49

The NBA playoffs have started, so there were 3 games in a row that Aaron just had to watch today. Basketball has been playing in my little room since 1 this afternoon and it is 10:30 right now so you can understand if I am going a little bit bonkers.

Diane Day 49, April 18

Lazy day.

K-day 49

Lolo chilling in the kiddie pool.

Bryt: Day 48

"And the little bunny went hopping and hopping..."

-Thats the story according to Morgan

Diane Day 48, April 17

This picture made my day. These two little ones used to be afraid of EVERYTHING. Now there are excited and anxious to do lots of stuff. Except Kenneth doesn't do rides that go in a circle and Emma is not too sure about heights. She quickly followed the boys on the fun house and discovered tooooo late how high it was, her big brother to the rescue, Kenneth guided her through the swaying bridge and downthe looooong tunnel. And not just once but several times because she had so much fun. They are so funny. MOMS -- don't teach your children to be afraid of their own shadow, teach them how to survive in the world!!!!

Diane Day 47, April 16

Two cousins havin fun, getting spoiled!

Ro: Day 48

Daddy's little protege.

K-Day 48

Today we went over to the Y for Healthy Kids Day. I let Gracie, the daughter of the lady dancing, take a few pics. I decided to post this one of Janine dancing with her other daughter. Janine is a good friend of mine and also the Personal Trainer who teaches all the classes I have been taking at the Y. Believe it or not she is 8 months pregnant, due in 4 weeks. I am amazed at how much she does and trust me the classes she teaches are BRUTAL, all while being 8 months pregnant! Amazing.

Bryt: Day 47

I just couldn't believe I managed to get a picture of him actually looking at the camera.

K-Day 47

Today Super Sissy built a fort for Sammy. Apparently the two chairs and one blanket I used weren't good enough and Sammy needed a "bigger, better" fort, per Danielle. It worked, he took his toys and sippy and played under here for quite awhile so I could fold laundry and Sissy could finish some homework.

Ro: Day 47

Connor thought he was pretty hot stuff being able to balance on Daddy's back like that. He was just beaming the first time he did it. And then he just kept climbing back on over and over again.

Bryt: Day 46

Oh, what a day today has been. It started with the Relief Society Presidency stopping by to bring me a quilt for Ian, then we went to the park with our ward's play group, followed by a trip out to town with Savannah,and finished it up with several hours at my Mom's. When I finally made it home this was waiting for me: A gift from a sweet older lady in our ward. It really hit home for me today how great the people and friends I have made in this ward are. Sure, there are some major crazies, but I am gonna miss it. A lot.

Diane Day 46, April 15

Danzi place 7th in showmanship class, 7th out of about 60 other junior novices. She maintained control and was calm through the whole time. All three kids placed in the top 10 of their classes for Showmanship. What an exciting day it has been.

Ro: Day 46

Trying to shoot down a bug that was perched where the wall meets the ceiling. I guess he got the Hulsey hunter gene after all.

K-Day 46

I took this pic a couple weeks back, Sammy brought all his blankeys and paci into our room. Danny would pretend to cry and Sam would give him all the blankeys and then finally gave him the paci. This one is my fave, because Sammy is actually telling him, "SHH SHHH SHHH".

Bryt: Day 45

Morgan LOVES the show Blue's Clues. Tonight at about 7 she asked if I wanted to play Blue's Clues, and I thought "Eh, why not?" So we made up some clues and this picture is her reviewing the clues in our very own thinkin chair.

"Gotta find a paw print, thats our first clue, put it in the notebook cause they're Blue's Clues...Blue's Clues"

K-Day 45

I couldn't resist this one. We went to lunch today with some friends and Sammy made it to the top of the playland and was so excited!

Diane Day 45, April 14

Maricopa County 4-H Fair. Stetson, the gentleman on the left, managed to receive Breed Champions with both his hogs. Remington, the gentleman on the right, was kind enough to show one for Stetson in Grand Chanpionship hog drive. Pretty exciting stuff, Stetson didn't place in the championship, but it was a good day. Danzi their younger sister did good for her first year in 4-H, she placed second with one of her hogs.

Ro: Day 45

Today was the last day of my fantasy basketball season. I really ended up enjoying it a lot more than I expected to. It also did a really good job keeping me from getting so annoyed at Aaron's crazy basketball love. I am keeping my fingers crossed that playing fantasy baseball will work the same magic.

Diane Day 44, April 13

Check out what I came home to this morning! The first beautiful zucchini. The past couple of years the squash plants have been very pitiful. But this year, all are beautiful.

Sorry I am late with this, got interrupted last night and did not get back to the computer.

Bryt: Day 44

Morgan has decided to play coy everytime I want to take a picture of something cute she is doing. The joke's on her though cause little does she know that she is being cute even while playing coy.

Ro: Day 44

I introduced my Mother-in-law, Susan, to DSW. She called it shoe heaven and I am pretty sure that she was only pretending to be kidding. I also bought my first pair of heels today. I know, it only took me 24 years to get up the guts to get some. Except that I did not find these in shoe heaven, i found them at Payless. Now I can throw away my clunky Sunday shoes from my awkward teenage years.

K-Day 44

My own Basket head! I almost think he looks Jamaican.