Yes, We're Alive...

So, yeah. Long time, no blog. This has been a crazy and fun month so far. Lots going on here.

1. First of all, Eden went to her friend's Tea Party a while back (maybe even in June) and I never posted the cute pictures I got. She loved getting dressed up, something she hasn't had much experience in. She loved the glitter, nail polish, and especially the "necklaces," which she totally hogged. I think she was wearing every single neck piece available.
2. Jonah has been continuing his photography hobby. I am always finding his works of art on the camera. 3. Levi finally has given up bottles. I know, he's almost 2. I have seriously slacked with getting rid of the bottles, but it just wasn't a big deal to me because he can already drink out a cup. It was more of a concern when the other two couldn't, remember? Anyway, he's doing great with sippies. Next stop, the binky.4. Tibi's here! She'll be here for a few more weeks. The kids are having fun with her, but she has been sick since last night. Hopefully it'll pass quickly so we can have more fun!
5. We went to see Harry Potter opening night with a bunch of local family. It was a lot of fun, although the movie was a little bit of a disappointment. You gotta go to the midnight showing though!
6. I didn't get any pictures (I'm killing myself), but I got to see my cousin, Camie, and her adorable new baby girl. It was so great to sit down and talk, something we haven't been able to do probably for years. I've missed being able to be around Camie since we've both been married, so it was fun to get to see her. And also, my other cousin, Karena, moved here from Iowa! It's going to be awesome having her cute little family so close after having them so far away for so long.

7. And a huge piece of news... we got a second car! I can't begin to tell you how ecstatic I am about this! No more commuter miles on our family vehicle! Freedom to go places! Plus, this Sentra has low miles, gets great gas mileage, and has an auxiliary audio input jack so you can plug an ipod right into the stereo system! Kinda wish it was my car!
8. This is just a little video of Levi getting ready for his shower this morning.

Dancing and Jumping

We haven't posted a video of the kids dancing lately, so here is a video showcasing Jonah and Eden's latest moves. Jonah requested this song.

The kids also tried out their High School Musical jumps. I got some pretty good jumps from Jonah! Eden kept jumping forward instead of up. Oh, well.
Now that I think of it, why is Jonah always in his underwear when he's dancing?

4th of July Weekend

This last weekend we got to go swim at Grandpa and Grandma Shirley's house. Peter's brother, Kevin, and his family came down from St. George for the weekend, so we got to see them as well. The kids had a great time swimming; the pool was just the right temperature and it was nice to be able to get out of the heat!

I was interested to see how comfortable the kids would be swimming after having been through a session of swim lessons. I bought the kids some floaties, which helped a lot. Jonah LOVED swimming. He just kicked around the whole pool and was having so much fun. Eden did well too, but wanted a buddie to swim with. She swam with Grandma for a while. Levi liked the water too, and hung out in the intertube.
Later on, Jonah wanted to take his floaties off and I told him he can't swim without them, but he get in the shallow end and played around. Then I guess he decided he could swim well enough and took a step off the shallow end and he sunk to the bottom of the pool like a rock! I had to hurry and get him up, and it didn't even seem to phase him, which is weird, because he's always been the kid who didn't like water in his face or was a little scared of swimming. Well, he's over that! He tried to swim by himself twice before I forced him to put his floaties back on. I never thought that Jonah would be the kid I'd have to watch super carefully around water!

Jonah making the rounds...

Well, anyway, we had a fun time and it was nice to be able to get in the pool. Our little toddler pool in the backyard just doesn't cut it for me. I wouldn't even be able to get my whole self in.

We hope you all had a great 4th of July. God Bless the USA!

I guess I should also mention that we saw Wicked on Friday night, here in Tempe. It was my first Broadway show (even though it was traveling) and I was so excited to see it. I have been addicted to the Wicked soundtrack for quite a while now, and I think it just might be my favorite Broadway musical right now. I really loved it, but I don't want to ruin it for anyone, so I'll just say that I loved the opening sequence, Dancing Through Life was pretty cool, and of course, Defying Gravity was awesome. I was surprised how much I liked Popular; I think it was because of Galinda. She was so funny throughout the whole play and kind of stole the show for me, even though Elphaba was great too. And I also loved No Good Deed.