Albuquerque

Grandma and Grandpa Wiltbank took us on a trip to Albuquerque New Mexico. We had a really good time!

On the way we stopped at this neat rock formation
One of these kids is not like the other....

Wiltbank grand kids

When we got to Albuquerque we checked into our motel room and then went to this neat park to eat lunch. The park was also surrounded by museums and fun statues.

The kids loved this slide. I never would have thought that it would be so fun!

Then we went swimming at the motel. Brent went into the lobby and turned on the game so he could watch it through the glass and enjoy swimming with the kids. (March Madness)
The next day we went to the zoo and the aquarium. We got to ride a train in between both of them. Here is a picture of the boys waiting for the train. It took some time to get there so they decided they would listen for the train to see if it was coming.

At the zoo I got Wes and Brent in their natural environment. Just kidding! One of the mama's was nursing her baby and she even leaned over and kissed her baby on the shoulder. Too sweet!

The kids acting like a bunch of orangutans! The kids loved to watch the orangutans there was this little baby orangutans that played it up for the on lookers. He would fall off a branch and keep rolling then when he got up he would look at us and hold his hands in the air!
This was Brent and Wes's favorite! He would eat then spit it up and then look at everyone and eat it again and then do it over again each time the food that he spit up got bigger and bigger.
Sweet little Pierce got lost. I thought Wyatt's T shirt was fitting. "No one Gets Left Behind" He was probably confused seeing how it is always a zoo when we get together!

At the aquarium the kids could touch the sting rays and the little sharks

This tunnel was full of fish and lots of fun to walk through!

Jellyfish and Weston

This huge fish never closed his mouth

White turtle

There was this huge of glass wall and inside there were sharks, turtles and fish. This was fun and a bit serene watching the fish. The kids LOVED it!

There was also a lot of neat things surrounding the zoo and aquarium. Lots of different gardens and this fun park that made you feel smaller then an ant. There was also an old homestead,a Chinese garden and a garden that had play trains and if you pushed the button you could watch them travel through the garden.

We had a REALLY GOOD TIME! Thank you Grandpa and Grandma!!!

Happy Birthday Ashtyn

I know I should try to find a sweeter picture of Ash but this also says volumes about her personality. I can hardly believe that she is 12 and loving YW! She has met me in height and always getting compliments on how beautiful she is. Love you Ashtyn Happy birthday!

12 things I love about you!

1. Your sweet spirit
2. You are teachable
3. Love your red hair
4. Personality, pretty funny
5. You were there when I needed someone the most
(ask me sometime)
6. Your caring heart for animals
7. Sweet way you love to help the little kids
8. I love that you can do hair so well and share your talent
9. I love to hear you sing
10. I love that you like to make cookies just like me
11. The way you let everyone be your friend
12. Just because you are you and I get to be a part of that!

Ashtyn turns 12!

Ashtyn and a few of her friends went to Roper Lake to play in the water and have fun in the sun! I loved watching these girls play and laugh. Brent got this really fun trampoline from a friend and the kids had a ball on it. Weston pulled the girls around for a little while. I am sure they really loved that. I heard one of the girls that has an older sister in middle school where Wes is say that her sister told her that if you don't know Weston Wiltbank you don't anything. Lets just hope he didn't hear that.

Ella and the boys also loved getting to finally break out the suits and get wet and play in the sand!

Cutie

LOVE, TRUE LOVE

When I was packing up I saw this. Brent is such a sweetie!

Really?!?!!

I know it is important to teach your kids to work but really?!?!!! How can it be that they even got the door closed? Never mind I guess it does look well balanced. On the bright side they are good at balancing things! Where is that magic wand? Fairy dust anyone?

Wyatt

Yesterday as I was driving to get pick up some kids I had Wyatt in the front seat with me. He and Ella had just finished up an afternoon on the trampoline, he was home because he had strep again, so he had sun kissed skin, swim trunks on and no shirt. I was relishing the fact that he was home and playing with Ella just like the good old days last year, it was a lot of fun! He sat looking out the car window and then asked me if I wanted to know something that would be dangerous. So for all of you out there here is Wyatt's advice for the day. He said that you should never jump out of a car window while the car is moving into another open car window because that could be very dangerous. I then said you have seen too many movies. He then assured me he never saw that before on a movie. More I thought about it I am convinced that he is all boy and YES he could have conjured that up all on his own.

One more cute thing on Wyatt. Today he handed me a birthday invitation and said, "here this girl invited me to a princess party and said that I could come and be the prince. I'M NOT GOING!"

Ashtyn Makes the All Star Team!

Ashtyn made the all star team this year. The team is made up of the best players out of all three schools. They play against teams from surrounding towns. She played hard and her team took third this year. Way to ASHTYN!! You ROCK!

STARZ

Ashtyn played on the Starz team this year. Her dad helped coach her team. She was the highest scorer out of all of the girls in all three schools!

Beautiful Girls

Look at these CUTIE PA TOOTIES! Anetta's came to play and both had pony tails so Ella had to have some too!

Like I have said in past posts we have been sick at this house with something all year long. Trett had a bit of a bug and stayed home. I had it and it made you really tired and a bit sick to your tummy with a head ache. I had forgotten how much friends Trett and Ella are. Before he went to school they were best friends. Yes my last three are very close but these two seemed to share something more. While he was home the two of them had a ball. I hardly saw them and loved to peek in at them or drop in on a conversation. They made snow cones, curled Ella's hair and I caught them just hanging out on the trampoline just visiting.

Sesame Seeds

I am not sure if I wrote this one down on Wyatt or not but it was funny so I thought I better before I forget it. One day we were eating hamburgers and we usually just get the cheap buns but on this occasion we had the sesame seed buns. Wyatt asked me what they were and I told him they were sesame seeds. He then asked me if we planted them would we grow more buns! I think I will never see a hamburger bun with sesame seeds and not think of Wyatt.

Happy President's Day

I REALLY LOVE all the cute stuff the kids make. Mrs Norton is the best at super cute projects. Ella brought these cuties home with a song that she sang something like, "Horay for Mrs Washington!" I can see how she may be a bit confused on the Mr and Mrs part because they do seem to have dresses on but I thought these were dang cute! Especially Mr Washington with his cotton ball of hair pulled back with yarn!