Van with cousin Baxter. Van was this dirty after 10 minutes of being there.
Grandma Mike came to visit one afternoon with my cousin Heidi and her kids. (I should have made grandma put her teeth in).
Uncle Greg with some of the kids.
The kids trying to bury Danny in the sand, but they kept throwing sand in his eyes.
What a big helper Hanna is!
Having fun swimming!
Van telling me where his popsicle went.
Van sleeping on Grandpa Ernie.
Swimming and going down water slides. (Max kept going on these two slides over and over again all by himself, while my mom and I played in the pool with Hanna and Van).
Eating lots of yummy treats!
Floating down the river. (Just Danny and Max did this one because there were some scary parts. Danny fell off at one point going down a waterfall, he said he did everything he could to keep Max on the tube).
Lots of traveling (not so enjoyable, but the kids really did a good job. Yesterday we drove all the way back home and only stopped twice).
Hanna just finished up swimming lessons last Thursday and is doing such a good job! There is a lady in our area that teaches swim and preschool and after the 8 days of lessons the kids are pretty much swimming. They still need to be watched closely and need a lot of practice! I had Max take it when he was 3 and since then he's been swimming! We took the class this time with 6 other cousins and then on Friday we had a little swim party to celebrate! 
Well, at the party there was about 20 kids there and not too many adults wanted to be outside in the heat watching their kids swim. At one point I was the only one out watching all these kids who are still not perfect swimmers and even little ones were outside walking around the pool, I was quite stressed and was watching like a hawk. There were a few older kids who were there and so I guess some of the other moms felt safe about that. Anyway, later that day when all the adults were outside (I was still watching like a hawk) I looked in the pool and Ruby (4) was under the water and trying to get up. Two big kids were standing right next to her and about 4 other little swimmers and I yelled to my niece Raquel (15) to get Ruby and she grabbed her. Ruby was fine just very scared and coughed up some water.
I believe this is when a lot of bad things happen in the pool, it's when there are adults around and everyone feels that someone else is watching. Lets make sure we are safe this summer and no one close to us drowns!
50 yard swim
2 mile bike
1/2 mile run
Running to the finish line
Two tired boys!
Hanna had a little dance performance with her class for the parents to come watch them dance on stage. It was cute watching her, she watched the teacher the whole time and would do just what she was suppose to. The funniest thing to watch was anytime she did a jump or move all she cared about was getting back to her spot on the tape. She wanted to do everything her teacher said to do and never leave her spot! 
I got the kids these green swimsuits for Easter and thought they were so cute in them together I just had to get their picture taken. Aren't they so cute?!
The kids had a wonderful weekend, they swam Friday night and all day Saturday (it was HOT)! On our way back Sunday we called Danny and had him get us a hotel room at State line and meet us there. It was only $20.00 to stay and we just wanted to play one more day and have Danny with us.
We went to this beautiful park in Northwest Las Vegas for Memorial Day with Tom and Becky Jensen family. We had a BBQ, the kids rode their bikes and scooters and had fun throwing rocks into the pond and feeding the ducks.
The kids went on a long walk to see the horses with Danny and they were gone for a while so I only took these two pictures while we were there, whoops. Anyway, we all had a very fun relaxing day!
It's my brother's 32nd Birthday today. We had him over on Wednesday night for dinner and his favorite, mint chip ice cream. Uncle Micheal brought all the kids a birthday present so they really thought that was neat! The kids say thank you Uncle Michael for all there fun gifts! We hope you have a Happy Birthday, we love you!
Yesterday Van turned 18 months. This is my favorite stage because they are changing so much and learning new things everyday. There are a few differences in Van than Max and Hanna; he has always loved music and when he hears music his left arm starts moving like crazy, now he gets his left leg going too. Another thing Van loves is books! He loves looking at books and is always excited to find a doggy (or any animal) which he excitedly screams dog no matter what animal it is. Van loves feeding our neighbors dog (doggy Max) with his daddy. The other difference about Van is he throws a lot more tantrums than the others. I guess he just likes to get a good use out of his vocal cords as much as possible, especially when I'm on the phone. I believe the tantrums are partly my fault because with Max and Hanna I taught them a lot more signs and they were saying a lot more by now. Van can understand pretty much everything I ask him or tell him to do he just dosen't know how to communicate back to me very well, so this is a big part of his tantrums and frustration. For the past two nights Van has been sleeping in his crib all night long, yeah! Hopefully, this will continue! We enjoy having Van in our lives and we love watching him learn and grow.
We had a Magic party for Max last Saturday and it went really well. Danny was the Magician and he did an awesome job entertaining the kids.
We had over 20 kids at the party, we did a pinata (Max really wanted this, I didn't at all), ate hot dogs, had cake (I made a magician hat cake) and root bear floats (another big request from Max). Grandma Dee, Grandma Susan, Grandpa Ernie, and Grandma Debi were all at your party.
Danny and I got Max a new (well used, thanks to Craigslist) bike. He also received a lot of other fun gifts and money as well, he had a wonderful day!
Today was my 30th Birthday and I had a great day, thanks to my wonderful mother! My mom came over at 9:30 this morning to watch the kids for the day. I first went shopping with my friend Alena to get me some maternity clothes. We went to ROSS and I found a few cute and most of all comfortable items. Then Danny and I were able to go to my favorite restaurant (India Palace) for all you can eat lunch, yummy! Poor Danny has been sick all day, he had enough energy to enjoy lunch, but soon after was back in bed. After lunch I dropped Danny off back at home and then I went and got a pedicure, which is always so nice! I then picked me up my own personal very yummy Nothing Bundt Cake. After dinner and F.H.E. the family sang HAPPY BIRTHDAY to me, it was a wonderful day!
This is the picture of the ultrasound if you can tell what is going on...Baby A, her head is on the left and her legs open from the side like this < and nothing is hanging (we are looking at her backside).
Then Baby B, all you see in this picture is his legs opened at the top left corner and his looks like an upside down u and you can see a little something hanging from the middle, not the smudge coming out of his leg(this is also his backside).
This is me pregnant with twins at 4 months along.
This is me pregnant normally at 4 months along. (I hate that I was sticking me tongue out, but this it the only picture I have at 4 months pregnant).
On Monday Hanna was invited to her friends Hannah Montana birthday party. The girls were to dress up like Rock Stars. It was fun getting Hanna ready for the party and Max enjoyed helping her too. Max reminded us of her earrings and necklace and then he put them on her. (Please excuse Max, in the background).
Van enjoyed the cake, A LOT! He didn't know how to eat one at his 1st birthday just a few months ago, but he sure knew how to this time!
