Kai Turns Five

Kai Cassidy

"Big Sweetus"

Can she really be 5?

Kai turned 5 and she was ready. She counted down the days for - ev - er. I keep thinking, "How can she already be five? She was my sweet little angel baby with black, curly hair. Now she is this smiley, silly, stretched out little girl with blond hair and an irrepressible sense of enthusiasm for EVERYTHING!"

Alas it is true. Kindergarten and tween angst looms largely in the distance. For now a "dirt cake" made of Crushed Cookies, Chocolate Pudding and Gummy Bugs is the light of her life

(Besides her Dad) - But soon, many other things will be sparking one of her patented bursts of excitement.

She has changed so much in the last year. She's grown at least a foot; she loves riding her bike, scooter and other things at mach 10 all while wearing a "fancy" skirt; she loves playing sports, including pushing Cody's buttons, but lacks the grace that her mom had (Ha!); ballet and violin round out the list but most of all she loves her brothers and sister who is currently "en route". I swear she thinks that baby #5 is her own special present that we decided to give her.

We love her too. She brings so much love and laughter into our house. She is definitely a dreamer - Last year she reminded me that we needed at least 3 more cars for when she and the twins turn 16. Yikes! Dream on, Kai.

I hope you had a wonderful birthday. Thanks everyone for all the lovely presents. She loves them all!

Happy Easter :)

Happy Easter everyone. It was a beautiful day in our neck of the woods. I hope it was where you were too. Sorry to hear about the earthquake in Mexico and Southern California. Seems like the earth is shifting a lot recently. I finally made an Easter Dress for Kai. It isn't as fancy as the ones I've seen in the store and it probably cost more money to make, but I did it! Yay.

We got to go to an Easter Egg Hunt in our Neighborhood. The twins discovered treats! They like chocolate a lot.

On Sunday we went to Brett's parents house and had a great time with family. Cousins are big to our kids. They never miss an opportunity to spend with their cousins.

We had fun and played a little baseball.

We did watch most of General Conference, but really it was hard for me to hear anything being said. Its just that stage of our lives. But I thought it was a beautiful Easter weekend. Brett was out of town and we missed him a lot. Hopefully he'll get home safe tomorrow.

We hope you are all happy and safe. Love you much!

The Larsens

Spring Break at Gma Downey's

Ahhh! Spring Break in California. What could be better?

The Sun, The Sand, The Golf, In-N-Out.....oh and also.....

....visiting with Grandma & Grandpa Downey :)

Cody and Kai were convinced that the water couldn't be TOO cold. They could definitely boogie board. WRONG! But Cody did say that he needed a wetsuit for his birthday.

Ben and Dane started out pretty clean. But I couldn't catch them long enough to rub in the sunscreen.

They had many other things in mind.......

Like eating sand - getting your face in it if you have to.

Digging in the sand,

Eating More Sand

Chomping on some fresh seaweed. Kelp to those who consider it a delicacy, like Dane.

But over all we were all Happy! It was a great time.

Ben and Dane even met a new friend. Bob the Cat is over 20 years old!

Thanks Mom and Dad. We had a great time! We love you guys.

As an added bonus, you convinced me to get the boys a haircut -

HERE IT IS

AND I finished Kai's Dress. Thanks for the help with that!

Good News

Coming July 20th........

We are all excited, but Kai is most happy with this news. Her mom is not too far behind her with excitement. :)

Merry Christmas

Here is our Christmas Card this year. Sorry it is so late. We wanted to wait a little to share some special news!

Enjoy.

(Just click on the part with the writing and it will enlarge it so you can read it.)

Happy Halloween!!

BOO!

Just in case you can't tell - here are what the kids were for Halloween

Cody - Spaceman Spiff (the alter ego of Calvin from Calvin & Hobbes Fame)

Kai - Cinderella (duh!)

Dane - The Tawny Scrawny Lion (Although he looks none too scrawny or tawny)

Ben - The Pokey Little Puppy (Pokey is not the word we use to describe Ben)

PS It should be noted that we have the same witch on our porch that is seen in Beckki and Allen's Halloween Pictures. Thanks mom!

One Twin Walking

Here are Ben's First Real Steps.

12 months old and finally walking.....