Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Cori is a Big Girl …..ish

IMG_1698IMG_1238

As of late July, Cori has officially reached the 20 lb mark!  We are very excited.  Most kids hit 20 lbs around a year old and she is almost 2 1/2, so it is a long time coming.  In the second pic she is eating butter.  That may have helped.  The Dr. actually told me to feed her butter.  I don’t usually, but that day she just picked it up and started eating it, so I let her.  She is also potty trained now.  She has been working on it for a few months, but she hasn’t had an accident in a while, so I think she is officially trained.  She was much easier than Eli!  Mainly because she will actually tell me when she needs to go.  He still dances around the house for ten minutes.

The first pic is from when we went roller skating with the Southwards.  Cori was a natural!  She could go slowly on her own, but she was a speed demon with the walker thing to hold on to.  She loved it!

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Eli’s 1st Triathlon

DSC02751DSC02754DSC02756DSC02758DSC02757DSC02759

He loved it!  Since he crossed the finish line by himself (somewhere in the middle of the pack), he is telling everyone that he got first place in the run.

Joey & Madison’s wedding

DSC02728DSC02731

My brother Joey married Madison on May 19th in the OKC temple.  These are a few pics I took.  Waiting for more from the bride and groom.

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Family Fun in Dallas

IMG_0932

Derek had training in Dallas again, so this time we took the kids.  We had a great time!  Our hotel pool was on the roof, which the kids thought was pretty cool.  We swam everyday and sometimes the planes flew right over our head.  Eli started swimming by himself one evening.  He went about half the length of the pool. 

IMG_0604IMG_0602

We also spent time with friends (three of my bridesmaids), Beth, Abby, and Jennifer.  The kids got to play with Grant and Jaylee.  Eli and Jaylee looked like Barbie & Ken riding around in her princess jeep.

IMG_0606

One night we went to Medieval Times. It was a blast! As Derek said, it couldn’t have gone better. The food was pretty good and the show was great. We all really enjoyed it. We have to tell knight and princess stories every night, so it wasn’t a big surprise that Eli & Cori loved it. Our knight, the red knight, won, and then he chose Cori as the queen of love and beauty. She got a sash and tiara. She was very excited, but when he came right by her she got kinda nervous cause he was a pretty big and sweaty guy.

IMG_0618IMG_0617IMG_0631

IMG_0931

 

DSC02693DSC02687

One day we went to the Fort Worth stock yards with Abby & Grant.  We saw the longhorns, rode some rides, went to the petting zoo, and ate some BBQ.  It was lots of fun!

DSC02697DSC02699

Nick’s Graduation

558613_10100642542297052_1918895213_n553461_10100642789277102_666112853_n576616_10100642789062532_1781517003_n

Nick graduated from optometry school.  Now he is going to be an Air Force optometrist in Guam.  We are very proud of Captain, Dr. Nick!

In other accomplishment news, Derek passed his FE exam.  Very exciting!

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

T-ball

DSC02716DSC02652DSC02719DSC02636DSC02648DSC02720DSC02721

Eli played t-ball for the first time this spring.  There were times that he loved it and times that he just wanted to play in the dirt, but all in all it was lots of fun and a good experience for him.  He really loved the helmet and of course the trophy, as you can see.  Eli & Cori both made some fun new friends with his teammates.  Their team name was the Batkids.  Cori enjoyed cheering for them.

Easter

DSC02620DSC02621DSC02624DSC02627

Since we have 1:00 church, Easter was kind of hectic, so I guess I didn’t get very many pictures.  Throughout the week we did lots of egg hunting and dying.  We also did resurrection rolls again, which is a really fun and yummy way to explain the reason for the season.  I love them!  Easter morning the kids had a few treats and toys from the Easter Bunny.  Eli got binoculars and Cori got her first My Little Pony.  Then we went to church.  The kids wore their outfits from David & Becka’s wedding.  After church we headed straight to the farm for the Gastaldo family dinner and egg hunt.  It was lots of fun.  Eli got tons of eggs and Cori just wanted to open them up as she got them and eat whatever treat was inside.