Tucson's Children Museum

The boys and I went to the museum with Nana, Sam's mom, Melanie & her family and Haley this week. The kids had a lot of fun.

Michael & Jacob playing around.
Here's Daniel playing with some blocks.
Nana with Tima and Melanie, just watching the kids.
Tima and Daniel.Jacob & Dasha the firefighters.Michael, Jacob, Paulie, Uncle Mikola, and Dasha.Jacob & Haley
Uncle MikolaJacob
Michael

Momma and Daniel.

Little Tima sleeping on the table at Peter Piper Pizza, he was really hot, so he had to cool down.

Sam's Newest Project

As you know, Sam is a very talented artist. Some of his previous work is also posted on our blog. Here is his latest project. It is a 4' by 6', it's pretty awesome to see hanging on the wall.

"George Washington's Prayer at Valley Forge"

Sam did this painting for his Dad for Father's Day. We snuck into their home on the Saturday before and hung it so he would be extra surprised.
This one is just with a different flash setting on our camera.
Here is Sam's new dream bike!

Some random stuff!

Daniel is so curious about little Kanela. She was crying and Daniel wasn't sure what to think. He was just leaning on her trying to help her. It was really cute.

I just love how excited babies get in the laundry basket. The simple things that make them happy!!
Daddy getting Daniel started off early!
William, my brother, had extra tickets to Michael Buble so he took us with him. It was a lot of fun. Their seats were a little closer, so they have better pictures. I will post some when I get them.
So cute, both of their faces almost have the same expressions!
Sam's sister, Melanie, came in from Bangkok with her family this month and she had her new baby boy Tima blessed. These are all of the Duron boys. ( The only one missing is Melanie's husband who was in NY and Manuel's son Seth.)

Here are all of the Duron girls (plus baby boy Tima). We were thinking what a crowd when all of the kids are teenagers!

Michael is 7!!!!!

Michael had his birthday on the 24th of May and he is getting so big! I can't believe that he is already 7 years old. The years sure go by fast!

Iron man pinata with (of course) napkin stuffed goggles blindfold!
Snack cake cake. It was really fast and easy and the kids loved it!
One of his presents. He was one happy boy.

Baby Kanela is here!!

Some of you know my brother William and his wife Sandy. They had their baby girl yesterday!! Her name is Kanela Rose Anderson. She weighed 7 lbs 13 ozs and was 20 inches long. Mom and baby are doing good!I was trying to wake her up, so she could eat but she wouldn't wake up for nothing!

She has really long toes.
Here is grandma and big sister Karli.
Grandpa and Kanela

Utah Trip, first week of May

The boys and I went on a road trip to Utah with my parents and brother Seth. My cousin was getting married and I hadn't been to see family in quite a while, so I figured it would be a perfect opportunity to go. Daniel did pretty good in the car, the boys pretty much slept the whole way because we drove at night. Coming home was a little harder on Daniel because it was during the day, not to mention the whole teething thing! He had four coming in at once! Luckily he only got moody at bedtime. This is at Grandma Anderson's house. Just before church on Sunday Jacob wanted Grandma to show him how to do cursive. He likes to see every ones techniques. It is pretty funny. He wants to be able to write fast and neat. Grandma was happy to help him.
We went down to Temple Square to do a little sight seeing. This is the first time that the boys remember going to see the sights, so it was really fun for them. Here we are in front of Brigham Young's house. They were surprised how steep the stairs were and how many different sets of stairs.
Salt Lake Temple.
Here we are on top of the Conference Center. The sprinklers went on so it was a nice cool breeze. The weather was pretty warm that day. It was the best day to be outside the whole time we were there.
Here is Grandpa (my dad) with Daniel.
Inside the visitors center at the Temple.The flowers were so pretty!!This was inside the Church History Museum. There was an exhibit on the Tabernacle since it was just renovated. The boys thought it would be funny if they gave a "talk" from the pulpit.Here is Heather (my sister) and Daniel. Heather and her husband Nate moved to Utah about a week before Daniel was born. It was good to see her, and get my hair done again. She had me spoiled, then she went and moved on me! How could she??? haha

This is a view from an investment property of my parents in Daybreak, Ut. This picture was taken from their driveway. It is of the new temple that they are building. It is a very pretty area.Here is my cousin Tyler. I caught him holding the bouquet for his new sister-in-law! I couldn't resist embarrassing him. Poor guy!My brother and his wife also came down from Idaho. Nolan and Keree. Heather is holding Daniel and her husband Nate behind.Me and my boys!This is a picture of my Grandma and her boys! left to right: Uncle Scott, Uncle Craig, Grandma, Uncle Mark, and my dad, AlanMy cousin Clint and his new wife Amy. Here are my cousins, Kyle, Kimberlee, Clint and Tyler. It was so fun to see everyone. They had a luncheon afterwards and then we went to my Uncle Scott's house and played games. It was nice for them that they could just go home after the luncheon and relax. We had a great time.

Next part of April

What a difference 11 years makes!! On the 12th of April we celebrated our anniversary. I can't believe how fast the years go by. We both look so young!
On our anniversary we took the boys and went to Sakura. They had a lot of fun. The cook liked to joke around with the boys and they didn't know if they should laugh or just roll their eyes!

Here is Daniel clinging to my arm. He started doing this, it is so cute.
Sam also celebrated his birthday! I think it is his 29th again?? haha

Poor Daniel got so so sick. He was playing with a toy and all of the sudden he threw up everything! I thought that he had gagged himself with his toy, but sure enough the next time he ate within a few minutes he lost it again. In the night he ended up with a fever and diarrhea too! He was so weak, it was really sad for him to be so clingy. He wouldn't let us put him down. I got good, I would feed him, because he wanted to eat, then run to the bathroom in time for him to loose it. It was so sad to see his poor body go through that. The dry heaving was the worst, he would turn blue and green in the face. I am so glad that is over. I am thankful to have such a happy healthy baby.

He crawled a little and just fell asleep, he was so weak and sleepy. Here is a cute picture of Daniel wearing his Daddy's hat.