Sandoval est. 1998: April 2013

Victory is Sweet!

Isaac is playing soccer for a middle school league. He's really grown as a player. It's been amazing to watch. On the way to his game Friday night, he wished for rain, so that he could play under the lights, wet, on a rain soaked muddy field. I know right... who wishes for that? Only Isaac. Well, his wish came true. We watched the game through a raindrop covered windshield, after a 20 min. lightening delay. They won 3-2, and Isaac was in heaven.

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Oslin our growing boy!

These first pictures you'll hardly believe. I have to post them to record this, because it's that unbelievable. Oslin is the worst little scratcher ever. He has very sharp fingernails, and despite my efforts to trim them, and file them, he can still scratch. He has gotten his face many times, but then he took to scratching his head. In a few short seconds of being upset he can, literally, draw blood and scratch about 20+ little scratches in his head. We first resorted to putting socks on his hands to try to get him to stop scratching. However, he's at the age, where he loves to touch and explore everything. And, it only took him about a week to figure out how to pull the socks off his hands. This is what he did one day, when he got the socks off after he had been sleeping.

So, now we've resorted to him wearing a hat. Most of his infant hats were too small, so when we found a larger infant hat at the CMU Bookstore (Colorado Mesa University), we had to buy it. He just might be the youngest CMU fan in the Valley. This is what my little man looks like everyday sporting his hat no matter his attire. It's actually worked. The only thing is he can get it off from time to time, and it's getting too hot for hats. It will look a little funny, when he's wearing shorts and a beanie. Hopefully, he'll quit scratching soon. He scratches us too. Both Danny and I look like we have a new kitten at our house, with little scratches on the backs of our hands and fore arms.

It official, April 5, 2013, Oslin is rolling over unassisted. He is starting to play and join the family chaos more and more everyday.

He is a little chunky monkey. Gotta love those rolls.

Easter Weekend

We have acquired this large backyard, but of course it has some projects that come with it. So, with the late spring weather, we are just now getting outside to get started on them. (We shouldn't complain, as Denver, is still getting blizzards.) So, Easter weekend consisted of working and playing. It's amazing how much you can get done in one day, if you have to. So, along with our cute Easter pictures, I am throwing in some before pictures of our yard.

We took out this side retaining wall, and put in our dog run. We used some of the bricks to build up the wall by the patio to make a fire pit. The pit was a pond, but with little ones, not a good idea. As you can see, there is a lot of dirt...we still got a ways to go. And this is only about 1/8 of the total backyard space.

After finishing our outside work, we all showered, and managed to get our egg coloring done, before the Easter Bunny came to visit. Esaias was running around the house saying, "Easter Bunny, 'ere are you?" He also repeatedly asked, "Is the Easter Bunny 't'oming?" He was very excited.

At our house the Easter Bunny only comes to visit, if you have cleaned your room, gone to sleep early, and have a clean bathed or showered body. I tell them all that the bunny comes in while they are sleeping, and sniffs to find the clean sleeping kids, only then will he leave them a treat....good way to make sure they are all clean and ready for Easter Sunday. So, they all showered, the Easter Bunny did bring a treat.

Here is the brood.

The Boys!

The Girls!

Happy Easter 2013!

Spring Break Fun!

We always spend time over spring break with our cousins. However, the cousins we usually spend time with are in Denver, and they still had school while we were on break. But don't fret, we still have a special cousin to spend time with on our break. Davis! My brother Eric and his wife Lindsay live here in Grand Jct. My nephew, Davis, who's going on 4 years old, seems to like hanging out with us. So, he came and spent a day playing at the park. When I asked him what his favorite thing of the day was, he replied, "Eating dinner at the park." He meant lunch, but it was a good eat at the park, no matter what you call it.

It's so great to have a good cousin your age to play with.

Davis & Esaias

Siblings are pretty good too...most of the time!

Isaac & Marina

Does this girl ever sit still?...NO!

Davis, blonde and blue eyed, was gracious enough to wear one of Esaias' hats. I did not want to get in trouble with his parents, for a sunburn.

Proof, they do like each other!

Davis was definitely a little dare devil. I am meaning to talk to my brother about this. My brother is afraid of heights, apparently his son is not!

Guess Who?

Esaias, a year younger than Davis, was not quite the dare devil. We'll see if that changes with time. But he sure does like to look cool, sunglasses and hats are a must for this kid.

Uncle Ben Visits the Hot Tub

We've had a few visitors at our new house. Mara and Ryan and the babies came through on their way home and stayed with us for New Years, but it was far too cold to think about trying out the new hot tub. It was still too cold when G'ma Layne visited in February...but by March it was starting to warm up, and who got to test out the hot tub? Uncle Ben! He definitely liked it. He keeps talking about having his birthday party here at our house. He's welcome to come dip in the hot tub anytime, but inviting his entire friend and family list for his birthday (which is not until late September, by the way)...I don't think the hot tub can hold that many people.