Ode to Wall-e
If you say, "Kisses Wall-e" he turns his head and gently pushes on your cheek or lips, but we saw an American Funniest home video where the girl was bit by her bird, so for all you non-professional bird handlers out there...Don't try this at home.

 

This was our attempt to go camping over valentine's weekend. What a joke. We ended up right smack in the middle of a ton of RV campers! no signs were posted but we wanted to be close to the river. Then we were kicked out of our spot early in the morn because our spot was sold out to someone else right out from under us...But we still had a blast and took our sweet time packing up our tents and gear to get out. Thus the upside down shots of the kids on the slack line. The bird...WALL-E is Addison's best friend. He is part of our family and we all love him dearly. The kids got wet even though it was pretty cold (for us Texans that is..laugh it up Idaho!)funny thing is they all said they wouldn't get wet. Then Cory drags us out to the middle of the river(he did carry us across so I shouldn't complain but it IS more dramatic)to take a family picture. Addison was bit up by ants on the log - poor thing has the worst luck and our camera didn't do a good job of focusing on the other side of the bank...but we got the ever so sought after family picture!! Yahoo!!! We had a blast. No matter the situations , fun is a choice and we choose fun. The kids just love camping and even thought it is definitely not the same in TX we still love and enjoy our time together "away" from the hustle and bustle of the city.

 

The Rodeo breakfast at Mission Academy. Cold Cold cold...for Texas. Maya was part of a national exercise group they worked after school on exercise routines to stay fit and had an all day fitness festival where they performed for our school. Drake's 1st grade class learned some cowboy dances and had a little hoedown presentation for us,which Alia thought she was part of too. Real fun to see the kids shed stage fright and just go out and have fun.