GOOD COP, BAD COP ( instructor)

Jake is leaving on Monday for New Mexico. He is gonna teach firearms at the academy until the middle of October. We are excited to actually get picked for something and the opportunities that it will bring(hopefully)  but sad because we love our new school so much I'm going to come home in August to get the kids in school and be all by my lonesome (well plus 4 kids) for 2 months while Jake finishes up out there. School doesn't get out for my big kids for another 2 weeks so we are staying behind until then and then we are following him out there for the rest of the summer. They say that it is at least 10 degrees cooler in NM so yah for just 100-100.5 degrees this summer.

A SAD TAIL..... COTTON BUNNY R.I.P

We lost our dear "beloved" Cotton last Sunday. She became just too daring and jumped into the dog kennel with the dogs, who quickly caught her and sent her blissfully to heaven..... then Bailey went outside when she remembered her bunny was still outside roaming and screamed bloodly murder!!!!!!!!!!!!! After a few hours of hysterically crying and sobbing between Jenny, Bailey and Megan. We still werent able to find "Nuts" and decided maybe she had gone to a better place too and were content to be bunni-less for a while  but later that night we found her (Nuts) hiding in the backyard and we were so happy but sad because who knows if rabbits get lonely so..... meet Nuts's new best friend (cinderella) Cinnamon.
P.S. Josh just informed me that my use of satire in the title wasn't appropiate.... guess he doesn't get my humor but has succeeded my vocabulary.

ZANE-NADO and A little BOTHER

Zane is almost 17 months at the end of this month and boy is he a handful. He is keeping us all busy chasing after our little "tornado" He throws everything and doesnt talk much just grunts or screams.. (Yes, I am watching that and trying to get thim to verbalize what he wants) but the only word that he says consistly is "DAD. "  He knows how to open doors and loves to play cars on the toliet lid.. (until I catch him) digging in the bathroom to find curlers. ... climbing on the bunk bed to list a few.The novetly of having a little brother has also worn off with the kids.. now that he is ripping everything apart and throwing all the books out of the bookcases and smacking them in the head with cars and remote controls. I hear the girls getting after him often yelling "bad boy.....Bad Boy.....BAD BOY!!!!" Followed by a MOM!!!!!!!! Help... get Zane!!! I am still enjoying him even with all the excitment and am glad Heavenly father saved him for last I just hope I can find the balance that keeps him a good boy not A BAD BOY (spoiled baby boy)

Hand Me Downs

This is what happens when you have an older brother and older sisters

101 stuffed animals on the floor (really 101)

My girls love, love stuffed animals and I have noticed that the are kinda getting out of control so I have been slipping out bags of stuffed animals every couple of months and i thought that maybe they were big enough to pick their favorite 10 and we could get rid of the rest.... nope. I only could talk them into getting rid of 10 together and I think I am going have to go back to the old system and seek them into the SRP (stuffed animal relocation program)

Easter 2010

The Easter Bunny came and almost forgot poor Zane

Brian and Shan got new couches which I hit my knee on at least three times.

For Easter we went to Sierra Vista and I took one picture... we did lots of fun things... like we went to a 3-D movie with the kids and we all looked so silly in our glasses I would crack up everytime I looked at anyone and poor Zane kept trying to rip the glasses of us every chance he got. (Totally missed the picture opt) Then we went swimming at the wave pool and that was a lot of fun..( missed that picture opt on purpose)

I was a slacker on the picture taking but I did take a picture of my knee when we got home cause owwwh it hurt and I wanted some sympony.

The Big Day in the Splash Zone

grandpa Manwaring

Grandpa Manwaring got Bailey pink roses and a pretty pink necklace which she loved.

I was really trying to smile in the picture  

                   

Grandma Owens and Aunt Cami made a Baptism Blanket

The Arizona Manwarings got creative with candy (and Josh was jealous cause he got a picture of jesus)

Grandpa and Grandma Owens

Bailey did it, she got baptized this last week. We had a short and sweet baptism, which we all loved. she was the only one in our ward so it was all about Bailey. We had all the grandparents and Uncle Brian and Shan and kids of course(I didnt get a picture of them though) It was a good day.... I remembered the white underware but forgot towels so maybe by the time Zane gets Baptized I will have my duties of a good mom perfected... ;)