Take Flight

Music: Flight of the Bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Choreography: Ligia Huntington

Some days a simple outing to the park with my children leaves me feeling more than frazzled.  As my young children take flight to explore this world, I'm often left wondering why God didn't bless me with an extra pair of arms. I could get so much more done that way. That crazy out-of-control feeling was my inspiration (as I'm sure most other moms can relate), so that's what I tried to capture with my silly dance on film. Plus, I was really yearning to somehow artistically string together the simple pedestrian movement of my kids. I explored the movement with many different kinds of music, but somehow kept coming back to Flight of the Bumblebee. So I figured, it fit.

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Kids at Play

Sometimes, I watch how kids play. They are so interesting. Sadly, the moment I feel I've got a good photo shot, they move. But in my quest to take more artistic photos, here's what I got. Chrysa rocking back and forth on the sidewalk for a few minutes.

Orion describing the importance of not touching spiders except with sticks.

The girl Orion says he wants to marry, because, and I quote, "She tells me what to do, but she does it nicely. Not like you, Mom." His words exactly.

Her younger brother.

Orion splashing around all over the place.

Their little friend from church who was the only one willing to smile at the camera at the time.
The kids' little cousin McLane lounging with his beautiful Momma by the pool.

Hinckley worn out from all the commotion.

Baby Tuff equally worn out.

And Chrysalis hanging from the rails at the pool before splashing into the water.

Fresh From the Garden

Fresh roma and cherry tomatoes. Ripe off the vine. I can't emphasize enough my excitement over fresh, organic, home grown produce. It's heavenly to the taste. And the kids had so much fun plucking tomatoes. There are still plenty more. These are some of the first fruits of our labor. Thought we'd share our excitement.

Chrysa is holding a bunch of collards and swiss chard. Green smoothie and wraps time.

And here's a short film of how our silly children eat their collard wraps.

The G

Yup, it is quite the hike up that G. We've done it a couple of times now and it does get easier after a while. But that first time up can be tough. For my sisters and brother, such was the occasion. But we made it. Next time we're doing Timp. Jk. We'll see. Perhaps eventually.

Still, this face should tell you how tough that hike is, for us non-hiker amateurs.

And, yes, if you can read my shirt, it's a city in Pennsylvania.

Mauricio has Returned with Honor

On August 10, 2011 my baby brother, who's diapers I used to change, walked into the airport after two years of being apart from his family. Gosh, has it really been two years? Boy did we miss that guy. He sure knows how to make us laugh. He returned from the Texas McAllen Mission which is right on the border of Texas. That should explain the Mexican hat.

Orion was rather upset that we left him all alone to hold up this big sign by himself. I guess we were all a little distracted.

The man of the hour and the parents that raised us.

Mo and Gio.

A nice stranger takes a picture of the family for us.

Me with my baby bro.

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Papers of official release. Poor guy. He was kind of sad. Now, to find him a wife. Anyone interested. He's a sweetie.

Dino Museum

At Thanksgiving Point there's a dinosaur museum I've been wanting to go into but haven't really gotten around to it until we were invited to tag along with Kristin and her kiddos. And since this month you get in for $2 on Tuesdays, we couldn't pass up the opportunity to go on a fun little outing to explore the world of DINOSAURS!

Orion was so thrilled he moved from one exhibit to the other oohing and aahing as quickly as possible, never giving me a chance to really read some of the fun little facts that in all honesty make me curious too.

Orion at one point took off taking Willow by the hand, joyfully getting as far away from parents as possible.

Love the expressions of curious children.

Computer games are Orion's strengths. He knew how to navigate that thing better than I did.

I'm glad my little sister came along to help me with the kids. Sadly, this is the only picture I got of her. Kind of fuzzy. Oh well. She was a stress reliever when I thought I'd lost a child yet again.

An older shark of the great white family. It was crazy huge.

Excavating.

Fun day.