Erin's fairytale ball...dancing the Teton Mountain Stomp

Can you see Erin in the Snow White dress? She's in the back with the yellow skirt! They walk in circles, so Erin will come up to the front where I was video taping and you'll get a better view of her....she's so adorable!

Erin's fairytale ball & dancing the Waltz.

Here are some of the backgrounds we decorated for Erin's fairytale ball at Lincoln Elementary...


Sleeping Beauty.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears. When the dance instructor introduced Erin's teacher as Madonna...we all cracked up. She was dress up as Goldilocks, blond & curly hair.

Erin dressed in Snow White is dancing with Happy, one of the seven dwarfs. His mom headed the committee and we planned it out!! JK

Eli is smiling in front of the Hansel & Gretal backgound.

Cinderella background.

The cutest Snow White!

Dancing the Waltz...


We had so much fun preparing for Erin's fairytale ball at school. The second graders have been studying different genres of books. The focused on the fairytale theme and planned a fairytale ball. The instructor from BYU-I came to teach them the Waltz and the Teton Mountain Stomp. I went into help decorate a the backgrounds which included Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, the Three Bears, Hansel & Gretel. It turned out so nice. Hats off too the mom who headed the committee. We pulled it all together as parents were sitting in the auditorium waiting for their second graders to arrive at the ball. Erin dressed up as Snow White and here she is dancing the waltz with a mouse from Cinderella.

My little entrepreneur!

Erin has been doing well in school! She's close to reaching 100 points in her AR test (accelerated reading)at school and then she'll get her picture posted on the "Wall of Fame". We've been working really hard by going to school afterschool to work on it at the computer lab. When Erin gets 100% on all of her tests, we get her favorite treat, Mango A-go-go at Jamba Juice.

She also finished all of her assigned reading before spring started and will receive a "Book Worm" (I think that's a special bookmark). She's also a math master, meaning she tested and passed all of her math tests within 2 minutes. She is now working on the same tests, but trying to pass them within 1 minute. So, far she's done well and if she passes all of them in a minute, she'll be a math Einstein and then on to math Ph.D.

Erin is a great big sister. She loves to help change diapers, take baths for Eli, dress him, and feed him. She's a great help around the house too! She loves to wash dishes.

She's always thinking of ways to make money by doing chores, recycling plastic bottles and cans. A couple of weeks ago, she passed out blue raffle tickets to neighbors and friends in the ward and ask them to come to a bake sale she's setting up in front of the house. So, that day is today! What can I say, we have a little entrepreneur! She inherits that gene from her dad...
However, she is a very impulsive spender. She loves to get things from the quarter machine and buy toys for herself and her brother from the Dollar Tree store.

Tie dying t-shirts..

Sorry, family...we have been terrible at blogging lately. Here are some things we've been up to lately! Erin was really excited one day to make tie dye t-shirts with E-Ca. Look at all of those color dyes. We put hearts on Erin's and Erin also made one for Eli! I still need to wash them before they wear it =/! The turned out really nice! We bought a pack of 3 tshirts for like $4, and Monica already had dyes. They were really worth it! If we bought them at Berekely, they would have been $15 - $20 each. We have so much fun with E-Ca...she's very special to us!

One freezing, sunny day...

Eli and I went outside and thought it was warm enough to play...it was actually sunny, but freezing cold! Here, Eli tries to keep his hands warm and cheese at the same time.

Princess party!

Erin was invited to our neighbor's birthday party. It was so cute to see them dressed up and they acted just like little princess. Erin was the Little Mermaid. I was so surprised at how quiet they all were at the party! They got to decorate a princess crown that Hilarie made from her Cricut machine(which I desperately want); played pin the crown on the princess; and had cupcake and juice!

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...and a word of caution:
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We've been heart attacked!!! Tears of fear & laughter!

E-Ca came over to heart attack our house. So, we told Erin that someone had "heart attacked" the house and she took it in medical terms. She wouldn't let us open the door because she that someone had had a heart attack outside our door. She started crying until we open the door and she saw all the candies that were taped to the door. We felt so special and we love E-Ca!

Eli does all sorts of funny things. We bought this baby bath from DI and I used it once to take a bath for Eli, but it didn't work for us. So, Eli uses this as a recliner and here he's watching "Horton Hears a Who?" with E-Ca and Erin.

Erin takes pride in her missing tooth!

Eli is always fighting for my attention while I'm either on the computer or doing the dishes. One night, I was trying to update my blog and he kept pulling me and turning off the computer. He finally gave up, found Erin's hat and put it on by himself, and went downstairs to look for Erin to showcase her hat he was wearing. Silly kid!

2 sick kids...

Ok, so it was Friday and we'd plan to drive down to Utah for a friend's missionary farewell. Eli got sick with a mild fever the night before and Erin came home Friday with a fever. So, I decided that we would stay behind and that Rico will go take his LSAT and the farewell party. We all needed some fresh air, so E-Ca and I had lunch at IHOP and then took the kids out shopping. Actually, E-Ca and I went shopping at Porter's and Robert's. Fun, fun, fun!!!
Here, Erin keeps herself occupied as we we walked around the store deciding what craft we wanted to do to keep ourselves busy for the weekend.


We thought Eli made a cute little elephant. The kids had fun and fresh air was exactly what they needed! Erin had a fever that lasted two days and Eli is still snotty, boogery, and keeps me up way late lately!

Coupons from Mickey D's!

I am a coupon clipper freak! Eli & I had lunch at McD's and Eli loves loves the indoor gym...apparently so does E-Ca!

Have you ever seen a little kid so happy over a cup of soda? He's something else. Last night, Eli took off his diaper and put it on his head as a hat. What was he thinking..lol!

FHE game night with the Crebs & Birthday cake for Debbi.

Lindsay made a pink birthday cake for Debbie. It was so cute. She made a tiara out of tin foil. It was yummy too!


The kids had cupcakes while we were playing Catch Phrase. Rico and I are Catch Phrase freaks! We love playing games with the Crebs & Blairs.

Ward Valentine's Part

We had lots and lots of pasta and sauce sample at our ward Valentine's party. We had lots of fun decorating cookies and Eli loved eating them!

Future Missionary and Bowling

We went bowling last week for Family Home Evening. Eli was very curious at how the bowling ball spits out of the machine.


Standing with Rico, Eli curiously watches the bowling ball rolls down the lane and knock over the pinballs.


The other week, we heard Eli screaming from somewhere. When we found him, he got a hold of Rico's tie and tried to put on himself, but couldn't so we helped him. He will be a great missionary one day!

My handsome little Jakey!

Ok, so I stole this pic from my sister! Jacob is the cutest little thing! He was a premie, born at 26 weeks and a little over 2 pounds. He is growing beautifully, catching up with my Eli. He's now over 12 pounds and almost five months old. He is the miracle baby!

My camera was out of battery when I was uploading pics earlier. So, enjoy some of the pics I just added to the previous posts earlier today!

The Nutty Professor & Tooth Fairy

Yup! Erin's top tooth finally fell off. We were having dinner last night and as she was grinding her teeth while eating, it was so loose that it was hanging off by a hair. I told her to pull it off and she refused to and before you knew it as she was holding on to it, it came off. She immediately started to laugh out loud, followed by a hysterical cry. It was hilarious. I wish I could have captured it on video camera. The tooth fairy will pay a visit for sure tonight.




Mike, our neighbor got new glasses and came over to show them off to us. We put them on Eli...he's so funny!

Christmas at Ma-ma's

We open Christmas a little bit after midnight at the Horn's home. We are so thankful for the wonderful gifts we received and see the happy faces on the children when they open their presents.


Christmas morning, Eli, Erin & RJ ran to check their stockings. They were filled with reindeer bows, candies, toys and other treats. E-Ca was the first one up because she was Santa's little helper!

Erin is a great helper with opening presents.

Eli's new found love is cars!!! Ma-ma and Kong bought him a collection of 30 hot wheelers and he will sleep, eat and bathe with them!!!

Eli is trying to figure out how to drive RJ's car that he got from Christmas.

Eli got gym balls from Santa.

Oum Nouen & Ray.

Ma-ma & Kong-Kong's house.

Christmas with the Pascuals

Uncle Charlie was brave to come down the baby slide with Eli.

We took so many pictures that Eli learned how to say cheese without us encouraging him.

Uncle Rock & Ate Jen with their Christmas gifts.

The Pascual clan.

Ethan, Erika & Erin's silliest faces.

Ate Emily took us to the giant slides park in San Francisco. Erin and Ethan loved it!!! Eli enjoyed playing witht he hula hoops! Here, Eli & Rico are exploring the playground.

So, we went into this toy shop after the kids went sliding. Charlie found this face mask that had the same eyes features he had. That was funny!

Charley & Ate Emily at Mama's house on Christmas!

Erin, Eli, Ikai & Ethat on Christmas day at Ate Emily's.