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My Scare

We are renting a condo from my friend Shaun and its an amazing place. One thing we never worried about was the locks on the bedroom doors. About a month ago, Patrick locked the bedroom door with us all inside the bedroom and he shut the door. I thought to myself "wow its a good thing we were all in here and he wasnt in here by himself" and I told him not shut anymore doors. Well lately he has had a fascination with shutting all the doors. The rule is to leave all doors open, unless Mommy or Daddy shut them. He hasnt been really good at following this rule and the other day I was in our bathroom getting ready to go out and Patrick and Elena were both in our room with me. Patrick was playing with the door and the lock and I told him to leave it alone. I walked out to answer the phone or something and when I got off the phone, Patrick came up to me and told me he locked the door. I looked up and saw our bedroom door was closed. I immediately panicked and ran to the door. Elena started banging on the door from the inside and when I didnt open it she started screaming. I called Shauns mom who lives a few blocks away, she told me to the hole in the bottom of the doorknob which didnt work, and while I was talking to her Elena stopped crying and fell asleep right inside the door. I called Jesús and told him what was going on and he told me he was on his way home. I called my Mom and asked her to come over. We tried everything! Finally Jesús took the hammer and had to break the doorknob off all the way. We couldnt get the door open because Elena was asleep right next to the door so we had to push her out of the way. Im glad it wasnt in the hot car or something. It was more difficult to listen to her cry, but once she fell asleep I was able to calm down. Patrick was scared and ran in his room. We have been a little more stern on the shutting the doors rule.

Elena in the box

Now that Elena is mobile, she loves exploring. She got into the box and wouldnt get out.

Water Storage

Luckily our kids drink apple juice like its going out of style, and the apple juice jugs are perfect for water storage! So we have been washing them out and filling them up with water and storing them around the house. This is our largest collection. We are storing most of it under Elena's crib but there are several more under the kitchen sink and in the closet. Hopefully we have enough for a small emergency.

Memorial Day Madness

This Memorial Day was probably so far the most memorable. Jesús got up early to help cook for the College Heights Ward breakfast. So since he was there cooking, I took the kids over and we had a fabulous breakfast. Afterwards we dropped the kids off at my Moms house and Jesús took me and my brother Ben and his wife Janae down the River for a little White Water Rafting. It was so much fun!! It was awesome to see Jesús as a guide. And he was the best guide there! He kept us safe the whole time and even though I got nervous a couple times he always made me feel safe. If you want a little adventure go buy tickets at Costco and when you go down, ask for Jesús.
When we got back to Moms we went swimming with the kids. This was Elena's 2nd time in the pool officially but she wouldnt touch the water last time so I count this as the first. She loved it! After she got used to the water that is.

I think she looks so stinkin cute in her swim suit.

Not only was it Memorial Day, but it was also my Dads birthday! So sara made this awesome cupcake flag.

Here we are all getting ready to sing

You have to watch this video, its hilarious, pay attention at the end.


If you look at the flames on the candles, they are different colors. They were sooooo cool!!

Here are the boys enjoying the yummy cupcakes.

I even gave Elena one, here is a progression of pictures of the mess she made.

Sara bought Dad a new Tow hitch for his brand new truck

And Mom made this game with questions about Dad. She just read them off and we shouted out our answers that we knew. Dad has led a facsinating life.

YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS!!!!!!

McKay for some reason I thought of you when I saw this

This is what I came home to the other day

If you cant read what it says, here "To my wife, whom I love more than orange chicken" and that smiley cookie was exactly what I needed that day. And believe me he could eat orange chicken every day.