Diane's Adventures: December 2011

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Thanksgiving Weekend in Phoenix

I am so happy Corbin & Kari made the drive clear to Phoenix to spend Thanksgiving here! It really meant a lot to me and we had a great time, minus the sickness :)! Here are some pictures of some fun things we did.

Skateboard Park

Swimming

Swimming with Dad

Eating Turkey

Playing superhero with a costume creative Dad made for him since Aunt Diane doesn't have any costumes.

Science Center -- Impressive!

Science Center

Mesa Temple to see the lights

Temple Lights

No trip is complete with out a Pazooki from Oregano's!

Even Brycen loved it!

If You Throw A Pig A Party play.

Little piggy

Thanks for coming! I had a great time! Even if Maxten did "accuse" me of beating him up and giving him a bloody nose! Silly boy!

Las Vegas

Here are some pictures from our trip to Las Vegas.

Maxten's cool light saber

M&M Factory

Caesar's Palace

Secret Garden at the Mirage

Dolphins at the Mirage. They were amazing!

Lions at the Mirage. They were beautiful!

Seattle

I can't believe it's been almost 3 months since I have posted! Here are some pictures of my trip to Seattle.

Cute family

Scary monsters

Goofy kids

Aarh Matey!

Sadie's ballet lesson

Spikey haired boy

The girls after winning "The Amazing Race"

This is the best video ever of Gary doing his impersonation of Angie. It's a classic!

Kid Quotes

I don't like pets that lick.
--Owen

Hug her, she's the cute one!
--Owen pointing at Sadie when I arrived for one of my visits.

I've been singing since I was 4. My dad gave me lessons. He just didn't know he was giving them to me.
--Alyssa

We can't have food in our playhouse. My Mom said and she is the boss!
--Kennedy

I don't know what kind of dinosaur that is but I think it eats puppies.
--Logan

"Please bless Daddy will only be silly during silly time and please bless that Cavin will be responsible."
--Owen saying family prayers

"Please bless the food won't make us really, really sick and that after we eat food we get to eat some yummy stuff."
--Sadie saying the blessing on the food

"Now this is going to hurt so hold still! Maybe you can hold Cavin to comfort you."
--Sadie as she was about to pull the elastics out of my hair

Me: Well, you sure look handsome today.
Owen: Why thank you for the compliment!

"Some people like to do things 100% perfect, but I'm not one of those people". --Alyssa on helping me wrap a gift for Maxten

"I'm teaching myself Japanese and I'm teaching Kennedy Spanish because it's an easier language."--Alyssa

"Treyden hurt me so I accidentally bit him".----Kennedy

Gary (to Paula & Sherrie): What color was Grandpa's truck?
Sherrie: I don't know what truck you are talking about.
Gary: The white one

Gary to Diane: What would you do if you saw Steve Barnes in your sleep?
Diane: Well, that would matter on who exactly is Steve Barnes? (Turns out he is my cousin!) kind of weird.

Diane to Owen: That's your dad? (pointing to Blake)
Owen: No, my dad's downstairs!
Owen: And... he's a woman

Owen to Diane: Do you have any cash on you?

Owen to McKelle: Hey little one do you want to see a grasshopper?
Me to Owen: Did you just call her little one?
Owen: Yes, that's because I can't remember her name.

More Kid Quotes

I had called Owen to wish him a Happy Birthday and after awhile talking he finally said: "Could we get over with this?"
Apparently he was getting a little tired talking to me after he had already talked to Grandma Snedaker and Ty! I'll remember that on my birthday...

Me talking to Alyssa after she rock climbed:
-Me: You did AWESOME!
-Alyssa: I guess I just have talent!

Kennedy talking to Logan at his soccer game while they were on a break. Kennedy walked over to Logan and put her arm around and said "Just keep trying, don't give up" as she was patting him on the back. It was the sweetest thing ever!

When I was in Seattle for Owen's Baptism I showed Owen and Sadie how to text on my phone. Well I told him he could text Corbin, Grandpa and Ty. Well he started texting everyone and if he sent a text and that person didn't text him back he would send another one that said "Please Respond". He ending up texting a guy that I work with so at that point I had to tell him he can only text people with the same last name as him.

Owen to Diane: Can I use your phone to communicate with others again?

Owen talking to Brigett: "Well I think you know I didn't drown or I wouldn't be talking to you right now!"

Grandma called me with a funny story. She was telling me how lately Maxten always says things are his favorite and when she was watching him today he was saying that Ty was his favorite, so at dinner they had the following discussion:
Grandma: So, Maxten do you really know what "favorite" means?
Maxten: Yes, it's Spanish!

Maxten: We got a new tree. But it doesn't grow money.
Me: Oh, it doesn't? That's too bad.
Maxten: But Grandma Snedaker's tree grows money REAL good!

Me: Maxten, what's your name?
Maxten: Maxten Corbin Grandma Snedaker

Kari's Fun Fact:
"If you see a shark and it's not swimming then it's probably dead."

Diane: "I want to play a game with you, you know like a card game".
Cavin: "I only like games with screens". (May 2012)

Maxten was asking me about knuckles, while looking at cardboard Ty and we were talking about broken bones...
Diane: If you break a bone like your arm, the doctor will put a cast or something on your arm to hold it still. Then the bone starts to grow back together to fix it.
Maxten: Pauses for a minute and then looks straight at me and says "I don't believe you!" (April 2012)

Later that afternoon during quiet (or not so quiet time)...
Maxten: How do you know so much about bones?
Diane: I'm going to school to learn about all kinds of things.
Maxten: Like bones and skateboards?? (April 2012)

Lily: Water doesn't taste good with kiwi.
Sherrie: I thought water went with everything.
Lily: No, that's ranch!