Narcolepsy, daddy daughter dance, and other moments caught on the iPhone

Thank goodness for the iPhone so that we always have a camera on us. We've had some pretty memorable moments in the past month. Our favorite thing to do is to laugh at one of our kids' ( or Sammy's!) expense... whether it be Carmen tooting at ALL the most embarrassing times (like during my character ed lesson at kindergarten), Sammy running full speed into our sliding glass door, or Alex falling asleep in the grocery cart at Vons.

Dave had one of the funnest times he's had in a long time at the girl's school Daddy-Daughter Dance last night. He had two dates of course (he's always been a ladies man) and I heard that he totally ripped it up on the dance floor! Ice, ice baby... Check out the girls' corsages. So sweet...

The other horribly-lit picture is of Carmen and Alex at the greek restaurant. They LOVED the warm pita bread-- and Dave loved the under $20 bill at the end-- kids eat free there on Monday nights! And they didn't even pay me for that pitch.

The last picture is Alex having a light saber fight with Darth Vader at Disneyland. Poor little guy, he's one of the shyest kids around-- completely uncomfortable (and in tears) in front of a crowd but he held his own against the dark side! All he had to do is freeze with fear and the other Jedi pictured next to him helped him out. :) It's so funny hearing him talk about the experience now, that he was the bravest one and cut Darth Vader's arm off...

We're heading off to London this week for Dave's sister's wedding and leaving the 4 kids and dog with my brave mom. It'd be a smart idea to leave the iPhone with her so that we don't miss out on any of the funny memories that will happen with them this week! Good luck mom!

Whistler

We had SUCH a fun time at Whistler, B.C., last week! We flew to Vancouver then drove to the mountains for 5 days. We had three days of snowboarding for Dave and Jen and lessons for Hayden and Anamarie. We had one day of playing in the snow and tubing down the big runs with Alex and the girls. The last day I took all the kids to an indoor pool while Dave gave the babysitter (Carina) snowboarding lessons. Our BFFs from Seattle, Luke & Kristin & Connor & Easton, came up to play with us for a couple of days and we LOVED seeing them. We were not ready to come back at all! Here's a few of our favorite pictures, all taken with Dave's i-phone because it was too cold for him to take his gloves off and use a real camera! (Yes, that is me trying to teach Anamarie how to cop a squat in the snow! The fun never ends... :)-