I have decided that I shouldn't have to do the writing. I only enjoy sharing pictures which tell much more than words.
Camping under a pavilion with the scouts
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Several events this week. First, Tyler finally ended up with tubes in the ears, even though after the surgery the doctors said there was no fluid in the ears. Both inspections before said there was. All went well though and Tyler was awake with the nurse by the time we got in to see him. Thanks to Julie for watching the kids while Cheri and I attended to the Ty guy. The kids and dad also went to a Flash game again with Julie and cousins. Thanks again to Julie for helping out.
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We bought a city recreation pass this year and we are trying to make it worth buying. We have been to the pool several times and the kids love it. I brought a dive camera this time so we had some fun taking pictures. It is fun to take a video of the diving board process from top side to underwater.
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Cheri and I just got back from Cancun with her parents. Thanks to my parents for watching the kids and thanks to Cheri's parents for letting us go with them.
We went did two dives just on the reef outside of Playa del Carmen. We debated on going to Cozumel but a salesman convinced us the diving was better closer because of less diving traffic. The photographer said he prefers this reef too because of more animals. He did say the water is clearer at Cozumel. We still want to do dive Cozumel.
We also visited two ruin sites at Coba and Chichen-Itza. It was fun to climb the 120 foot tall temple at Coba but the ruins were much closer together and there were a lot more at Chichen-itza.
We also went to a park called Xcaret. It had several underground rivers to swim, several performances, snorkeling, and animals. The butterfly and orchid displays were very cool.
Anyway we had lots of fun.
One thing to celebrate this week. Tyler actually ate the cream of broccoli soup tonight. He has become quite picky on vegetables. He eats the meats, potatoes, and breads but he spits out anything good for him.
We met a past room mate and friend Kristi at the Children's discovery museum at the Gateway. It was pricey but we did stay 5 hours. We hadn't been to this museum since Tyler's surgery last year.
All the older kids are in gymnastics. The kids love it.
Cheri has happy news that her parking ticket was dismissed this week in court. Wahoo! She was extremely nervous and had never been in court before. The prosecuting attorney dismissed it, if Cheri would never do it again.:)
Cheri and I are actually starting to text. It has been pretty fun.
Self photography moments
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We had a fun weekend last week with grandpa and grandma Burnside. We always get to spend extra time with Eric and Julie and kids too which is a good bonus also. Not much else to report on but just add a few cute pictures of the kids. Thanks to Julie for helping us go to a Utah Flash game on Friday night. It was fun and the kids liked getting their faces painted by Almary. Ryan and Almary went out on the floor with cousins Andrew and Alex to dance. The first picture is of Tyler at Eric and Julie's. He knows who rules the roost in our house. My (Mark's mom's mom) grandma, Lenna Jacobson, was in a Church news article about service. Click here to see the article.
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Our youngest is one year old. We are so proud of Tyler and how far he has come. He set a new goal for 2009 to have no surgeries this year. It could quickly become a yearly goal for him, not that he can control it though. He thoroughly enjoyed his birthday cup cake and quickly licked off the frosting first and foremost. He still didn't have down blowing out the candle. He figured he could grab it. Later we went to the Kangaroo Zoo, a blow up slide play place. It was so much fun to celebrate with our cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents. We even got to see both grandparents for Tyler's birthday. It was wonderful to be with family.
Since Cheri's parents were in town for the long weekend, we played and went sledding down the huge hill next the freeway at the point of the mountain. It was a lot of fun, as well as, touring the Draper temple open house. It was such a great experience to be there as a family. It was beautiful and so neat to encourage the children at a young age to go to the temple.
We love having family to play with and spend time together.
