Garden City Zoo

Today we went to the Zoo! Lots of fun was there to do!!!

Garden City with the Gardners!!!

Here we are at Garden City Kansas! No time to write, must play!!!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Some Pictures to Quiet Anna

I know these pictures are in reverse order but I cannot stand blogspot's format so I am throwing up some pictures to keep Anna from complaining again :)

Time for Toys

Last Monday, I decided to get off the couch and film a short movie with Tiego. This is only Tiego's second movie and his first speaking role so it was fun and frustrating at the same time. Thankfully, the shoot went well and the movie actually seems to have some kind of message. I love making these kinds of memories. So, for your consideration, here is TIME FOR TOYS.



And don't forget the BLOOPERS!

Tiego's Costumes

This is Kody:
Well, Halloween was cool because Tiego got a Bumblebee costume, but AFTER Halloween, I got him a number of costumes for cheap that he loves. Here are some pictures.

Storm Shadow from G.I. Joe

Tiffany and Tiego NOT finishing G.I. Joe
Tiego falling asleep as Snake Eyes while watching G.I. Joe again

Does whatever a spider can!
A picture of Tylin with pigtails

Time At Home Alone with the Kids

This is Kody:
While Tiffany was in Denver, I watched the kids. The internet wasn't working very well to watch conference so in and out, Tiego and I made his first movie. I let him flash the pictures and I moved the toys.

Tiego's Last Soccer Game

This is Kody:
Tiego had his last game today. Cute kid. I Love watching him play sports! Go Red Dragons!

Tiego's First Soccer Game

This is Kody:
We arrived 5 minutes late because Tiffany was garage saling, but Tiego put his Red Dragon jersey on and headed out onto the field. They had to tell him about 3 times which goal he was shooting for before he got it. 3-4 year old soccer is fun! There really is no competitive spirit and the parents cheer for their kids for just looking at the ball. I was impressed that Tiego was following the ball around the field. He played through a couple goals and kicked the ball when he could. He played well and I was proud of him for that. And then this happened:



Tiego scored his first goal! Before the game I told him that I would buy him a Transformer if he scored a goal and he tried extra hard. He ran over to us, all in smiles, and wondered when we were going to Kmart. We smiled back and made sure he hugged us both. I had a hard time not smiling the rest of the afternoon because I knew all along that Tiego knows how to play soccer but he seemed too shy around everyone to attack. I am very proud of my son today!

The next play, Quinn did this:



I love kids!
PS>I love my new camera

Tiego and Brazen's First Time Golfing

This is Tiego:
We were playing golfing home! Where's Ratchet? Brazen was golfing. Tiego was golfing. Brazen had a Bumblebee ball and Tiego had Megatron. I have a Megatron ball. Tiego.



It's the same video, just pick your format :)



Song of the day: "Looking at the Sun" by Gramercy Arms

Is This Musical Talent?

This is Kody:
I rarely write about how amazing my kids are because I know that no one will ever feel the passion and emotion that I feel, but today I was quite impressed by Tiego's "talent" to recognize music. It started a little while back when I played "You'll Be in My Heart" by Teddy Geiger (not the Tarzan version), but he recognized it as the same song from his video and called it "his song" (which was the Tarzan version). Good ear. Second, I was humming "Pretty Handsome Awkward" by the Used and he recognized it as the chase scene between Bumblebee and Barricade in Transformers. Lastly, and the most impressive, he was watching Transformers and said to me, "That's the Ninja Cowboy music!" and he was right. We used Transformers music in Ninja Cowboy and Pirate. He hadn't seen Ninja Cowboy for a long time but still knew the music. Gifted or not, he suprised me. I do love my son, and am happy I get to share things in common with him...like Transformers and Ninja Cowboy.

I bought him a small Bumblebee transformer that he spent the whole day converting from a car to robot. He's been sleeping in his bed all night by himself for prizes the next day (golfing, park trips, normal things we would do with him anyway but are converted into "rewards"). When I ask him why I bought him that toy, he always says, "Because I love you." He's supposed to say because he sleeps all night in his own bed...

Bowling with Gianna and Tiego

This is Kody: Eric and I took Tiego and Gianna bowling. It was awesome for 1 game!

Song of the day: "Kids" by MGMT

Tiego's First Day Snowboarding

This is Kody:

Today was very uneventful...oh yeah, except it was Tiego's first day to go snowboarding with me. Me, Tiego, Eric, and Gianna headed up to Happy Jack to go sledding but I brought my snowboard and Tiego didn't want to do anything else. He would stand in the middle on my board and I would hold his hands and we'd feather (falling leave) all the way down. It was definitely fun enough that we are planning to go Sunday again (and work it in to the regular rotation). Here's a short video clip...and there'll be more of this on Sunday. Some days I just love being a father!

Song of the day: "Opera Singer" by Cake