Caleb's Birthday!

Wow...I cannot believe my oldest son is now 9 years old!! I mentioned last night that it will only be 3 more years until he will be able to pass the sacrament and then he informed me that he's only 6 months away from being halfway to going on a mission!! I LOVE that!! What a good little (or not so much anymore) boy I have! I love him to pieces!! Anyway, here's some pictures from the festivities!
Here is Caleb putting his candles on his cake. (which was one of the best cakes EVER...again if you'd like the recipe head on over to my recipe blog and try it out!)
Caleb with his sister and brothers
Caleb posing with his new baseball mitt...he's so excited for little league which he gets to start this year!
He was also so excited for these walkie-talkie's (not the South Africa type either!!:))

Eli's Birthday party with friends!

We had Eli's birthday party on Satuday the 20th because we were in Rifle for the DI competition on the 13th and couldn't have it then and it had been a couple of years since his last friend birthday party so...10 days late!:) Anyway, we had it at a park here in town and it was actually a really nice day!! Since it is close to Easter we made easter basket cupcakes and had an Easter egg hunt! And then just let the kids run around and play. It was a good day, and Eli had a blast with his friends. Here are some pictures!
Eli with Collin
Eli with Ty
Eli with Eliza
Eli with Quinn
Eli with Austin
Eli with Emma (she didn't want to sit by a BOY...eeewwww gross...cracked me up!!)
Here's the gang with their Easter Egg basket cupcakes!

Makyla and Caleb's (and Tony's) Destination Imagination Competition

Saturday the 13th of March was the DI (Destination Imagination for you Utahns out there...not Deseret Industries:)) competition in Rifle. Tony was the coach again this year. Since he is now finished with his masters he had the time to take on a team again and both Kyla and Caleb were on his team. They had been working 2 days a week since December for this competition. They put on a skit and during the skit they had to add weights to a structure that they built out of only newspaper and glue that could not weigh over 75 grams. Their structure ended up holding 52 pounds which I thought was pretty amazing considering the requirements! The only thing I was disappointed about was that I couldn't hear the skit very well. They had the kids in a large gymnasium and the acoustics were HoRrIbLe!! They ended up taking
5th place out of 10 teams which isn't too bad, but only the top 3 teams make it to state. The kids were a little bummed about that, but I think Tony was a little relieved!:) Anyway, here's some pictures of the festivities!:)
Their structure was placed underneath that top piece of wood inside that box and then the weights were added on top. Caleb was one of the boys who placed the weights on the structure.
The team setting up for their skit!
Getting all the rules from the officials!:)
It was a fun day spent with the family! They had a dance afterwards and then the awards ceremony. Eli was a HAM at the dance. I took some video and if I can figure out how to get it on here I'll post his "moves"!! It'll give you a good laugh!!:)

Madness!!

You know you've raised your child right when they pick BYU to win the tournament championship!! Brings tears to my eyes...you go Caleb!!:)

Now we have proof!

So as I've let everyone know...Tony finished his Master's Degree last September. It was such a relief to have him finished! Now about 6 months later they finally sent his diploma (after having to pay $125 fee for graduation...apparently this is the norm??). Anyway, here it is!


I have to say, I was a little perturbed after reading the diploma which says "Be it known that Cody A. Miramontes having satisfactorily completed the prescibed curriculum"...yada, yada, yada...anyway that word satisfactorily rubbed me the wrong way! After all his hard work for nearly 2 years and only recieving one B+ and one A- (the rest were all A's) and a cumulative GPA of 3.9 he deserved more than just "satisfactory"!! Outstanding(ly):) would have been the word I would have chosen!!

But I do like the title "Master of Education"!!! Sounds pretty high and mighty don't ya think??:)

Eli's apology!

Eli got in trouble last week for calling Makyla the "stu" word as he calls it. This was his attempt at an apology letter!!

(Just in case you can't read it...it says (and I'll fix the spelling:)) "Dear Makyla, I'm sorry for calling you stupid you're just crazy. From Eli.

Maybe he needs a lesson on what an apology really is!!:)

Tony's Roll-top desk...FINISHED!!

So here it is...it only took about 5 cans of spray paint, adhesive, material, and lots of time, but I think it turned out great! I worked up the guts to even try this by looking at the fabulous website that I stumbled upon about 6 months ago or so that I LOVE!! You should go check it out...they give all kinds of ideas and step by step instructions on how to do things. It's awesome! The website is All Things Thrifty. So anyway, just in case you missed the before picture here it is...
Drumroll please...here she is!!


Now I just have to get Tony to use it to write his #1 bestseller he's been talking about doing since we've been married...and get our computer room cleaned so she'll have a home of her own!:)
p.s. please just ignore my muddy dirty floors and try to enjoy the desk!!:)