Dance Class!

Aubs continues to be quite the ham!  This semester she chose an after school extra curricular activity of dance.  Here she was dressed up at her recital, and quite proud to be showing Mommy & Daddy, and Aunt Cathy, all that she had learned...  She is a quite challenging child, but unbelievably cute and sweet!  We love her deeply...

Ostrich Farm!!

On the way home from Tucson at Thanksgiving, we stopped off at Rooster Cogburn's Ostrich Farm!  It's a roadside attraction we've driven past hundreds of times, but never made time to stop for.  This time the kids made sure we did...  After petting donkeys and deer, and Aubs getting bitten by an ostrich, we found the Lovebird enclosure.  Daddy & Mia quickly decided that being trapped in a cage with hundreds of aggressive birds was, well, for the birds!!  So Mommy ventured in with the Twins, who were holding cups of nectar, and were quickly inundated by Lovebirds.  Aubs was in heaven, as her obsession with all things living and breathing has only escalated of late.  Bubba was a great sport to support his sister's odd obsessions!  A really cool experience...

The American Bumble Bee!

Mia continues to thrive in school.  Her charter school is extremely rigorous and challenging, and a perfect fit for her personality.  The Twins will be joining her there next year, and well, let's just say we're not as confident that it will be the perfect fit for them...  She was assigned the American Bumble Bee for her insect segment this month, and had to recite an interesting fact to the class each day.  The culmination was making an actual bee, and presenting it in a showcase to the entire school.  Here she is with her crafty bumble bee!  She takes such pride in her work...  Something Daddy doesn't recall ever doing as a child!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

All dressed up and ready to head to Grammy & Papa's for Thanksgiving!!  Fred & D'Anna's family joined us for a long, relaxing weekend in Tucson.  The kids are growing so quickly now, and Bubba has found his groove...  He loves to do his hair and put on a tie for any special event, including a normal school day!  He's quite the handsome little man.  Aubs has decided she is done being told what she can and can't wear, and selects all of her own outfits now days. Thankfully she has moved past the 'lesbian living in NYC phase' and is selecting really cute outfits! Mia, as always, has her own incredibly cool style that can be best described as beach chick.  They are all amazing kids!

Uncle Chris & Cousin Michael Visit!

This weekend Daddy's brother, Uncle Chris, & cousin Michael came out to AZ for a long weekend visit.  Life gets so busy, and goes by so quickly, that we were lucky they were able to make time for us.  All of the kids fell in love with Uncle Chris, and Michael was such a hit that Aubrey began telling 'Mikey' how much she loved him, and Brandon insisted he sleep in his bed...  We had an absolute blast and the kids swam for about 30 hours over the course of the weekend.  We can't wait for their next visit!

Pizza Night!

Whatever the Lovell kids don't get in life, that won't include love from their Momma! Stacy continues to amaze all who are lucky enough to interact with her.  Her depth of love and ability to give endlessly is nothing short of amazing!  One small example of this is 'pizza night'.  This is the kid's favorite time, as they get to make the pizza...  With light supervision from Mom, they proceed to utterly destroy our kitchen!  Here they are joined by Kiera, Mia's best friend.  We are so lucky to be able to partake in their childhood and relive everything that makes life worth living!  They are little angels.

Crazy Scout!

Aubrey continues to be the light of our life, and the thorn in our side!  Brandon & Mia have continued to be easy, happy, fun little kids!  Aubrey?  Well, let's just say that she continues to be spicy...  I can hardly wait to see what the teenage years will bring!  That said, we will always love her and all her craziness.  She certainly keeps things fun!

Happy Halloween 2014

As the kids get older, these holidays get crazier and more fun!  This year the kids went through a total of 13 different costumes before settling on their final choices.  Momma was accommodating as always, and in the end they chose old costumes we already had laying around, and ignored the 13 new outfits Momma bought! Mia was a Ninja, Aubrey was Arielle and Brandon was Buzz Lightyear! Yep, that's the story of the Lovell household: restraint & sacrifice!  All kidding aside, this was the year that Mia finally honed in on maximum candy collection, while the twins ate all of her candy as quickly as they could...