Reflections of Christ

Kevin showed me this awesome video that is done by a photographer in Arizona who was given permission to photograph the Mesa Arizona Easter Pageant cast members recreating scenes from Christs life around Arizona. They are beautiful and amazing photos. They almost look like paintings. I couldn't figure out how to post the video on my blog and get the pictures to be high quality so please follow this link. You won't be sorry. Make sure to enlarge it so you can really see the pictures and turn on your speakers because it has amazing music.

http://mabrystudios.typepad.com/reflections_of_christ/2008/03/reflections-sli.html

Note: This link was not working the last time I tried but you can also view the video on this link.

http://www.christ.org/

Asher Quirks

You may think that a 9 month old can't have many quirks, but Asher is already off to a great start.

1. When Asher really wants something he puckers up his lips to get them closer to what he wants. It is like he is trying to vacuum stuff up with his mouth.

2.Asher has to cover his head with his blankets when he sleeps and rub them between his finger.

3. When he is excited he does this crazy head shake and laughs. I love it.

4. He hates baby food. He only wants to eat what you are eating and if you give him and M&M he will literally laugh out loud with joy. ( I know, my 8 month old should not even know what an M&M tastes like, but when you are on a 5 hour car ride and he is screaming from the back seat you will do whatever it takes.)

5. He can tell when his sisters are doing something fun (like swimming) and he will not give up until you let him join them. I am sure he will be torturing them like only a brother can as soon as he can keep up with them.

6. Recently Asher got a cold, and I know this is kind of gross, but he loves to lick his own snot. He will stick his tongue clear up and touch his nose to get it. It makes me gag just a little bit.

London's Quirks

1. London must have multiple night lights on in her room ever night.

2. She does not like melted cheese (she must have been switched at birth since I must have cheese on everthing).

3.She loves, I mean LOVES animal shows. She can watch animal documentaries all day long and never get bored. She also remembers all kinds of weird facts about these differant animals and will tell you all about them. Her favorite animals are sharks and so when discovery channel has shark week, she watches all week long. After shark week last year I could hear the girls playing from the other room "May day, may day, our ship is going down." (Maybe I should cut back on the amount of shark week she watches this year.) She even had a shark birthday party when she turned 4.

4. She still needs a nap. She is getting a little too old, I know, but when we switched to late church, she started falling asleep in sharing time .

5.London loves to travel and has a whole list of places she wants to visit. Alaska is at the top of her list right now, probably because she has seen a lot of animal shows in Alaska lately. She also thinks that everyone has a city that they are named after and asks me where my city is and where Pyper's city is.

6. London has the best laugh. It is a little crazy and it always makes me smile.

Pyper's Quirks

So I have been seeing a lot of blogs lately that have a tag where you list 6 quirky things about yourself. I thought I would do this for each of my kids because I am sure that they will grow out of their crazy little quirks and I want to remember them. So this is mostly for myself, but hopefully you find it intereting to. I am starting with Pyper because she is my quirkiest kid.

1. Pyper cannot take a nap in her regular clothes. She has to strip down to her undies or change into p.j.'s.

2. She loves to play dress up and when we are at home she is almost always in a princess costume or a swimsuit.

3. Whenever I ask her to dance for me she does this crazy chicken dance that always makes me laugh.

4. She is the neatest eater. She has to wipe her mouth with a napkin after every bite and if she doesn't have a napkin she uses her sleeve so she always has little stains on her shoulder.

5. She cannot stand being wet. If one of her sleeves gets wet when she is washing her hands she must change immediately.

6. She says "I love you mom," at least 10 times a day and I never get tired of hearing it.

Here is a picture or her in our backyard a few weeks ago. She lives in this little ballet costume and would wear it everywhere if I would let her. Which I do, most of the time.