Monday, May 09, 2011
Kaemon the Soccer Player
Today Kaemon had his second soccer game (the first I was able to attend). The first game he scored 2 goals. Today he scored his teams only goal. He threw his hands in the air in celebration after his shot hit the goalie's hands and then went into the goal. It's pretty crazy watching my son play his first organized sport. He only cried twice. The first was when he was on the ground and got kicked in the face with the ball. The second was at halftime because they were losing by a couple goals. So here are
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Trip to "N'awlins"
We had a great time visiting New Orleans, Mark is a great tour guide! Everyday was an adventure! We loved seeing our grandkids, especially this new little guy, Bolden Leo Crosby!
He's pretty cute! Very strong and alert for only being 1 week old!
This is a typical pose of Zallen, he loves his fingers! He doesn't say anything, but can communicate really well, by pointing and grunting! He's adorable!
This was our first taste of Creole food! What a treat! Its called a "Boil". They cook lots of crawfish, shrimp, sausage, potatoes, garlic, mushrooms, corn, etc all together with some great seasonings and to make it all better- its all you can eat!!
It takes awhile to peel everything, but they loved it!! The two plates on the sides are what was left from the middle plate!
Mark & Holly have such a sweet little family! 4 really cute, adorable kids!
Our first day in New Orleans Mark took us to and alligator ranch. It was so interesting!
They go into the swamps and collect the eggs, they have a 90% hatch rate. They grow them for the leather mostly. This is a picture of a rare white alligator!
Kaemon had fun being able to handle these baby alligators who had their mouths taped for safety purposes!
There is this moss growing all over the trees there!
Milea loved eating this doughnut/soppapilla type of dessert they sell down in the French Quarter. They are covered with lots of powdered sugar!
Actually, they are called 'beignets" and we all liked them!
Of course we had to ride the streetcar down St. Charles street! It was a great way to see lots of the city sites!
New Orleans is famous for all their spicy sauces and we got to sample lots of them!
This was one of the statue guys that stand still and don't move for hours! He was amazing!
We had a famous 'Muffuletta" for lunch, its this huge bun with spicy meats, and a wonderful olive type mixture for a relish. We cut it in fourths and all had plenty!
On every corner was someone entertaining the crowd, trying to get a few dollars in their bucket! This guy was a magician and he was unbelievable! We were really impressed. They also had musicians, puppets, dancers, etc. It was fun walking down the streets! 
We had a great time seeing where Mark & Holly live, the Naval Base is really nice! We ate tons of great food, enjoyed seeing and playing with the grandkids, and of course, getting to see ...
He's pretty cute! Very strong and alert for only being 1 week old!
This is a typical pose of Zallen, he loves his fingers! He doesn't say anything, but can communicate really well, by pointing and grunting! He's adorable!
This was our first taste of Creole food! What a treat! Its called a "Boil". They cook lots of crawfish, shrimp, sausage, potatoes, garlic, mushrooms, corn, etc all together with some great seasonings and to make it all better- its all you can eat!!
It takes awhile to peel everything, but they loved it!! The two plates on the sides are what was left from the middle plate!
Mark & Holly have such a sweet little family! 4 really cute, adorable kids!
Our first day in New Orleans Mark took us to and alligator ranch. It was so interesting!
They go into the swamps and collect the eggs, they have a 90% hatch rate. They grow them for the leather mostly. This is a picture of a rare white alligator!
Kaemon had fun being able to handle these baby alligators who had their mouths taped for safety purposes!
Here's some scenes from our adventures!
There is this moss growing all over the trees there!
Milea loved eating this doughnut/soppapilla type of dessert they sell down in the French Quarter. They are covered with lots of powdered sugar!
Actually, they are called 'beignets" and we all liked them!
Of course we had to ride the streetcar down St. Charles street! It was a great way to see lots of the city sites!
New Orleans is famous for all their spicy sauces and we got to sample lots of them!
This was one of the statue guys that stand still and don't move for hours! He was amazing!
We had a famous 'Muffuletta" for lunch, its this huge bun with spicy meats, and a wonderful olive type mixture for a relish. We cut it in fourths and all had plenty!
On every corner was someone entertaining the crowd, trying to get a few dollars in their bucket! This guy was a magician and he was unbelievable! We were really impressed. They also had musicians, puppets, dancers, etc. It was fun walking down the streets! I didn't get any pictures posted of our second day, we took a steamboat ride down the Mississippi on the Natchez!
Our 3rd day we got up at 4am to be down at the dock to go out fishing! Kaemon was so excited to be able to go! It was a little chilly that morning!
Mark had some friends that had gone out with 'Captain Jason' and had good luck, and we did too. We caught some fish and had a great time.
LaVerl won the prize for catching the most unusual things! He caught this oyster, a couple of crabs, and the most catfish!
I caught pretty big drum fish! When he tapped on him, the fish would make a drum noise!
We all thought we were catching some red fish, they were all over 16 inches, but then Mark caught this really big one! He caught two in a row! Twice the size of our others ones.
We caught 16 fish and several that got away and were very happy about our day. The other Captains didn't have as much luck!
Mark pleased with his catch! We had a little fish fry later!
Our last day we went on a tour of one of New Orleans famous cemeteries! This one was really old, but still in use. Because the water level is so high, everyone is buried above ground.
Our 3rd day we got up at 4am to be down at the dock to go out fishing! Kaemon was so excited to be able to go! It was a little chilly that morning!
Mark had some friends that had gone out with 'Captain Jason' and had good luck, and we did too. We caught some fish and had a great time.
LaVerl won the prize for catching the most unusual things! He caught this oyster, a couple of crabs, and the most catfish!
I caught pretty big drum fish! When he tapped on him, the fish would make a drum noise!
We all thought we were catching some red fish, they were all over 16 inches, but then Mark caught this really big one! He caught two in a row! Twice the size of our others ones.
We caught 16 fish and several that got away and were very happy about our day. The other Captains didn't have as much luck!
Mark pleased with his catch! We had a little fish fry later!
Our last day we went on a tour of one of New Orleans famous cemeteries! This one was really old, but still in use. Because the water level is so high, everyone is buried above ground.
We had a great time seeing where Mark & Holly live, the Naval Base is really nice! We ate tons of great food, enjoyed seeing and playing with the grandkids, and of course, getting to see ...
BABY BOLDEN CROSBY!!!
Monday, April 25, 2011
Kaemon: "Milea stole all my eggs, waaaa." Milea: "Heheheheh" Zallen: Look Kaemon, there's an egg over there."
Bolden...this makes 4/4 brown-eyed kids. Sorry Holly!
Our family of six in front of our house in Belle Chasse, La.
The 3 brothers - yes that's a bruise on Zallen's forehead
Mark: "Wow, are we really doing this again?" Holly: "Hurry up and shoot the picture! I've got a nap to take."
Bolden...this makes 4/4 brown-eyed kids. Sorry Holly!
Our family of six in front of our house in Belle Chasse, La.
The 3 brothers - yes that's a bruise on Zallen's forehead
Mark: "Wow, are we really doing this again?" Holly: "Hurry up and shoot the picture! I've got a nap to take."
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Bolden Leo Crosby
So...as a surprise to many (purposely done, so if you didn't know Holly was pregnant, don't feel left out, cause not many people knew) we had child #4 on Tuesday (so no, he won't be getting monthly personalized photo shoots and posts aka Rivers or Blake). Yes, she was pregnant when we visited Arizona for Thanksgiving. It sounds like the baggy clothes and the slightly bigger-than-usual belly, made some females (no males, Bret and Reed were clueless) a little suspicious. It was fun keeping it mostly a surprise; I'm glad mom was okay with it. I think she kind of knew. She asked me the other day on the phone, "Is there anything I should know about?" That was a weird question to ask, and yes, I lied to my mother and said NO. Holly had an OB appt at 11:15, he thought it wise to admit her and not risk not being able to make it to the hospital in time to deliver in case her water broke. At noon he broke her water and 2 hours later we had a perfect baby boy. One active push and he fell out. Holly is a machine. She had no pitocin and no epidural. His name is Bolden. Where did that come from? From my head. It has no significance other than we both like it, it's not on the Social Security top 1000 list for any year (a requirement for all our kids) and Holly likes that it fits "a pattern" of our boys having 6 letters and ending in N (Kaemon and Zallen), (I'm so glad that happened to work out). His middle name is Leo. Kaemon's middle name is from Gpa Crosby, Zallen's is from Pompa and Bolden's is from Holly's Grandpa Huish, Leo Rae Huish, who sealed us 7 years ago in the AZ temple. Milea was a little sad it wasn't a girl. But I'm sure as she partakes of the massive spoilage throughout her life due to being Daddy's (and Papop and Grammy's) only princess, she'll get over it. Everyone is healthy and happy. I'm a little sad my countdown to freedom clock just got reset (again) from 16 back to 18 years, but that's okay.
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