Spring Flings

St Patrick's Day is a fun little holiday. We ran behind this week and had ours the next day, but the kids didn't notice or care :)

Here is the top of the kid's Leprechaun Trap.

The Leprechaun escaped but he left some treasures.

Green fruits, candy, juice and money!

If Keston had caught the Leprechaun his 3 wishes were going to be 1. Drive a real monster truck 2. Have a real dragon for a pet 3. Walk with real dinosaurs. Calon couldn't decide on his wishes :)

Fun play night with Elijah and Isaiah.

Dax helping me bake :)

Our friends the Mickelson's, from AZ, came and stayed a couple days over spring break. Here some of the kids are playing foam. Calon, Isaac, Michael, Ashlynn and Maylee.

Fun Foam!

Keston and Ashlynn at the aquarium.

Keston finally touched an animal in a touch tank. He has NEVER wanted to do this before!

He was so happy!

Some monkies checking out the gorillas at the zoo.

ABQ zoo and aquarium over spring break are RIDICULOUSLY packed!! Could not believe how many people there were. Still fun though.

A Mixed Bag

Here are a few random pictures we have taken over the last few months.

The boys!

Keston, Mikah (Kes' best friend, from school), and Calon at a new play place called Red Light Green Light.

Playing sharks, one of their favorite games these days.

Tongue Boy. Daxon's tongue is always out these days!

Calon is fully potty trained! Thought it might take a while, but after 2 days he was done, dry through the nights and everything!! Amazing boy!!

Our friends called us up one afternoon and told us Big Foot was parked outside Walmart. We all had our jammies on still, gotta love jammie days, but we drove right over.

Keston was so nervous at first, he was speechless and couldn't stop blushing.

He warmed up after a few minutes and went and checked it out.

We even got a picture with the driver and a signed photo, that Kes has on the wall in his room. Calon just woke up from his nap and he was scared the truck was going to turn on and be too loud, so he didn't appreciate the trip as much.

Keston started T-ball recently, he will have his first game at the end of the month. Here is a picture from the first practice. Chad is a team helper and helps every practice.

Trip to Dixon, NM

We went with our friends, the Bridgmans, to Dixon, NM for a weekend trip. We stayed at a place called Rock Pool Gardens, which after first getting there seemed a bit shady. But it turned out to be a GREAT place and we had so much fun! The place had an indoor heated pool that we frequented often and an outdoor spa, it had a winery right across the street and lots of room for the kids to play and adventure outside. It was a REALLY awesome time, so good in fact that we almost totally forgot to take pictures. Here are some of the few we did remember to snap.

We also drove to Taos Ski Valley, about an hour away, to go snow tubing.

This is Keston, Mikah and Hannah going down.

Keston loved tubing and was much braver than we expected, he even went solo and let the tube coach spin him going down.

Calon went with me a few times and really liked it too, for most of the time :)

The kids hammocking out in nature.

Keston adventuring up the hill.

The big boys made it up!

Coming back down.

Chilling inside. Kes, Mikah and Calon.

6 month Tree Pictures

We have taken a picture of all the kids around 6 months in large split trees. Don't know exactly why, but it has become a tradition on Ange's side of the family to do with all the kids. Probably because 6 months is such a cute age and large trees are amazing :)!

Daxon Ira Welker: picture taken in Rio Rancho, NM February, 2011.

Calon Henry Welker: picture taken in Denver, CO August, 2008.

Keston Theodore Welker: picture taken in Austin, TX March, 2006.

Calon is 3!!!

Calon is 3!!! He is getting to be such a big boy, it is amazing! He is so funny and quirky and so compassionate. He couldn't choose one theme for his Birthday so he had an ElmoTransformerSpidermanThomasToyStory Birthday! Grammy, Dani and her kids came down to help celebrate and Papa made a surprise overnight visit too! We went to Chuck E. Cheese for a little party with a couple friends and had a fun time, with the place all to ourselves. It was a great time and Calon is a GREAT kid!

The Invitation: We had to postpone the Zoo trip due to really cold weather.

Slideshow of the Party and the trip with AZ family.

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Baby Dax's First Photo Shoot

Our favorite.

We ordered this one, to be like the other boy's 6 month pictures. If you want any of the other poses let me know and we can reorder online.

Calon's Art

These are the first people Calon has drawn and he was so excited he could do it he drew our whole family!

Calon, Dad, Mom

Keston, Daxon

Same things different lighting.

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