We decided that it would be fun to include the kids on this one. They helped us come up with the lists.
25 Things About Tanner
1. His favorite sport is baseball.
2. He has a great imagination.
3. He is smart.
4. He doesn't like the cold.
5. He's a Star Wars Lover!
6. He doesn't like tomatoes.
7. He's a good artist.
8. He loves chocolate!
9. He is almost finished reading Ramona
Quimby Age 8 right now, and he likes it.
10. He enjoys researching science topics at school.
11. He didn't like living in Dominica, especially the walking, food, bumpy or lack of sidewalk.......
12. He knows how to snorkel from living in Dominica ( I guess he did like something about living in the Caribbean).
13. He hates getting his hair cut, mostly because it makes him itchy.
14. He likes to spike the front of his hair.
15. He has a hard time choosing favorites because he doesn't like to hurt
any one's feelings.
16. He's a good swimmer.
17. He has a hard time falling asleep when he goes to bed, but once he is asleep he is out.
18. He has pretty good fashion sense, I trust his opinion before I trust Barry's.
19. He likes watching movies, especially "Horton Hears a Who".
20. He likes to be good, and hates getting in trouble at school.
21. His best friend is Josh.
22. He has to be reminded every time after he uses the bathroom to wash his hands.
23. He has a hard time getting rid of things.
24. He once peed in his own mouth when he was a baby.
25. He is a kind person and a friend to every one.
25 Things about Kara
1. She likes to read books to Kendra.
2. She is the candy queen.
3. She once called her dad a mean green bean.
4. When she was little she would take off her diapers and poo on the floor, sometimes it was smeared all over her body or all over the room, or one time Kara was yelling, "Ant, ant." We came in to see that she had pooped on the floor and a big cockroach was eating it. Gross!
5. Kara loves the water, but sinks when she tries to swim, although she is getting better.
6. If you tell Kara she can't do something, she will prove you wrong. She is very determined.
7. She is smart.
8. She is learning how to read!
9. She has a bubble gum machine, that is most always empty.
10. She can ride a two wheel bike.
11. She always gives compliments to people and notices the good in people.
12. She always says I love you!
13. She reminds us to pray and have scriptures everyday.
14. She likes oatmeal, and asks for it at least one morning a week.
15. When she wakes up her hair is always snarly. She doesn't like having it brushed.
16. Her nicknames are Kara-boo, and Kara-bear.
17. She is always doing some sort of craft project and loves tape, staples, scissors and glue!
18. She rarely zips her coat up (like her dad), unless we make her.
19. She likes to have friends over to play.
20. She always knows where thing are, I ask Kara first if she has seen whatever is lost.
21. She gets her jobs done and is a good worker.
22. She likes to surprise Tanner by doing his chores.
23. She is good at drawing and coloring.
24.She doesn't like to buckle herself up in the car.
25. She learned how to tie her shoes after watching one time.
25 Things About
Kendy1. She steals candy from her siblings, emptying the bubble gum machine or taking anything within her reach.
2. She is a
milkaholic.
3. She doesn't like getting in trouble.
4. She love babies and is always soft with them.
5. She only likes bananas whole, not cut up (she won't eat them).
6. She likes princesses, Dora and Barney.
7. She likes going to Nursery.
8. She doesn't like long car rides.
9. Her favorite shirt is a princess shirt, that she won't let us cover up with a coat or sweatshirt.
10. She likes to swim, and can hold her breath. She also has
incredible buoyancy.
11. She is in the 100
th percentile for height and 95
th for weight.
12. She speaks through her nose or just makes sounds in her throat. She has stared vocalizing more often lately, but she is very hard to understand.
13. She takes off her own diapers.
14. She had RSV when she was just a couple of weeks old.
15. Her favorite toy is a Care Bear castle that Lily gave to her.
16. She loves to go for wagon rides.
17. She likes to give hugs to friends, but she usually ends up knocking them down.
18. She doesn't like to go to bed.
19. She loves books and reading.
20. She loves her brother and sister and is so excited when they come home from school.
21. She likes to pray, even when it's not her turn.
22. When she gets a cold, it hits her hard, especially the first few days.
23. She likes to wear a bow in her hair.
24. She likes to help with laundry, putting the clothes into the washer and dryer, and unfolding all the clothes that are folded.
25. She is so sweet and gives lots of hugs and kisses.
This year the kids had their own ideas of what to get their dad for his birthday. Kara knew she had to get him soda. 
Tanner thought Barry would enjoy his own gallon of milk!
I gave him the best gift of all....his ipod. I lost it, I thought at the YMCA and we both thought it was gone forever. We searched and searched and never found it, until just about a week ago. I didn't tell him I found it and decided I would re-gift it to himself. He was happy to have it back. Notice the Dwight inspired decorations!
I made Barry his favorite oatmeal cake that his mom makes. Barry and I really liked it, but the kids were not too impressed. 
Tanner thought Barry would enjoy his own gallon of milk!
I gave him the best gift of all....his ipod. I lost it, I thought at the YMCA and we both thought it was gone forever. We searched and searched and never found it, until just about a week ago. I didn't tell him I found it and decided I would re-gift it to himself. He was happy to have it back. Notice the Dwight inspired decorations!
I made Barry his favorite oatmeal cake that his mom makes. Barry and I really liked it, but the kids were not too impressed. 
