The Roth Family

Loved the sunsets there!

The Feast at Lele luau- absolutely awesome luau!

My amazing hubby- I love him so much!

Honalua Bay- still, beautiful water. It was perfectly green. Great snorkeling there.

There's my guy surfing!

Oh, yeah, there's me too. :)

Makena Beach- kind of a special name to me, only some may know why. Beautiful beach!

We got to see a ton of dolphins from the boat we took to Lana'i. It was awesome!

Here's a sea turtle we tried to make friends with! We swam with him for at least 10 minutes. Definitely one of the coolest things snorkeling!

From may 2010

Here he is after going to the surface to take a breath. I really loved the sea turtle if you couldn't tell!

From may 2010

Kinsley 18 months

2010-05-13T15:00:00.000-07:00

I took Kinsley in for her 18 month pictures (ok, it was more like 20 months...). I had just planned on getting 2 different pictures. Kinsley initially didn't want to cooperate, but the photographers were really good and Kinsley really warmed up to them. So, needless to say, they got a ton of good pictures and I couldn't decide between them all. So I walked out with more than I had planned (cause that's never happened before :)).

From 2010 - 04 - April

Much Needed Update!

2010-05-13T13:33:00.000-07:00

So, I think it's been well established that I am a horrible blogger. When I have free moments, I don't like to spend tons of them on the computer! But, I figured it's time to do a little updating! Everything is going well in the Roth house. It's warm today, and I'm hoping that spring is finally here to stay (and to soon turn to summer)! Jamin and I celebrated our 10th anniversary in January and to commemorate, we took a trip to Hawaii last week, which was unbelievably amazing, but more on that in another post. The kids are doing fantastic. Emma turned 8 in February and was baptized! Such a special experience to have my oldest child baptized. I can't believe she's already 8- where does the time go?! She is in 2nd grade and loving it. She is becoming quite the little reader and is frequently found with a book in her hands (yes, just a little like her mommy!). She is playing soccer this spring. She has fun when she's playing, and really is good and tries hard, but I don't think it's going to be her favorite thing. Sydney is loving 1st grade. She is quite the little social butterfly, always bringing home phone numbers of friends and wanting to get together with them! She is also quite the little reader, but doesn't enjoy it to the level of her big sis. Syd played soccer last fall, but is wanting to get back into gymnastics now. Nicholas is going to start preschool in the fall. He is so excited to go to school like sisters! He still gets a little bored during the day while they're at school, so a few mornings of preschool will be great for him. He is a very sweet boy, always wanting to help mommy throughout the day. And he does love to play (and sometimes torment) his little sister! Kinsley is getting so big! She'll be 2 in August which I can't believe and just makes me want to cry! She is a lovable little sweetie. She loves to give kisses and cuddle and is really getting more into talking. She always says "Lala" in response to I love you. The kids are all really great about playing together and having fun with each other. They get along pretty well, at least most of the time! Here's some pictures of us recently!

From 2010 - 02 - February

Emma's baptism

From 2010 - 02 - February

Kinsley found bis sisters dress up clothes!

From 2010 - 04 - April

Getting ready to enjoy the chocolate bunny!

From 2010 - 04 - April

It was ridiculously hard to get them all to sit and smile!

Kinsley's 1!

2009-09-03T15:11:00.001-07:00

I wanted to put stuff up about my sweet baby's birthday, but first we were all sick and then it took me awhile to get my camera downloaded. So here we are! August 15th was Kinsey's first birthday. I can't believe she's already 1! The last year has gone by so fast! She has been such a sweet and fun addition to our family! She is always smiling and laughing. She is very lovable and cuddly. Kinsley loves all her siblings and is so patient with all the "love" she recieves in return! She finally learned to crawl at just over 11 months and I've seen her pull up to standing just a few times. She knows that her 3 big sibs will bring her whatever she needs and that mommy will pick her up when she cries, so why does she need to move? One of these days she'll walk, but I'm pretty content with her staying a baby a little while longer :)! Kinsley wasn't feeling great on her birthday, but she still had a good time. She loved the presents and even got the hang of opening them! By cake time though, she wasn't feeling great and didn't know what to think. She didn't really know what to do with the whole cake in front of her. She was better with a small piece and she LOVED the ice cream (definitely takes after her mom and dad!) It was a fun day, although a little sad for me as my baby isn't as much a baby anymore! It's so fun to see her personality progress as she grows! Happy Birthday sweet baby girl!

She really wanted that toy out of there!

Kinsley and Grandma

She loves her new princess car that Grandma and Papa got her!

"It's my party and I'll cry if I want to!"

Happy girl!

Cake's not so bad!

Worn out birthday girl

Summer Fun!

2009-09-03T14:38:00.000-07:00

It's been a fun summer! We've camped, gone to the zoo, the beach, gone swimming, played in the sprinkler, played with friends, and just hung around the house. It'll be a nice change for the girls to go back to school, although it really makes me sad. I'll miss having them around! Nicholas will especially miss them! I don't think he'll know what to do without them home! Here are some pictures of our summer activities!

Sydney's kindergarten graduation

From Summer 2009

Syd's birthday party with her friends

From Summer 2009

Emma and her friends at the zoo

From Summer 2009

My sweet kiddos! Kinsley loved the car!

From Summer 2009

Here's Emma and Sydney in their Ballet costumes

From Summer 2009

Here they are at the recital- Syd's all the way on the left and Emma's on the right

From Summer 2009

Kinsley loves the pool!

From Summer 2009

I just love this boys smile!

From Summer 2009

Here comes the wave!

From Summer 2009

Fun on the playset!

2009-06-08T12:38:00.000-07:00

For Christmas some of the wonderful grandparents chipped in and got a play structure for the backyard. Then came all the work of tilling and leveling an area to set it up. Luckily the kids have a great daddy that worked for weeks preparing the play structure! After all the work its finally done and the kids are loving it! It's so nice to be able to have them go outside and play and run off some energy! Here are some pictures of the kids enjoying their new toy right after it was all set up.

From 2009 - 05 - May

Just some new pictures!

2009-05-07T17:08:00.000-07:00

I know its been awhile (again!), so here's some pictures of this last couple months of the kiddos. Everyone is doing great- really looking forward to summer and warm weather (hopefully!) and spending time with the kids! School is great for Emma and Sydney, Nicholas is growing up even more and Kinsley is getting bigger every day! I know there's a long list of pics, but like I said, it's been awhile! :)

My mom took a couple of days off during spring break so that we could do something with the kids. We went to the Kids Club in Vancouver one day and then to the Children's Museum the next. This is a picture from the Kids Club. It was fun to get out and do stuff with them.

Getting ready to hunt for eggs.

Kinsley enjoyed her Easter basket!

Here are the most beautiful kids! (I'm not biased at all, though!)

Kinsley in her Easter dress.

Kinsley loves her big brother!

Sydney in swimming lessons. She should be a fish!

Emma loves swimming lessons!

Sydney had a special thing at school for Mother's Day and I got the pleasure of receiving a make-over from her! She did a fantastic job! (I was sure to wash my face before venturing to the store that day! :))

Happy Birthday, Emma!

2009-02-04T23:44:00.001-08:00

Today is my oldest baby's 7th birthday! I can't believe she's 7 years old already! How time flies! We had a great day. My mom and I took her cupcakes and had lunch with her at school. She knew that I was coming, but to have grandma there was a surprise. It was fun to see her at school with her friends. It was cute that she was so proud to have us there and to get to introduce grandma to her class. One day she'll be begging me not to enter her school, so I'd better enjoy this while I can! It was so beautiful today and we got to play outside. Then, as is our tradition, we went out to dinner and dessert as a family. Emma got to open her present from us- an American Girl doll. She's been asking for months for one, so she was sooo excited! She said that today was the best day of her life (and that was before she got the doll!)! We are so blessed to have such a sweet and wonderful little girl in our family. Happy Birthday Emma! We love you so much!

From 2009 - 02 - February

I know its been awhile!

2009-01-20T12:58:00.000-08:00

I know I've been a horrible blogger. I won't bore you with my millions of reasons except to say that I have four children, including a 5 month old! Anyway, we had a great Christmas. The kids had an extra week off of school due to the massive snow storm that hit. We had lots of fun playing in the snow, but I was really glad when school resumed! Everything's about the same in the Roth house- girls are still loving school, Nicholas points out everyday when we drop sisters off at school that he will go to school when he turns "tibe" (which is 5 in 3 year old language), and Kinsley is just as cute as can be and growing like crazy! So here are some pictures, including one from Halloween- they were so cute in their costumes!

From christmas

This is the most snow I've ever seen here lasting this long.

Nicholas really likes the light saber that Emma picked for him.

The girls got puppies that grow into dogs and you program with your name and give the dog a name. They were very excited.

Kinsley also like the girls puppies.

We had a great Christmas as a family!

Kinsley's Blessing

2008-10-07T14:42:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures of Kinsley from her blessing.

From Kinsley's blessing

School, birthday and baby!

2008-09-19T08:33:00.000-07:00

It's been a busy month! Kinsley has been busy growing lots! The kids love her and have been doing very well with her. Emma started first grade and Sydney started kindergarten. It's really hard to have Emma gone at school all day! It makes me sad that my oldest baby is growing up so fast! I'm sad that Sydney is in school everyday, too! It's so quiet in the mornings with just Nicholas and Kinsley with me. I think Nicholas misses them too. He follows me around most of the morning and can't wait to hug and kiss both of them when they get in the car after we pick them up! Nicholas just had his 3rd birthday! Hard to believe he's already 3! In no time I'll be writing about him going to school! He had a great birthday. We had his party a few days before his birthday and he kept asking "me tee now?" I'd tell him "no, not yet" and he'd get sad and ask "me tee, pees, mommy?" It was so cute! Kinsley is getting bigger all the time! She has started to smile, though I haven't been able to get very good pictures of her smiling yet. She's also cooing, which I think is one of the best sounds ever! Everything is going well for the family. Jamin started a new job, which is always a transition, but seems to be going well! Here are some of the latest pictures!

Emma's first day of school!

Sydney's first day of school!

Nicholas loves to open presents!

Nicholas loves guitars and loves playing Daddy's Guitar Hero, so we had to get him one of his own! Here he is posing with his beloved guitar!

We decided that we should get Nicholas some more manly dress up clothes so that he wasn't so tempted to wear the girls princess dresses!

We went to Chuck E. Cheese on Nicholas birthday. The kids had a blast and Nicholas loves Chuck E.