Really? Did you just ask that?

This morning Abby asked if she could have a phone in her bedroom! She is 5!  Oh dear, here we go, on our wild ride with three girls in 3 1/2 years.  LOVE IT!

Yesterday, Sophie (6) passed her 20's at school.  This is a big accomplishment for a first grader.  We are so proud of her and she is so proud of herself!!  Way to go, girl!

Fun with the cousins!

We had company for dinner...

Natalie 2, Lindy 3

Maddie Jo 1, Sophie 6

Gracie 4, Abby 5

and for baths...silly hair!!!

Last time the girls were over for baths, I put them all in at the same time...six girls, six and under.  I decided that families with this many kids probably did baths in shifts...so this time I let Sophie (6) watch Maddie Jo (1) while the four 'middle' girls went together first and then they switched.  It went pretty well...as well as it could :0).  We LOVE having our cousins over!! Too much fun and so many memories!!  

Silly side of Lindy

Lindy, 3, was at Mimi and Papas house.  She asked Mimi to take some pictures of her.  Mimi placed her head against Lindy's and started taking self pictures of the both of them .  She figured the more they took that there was bound to be one good one in the mix.  Little did she know until she downloaded the pictures, that Lindy had posed for every one...

Sorry Mimi, guess you weren't going to get a 'good one' this time!! :0)

Slip n Slide in January?

Seriously!  Where are we? Yes the girls played in the slip n slide today...in the middle of January!  That is crazy!  77 degrees in Mission Viejo California! We live in a beautiful place!

First Dance Class

Yesterday, Lindy took her first dance class!  Oh my, she was so excited!  She actually gets to take the dance class with her cousin Gracie who is 4. If you ask Lindy how her dance class was she says in a very quiet voice, "good".  But if you ask her to show you what she learned, she is loud and uses her whole body to show you!  I never would have guessed that she would be SO excited.  She told everyone at Sophie's school that she was going to dance and wanted her dance clothes on first thing in the morning!  I took a few pictures...

Gracie and Lindy

I asked her what her favorite part of dance class was and she said, "Doing tap."  I asked what she liked the best about tap and she said, "The marching" - with a demonstration.

Cousins at Christmas

My brother, John and his wife, Heather and their three precious kids live as missionaries in Lima, Peru.  For Christmas, my brother Mark set up the computer so we could Skype them and see them full size on the television. So we attempted to take a picture with all the cousins. Michaela, born December 17th, was napping in the first picture, so we got 8 out of the 9 in the picture. Josiah and Eliana on the tv, then left to right, Abby, Lindy, Sophie, Natalie, Gracie and Maddie Jo.

So then Michaela woke up and I asked who wanted to take a picture with her (because everyone was DONE taking pictures).  Sophie JUMPED up to the tv and her grin tells it all.  She is very proud of her new baby cousin!

Then a couple of the other cousins wanted to be a part!

It was fun making memories like these, eventhough we desperately miss our family abroad.

Date Night

Bob and I have a date night every single Friday...very few exceptions.  It is a very important part of our marraige and relationship.  Lindy, our 3 1/2 year old is an adventurer.  She likes to take risks and most of those risks she likes to take at 5:00pm on Friday night...30 minutes before the sitter arrives!  Last night was one of those nights.  She decided to climb up on the side of her toddler bed, into the window sill (says her 5 year old sister taught her this) and jump onto her toddler bed.  Well, she decided to 'hold on' to the mini-blinds as she jumped.  Picture a potato peeler on your ring finger from the first fold almost all the way to the tip...yeah, ouch.  Blood everywhere...called my dad and he taught me how to put on a pressure bandage.  And we still made it out for our date night even with a minor injury!   

Here is Lindy right after her finger was bandaged.

Big Bear 2008/2009

December 29 - January 2 we spent our time at Uncle David and Aunt Fran's house in Big Bear, California!  We were hosted by Grandpa James and Kathleen. What a fantastic week!  With a storm that brought in 4 feet of snow the week before, we got to experience a winter wonderland just by driving 2 hours away from home!  The weather was so perfect that the girls never had to wear jackets, only long sleeve shirts and snow bibs!  What fun!

Abby , Sophie and Lindy ready for the snow!

Sophie and Abby sledding on their own!

Daddy and Lindy!!

Snow angels!

Snow eating!

What a great week! Thank you Grandpa James, Kathleen, Uncle David and Aunt Fran!

Happy New Year!