You've come a long way, Babies!

I can't believe it has almost been 3 years ago these little guys made their arrival! It was 3 years ago that I was laying in a hospital bed almost begging the Dr's to get it over with! But they kept pumping me with a variety of drugs to prolong it a little more! What I wouldn't give for a few weeks of bed rest right about now! :) God is so good...these crazy little monkeys are proof of that!

Christmas Party #2

Tonight we had our family Christmas. This year Eric made the girls new bedroom furniture and Grandpa made the boys new beds as their gifts. The girls loved the surprise but Lucas wasn't to sure that his bed was a very good "present", he couldn't unwrap it.

Christmas Party #1

Since we won't all be able to get together on Christmas Day we celebrated Christmas with the VH gang this weekend. Lots of fun was had by all! Grandma made each of the grandkids a scrapbook of highlights from 2006...they were a huge hit!

School Christmas Prorams

Last week was the week for Christmas programs. Mia had a Christmas Chapel on Friday and they all wore the traditional white cape with red bow. (Eric even wore the same attire years ago!) Holly had a pre-school program in the evening called "The Shepherds Christmas." They both did a great job!

Dancin' to the beat of his own drummer!

This past Sunday evening was our church Christmas program. Once the boys got on stage they were not sure they wanted to stay up there. I was sitting in the front and bribed them, saying Grandpa would give them candy as soon as they were done. Needless to say Joey headed back up and gave it his all! (Thanks, Beth, for the video!)

If you take a dog to school...

...you'll hope he does some tricks. And that just what he did. Today, being the first day back to school in a while, Holly finally got to be the "special" birthday girl. One of the things the birthday girl gets to do is a magic trick. Holly decided she didn't know any tricks but knew someone who did so we asked the teacher if Uncle Dave's dog, Butch could come do her trick for her. Well, he came and did an outstanding job! He even accompanied her class on a couple songs...The "ABC" song as well as "Old McDonald Had a Farm". Thanks again, Butch!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

We had a fun weekend heading up into the mountains to cut down our Christmas tree and then watching

the Lighted Christmas Parade at night. It felt even more "Christmasy" with all the snow.

Time to go back to school!

The kids had the whole last week off of school because of the weather (lots of snow and record low temps). So they have been home almost 2 whole weeks and everyone is ready to go back!

Happy Birthday, Holly!

We had a great day celebrating Holly's 5th birthday, Build-A-Bear style! The snowy day was an extra bonus!

Family Band

We've moved on from pots & pans to metal buckets and pencils. It was a little noisy but everyone was quite entertained for a few minutes!

Watch out American Idol

Joey's usually a reserved kinda guy but every once in a while he cuts loose!

Welcome, Lily!

Baby Lily is the latest addition to our family and this was the boys first time seeing her. I have not seen them so still and so quiet in a very long time! They just stood and looked at her. Welcome to the family, Lily and congratulations Jason, Mandy and Emma!

Some days are like this!

It has been pouring lately, today is no exception.
To say the natives are restless is an understatement!
We're just trying to survive until naptime!

Trick-Or-Treat

Our 5 crazy cowboys & cowgirls.

A couple of our favorite stops along the way!

 

Grandpa & Grandma

After spending 3 weeks with us Grandpa and Grandma are on
the road, headed home. Thanks for the great visit. We are already
looking forward to the next one!

Our Jack-O-Lanterns

 

A Sneak Peek

We had our Fall Festival at church tonight.

Here's a glimpse of what they are going to be for Halloween.

We see you!

Well, Mia and I both went in for eye exams
and this is the end result!

 

Food, Football and Fun!

Since Grandpa and Grandma are here we decided to have Thanksgiving dinner today.

The Seahawk epidemic in our home is reaching epic proportions!

This picture really doesn't even need an explanation!
Cindy, Dave wants to know if you can airbrush some abs in?!?

 

Going on a Pumpkin Hunt!

Holly had a field trip today with her preschool class. We went to an awesome farm with great big Clydesdale's, goats, baby bunnies and pumpkins hidden all over. We had a great time!

Pumpkin Patch Round #2

Grandpa and Grandma R. are visiting right now so on Saturday we headed to the pumpkin patch in search of some perfect pumpkins as well as some perfect pictures. I think we did okay in the pumpkin department but the picture taking left a little to be desired!

(You always gotta wonder where they find the help for these places!)

Go, Mia, Go!!!

Another season of soccer is winding down. Here's Mia in action this past Saturday!

Pumpkin Patch Round #1

I don't think you can ever get enough of the pumpkin patch in the fall, therefore, we usually end up going several times during the month of October. I got to go with Mia's class for a field trip this past week. We had a great time and the weather was beautiful.

Spots, Spots, and more Spots!

Today was Spot Day at Preschool for Holly. She took the instructions very seriously when it said to come to school with spots from your head down to your toes!