Hard Worker

Rylan has his own shovel and he really uses it! He'll spend hours outside digging and moving dirt around.
It's a good thing we have a big yard because he would have a smaller one all dug up by now.

Happy 9th Emily!

Our oldest girl is 9! Can you believe it?
She celebrated with a slumber party with a few friends.
I think she rather enjoyed her day in the spotlight.

And now we shall see what adventures her 10th year will bring . . .

Happy Birthday Emily! We love you so much.

Cousins, Great Grandma and Dad's 65th Birthday

We celebrated Dad's 65th birthday on Easter Sunday and all of the family was able to be there. Neil, Raquel, and Julia flew up from Texas and John, Amy, Grace and James drove down Sunday afternoon. Grandma hopped on the train and came down.
James was happy to hang out with family!
Julia entertained everyone with her sweet smile and antics.
Dad was able to blow out all 65 candles. OK, I didn't really put 65 on the cake. I just made the shape of a 6 and a 5. Thought I better give him a break.
Julia saying "HI!" . . .
Ahhh, ain't that sweet?

Easter 2010

Clubhouse Construction - Stage 1

One of our goals for Mid-Winter break was to build a clubhouse for the kids. Its a project we have talked about for a long time. We had some nice weather, so we got to it.
These pictures show the kids painting the floor. We do have some walls up now and part of the roof. I will update with more pictures as the construction continues.

Discovery Museum

We took a trip down to Salem during mid-winter break and stopped by the A.C. Gilbert Discovery Village (http://www.acgilbert.org/).
The kids had a ball!

I think their favorite by far was the grocery store . . .

They loved picking out groceries, and then going through the checkout process.
Lila the shopper.

Alaina spent the day with a friend, if you are wondering why there are no pictures of her.

Happy Birthday Lila!

We celebrated Lila's 5th birthday on Monday.
Alaina is so jealous that Lila now has more Webkinz than her.
We love our sweet Lila girl!