Friday, September 12, 2008

Girl Stuff.......


Grace loves her little sister. She often cries if Abigail cries at her and gets so excited when she makes her laugh. The other day I was in the kitchen preparing dinner and I often put Abigail in her car seat on the ground with me in the kitchen, mostly to protect her from Bradford who just is all boy and well..... let's just say not so gentle. Well, anyway, I hear Grace talking to Abigail and I didn't hear the whole conversation but the part I did hear was too cute not record. She said, "When you put lipgloss on you should always do this," and she smacked her lips together, then she went on to tell her about all the dress up cloths she would share and all the different toys in her room. For a girl who has been surrounded with boys for so long she sure is girly. I always thought I would have Tom Boys for girls because I was always into sports. I'm thankful for Grace and her girliness it makes life so fun, besides how else would I know the proper way to apply lipgloss.

Friday, September 5, 2008

"Do I have school today?"

Grace is finally in preschool. She has been waiting soooo long. If any of you know Grace she is so social. When I went to pick her up and take her home she DID NOT WANT TO GO.
I'm glad she can handle being away from me but sometimes it's a little depressing when I have to take her away from somewhere kicking and screaming. She can be a little fireball at times but really, really sweet most of the time, either way I love her to pieces.

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Happy Birthday Ivan

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How the tme has flown.
Things I love about Ivan
He's smart, sometimes too smart and it gets him into trouble.
Loves little kids and is so kind to them.
Loves to try new things and has no fear.
Makes friends so easy.
Loves to talk to adults.
Sticks up for what is right even if it leads to a fight.
Gives the best hugs.
Wants to be good.
Tells me I'm a good cook.
Is an early riser
The natural highlights in his hair.
And of course his dashing smile.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Hands

Hands are pretty amazing, they can be used for good or bad. You can tell a lot about someone by looking at their hands, and I'm not talking about fortune telling. I mean if the person works with their hands they may be callused or dirty. We should want "clean hands and a pure heart," but I don't think that was literal. My hands never have long or manicured nails, with five kids it just isn't a priority. I think hands symbolize more than we realize, anyway, I just wanted to remember the way these little hands looked so I took a picture. It's Grace, Abby and me, all the girls.



This is Ammon's hand. He taught me some new terminology yesterday, "I got a monkey-bar sore," he said. I always just thought they were called blisters.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

FIRSTS.......





It was the first day of school for the boys. The morning went pretty smooth except Ivan didn't want to wear his new shoes because they were too stiff and as he said, "I won't be able to run fast." I told him fine then I would take them back to the store and so he decided being fast wasn't so important and wore the shoes. Ammon had no complaints but we couldn't talk him into untucking his shirt. Whatever, right?
We also had a back to school party at the Aquatic Park here and well, Bradford fell and hit his head on the slide and got his first stiches. I put first because with him I'm sure it won't be the last. He was amazing when it happened he didn't even cry and when he got the stiches he was so good and just kept saying ouch over and over but didn't scream or anything. Such a good kid!!

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Droopy Dog on the Trampoline




These are some pictures we took of Bradford on the trampoline. Check out his cheeks!

Saturday, August 9, 2008

Yellowstone

We spent a whole lot of time in the car this vacation, Thank goodness for DVD players that attach to headrests.
Yes Abby does smile and is doing that fun baby talk, I love it!!!!!!

We saw lots of bison and elk in Yellowstone It truly is an amazing place, so beautiful.




Here we are at Old Faithful, This is the only family photo we got at Yellowstone so I thought it was publish worthy.