Christmas 2010

Showing off one of her favorite presents...new chap stick. I love this easy-to-please age!

playing in the snow...and token "train pic" (we should produce a calendar with all the train photography we have).

No one can ever get enough of Uncle Corey

Earlier in the month the girls got to ride on a train in the city's light parade. Super fun.

Thankful for Thanksgiving still bald, still cute

Poppy having quality time with Little People

This is almost all the grandchildren.

Of course a trip anywhere wouldn't be complete without:

Party GIRL...#1

This photoshoot had an abrupt ending.

She meticulously took this cake apart and ate the whole thing. Our first child to actually eat a birthday cake and not play with it (like the 1st), or cry about it (like the 2nd).

Something's Missing... After school convo:

Me: I like your school work! But something is missing :)

Her: Uh-huh! A marshmellow fell off...so I ate it!

Me: Oh! I bet other kids were eating their marshmellows too, huh?

Her: Nope! Just me. ;)

Me: Was it tasty with all that Elmer's glue on the back?

Her: YEP!

(reminded me of this video I recently watched on LDS.org)

My Kindergartner Donned in school approved uniform and tinkerbell backpack she was so ready to roll. She was jazzed.

When you bring a baby home from the hospital you never think the first day of kindergarten will ever come. Or at least you think you have a small eternity to prepare for it. My "small eternity" was not enough apparently. I not only bawled my eyes out the night before, but several times in the first few weeks. I love my girl.

Summer SummaryThis is just a little summary of our summer since we lived 3 different places from April to August of this year. Its been wild to say the least. And not counting our residential changes, we made 3 different road trips. So here are some pictures of the many places we've lived and visited this summer. I'm SO happy to have a place to call home as we are getting settled, but travel is fun too.

(could my lips be more luscious??)

(The Maz)

"Para Espanol, marce dos"

BYE-BYE Summer!

We HEART Oregonians

(this is my FAVORITE pic from the whole trip. The glimmer in her eye sums up the fun we had)

(of course there is always one of these)

Summer Sampler This summer has been a wirlwind! We've had so many adventures, moves, roadtrips, etc. Here are just a few of the happenings...more will follow...eventually

playing at Grandma's

First professional hair cut with cousin Rylee

crawling, pulling up and cruising!

. . . And 9 Years Later . . .

Happy Anniversary!

Country Roots Run Deep

Here are the girls on Grandpa's farm...we are finally getting back to our roots.

Farewell to Arizona

The time has come for us to say good-bye to Arizona. Robb has accepted a Civil Engineering job in Idaho (which we are very excited about). We are sad to leave behind all of the friends we've made over the last 5 years and the WARM sun. We will be thinking about you all down in AZ when we are chipping ice off our car windows.

Happy "Half" To ME! I'm 6 months old already.

Baths are my favorite thing!

Eating is one of my least favorite things.

(you wouldn't know by my size)

Twins?

Every once in a while people will ask me if these two are twins. I always think the people who ask must be nuts. But after I downloaded this bathtub picture, I thought...If I hadn't birthed these two at seperate times myself, I might think they are the same age too. (at least from this picture).

Happy THIRD Birthday!LOVE YOU, BITS!The day started with banana-strawberry rollups (those are strawberry eyes and lips on top)

Later came free lunch at Chick-Fil-A

The night ended with adoring and eating her Wow-Wow-Wubbzy Cake

She loved the cake which was made by her creative dad.

So in her honor...here are a few of her favorites:

• Favorite food: berries & cookies
• Favorite Song: "The Golden Plates"
• Favorite word: "Actually"
• Favorite Toy: Mermaid bath doll
• Favorite Friend: Cash from upstairs
• Favorite Joke: To untie people's shoe laces...(it never gets old...for her)
• Favorite flavor: SUGAR
• Favorite Activity: Spinning
• Favorite Fear: Swimming
• Favorite People: Her Sisters