First week of December

The first week of December.

I take alot of pictures of the kids. I didn't

realize how much I take until I started doing this blog. I take so many pictures

its hard to pick and choose what to post. It seems they are always doing

funny things that fall in the memorable moment catagory.

Memorable moment #1. Marissa plays dress up with Luke. Hey, when you don't have any sisters, you have to use your resources.

I love this pictures. I had a pile of stuff I had gathered while cleaning up the kitchen. I asked Marissa to go and put it away. A minute later she came back around the corner wearing everything that was in the pile. I suppose that is one way to avoid walking all the way upstairs to put it away.

Oliver won't take a nap. He sneaks a nap. Suddenly I can't find him after

checking all the beds in the house I found him in my bed. It's late afternoon.

The worst time to have Oliver take a nap.

I woke him up by playing a little game with him. I was just glad he woke up happy.

These wake ups can produce a very grumpy boy.

Oliver and Luke. Clean, dressed and cute hair. We had to catch this moment. It never lasts long.

Thanksgiving Weekend November 25-28, 2010

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! We are so excited to spend time with

family. Marissa is excited to spend time with some girls. Starting

with makeup with Kelsey.

Marissa absolutely loves the puppies. She took every chance she could to give them a treat. We combed Luke's long hair to make him look handsome for Thanksgiving.

Luke played so hard he fell asleep sitting up. Luke played with the dog cage alot. He also followed the puppies around.

Andrew bravely ate his first jalapeno. Surprising he didn't go for seconds. He

chugged a big glass of milk after getting through his brave bite.

The Georgeson family had a great suggestion for a family outing in Albuquerque.

We went to see the River of Lights.

There was so much to see. The kids really enjoyed it.

We arrived early and then we were stuck waiting in the dark. There was a news show that wanted to air the light display being turned on for the first time this year. So being stuck in the dark I took a picture. This was the reaction to the flash. I have to admit it was VERY blinding.

Luke was stuck entertaining himself with a camera case.

There was a huge variety of things to see or walk through. Oliver was loving it.

The potty breaks were exhausting. The lines were ridiculous. I spent some serious time in the potty line.

The dinosaur in lights is Olivers absolute favorite. This is a great shot with Dad.

Wow, we are an impressive group of monkeys for sure. Look

at this row of feeding and foraging kids. We had a lot of fun. Sadly it is time for us to

go home. Back to school and work. Thanks Georgesons for letting us party

and play with you. We had a great time.

More sleeping on the drive home.

On our drive home we actually hit snow. Nothing crazy but it was great to see a bit of snow for the year. Now it's time to get ready for Christmas.

Driving to Albuquerque

November 24, 2010

We get to go to the Georgesons for Thanksgiving this year!! We are packed and

all piled into the van on our way to Albuquerque New Mexico.

We decided to take the scenic route. It was a great drive. Although it also brought on our first experience with cold weather. We stopped to get gas and had to decide between Paul and I which one was going to get out in the cold wind to gas up. I lost, apparently it was my turn. Dragged out jackets for all of us before I got out.

Luke took a snooze. The kids always appreciate these moments. Then they can put something on besides Elmo or Baby Einsteins.

We stopped for lunch at McDonalds. Let the kids have plenty of time to get the wiggles out.

It was a successful playtime. They were great the whole drive. It was a great day.

KINDERGARDEN FALL PROGRAM

November 18, 2010

Marissa's Kindergarden Fall Program

I didn't get to go. It would have been to crazy to take all the kids to go see it.

Paul went and took these great pictures.

Marissa was a snowflake!

Fortunately Oliver is photogenic. So I have some great pictures of him just being

himself this week to use as filler. He loves his Dad's ties. If Paul doesn't put his ties

away when he gets home the kids play with it.

HOMEMADE SUMO

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Marissa and Andrew came downstairs like this. I was cracking up. They are so funny.

This is Olivers contribution.

We had one round of sumo. Unfortunately the picture turned out blurry.

Andrew posing with his well stuffed shirt.

Time to unload some extra junk.

Ahhhhh back to normal. Andrew seems a little disappointed. They have the "now what do we do" face on. I'm sure they came up with something. They always do.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY OLIVER!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

OLIVER IS 3 YEARS OLD.

UNFORTUNATELY HE PLAYED SO HARD ALL DAY THAT HE FELL ASLEEP BEFORE THE PARTY STARTED. I AM TRYING TO WAKE HIM UP WITH LITTLE SUCCESS.

WHEN CUPCAKES ARE INVOLVED OLIVER IS THERE!

WORTH HIS RUDE AWAKENING BY MOM!

LUKE WAS ENJOYING THE CELEBRATION.

LUCKY OLIVER IS YOUNG ENOUGH THAT HE DOESN'T CARE THAT I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE A CAKE FOR HIM. I HAVE BEEN SICK FOR WEEKS NOW AND CANNOT PULL OFF ANOTHER CAKE. IT HELPS THAT THE KIDS LOVE CUPCAKES.

OLIVER LOVES CUPCAKES. HE REALLY LOVES NEW TOYS. GRANPA AND GRANDMA IBA SENT HIM THIS CAR TRACK. IT WAS A HIT!

PAUL AND I GOT HIM THIS TRAIN. HE ABSOLUTELY LOVES TRAINS. ALL OF THE KIDS WERE EXCITED ABOUT THIS TOY.

GRANDMA AND GRANDPA IBA SENT LUKE A PRESENT AS WELL. IT IS PERFECT!!

I CANT BELIEVE MY LITTLE OLIVER IS 3 ALREADY. THEY JUST GROW UP TO FAST.