Bath Time

So I'm still playing around with taking lots of pictures of my kids and these are some of my favorites. Who doesn't love bath pictures? Well, ok some bath pictures aren't so cute....but these are really cute!

Happy Josh! He's so little. At 10 months he weighs 16 pounds; he's not even on the charts when we go to the dr.


Love this picture of him playing in the water! Big 'ol cheesy smile!


Splash! Splash! Splash!
Lovin' the water!


This picture's cool with the water in mid splash. We must have gotten back from the dr at Jake's 6 year visit, Josh got his 2nd flu shot you can see the band aid on his thigh still.

This was my favorite and is currently the background on our computer. When the kids see it they say "Awww, look at Josh! He's so cute!" This is one spoiled boy! Maybe spoiled with love from us all- and there's never too much love right? (cheese cheese cheese.....)

Halloween 2009

This was the day before Halloween as I tried Josh's costume on him to see how well he'd stay in his costume and to see how well it fit. He's the cutest Yoda I've ever seen!



Yoda strapped in his car seat and ready to go to the Halloween Party and Trunk or Treat!

Here are my Trick or treaters- pretty cute! Emily wanted to be a dancer. Jake was Flash, which I can't believe I found that costume- he loves Flash! Avery was my Princess Tinkerbell.

My girls get so excited to get make-up put on them they look forward to Halloween because of the candy and make-up! I'm not sure what's going on with that shirt. I don't want to discourage her from being modest but the costume would have looked a lot better if it fit her better and she didn't have a shirt underneath. She's beautiful either way!

None of them were ready for this picture but whatever. Look at Flash's expression: are you done taking pictures so we can go to the party?

Flower Power

OK so a little history behind this Gerber Daisy: a precious friend gave me this potted Gerber Daisy for Valentine's Day and I decided to see how long it would last if I planted it. Well I'm happy to say it's been nearly four years since I planted that little flower in our front yard. I'm so glad I did too because every time it blooms I always think about Elena and what a sweet friend she has been to me over the years!


This was last year, the first time it was the talk of the house. Spencer took a picture of it because it was hard for us to describe and we wanted to remember it. I was pregnant with Josh when this flower bloomed and we were both convinced it was twins. This flower was definitely dividing and it was on one stem- which we thought was so cool!

Well, this year it's in the shape of a heart. This is a close up of the middle, yea I don't know my flower parts. But I am familiar with my shapes and that is a heart!

This is another shot of our heart flower. Isn't that the coolest? The kids love to look at it. I was honestly amazed at it and was excited to show it to them. I show it to everyone who comes over- look at our flower I'd say. Yes, it's the little things that excite me!

Who couldn't use a little flower power?

A Learning Process

When Heidi came out to visit from Idaho she inspired my to try harder to work on my photography skills. I'm terrible and should have paid more attention to my photography class in high school. But since that was a loooong time ago cameras have since gone digital and I never learned how to take pictures with a really nice camera with a fancy lens. And plus there's all the things you can do with the computer to enhance and change. Enough with the excuses, I am excited to improve my photography skills and get some amazing pictures of my kids. They are growing up too quickly as it is and I want as many pictures as possible.


I love the action pictures when they are not expecting their picture to be taken.

Emily was reading to Josh and he decided to bring his own book up to the table and flip through the pages.

I love Emily's bright eyes and cute round face. She's growing up really fast especially being the oldest one at home during the day now. She's a great helper!

I took these next two pictures a while ago when the older kids were already in bed and Josh must have taken a late nap. He was playing and crawling all over me when I get down on the floor with him

He's just too cute for words! We love Josh so much!

Lovin' Harley

So Emily had a facination with the dog this morning. I asked her to feed Harley and she did and also watched him eat very closely......


I had to tell her a few times to back up and give him some space.

He's such a good dog! He waits patiently on his bed while we fill his food bowl and tell him "Food Harley." He might drool a bit while waiting but still waits for the ok, even from the kids.

I was checking on her while she was playing outside and had to take some pictures of her sitting on Harley. When ever the kids go out to play he wants to be there too. He doesn't always stay outside but it's almost like he's checking things out to make sure it's safe.


Sweet Emily petting his head

scratching his back

still scratching....(someone needs to clean that window! Yuck!)

Laying on Har...., sorry about the dirty window.

PP & FF & BFF

So I'm ignoring my 100 unread emails and having to re-download all my music on iTunes to post more things we've done recently.

Spencer went "camping" at a four star lodge with a group of high school buddies this past weekend. It was a big deal! Four of them flew into town and t-shirts were made. Anyways I flew in my friend to stay with us and it was fun. I was really tired since Josh was getting in his teeth but we went to the Fire Fest and the pumpkin patch for a little while. The kids had a blast and I really like going to the Fire Fest! It had been in the 90s most of the week until Friday hit and it was cool and overcast. The past few Fire Fests we'd been to it was hot and with the fire demostrations they do- man it gets REALLY hot! I feel for the firefighters in their gear putting out the fires!

Two of the ladder crews had a competition to hit the target in the trees - it was pretty cool to watch.

This was new this year, they made a castle and demonstrated a saving of a princess, yes there is a real lady in the tower window! The kids loved that! She was yelling, "Save me! Save me!"

This is a picture of the kids in a firetruck from the airport- they are HUGE! The tires alone are almost 5 feet! ok maybe 4 feet tall, but still this is a monster firetruck! There was a demo with this too. They showed how the firehose pierces the airplane and the water sprays the inside of the plane to put out the fire.



It's always been a challenge for me to get a good picture of my kids. I need to practice more with them. Practice makes perfect right? I also need to get them to lift their chins and smile looking at the camera.

My pumpkin climber!

The boys. I love the sound of that .....

my little blondie
We had such a good time with Aunt Heidi Romer and we were sad to see her go home. Next time I get to take the trip and leave the four children with Spencer. We're hoping and strongly encouraging her to move back. I understand she wants to live near family but we would have so much fun together and it would be so wonderful to have my BFF here! Move back Heidi!!