Our little actor's guild

Our children all LOVE to dress up and put on a show for us. And, of course, it's always better when you have a captive audience -- in this case, Scott's boss, Tom. Jenna even had narrator lines for me to read! Here are a couple of pictures, and hopefully a video if I can get it to load (my previous attempts have not been very succesful).

Fun with Grandma Lambourne & Aunt Crystal

My mom & sister came out for a visit the end of February. The last time Crystal came out was when Kaylee was born, so it was really fun to have her here. She & Jenna really got along well -- Jenna would read Crystal books almost every night. As always, Mom was a big help as well as fun to have around. Here are a couple of pictures we took. (I never seem to take enough pictures, sometimes I even forget completely -- my excuse will be that I'm too busy enjoying the company to think about pulling out the camera. :-)

Playing in the Snow

When Jodee's family came up shortly after Christmas, we took a trip up to Mt. Hood to play in the snow. Everyone loved sledding down the hill (except maybe Lindsey). Talia was a crazy baby and just couldn't get enough -- she wanted to be on every sled that went down, and wanted to walk down the hill by herself as well! Thanks for coming up to visit, Chad & Jodee!! It was really fun spending some time with your family. (Jodee, let me know if you want me to email you any of these pictures.)

Christmas in Oregon

Sorry we've been missing in action from the Blog for awhile, but I will try to catch up here as quickly as I can. Here are some pix from Christmas in Oregon. I wanted to edit some of the pictures (lighten them, change clothing colors, etc.) but if I keep waiting to do that, I may never get anything posted. (If I ever do get around to the editing, I'll update the pictures later.)

Christmas Choirs -- Jenna & Kaylee were both in their school Christmas choir. Jenna did a duet of "Silent Night" and Kaylee had a solo in a Jewish dreidle song. They both did a terrific job!! They also sang in the stake Christmas children's choir. They really enjoy singing. Right now, they are both taking guitar classes after school -- I think it's fun for them to have the opportunity to try lots of different things.

Christmas Morning -- I don't know if anything can compare to the excitement of Christmas morning!! The children had so much fun opening presents and playing with their toys. Thank you to everyone for all the wonderful gifts. We are truly blessed to have such a wonderful family! (The kids watch the "Annie" production Bryan's family did ALL the time -- it's really terrific!!)