Kaylee (& the kids)

This was Kaylee's "Nation's Symbols" project for school. They had to make something 3-dimensional that represented one of our nation's symbols. Kaylee decided to make a pillow of the Betsy Ross flag (because it has less stars!). I did the cutting and most of the ironing, but she picked out all the fabric, did all the sewing herself, ironed on the stars, puffy-painted around them, stuffed it, and helped me sew up the gap! She worked REALLY hard on it and it turned out so cute!!

And here's a few other recent pix of the kids:

Swans & Curls

I took this picture at an old western town I visited with my brother Rod's family in Vegas. Our wedding cake topper (which got broken beyond repair, repurchased, and broken again) had two swans on it, because swans mate for life, so of course I had to post this picture.


So everyone wanted to have their hair curly for church last week ... Yes, it took a long time, but church isn't until 2 pm nowadays so we just made it. (Of course, it was one of the few weeks I had straightened my hair!) And no, Nathan did not get curls, but of course he wanted pictures too!

Snow Days!!

So yesterday I took a bunch of pictures of the snow we've had here all week. (Seriously, NO school or church since last Sunday! Yes, we're all going a little stir-crazy.) Then we woke up this morning and I had to take new pictures - there's twice as much snow and it is STILL snowing!! We have about 4 inches of powder covered by a 3/4 inch layer of ice and now 4-5 inches of powder on top of that. Here's a couple "Before" & "After" pictures.

And here's some pictures of the kids - they loved "stepping" (as Talia called it) and breaking through the ice yesterday. Scott said it felt like he was Godzilla. I think the biggest piece of ice we picked up was 2 x 2.5 feet! The kids loved to karate punch/kick the ice & break it.

Guess Who Game

All four of our girls have worn the same costume at two. (I have to admit Talia was forced and we barely managed a few pictures - she was extremely particular about the many different costumes she did and did NOT want to wear!)

Now here's the fun - can you guess who is who?

Halloween Photos

Catching Up

It's been a while since I posted pictures, so here's a few catchup photos from the summer & fall...

Fun at the Zoo:




























A visit from Tom ...















Lisette's Birthday















Kaylee's Birthday