The Nielson Family

Happy New Year

2012-01-03T22:42:00.002-07:00

Daddy, we missed you today! Happy New Year!

Visit from Friends

2012-01-03T22:28:00.001-07:00

I got some help getting the kids down for bed the other day. The twins loved storytime!

Happy Holidays

2012-01-03T22:10:00.000-07:00

Just a jumble of photos from over the holidays. We had a wonderful time with Bill's mom, aunt, and cousin. Thanks for everything!

Loved the slippers, wore them all day, all naptime, and all night!

A little big but should fit someday! :)

Yay, some help around the house.

Poor Daddy, too much temptation to eat and not enough to decorate!

I think they like it!

I guess Daddy doesn't need a gun... don't mess with this one, boys!

Notice the slippers? :)

Love you, Granny!

The working girl - phone to the ear, laptop in hand.

Wildlife Zoo

2012-01-03T21:24:00.001-07:00

We had a wonderful visit to the Wildlife Zoo with Meagan and Tracy. They even had coupons saved up from several years ago to get huge discounts! They had a bunch of animals we've never seen and some fun rides. Emma got to ride with Meagan and Tracy and she was all smiles! The zoo was amazing. Everything from wild cats to sharks to penguins, although we did miss seeing the penguins. Thanks again, Meagan and Tracy, for a wonderful day!

Thanksgiving

2011-12-02T15:32:00.001-07:00

My favorite holiday and no pictures from the feast. We had a wonderful time with Meagan and Tracy as well as Meagans family.

Tour de Tucson

2011-12-02T15:28:00.001-07:00

Congratulations to Donna Lennox and Donna Ruthrauff on completely the 42 mile bike race! We are so proud of you!

Carlsbad Trip

2011-12-02T15:08:00.000-07:00

We had the most wonderful trip to Carlsbad! We had plenty of relaxation as well as fun activities. Unfortunately, no beach time but we made up for it at Legoland. We spent a ton of time at the playground at the resort.

This is the gameroom at the resort.

Thankfully the kids don't realize they aren't actually playing.

The beautiful view from our room.

The beautiful new aquarium at Legoland.

You think you're sleeping where?

Fun pool and water park at the resort.

LEGOLAND! Definitely the highlight of the trip. We went about 9 years ago and we wern't too impressed. Since then there has been a ton of remodel and add-ons. We had tons of fun!

Favorite Sayings

2011-10-26T14:17:00.001-07:00

Emma - 'You makin the cook? Emma sit on countur' (She loves to help cook.)Emma - 'Rounda rounda rosie, (Ring around the rosie, Pocka pocka posie, Pocket full of posies, Ates, ates, Ashes, ashes, One, two, down!' We all fall down) :)Trenton - 'Sissy, ENOUGH!!' ( When Emma sings and sings and sings.)Trenton - 'Where's Dadda?' Me - 'At work.' Trenton - 'Oh, Dadda workin firetruck.'Trenton - 'Tenten fic it.' - Trenton fix it.Trenton - 'Gup' - his version of yup.Me - 'What do you want to sing for grace?' Trenton- 'To duh! To duh!' - meaning 'To Thee Who Doth'Emma's favorite graces 'All Things Living' and 'Day by Day'Emma - 'Ahepem' - meaning you're welcome.

Special Meetings

2011-10-20T15:31:00.003-07:00

A little rushing and a bit of driving but we made it to two very wonderful Special Meetings. As always, the reward was far greater than the little cost.

Pumpkin Carving

2011-10-20T15:28:00.002-07:00

We love pumpkin seeds so we had to get a pumpkin and clean it out. Emma loved helping, Trenton didn't like getting his hands dirty! :) Daddy carved it up nicely!

Visiting Cousins

2011-10-05T18:23:00.000-07:00

We had a wonderful trip to visit the Hawkins family. The cousins all had a ton of fun together.

Car Washing

2011-10-05T17:31:00.000-07:00

As always, the kids are a huge help! :)

The New Tricycle

2011-10-05T17:29:00.000-07:00

Thanks, Granny! We love it!

Bill's old cars and airplanes

2011-10-05T17:27:00.000-07:00

Trent loves playing with Daddy's old cars and airplanes so we had to make a little airport and roadway for him. He is definitely enjoying it!

Emma not interested so much. Here she is decorating the cars with stickers!

Catch - up

2011-10-05T17:18:00.001-07:00

Tons of art projects...

Enjoying dress up...

Enjoying the workers...

Silly...

Big kid beds...

Of course, outdoor play...

Nice shoes, Emma :)

Lot's of summer storms but love all the rainbows...

Learning how to eat Oreo's

Visiting Daddy at Work

2011-09-02T17:24:00.000-07:00

Trenton has been totally fascinated with fire trucks lately. That is about all we hear about from him whether we see one or not! So we had to go see Daddy at work. They have been so busy we never get the chance to stop by. This day we were actually at the station almost a whole hour before a call came in... and then all but one truck went out!

Emma was a bit nervous the whole time but Trenton had the time of his life!

Had to make time to fly the helocopters. Thats another favorite with Trenton. It's currently being called a CaCa. :) Try explaining that to people!

Remember Moments

2011-08-31T09:08:00.000-07:00

This post is kind of for me. I have a habit of forgetting all the cute things they do. Things have been a bit tough lately, I think we have definitely started the terrible twos times two. :) Toddler beds, removal of pacifiers, potty training... But there are so many adorable things they are doing that I don't want to forget all the smiles they cause. Just a few things I want to remember... We have recently moved the twins to toddler beds since we found both the twins could climb out of their cribs and try on all their hats and shoes instead of going to sleep. So, after the twins doing really well for a week, I stopped staying in the room until they were out. A couple of days ago at naptime, after going in several times to get them back into bed, I heard silence... finally... I thought. I waited a few minutes and still silence so decided to check if they were completely in bed (Trenton has fallen asleep with his legs hanging down to the floor twice and Emma has fallen out of bed twice). Surprise! They had gotten a hold of Emma's expensive diaper rash ointment and smeared it all over the walls, bedding, furniture, their own clothing, etc. Amazingly they missed the carpet. Needless to say, I have returned to staying in there until they fall asleep. We have a twin bed in the room along with their 2 toddler beds, so I just rest on the twin. Last night, I was laying there when the door moved a bit. Checked the beds, both of the twins were in the beds. Odd... well maybe the a/c turning on wiggled it a bit. Then it happened again. I sat up immediately and noticed a little body snaking along the ground back to his bed. Trent had figured out I couldn't see the floor between his bed and the door so he slipped out of bed silently and then snake crawled, he was completely on his belly, over to the door. He tried again tonight only chose to head to Emma's bed, where I could actually see him. I let him wiggle over there and just watched. He sat next to her bed and started whispering to her. She got a pretty big kick out of that. They both have learned to say 'love you' which comes out more like 'wuv ew' and so many other wonderful things. Emma loves to sing and often sings as she plays. When singing a prayer, both of them loudly sing along. So, my goal is every day, to see the blessings and joy above the tantrums and lack of good naps.

Visiting Papa and Grandma

2011-07-29T13:02:00.019-07:00

We just had a wonderful visit to Papa and Grandma! We had tons of fun! Auntie Ana even came out for a few days we were there. Thanks, Papa and Grandma, for everything!

Barbeque on the beach!

Amazing sharing! :)

No place to store food.

Always tons of nummies from grandparents

Papa's tomato vine stands

How do you eat these things! Top, bottom, side, middle...?

Pizza's too hot! Cooling it down.
Indoor fun!

Visiting a local farm - just there size goats.

Phone time!

Dog pile on Daddy!

Quite the side arm.
Helping Papa water his plants.

Some of Papa's amazing flowers and one of his apple tree covered in apples!

Stopping to watch the 'airpanes' as the kids call them.

Little cuties

Summer Days

2011-07-05T19:44:00.010-07:00

We have been enjoying some wonderful sunny days until this last weekend. We are now enjoying scattered thunderstorms and the first bit of rain in quite some time! The storms don't last more than an hour but are sure strong. On the way to gospel meeting last Sunday, a huge dust storm decided to sweep across the freeway. Thankfully, I only had to come to a dead stop once while the rest of the trip the wall of dust was held off about a half mile. Here are a few of the fun we have been having lately.

The only lawnmower we need.
Mr. Smiley
Miss Curly
Cooking dinner
Emma's new changing table for babies
And the cool crib with a storage drawer - handy for cleanup.
Helping to water our new tree.

Roasting in the sandbox.
Lazy after running around outside.

Sleepyhead - bath before bed.
Fun swing for two.

Trent loves to fill up the pool but of course has a hard time keeping the water in the pool.
Emma helps me keep him in line :)

Snuggling up to read stories

Giving baby a ride.
Our recent storm - amazing rain!

Happy Fathers Day!

2011-06-20T20:35:00.002-07:00

Yippee!! A Backyard!!

2011-06-07T13:39:00.005-07:00

After all of Bill's hard work we have a beautiful, comfortable backyard! It started as dirt with gravel all mixed in. Now we have dirt in planters, gravel covering the rest of it, and some beautiul green - artificial grass! We love it already, no maintenance and year round green. With a sandbox and playhouse the kids are perfectly happy!

Gotta Laugh

2011-06-04T23:40:00.004-07:00

Thankfully, in between all the tempertantrums and me screaming 'No, no, no, no, no, no, etc' we get some wonderful entertainment!

Grandma's Sewing

2011-06-04T23:31:00.003-07:00

Grandma D (my mom) made these adorable dresses for Emma for convention. She also made the 2 plaid shirts for Trenton to match! She is amazing!

Retirement Party

2011-06-04T23:07:00.007-07:00

Happy retirement, Leroy! We all had so much fun. Wagon rides, jumping castles, lots of food, balloons, icecream...

This is Leroy when he met the twins for the first time, they were less than a day old!

Pretty Emma

Cutie pie Trenton - not too sure...

Fun now that Daddy's here!

Wagon rides! We went around the property and they had tons of horses. Emma was so excited although she couldn't quite remember they were horses and not puppies. :)

The balloon lady - absolutely amazing! Emma watched her quite patiently until it was her turn. She got Princess Belle and Trenton got Thomas the train.

New pics

2011-05-13T21:25:00.005-07:00

Singing hymns as loud as possible!

Attempt at sharing...

Night night in Daddy and Mommas room.

Reading with Grandma.

Showing Papa how to be an engineer.

Diaper day on Sunday when we got home from convention. Emma loves heels so here she is wearing Grandma's heels and carrying her baby.

Remember when...

2011-04-25T21:32:00.007-07:00

2 years ago...

Just a year ago...

We're 2!

2011-04-25T21:21:00.004-07:00

Communication

2011-04-11T22:24:00.002-07:00

Bill was able to capture half of this conversation. I was on the other side of the door with Trenton who was positioned the same way. They could see each other under the door and thought it was hilarious. They talked and laughed for some time. Twins provide tons of entertainment!

Happy 2nd Birthday, T & E

2011-04-10T13:31:00.017-07:00

The twins birthday technically isn't until next week, but since workday is next Saturday and convention 1 & 2 a couple weeks later along with Bill's crazy schedule, the next available Saturday would be at the end of May. So we figured a week early couldn't hurt! We chose a knight/princess theme so both would be covered and everything went very smoothly. This is the first party I've had at my own home and now have the courage to have more! Happy birthday to the best twins ever! Daddy and Mommy are very proud of you both!

Sir Bryce

Princess Kayahni

Donna and Princess Emma The birthday kids! Melanie, Court, William, and Saraiah Melissa with her new twins and Donna THE CAKE!! A castle fit for knights and princesses! Sharing? Granny Sal was able to stay the day with us and so the celebration lasted even longer. Thank you, Sallie, for the wonderful toys for the kids. They are very much enjoying them!

Yay! More choo choo trains! Story time... Snuggles Balloon fun A teaparty picnic!

Favorite Toys

2011-04-10T12:59:00.001-07:00

Bataan Memorial Death March

2011-03-28T20:13:00.006-07:00

Bill completed his 1st marathon. He went all out with this one. It is a 26.2 mile hike through desert terrain carrying a minimum of a 35 lb pack. He loved the fact that this is a memorial for the Bataan Death March that took place in the Philipines in 1942. The American and Philipino POW's were forced to walk 61 miles with an additional 25 miles following. These soldiers suffered terribly with a result of only 64,000 of the 75,000 prisoners surviving the march. Each year the remaining surviving POW's that participated in that march, attend the memorial. Each of the marathon runners, shake the hands of each of those men. This year it was down to 10 survivors. It felt good to remember those who have died for our freedom and we want to continue to remember each of their sacrifices. Thank you to all of those who have served our country and for those who continue to serve.

This is Bill's team, they all work at Bill's station. The time counts from when the last of your team crosses. Each group chose to stick together and encourage each other. It was neat to see each team cross. Bill, Ryan, Tony, Rob, and Kelly.

Shaking hands with the survivors.

The weighing of the pack. Bill's came in at 41 lbs. This is after all the food and drink he carried and consumed during the hike.

Our beautiful hotel room. The Bataan Memorial Death March is held in White Sands, NM so we staying in Las Cruces. This is the view from our room.

The kids had to help push the cart carrying all of our bags. Its amazing how much more we pack now that we have kids. With just the 2 of us it would have been a max of 3 bags. Now, can't even count that high!

Daddy Playtime

2011-03-28T20:05:00.003-07:00

Something I enjoyed capturing on camera the other day. I love watching Bill play with the kids. He has some innovative ideas!

Notice all 4 legs sticking out?!

I ran to the chiropracter the other day and came home to find a new toy. Bill loves the toy store as much as the twins!

GeoTrax

2011-03-28T19:57:00.006-07:00

Trenton absolutely loves his train set. He watches them as they go around, makes sure their additional cars are attached, moves them from one side to the other side of the tracks, pushes them through the tunnel, makes them go forward, stop, backward - the works! He gets so excited sometimes he starts jumping up and down! Can't wait to add more pieces!

And this is Emma during train play... she plays for a bit, then moves on. :)

Fun Times

2011-03-28T19:47:00.003-07:00

Ever since Grandma and Papa showed them how to hold hands when we pray, they always have to hold our hands. We love it. Here they are singing 'Day by Day' or so we think! They have graduated to holding the phone when talking on it. So this is what I see when they talk to you guys!

Still a favorite for Trenton

Starting off the morning right

Recent visit to Papa and Grandma's

2011-03-17T22:09:00.018-07:00

We just returned from a wonderful visit to my parents. Bill had to work so it was just me and the kiddos. Mom and Dad drove with me so I wouldn't have to be alone with the twins in the car for 12 hour. Can you imagine? Thank goodness for parents! Anyway, it was very relaxing and enjoyable. Thanks for the wonderful trip, Papa and Grandma!

One of the days, a group of moms got together and invited us to join. So much fun to watch all the kids together! On the floor: Laura with Kaitlyn and Anna with Riley. On sofa: Me with the twins and Heidi with Graciella, Lucas, and Lilliana.

I don't think Trenton knew quite what to think at first!

Helping Grandma and Papa get ready for Sunday morning meeting.

Trying out Momma's heels. I guess they start young these days!

Sharing all the toys with the 'baby'! They absolutely love babies now and had to bring every toy over for her to play with.

Had to include at least one of Dad's beautiful flowers. He is absolutely amazing with all of his gardens!

Ton's of outdoor fun!

Sometimes the best toys are the ones that don't cost much at all!

The little stinker just had to try a lemon. I'm sure you all know the kind of reaction we expected and received! Unfortunately I didn't have the camera with me, but we all laughed so hard, Emma kept trying to repeat the face she made! So was able to capture some of that.

Hungry?

The headlock! You can tell she has a brother! Since I had only sisters, we never learned to wrestle like that!

Snuggles with Papa

Playtime with Grandma

Emma, who has become quite the talker, loves being on the phone. So she copies Mommy and walks around the house with the phone tucked between her ear and shoulder, chatting away!

Testing out Grandma and Papa's new carpet.

Backyard Project

2011-03-17T22:01:00.004-07:00

We are finally starting on the yard. No idea how people can live without anything fixed up on their house. I am looking forward to having an outside area for the kids to play!

Making dirt soup. We had to take it away after the kids began taste testing!

Helping shovel

Hail Day

2011-03-17T20:25:00.002-07:00

A couple of weeks ago, we had an odd day of hail. It started right after Sunday morning meeting and only lasted about 15 minutes. Then it was back to clear! Good old Arizona!

Missing you, Daddy!

2011-03-06T22:03:00.001-07:00

Recent Days

2011-02-22T19:32:00.005-07:00

Recent happenings

2011-01-28T11:44:00.006-07:00

These are from most recent and on back. Something I haven't gotten on film is the twins singing. They stand up together and sing and laugh, then clapping their hands and saying 'Yay!' Too cute and will try to get on video. Emma sings all the time, whether sittin gin her high chair or walking around, even helping sing during hymns in meeting. Trenton is just now starting to enjoy singing also. Bill is down with Pneumonia, again, and so the kids love to snuggle up with him while he naps.

Emma woke up early from a nap and I came in to find Trenton sleeping like this. I thought it absolutely adorable, as I love babies feet, and so had to take a picture.

Ever since Emma became scared of baths, we've been giving them showers and they LOVE them. At first only Trenton would stand under the water, but now Emma loves it too. It helps that it has been cold and they need the warm water to warm up!

Trenton jumping up and down on Daddy's chest. No idea how Bill bore that!

Snuggles with Daddy!

They love trying on all of our shoes now. They even go in the closet and pull out shoes to wear around the house.

The light saber is bigger than him, but he sure enjoys swinging it around. Everybody watch out! Mini jedi coming through!

Bill's Birthday

2011-01-28T11:40:00.002-07:00

Poor Bill had to wait almost 2 weeks to celebrate his birthday. With how busy the holidays were and so many visitors, his birthday got put on the back burner. Well, must admit, I have a lot of making up to do this next year!

A Day at the Park

2011-01-28T11:20:00.006-07:00

We had a fun day at the park awhile back and I was able to snap a few photos. The twins love the park, always up and down the slides and swinging away. Of course plenty of running, which means good napping! Momma's favorite part! Of course, we make time for a quick snack!

Brina

2011-01-28T11:12:00.003-07:00

I just loved this photo of Trenton snuggling up to Brina and using her as a backrest while reading. I love seeing the kids enjoy Brina. She is such a good dog and doesn't get the attention she deserves. Hopefully that will change as the kids get older!

The New 'House'

2011-01-28T10:21:00.003-07:00

Bill made the kids a little house out of the box their kitchen came in. They had so much fun going in and out - loking out the windows - reading and playing inside! Sometimes the most fun is just with a box!

Finger Painting

2011-01-28T10:17:00.003-07:00

This is the twins first experience finger painting. So much fun to watch!

Holiday Fun

2011-01-11T14:25:00.023-07:00

Bill had to work Christmas Eve and so was able to be home when the twins woke up Christmas morning. I spent several hours Christmas Eve putting together the kitchen - didn't realize they were so much work! It was totally worth it to see huge smiles light up both of their faces when they saw it. They had to play with it before sitting down for breakfast!

Granny Sal and Aunt Deeds arrived shortly after breakfast. Emma spotted a new doll and welcomed her immediately!

Granny Sal's magic

Just one example of her amazing wrapping skills. Yes, this is just the wrapping!

Enjoying a moment of snuggles.

Opening presents.

Making sure he looks good in the photos!

Bill's amazing scrapbook albums Sallie made. They show all of his school years!

The amazing new Buzz Lightyear! No unsupervised play with THIS one!

Food galore! Poor Bill napped through lunch as it was the only quiet moment available (Babies naptime too).

The beautiful hats Aunt Deeds made. You can't see it but Christmas lights lit up around the flowers!

The Christmas morning crew!

Papa and Grandma arrived later in the evening after Granny Sal and Aunt Deeds had to leave. Of course a few more presents presented themselves before bedtime!

Trenton learned a new dance from the remote control Buzz. It is a spanish dance and Trenton puts an arm over his head and bends his knees and spins. Totally hilarious! Still trying to capture it on video.

Very cool new train set - We all enjoyed this one!

Snuggles with Grandma

And then... a couple days later, the Hawkins crew arrived for the day. And more presents appeared! This was the most extended holiday ever!

Emma helps Amanda

Bill holding little DJ and Trenton

Emma's new doll that can take a bath with her!

Drew and Trenton had a blast! All rough and tumble!

More Grandma snuggles - this time with DJ

The cutest little cousin - DJ

Emma loved DJ and soon began calling him Baby DJ. She gave him tons of kisses!

Trents version of nunchucks.

Trents turn - he loved the pacifier

Emma tryed to steal it

Quiet time

Trying to steathily steal the snacks!

Snuggles with Papa

Checking on whats cooking

Oreo time!

Love the sweater Grandma knit

Helping Papa drink

Checking out pictures, of course

Too cute

Emma's turn

Comfy seat

After Papa and Grandma and all the Hawkins left, Granny Sal returned just before New Years eve. She was able to spend the night and get some quality time with the twins!

Of course we had to show her our fort building techniques.

How does this happen?

2010-12-23T23:05:00.006-07:00

Buzz Lightyear has been missing for a few days. I finally found him under the sofa, waaaaay to the back. Funny thing is...he's missing his head! No clue as to how or when this happened but here he is. Oh, and no idea where his head is! Poor Buzz.

Bill on the Job

2010-12-19T22:33:00.004-07:00

These are pictures of Bill's latest house fire. He is one of the guys standing to the left. The rest of the guys are part of the crew from Bill's station. I'm so glad I don't know about these things before he gets back to the station safe and sound!

Indoor Fun

2010-12-19T14:12:00.008-07:00

Bill got after me for not posting much lately. I'm sure most of you heard we were in a pretty serious car accident (no injuries thankfully) which ended up totaling our truck, so we are dealing with searching for a new car, along with the holiday rush, and a few other interesting events. So here is a smorgishboard of some recent photos.

Happy Thanksgiving

2010-11-30T12:51:00.005-07:00

My favorite holiday!!!! All the good food and family time, what could be better. It's so important to remember all we have to be thankful for. Dad and Mom are usually here for T-Day but this year Mom was in TX helping Maria with little DJ. Anyway, we loved having Papa at least!
Yummmm! Turkey

Watching Daddy and Papa barbeque the turkey.

Testing apples to make sure they are ok for the apple pie.

Slightly skewed family portrait.

Emma and Momma

The food

The mess

The pies!

Snuggle time

Visiting Cousins

2010-11-23T15:56:00.010-07:00

We just got back from a wonderful trip to visit my sister and her family. The cousins all had a wonderful time together. Unfortunately Bill had to work so the kids and I missed him terribly!

Papa and Grandma D with all the kids in their matching Italia t-shirts.

The girls took he day to go to American Girl Store for brunch and shopping while the boys went to Bass Pro Shop for the day. I think we all enjoyed the time.

Uncle Phil with the twins.

Trenton loved snuggling up with Papa when waking up after nap.

Emma took advantage of my distraction when getting Trenton dressed to find the treats in the diaper bag and find a hidden corner to eat happily.

Loving DJ

Emma was so scared to hurt DJ she wouldn't even move her head. Once we got DJ settled she held onto him tightly and only moved her eyes to look around. Already has the mommy instincts!

Grandma D and DJ

The babies caught me holding Dj when they woke up from nap. They didn't seem to mind a bit!

Tons of outdoor playtime! Soccer, cars, scooters, tramplene balls, and good old running!

Of course lots of indor play.

Welcoming our newest nephew

2010-11-04T14:27:00.004-07:00

With much joy we welcome another nephew into our family. Little DJ (Derek) was born just a couple hours ago at 9lbs 9ozs. Mother Maria and baby are doing just fine. Can't wait to meet you in a couple weeks, DJ!

For the family back East

2010-11-04T14:24:00.002-07:00

Celebrating our New York relatives!

Happy Halloween

2010-11-04T14:16:00.003-07:00

We took the kids to the zoo halloween event which will probably be the only time as it was PACKED!!! You couldn't even walk without waiting for the people in front of you to move. But... the zoo did a fabulous job with all the decorations and costumed characters. Very little scary which is what we wanted. Our actual halloween day was spent at a fun birthday party for Naomi!

Little Monsters

2010-10-20T11:48:00.002-07:00

The twins had their 18 month doctor checkup today, so true to course, we stopped for cheeseburgers and ice cream. In the happy meals, the kids got monster glasses. They loved them and wore them all the way home and throughout lunch!

Little Italians... well kind of

2010-10-19T20:04:00.004-07:00

Dad and Mom recently got back from a wonderful trip abroad. They brought back these adorable shirts for the kids as part of our heritage. Could not get the kids together for a picture so I got individual ones.

Trains!

2010-10-19T19:49:00.005-07:00

Bill was brave and broke out one of his old LGB Trains and tracks. The kids had a blast chasing the train around and trying to capture it. They did catch it quite often, causing many derailments!

Visit from Family

2010-10-19T19:47:00.003-07:00

Don, Hilde, and Madison stopped by for a nice visit on their way to watch the Beavers play UofA. They were rewarded with a win from their Beavers!

Sewing Break

2010-10-06T00:19:00.003-07:00

I finally had an excuse to break out the paints. Since Bill finished our bathroom, I needed to redecorate the old bath (now the kid/guest bath). So I found a pattern I really liked and decided it needed some paintings to match. Here's the final product!

Bathroom COMPLETED!!!!!

2010-10-01T00:15:00.004-07:00

DONE!!!! I've never been so thrilled in my life, well not quite, but pretty close. Tonight he finished the tile and grout around the tub. Bill worked for what seemed like forever on this project and now he is done, minus a trim piece. It's hard to get a good shot of the whole bathroom but I absolutely love it. The shower is huge, the tub is huge, I have a linen closet, double sink vanity, and a toilet room! Coming from a single sink, bath/shower combo, in a single bathroom you can see why I'm so excited. We now have 2 bathrooms!!

So Much Fun

2010-09-29T12:10:00.013-07:00

Playtime before Sunday morning meeting

Pretty Little Girl

Handsome Little Boy - Cute new act - in meeting when a hymn number is announced, Trent immediately reaches for the hymnbook and opens it up.

Good Morning, Beautiful and Handsome!

Exercising, wish I was that flexible

Trent leans all the way forward when riding his firetruck. He waits in this position until it stops then shoves off again.

Momma's Sewing Partner, he peeked over my shoulder the whole time (Sorry about my attire, slumming at home day)

Baseball -
Here comes the ball, and Trent!

Good throw, Emma

This is how its done

Ready!

We got Emma a little doll that talks baby talk and moves its head and arms. She absolutely loves it, carries it everywhere with her, and calls it 'Baby'. She likes to feed it a bottle and wrap it in a blanket. Its so cute to watch her although I have to wrap the doll 100 times a day.
Giving her 'baby' kisses

Has to test the bottle first, then says Mmmmm, mmmmmm before giving it to dolly

Feeding dolly

Little 'Red' Riding Hood

Superman! Thankfully hasn't tried flying yet although some sofa dismounts might look that way.

Perfect seat

Want a push?

Bathroom Update

2010-09-10T16:17:00.003-07:00

Cute Kids Post

2010-09-05T23:04:00.001-07:00