Grandma Corrine!

So we had visitors for a month this summer... Grandma Corrine, Sadie and Valerie! We've had lots of fun, and in the next few days I'll post lots of photos of everybody. Here are some that feature Grandma. (This is the longest I have EVER seen my mother's hair. I like it down the best)
Adam, the Ham. Grandma brings it out of him, I swear!
Gram with half of the grandkids

Summer Vacation 2009

Its been several weeks since the last post and I have lots of new pics to upload here. We've been on vacation.

Gimme A Kiss...please?

HE'S SO GOOD LOOKIN' ....


So I stopped videoing so I could give him his magical kiss so that he could be on his way to splits with the missionaries.

Jeepin'

So it's HOT this week. Humidity factored in puts us in the triple digits. I think it was at least 103 today. But I'll be darned if the girls are mostly oblivious to it. Lucky them. They drug the princess jeep from the side of the house, and we charged it up and off they went!

Hula Hoopin'

Just so you can see what entertains our family on many occasions I have posted this video of the girls hula-hooping. Sorry for the poor lighting. I'm no expert.

Feeding Their Dollies

Lindsey has been such a good example to Naomi & Fiona of how loving and caring a Mommy ought to be. They get to watch her care for her babies, and they are definitely paying attention. I know, because both girls have shown me how they feed their baby dolls, and they didn't learn it from me!

Naomi's Spring Concert

This was Naomi's third and last spring concert for Germantown Baptist Preschool. We always enjoy the performances because there are some very entertaining songs. This year our favorites were Miss Mary Mack (Mack Mack All Dressed in Black Black Black) and The Humpty Dumpty Rap (all the girls sing Humpty Dumpty ~ all the boys sing Humpty Dumpty ~ girls and boys sing Humpty Dumpty!) I want to thank Cameron & Carolyn, Lindsey & Adam and Delaney and Holly for coming to the performance and supporting Naomi. Was it worth it going to Cici's Pizza afterwards for dinner on Dad? I know Ryan would have been there if he could have. Ryan, you'll just have to live the night thru these photos.

The Long Black Wig

We have this long black wig that brings out the dramatic side of the girls. When they put it on they transform into little imitations of Diana Ross. They love to fling their locks over their shoulder and peek thru the long strands with eyes full of drama. Sometimes there are brief fights over who gets to wear the wig, but all in all it has been such a fun thing for the girls to have in their dress-up box. Here are photos of Fiona wearing the wig the other day.

Easter continued...

I found these really cute pre-stuffed plastic eggs at Walmart. Some looked like bugs, some like butterflies. I'll admit that I love the idea of buying eggs that all we had to do was toss them out in the yard.
I like Fiona's expression in this one. Don't know if the egg was empty or what, but her eyebrows make her look surprised.
Wanted to show how many wisteria blossoms we got this year. In Seattle the blossoms come after all the green leaves return. But here in Memphis the blossoms precede all the green leaves, which isn't as pretty.

Naomi lost her other front tooth. Actually, she finally let me pull it out after everybody got tired of looking at her snaggle-tooth.
Nothing like a nap with Daddy on the sofa ...aaahhhh.

What happened to Easter?

I realize its been a while since we've posted. Easter has come and gone and we didn't mark it very well. But we did celebrate! We did color eggs, go to a couple of egg hunts, get a visit from the Easter Bunny, and on Easter Sunday we went to church and remembered the Savior and most importantly his sacrifice and resurrection. Here are a few photos of the girls dying eggs.


This one makes us laugh because of Fiona's funny face.

Ready for Church

Lucky for us 2009 means we don't have to be to church until 11:00 on Sundays. We can sleep in a little longer if the girls will let us, we can have a leisurly breakfast together, we can wait to finish up our lesson plans until the last minute, and there isn't such a rush to figure out what everybody's going to be wearing. Here are some photos of us just before we're about to pile into the van on our way to church.


Shoes on, hair done, teeth brushed, faces washed...lets go!


Naomi feeling so pretty wearing her hairpiece.


This is what Daddy looks like from Fiona's view.


Fiona...she is such a ray of sunshine in our family. Can you see her dimples? She's got two, and they are so darn cute.

Sliding at the City Museum, St Louis

City Museum, STL Fun

We recently took a weekend trip to St Louis and spent time at the fantastic City Museum. Rick and I agree its some of the best family fun we've had. We spent 6 hrs along side the girls climbing, sliding, and laughing. The girls got to do some painting, and we even saw an acrobatic circus. The video is from the skateless skate park section of the museum, where the girls spent a lot of time challenging themselves physically.






That's Naomi in pink climbing down the tube.

Fiona on the Sled

Holly in Pink

Last week while Delaney was in Alabama visiting, Holly came by and hung out with us for a bit. She is so very sweet & cuddly. We just love having two little granddaughters!

Fiona's Varied Expressions

The other day Fiona was outside riding her bike & I brought the camera out. Fiona loves to take photos, so I let her do a couple. In the second photo she is asking me to let her take "just one more"...in the last one she is mad at me because I said no. The photo captures her disappointment.

First Snow of 2009...Hurrah!

They said it would be more than 2 inches, but we weren't really expecting much. Then...the flakes came and kept coming! Enough to cancel church, enough to cover everything in beauty.