Seven

Our little girl just turned seven. Here are a few things about her:
she is very...

1. Creative
2. Smart
3. Sassy
4. Friendly
5. Lady Like
6. Energetic
7. Unique

and she is loved more and more everyday!


When I saw this dress last year, I had to get it for her. It was not perfect for bowling, but perfect in every way for her.

Happy Birthday to our Pear-Bear.....

Laundry

This is what happens when you have your three year old fold and put away their clothes.

The Beach House

We love to go to the beach and take pictures.

Just look at that doggy in the window. Too darn cute.

This bird took off with Jack's bag of rocks and dropped it near the water. I think he figured out that there was no food.

N.A.P.S.

are still very much needed i suppose.

White Christmas

In Oregon:

Alot to write but more pictures to show...
The rest stop was our first sight of white:

Our first stop in Oregon was to visit our good friends Paul and Amber in Sandy while the kids spent some quality time together. I guess being apart makes them act crazy when their together


Back on the road to my brothers house to spend our first Christmas together. It was only about 20 min. but the snow caused us to drive very cautiously slow and we got there about 45 min. later. Felt longer than the two day trip.

Christmas morning

(Isn't it the cutest thing to have all your kids matching?)

Jodi's awesome creations She made one for each of the kids.

Paris and my brother Jonathon

Our truck that sat for a week had collected enough snow for an entire year, not including that there was an inch thick of ice underneath the snow.

We had plans to go sledding at Mt. Hood, but there was no need since my brother lived on a hill and there was tons of snow. We also had plans to do other things like visit Seattle, but the snow storm kept us from doing anything. It was still a great visit.

This is Paris not being able to move.

Daddy and Khalia enjoying the weather.

We stayed for almost two weeks and when we got back, we celebrated our 3rd and 4th Christmas's at home with our families.

Jack recieved tons of batman gear, skateboarders, and too much else to list.
Khalia and Paris recieved their IpodsOur big gift to Khalia was a motorscooter.Our big gift to Jack was a new skateboard.and a new scooter.and Paris 's big gifts from us were a new scooter and a Nintendo DS, along with tons of other goodies. Didn't have a picture.

All around, it was a wonderful, unforgetable Christmas shared with many.

Rewind to NOVEMBER

I have been slacking in the blogging world, but here I am trying to play catch-up.

Jackson started preschool twice a week through the speech program. He doesn't like to go or even talk about it. And when the bus pulls up to drop him off, he struggles not being able to unbuckle his seatbelt fast enough to get off with such a serious look. By then he's happy to tell me about his day.










My Birthday, we celebrated with dinner, and this is what I got

Cannon Rebel XSI

(not a great picture with the old camera)

Matthew's 30th Birthday

I planned a car rally/ scavenger hunt that went great. Six places that meant something from his past and ended up at his favorite pizza place. I also bought him 3o gifts to open. He's loved!!!

Thanksgiving

We went to his parents house during the day, My parents house by night. Left the kids to stay the night and went Black Friday shopping with friends for his actual birthday. Fun stuff.

Puzzles

So what can I say, my son is a little puzzle genious. He's always been creative and able to put things together well. He got bored after mastering all of the wooden puzzles he got as a baby. Then he starting doing his sisters 24 piece puzzles so we bought him a few boy puzzles as requested. Day after day, he would pull every puzzle out and line them up along the hallway or in the dining room. Soon he conquered every single one and was putting them together in about 5 minutes. So Daddy took him to the store and he picked out a big 48 piece solar system floor puzzle. He was soo excited, his cheeks grew even bigger than usual. It didn't last long before he was asking for other puzzles he had seen. The requests were star wars, spongebob, the hulk, and mickey mouse of course. So this time my mom an I took him to the dollar store, but all they had was 64 and 100. But hey, whats a dollar, so we upgraded him to both. He was able to do the 64 piece and a 70 piece, but not the 100 quite yet. He spends half the day everyday doing them over and over. It's soo exciting, and the amazing part is :
1. He does not start with the border. (unlike myself)
2. He does not ever look at the box. (unlike myself again)
3. He does it all by himself.

And this is a bit of his creative building (A skate ramp built out of legos for his skater)

He makes me one proud Mama.