What I see when I open my eyes

Every morning I open my eyes to this:

And this:

And there are more pieces of art that Lauren didn't take pictures of. Every now and again one of the girls add a new piece of art to my wall. I just love seeing what they have come up with. I am going to be sad when they grow out of this cute artwork stage of life. Olivia's art sure has changed. She has drawn some beautiful pieces of art now that she is older. So I guess I shouldn't be too sad. I guess life and art will just get better!

Moving day

I cant believe we did it! We bought a house.... well i bought a house with Daniel's money.   We have been looking for 10 months and we found the perfect house..... small but perfect.  

Halloween

This Halloween was a busy one.  It was even hard to get a picture with everyone together. This year our costumes did not go together with a theme but they were very nostalgic.   Chloë wore one of my old costumes and Lauren was Buzz Lightyear. I will have to post a picture of all 4 kids wearing Buzz Lightyear for Halloween.

It had to happen

Lauren was playing at Bubb school and tripped and fell flat on her forehead.  Off to urgent care we went! 5 stitches later we were fine.  I finally had to go to urgent care to get stitches for one of the kids.  Lauren was very brave the entire time.  The only time she cried was right after her fall.  The doctors were wonderful.   They put a some liquid on the skin to numb the area before they put the anesthetic on before they stitch the area- so NO pain is ever felt.  I love modern medicine.  And yes she will have a scar! 

More pumpkin patch pictures

Pumpkin Patch

I decided to take the kids out of school early today so we could go to the pumpkin patch in Half Moon Bay.  We had a great morning.  After the pumpkin patch we went to a place that had rides.  I wonder if Sam will ever be so old that he will not run after the sound if a train whistle.  We had a great day, but missed having Daniel with us.

Young again

We have a great group if friends around here.  Every other Halloween we are part of a huge scavenger hunt!  It is so fun.  There are about 8 teams with about 5 couples on each team.  We have a week prior to the main scavenger hunt to prank the other teams.  This evening we spent toilet papering the other teams cars.  We had a blast.  The final event of the scavenger hunt was also fun even though we didn't win.  Maybe in two years we will have better luck. Happy halloween!

Weekend away

Daniel and I left the kids with the Miners this weekend.  Since we got started so late we went to a local movie then stayed home.  The next morning we drop to Carmel by the Sea.  There, we had a nice lunch and toured the Carmel mission.  One would think a tour of this place wouldn't take more than 45 minutes,  but we were there for over 2 hours.  Daniel and I kept asking the museum guide questions and we got to see some special things, like books from the Priest's private library...books that were hundreds of years old.  This is the only picture I have from that weekend other than a few beach pictures.  On Sunday we went on the famous 18 mile drive around and through Pebble Beach.  This too was beautiful. 

We were Happy to come back to our children until we found out that Sam had spent the night on the bathroom floor throwing up and then we had to hear a big dramatic story about Olivia's day with Sophie.  Oh well, it was a nice weekend while it lasted.

Eve and her kids came down for a visit

After Christmas we invited Eve's family to come play with us for a few days.  We had a great time.   One day we drove to the Santa Cruz mountains and took a train ride.  It was such a nice day.

So....

Lauren: "So, when are the Kids coming home?"
Me: "Uh, Lu, it is 9:355am, it's going to be a LONG time 'till the kids get home."

poor Lauren, she is Stuck with only me.

Lauren is a photo copy

Anyone can see Lauren looks just like Olivia,  ut their similarities were just too cute tonight.  We were studying the Book of Mormon with the kids.  Each kid was in charge of raising their hand when daniel said a certain word.  Olivia decided she would make a tally of each persons word.  After about 5 minutes Lauren wanted to be just like her sister. It was so cute when Lauren ran to get a paper out and started coloring just like Olivia.

Possible eviction

We put in new linoleum.  Still ugly but at least it's clean.

All our soldiers

We are ready!

Family Night

The shield of faith
The sword of spirit
The helmet of salvation

We love cousins

Smile

Breakfast anyone?

Gotta love grandmas!

Wishing well or...

Piggy bank?