Catching Up

My apologies for neglecting this blog! I'm going to attempt to catch up.

We went to CA in October. Of course we visited the "happiest place on earth"!

We added a new addition to our family...the kids got a dog for Christmas. Rosco is his name.

Ayva turned EIGHT in January!

We had a spectacular winter!

We went on vacation to Texas. Alamo:

 

Mission Concepcion'

Austin, TX:

Easter:

The kids are in a special this year in tumbling. The team:

Lord willing I'll be better about this blog!

Fall fun

O-dawg's 9th Birthday Party

For our family some kind of birthday party is a must! This year we kept it low key, but it was still a very good party. Owen was blessed to be with his best buddies, all very nice young men, and he had a good time!

One happy little boy!

First day on the diving board for 2

The Speckled Driveway

...a child's kingdom!

 And after the slr was put away the camera phone came out to capture this:

Little Buddies

This one loves "Little Buddies". If you don't know what "Little

Buddies" are, they are anything to do with frogs and toads. She was in heaven this weekend when we found a little pool of water full of tad poles. And she was prepared. She had saved cups from the wedding the day before because she knew there was a possibility of catching a Buddy.

Piano Recital Videos

Duet ~


Owen ~


Ayva~

1st Piano Recital

The kids had their first piano recital. They each played 2 pieces and also played 2 duets.

It was music to our hearts!!

Such blessings!

Easter

We had a nice Easter Sunday lunch with friends from church...here's a picture of the craziness.

Five, Rock Star, and Hello Kitty

Here she is dressed like an 80s ROCK STAR!

This photo shoot fits her personality, fashion and musical taste to a 'T'!

And it's only appropriate for our 80s Star to have a HELLO KITTY party!

 It was a blast!

Window Art

Our crafty girls love to do this kind of stuff!
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"Papa" Lego Guy

 "Look mom. It's Papa!"



Coloring with Mongi

adorable-ness

Happy ♥ day!

Watching Tricks

We ♥ Homeschool Tumbling!

It was the Valentine's party today, and that means it's a "watch day". Mommy takes her trusy point and shoot, daddy usually tags along, they do their "tricks", and then there's a party!

All 3 kids are in different classes...that'll make for an interesting recital!

A Sentimental Journey

"Winter, a lingering season, is a time to gather golden moments, embark upon a sentimental journey, and enjoy every idle hour. " - John Boswell

First Tooth, Seven & Parties

BIG week for Ayva!

She lost her first tooth...

 turned 7...

 and partied "hard"!

Hilarious

Coloring & Drawing at 4

Coloring and drawing are very important past times in our house. It all started with Owen. He'd draw on any peice of paper, and his mind was always full of things he wanted to draw. We have rubber maid containers full of sketch pads, and we're constantly buying all three of the kids new ones. We looked back through a stash of drawings and found art work from Owen and Ayva that were done around the same age Monica is now. This is what we found:

#1 Owen - July 2007 (he was almost 5) Wonder what it is? Think Jungle Book

#2 Ayva - January 2008 (she had just turned 4) Portrait of her an Owen

 And #3 Monica - today (4 1/2) a little girl next to the sun