Fun with Mailee!

We are so lucky to have Mailee staying with us this week while her mom and dad are still soaking up the sun!

Playing outside in the snow this morning. Cael has finally learned to love sledding!

Sharing a treat while watching cartoons. They set up their chairs...how cute!

Yes, kissing cousins! They were sooooo tired after playing hard all evening, I think they were alseep before their heads hit the pillow!

Roatan 2012

Here are just a few pictures from our trip to Roatan last week. We had a GREAT time...always fun to go but of course we missed the kiddos!

Fun group at Smugglers! Ezra had just got off work so he borrowed one of Michael's t-shirts...which he was very excited about! HA! For those of you who don't know...a few of the islanders have became great friends of our family and we enjoy spending time with them while we are there!

The view from our beach...





Well...I didn't actually catch this fish, but we went fishing with Kelcie and had these giant wahoo swarming our bait. He actually caught one the next day and this is the actual fish we had for supper that evening...delicious!

Michael reeling in his baracuda. He was exhausted!

Fun around the house...

Cael was working on his Valentine's and attaching the suckers...the next thing I knew he had so thoughtfully shared a sucker with his little sister! Now if this had been my first child, I would have freaked, but I realized that this was a nice gesture of sharing from Cael, so I let her enjoy her sucker for "a bit" before taking it away! and yes, she loved it!

This is how I found Elin napping one day...yikes! I wouldn't have been able to walk for a week if I slept like this!

Cael took the opportunity to surprise Michael by washing his jeep on one of our gorgeous January days!

Cael gave Elin dump truck rides for a good 30 minutes one evening. She loved it and so did he!

Bathtime Fun!

I have redone the kids' bathroom and have some frames ordered to put some bath pics in...so this is me trying to capture some fun bathtime smiles for my new frames!

The water has yellow coloring tablets in it...on purpose. I know it looks like pee...but I promise, it's not!

Soooooo Big! What a ham!

This and That

Cael making sugar cookies

Cael has been wanting to play with his corn and beans in his room...thus the baby gate to keep Little E out! She just stands there and watches him, very cute but kinda sad too!


Elin eating her big girl food. She loves bananas, grilled cheese, mac and cheese, toast, muffins...can you tell he likes her carbs?! Just like her mommy!

Elin pushing her baby doll around! How girly is that!?

Playing Outside in January!

Who would have thought I would be sharing outside pictures in January? We have taken full advantage of those warm days!

Cael golfing and hitting the ball pretty well!

Happy Baby!

Cael had fun showing me what him and his friends do during recess at school.

Elin's first time down a slide! Doesn't she look thrilled?

Christmas 2011

Here are a few pictures from Christmas 2011. It was a very good Christmas with no sickness! YAY! Cael had soooo much fun with all the cousins on both sides!

Great Grandpa Lindy and all the Great Grands!

Christmas Eve...on our way to church.

Baby E in her Christmas dress...well, one of the 3 she had to wear!

All I asked for was a nice picture with the 2 kids in front of the tree...always one in the bunch!

1st taste of Strawberry punch at the Stargell Christmas...yummo!