Cael and Paul's Photo Shoot

We had the pleasure of having Paul come play on Saturday. We took a little trip with their bikes and visited the playground...where they loved posing for pictures for me which were way too cute not to share!

Our Friends!

Cael's friend Kyle Shuler came to play for the day last weekend. The boys had fun making their own mini pizzas and watching them bake! They ate them well too! Fun! Fun!

Zara! We loved having our doggy cousin Zara come play for the week that Jordan was soaking up the sun! We still talk about how we miss her and she has been gone for 2 weeks! I REALLY want a dog like Zara, but my boys are insisting on an outside dog, so until I win this battle...we will be begging to dogsit Zara anytime!

Mailee and Cael loved playing a Monkey Joes! Mailee was just like Cael the first time he went...a little hesitant, but had so much fun! Cael, on the other hand, was very comfortable going down all the big slides and can't wait to go back!

Cael...our growing boy!

Cael is growing up so much. For example, I thought this was a cute activity from Pinterest...pipe cleaners in strainers; however, Cael thought it was very boring. I guess it would be a good idea for younger kids!

So, since pipe cleaners and strainers don't do the trick, a smart phone with Angry Birds is more his style. He has loved playing games on my phone or his Leappad...thanks to Santa for that GREAT idea!

I thought Cael would enjoy making ants on a log...or celery, peanut butter and raisins. He loved making them, but the first bite he took was immediately spit out! ...not a celery fan! I can't say that I ever was at his age either...


Growing boy! Cael went through a couple of weeks where he could not make it through the day without falling asleep somewhere! We would not hear from him for a while (which is odd because he CONSTANTLY talks) and find him asleep in various places! I think I have decided this is a growing spurt because this week, he cannot eat enough! Always eating and snacking! He had 3 helpings of pork roast that I fixed the other night. I have always limited his snacks because he usually wanted junk, but finally made him a healthy snack basket in the pantry that he is allowed to have anytime he is hungry. Although he found out the hard way that he is to limit eating too many Fiber One bars! Oops!

Elin: 10 mos!

Hello! Here are a few pictures of crazy Elin...she makes us giggle all the time with her cheesy grin! She loves pushing things around the house, her baby stroller, her shopping cart, etc. Our kitchen chairs are constantly spread across the kitchen. She does stand on her own pretty well, but doesn't have much interest in walking yet, but no worries because she gets where she wants to go just fine by crawling!

She has two obsessions, in which I have captured one of them....the fridge! She loves to play in the fridge! Her other obsession is the dishwasher. Anytime I open it to load or unload it, she is there!

Emptying her dresser drawer...completely!

This is how I found her sleeping one afternoon...oops! Guess I should have checked on her sooner!

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!