Oh Yeah, I'm a Barbie Girl

He's 35!

And apparently he's pretty happy about it.

Or he's trying to mimic Luke's touchdown moves.

Happy 35th Aric!

Touchdown!

I yell touchdown, and Luke does this.

Seriously, does it get any better than this?

Okay, so maybe if we actually scored a few touchdowns, that would be better.

We'll keep our fingers crossed this weekend.

 

Irene

Stopped by for a visit. She stayed way too long, knocked out our power, and made a mess of our yard.

And these poor girls still had to do chores, "WHAT! We have to do work on Hurricane Day?!!" (I know, I didn't realize it was a national holiday either.)

Rough weekend

 

Back to School

And apparently 2nd graders:

1. Are pretty clever. "Megan, you need to make my bed for me because I have to get ready for school." (and it worked)

2. Don't like to have their picture taken at the school. "Oh no, mom, no, no, no. Put the camera AWAY!"

3. "Do way more work than those 1st graders."

Good luck this year Miss Adeline.

So this is what 60 looks like

Happy Birthday Mom and Dad!

Ahh, Vacation!

Mr. Strong, Heather, Sabrina, Grandma, and Aric
looking for Aric's shirt
Pearl and Megan catching some rays

Megan, Aric, and Addie on the tube

The hikers
Luke and Grandpa

The Grandkid lineup (a tricky endeavor)

Happy Birthday Olivia, Ryan, and Julia!

Relaxing at the Nielsen reunion

Vacation continued

Happy on vacation

banzai madness

another random picture of Luke being cute

Birthday celebration again - this time with cake pops (yummy)

and new underwear . . .that she'll hopefully use before her next birthday.

Morgan family reunion

and lots of cousin time.

A Father's Day note

To: Dad

From: Addie

All About Dad!

Dad is hansum. and sharp

Hes funny

hes a great singer.

he is nice.

a poem:

Dad I love you so

I know you toowt alot

But your still cute.

Happy fathers day

Happy 7th!

Big Kahuna

Little Kahuna

Both made for a pretty fun birthday party

Cupcakes helped too

Happy 7th Miss Adeline!

Recently . . .

We found this little guy in our back yard.

We found this little guy standing up in his crib.

And Addie had her ballet recital, which was oh so very cute.

And if you happen to live thousands of miles away and weren't able to see it, here's a short clip from dress rehearsal.

The Fancy Nancy Party

hosted by our local library

was cute, cute, cute.

And the girls were happy, happy, happy.

Dirty Rat

He's Happy

Happy Easter

Bunny Buns

If you've never made "bunny buns"(I love that name), we think you should.
http://lds.org/friend/2011/04/bunny-buns?lang=eng

And if you do, we also think you should invite us over.

Month in Review

March was warm, very warm, so the girls spent most of their time in the cul-de-sac.

Olivia got her first haircut. She wasn't exactly happy about it, but we're all glad to have fewer curls to comb through. Addie traded in her front tooth for a pair of glasses, and she couldn't be happier. "Mom, wearing glasses is like watching a blu ray." Megan never missed an opportunity to take care of Luke, and regularly remind him, "Luke, I am your sister" in her best Darth Vader voice.

And Luke spent his days rolling across the living room floor and smiling for the camera.

Not a bad month.