London's Photo Shoot

My friend and Neighbor Deana, did a photo shoot of London at her house when we had only 15 minutes. London was not very cooperative unless we showed and gave to her a piece of chocolate after every shot. It was quite an experience, and I can't believe what a chocolate addiction she already has...I have NO idea where she got that from...

This was the "Give me more chocolate or else" look!

Fiesta and Prom

May has proved to be a very busy month already...Emi has gone to 3,yes THREE Proms. We have had Family fun night at Preston and Maddox's Preschool which was a lot of preparation but a fun night! We had a neighborhood garage sale and sold a bunch of stuff, Cayden had a jog-a-thon and ran 4.5 miles, way to go Cayden!! Jason ran his first Full Marathon, almost 6x Cayden's distance. I was tired just cheering him on. We had mother's day Parties at Pre-school and Finally opened our pool for the season, this is all on top of karate, cubscouts, piano lessons, birthday parties, church meetings, 2 sick kids, Doctor appts, and did I mention 3...Proms!

This is Cayden, very serious, doing the Flamenco, at Fiesta!

Cayden is on the right, fighting over the girl...

Mother's Day at St. Thomas

Maddox's party was very sweet and he was so excited to give me the things he had made and they are so precious....

These are Maddox's wonderful pre-school teacher's Mrs. O'Neil and Ms. Bliss, they do a great job.

Preston's class went to Pottery Quarter's and we painted ceramics together, it was a lot of fun. This is his teacher Mrs. Dietz. She has Preston all day most days of the week, Bless Her!!

Spring

Anyone know how to get a picture of 4 WILD Children? Because I think it is near impossible! This was before we left for Trace and Devery's wedding. These kids never lose their energy...




Yea! The sun has finally come out!
My little Girl...she's growing too fast!

Preston's Karate Recital

Preston has been doing Karate for over 2 months now and has tons of energy for it. This was his first chance to show off all his newly aquired blocks, punches and a few other moves. He earned the next belt and is doing Great! Keep it up Preston...

London's Always on the Go!

I tell you this girl does not slow down...I guess she has to try and keep up with all her older brothers, but I was hoping for one who just wanted to sit and be held and snuggled, oh well.

PARTY,PARTY!

It was a month of parties. First I had my birthday, with too many candles on the cake to count, then we had 4, yes 4, valentine parties, notice London wants to start Preschool too, then Preston had his 5th birthday. We celebrated his birthday by going to the Monster Jam Truck rally in Portland. All the boys had a ball, especially when one of the trucks flipped over and got all smashed, they thought that was the coolest!


We had candles that would keep re-lighting, since Preston is such a good candle blower. His expression was priceless when he couldn't keep them blown out.
El Toro Loco at the Monster Jam!!

A few of the crazy Valentine Parties...

Happy New Year

Wrapping up the year 2008

I can't believe the year has come to a close. Where did the time go? We always say this at the end of the year and promise next year to take things slower, to do less and enjoy more. This year was full of fun and growing, kids getting bigger and lives becoming more enriched. We are so grateful for all our friends and family and love every moment we get to spend with each other. We are grateful that our business has continued to support our families during these difficult times. After returning from Kauai we had only a couple of weeks to prepare for Christmas. We went out to cut down our own tree and quickly decorated and did our shopping. Then we were able to spend the rest of the time visiting and celebrating. The kids Christmas break came a week early when we received a bunch of snow and ice and cold weather. The kids sure did enjoy not having to go to school that last week. We wish the best for you and your families as well in the coming year and enjoy staying in touch with each other even if it is only online. What busy lives we all live, but it is so nice to see a little glimpse into each of your lives through blogs, pictures and e-mails. With that, we say Happy Holidays and have a great New Year!!
P.S. I was going to post some pictures but our internet has been down for quite a while and I cannot get the pictures to load on Jason't computer...Oh well, check back later...

Hanalei, Kauai

I realized there were so many pictures of our trip to Kauai, and more in the making, so I thought I would post a few. Someone asked me before we left, "what on earth are you going to do over there for 3 weeks, I would get so bored!" Well let me tell you I think I could stay here for years, we have only 1 week left and I am already sad. The kids have had lots of beach time from digging in the sand, to boogie boarding and surfing. We've seen amazing waterfalls, turtles, and whales. Cayden enjoys catching Geckos and Preston and Maddox like all the chickens that roam free here. There is no real hurry to go anywhere and we have no time frame once we get there. With that in mind here is a few photos of our time together.
Cayden catching some waves as well as Maddox and Dad below
London wants to try surfing...
We try our hand at fishing, and it is so easy here. Sorry Grandpa!



Preston fell in love with Boogie Boarding and the beach.



We found some baby chickens that were not afraid of us at all, although once my kids were through with them I think they might be smart to FEAR kids now...

This is on South Shore at the Spouting Horn, a big blow hole that the kids thought was so cool.

These are the waterfalls that all feed the stream that runs alongside our property. There is usually only one little trickle in the center, but this day it rained so hard the mountain was covered. It was pretty amazing to see.

And a few more beach shots...