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Trip Pictures, Final Installment
We started our next day in Yellowstone by encountering a bit of a traffic jam. We didn't know what was going on until we saw this walking down the road toward us.Behind the two buffalo is a park ranger...
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Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta
Some of you may remember our trip to Albuquerque last year...the one where it was windy and it rained and hailed...and we saw 1 balloon the whole time. Well, I just couldn't stand for that to be our...
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Fall Colors
Last weekend we drove up to Globe. Nayne said she could see the aspens on top of the mountain changing color from her house so we piled into Grampa Joe's VW Bus and headed up to the top of the mountain...
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Spiders
Last weekend Nayne came to visit and made these cute Halloween shirts with the kids. Somehow we didn't end up with paint anywhere it shouldn't be...except a tiny little bit in Colin's hair.
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Halloween
As Halloween approached, Colin and Leah were more excited about the pumpkin carving and painting than they were about the idea of dressing up and going around to collect candy from people. Friday night...
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Tee-dah!!
It has happened! Magically on Friday Leah decided she was ready and started using the potty! She's been doing great ever since with no accidents at all. I couldn't convince her to pose in her shirt and...
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Bid Dirl Bed!
Today was the big day. As promised, following an excellent week of potty training, Leah's crib was transformed into a "toddayer bed".Here's the happy kid... who promptly fell out of bed during the...
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Just more photos
Not sure why, just to share. Muffin as a sorceress.Strudel... being Strudel.The kids in a very heated match.
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Christmastime is here!
So last night we went to Tempe Town Lake for its 10th birthday (how can it be that long ago already?) and lighted boat parade. The big party was at the beach park, so we went to the other side of the...
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Yummy!
For us, December means time to bake and make goodies! This week the kids helped me make gingerbread cookies.Here are the finished products after baking and decorating. Leah is a girl after my own heart...
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FEET!
While snapping a few other photos today, somehow Leah's foot appeared by itself in the picture. The kids thought it was hilarious so a foot photo shoot soon followed. Colin requested that I post foot...
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Now accepting reader submissions!
After seeing our pictures, Gramma couldn't resist and emailed this to Colin.Anyone else?
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Oh, the Sweetness!
Terri was shopping through Target, when a light shone down and there it was... half price, on a random clearance shelf, marked "online-only" and still bearing a tiny remnant of Christmas wrapping...
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Pictures from Colin's Camera
Colin has been taking pictures lately and wanted to add some to the blog. Here's his self portrait.Here's a picture he took of Daddy's feet to add to the foot pictures.Colin says "That's cool that my...
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Backyard Improvements?
Thanks to some crazy storms this week, our kids now have their very own water slide!
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An ABC Poem
To practice his writing, Colin wanted to write a word starting with each letter of the alphabet. Here's what he came up with. I think he just wrote his first poem.apple box cut dog egg fishgot hot it...
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Peaches
Sorry we have been lazy on posting things. Our new peach tree came back after the winter and put on some nice blooms. Ok so this was a couple weeks ago. Now it has little pea sized fuzzy peaches :)...
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Dancin' Dude
Colin wanted me to take photos of him dancing. I put them together in Photoshop as my first ever gif file for your enjoyment :)
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Leah got a camera!
Yesterday was Leah's birthday and now that she's 3 she finally got her own camera. She started taking pictures yesterday afternoon and had her memory card full in about 15 minutes. Here are a few of...
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The Princess Turns 3
Its sad really but we didn't take any pictures during Leah's birthday party! Hopefully Leah's 2 Grammas have me covered on that one! Here's a few photos Tom got of our newly 3 year old before the party...
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Concert in the Park
Last week we took the kids to the Mesa Arts Center for a free Out to Lunch Concert. We got to see/hear Myron Sommerfeld playing "Big Band" music. Here we are having lunch beforehand at a nearby park....
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Outings
I guess I will update the blob since we have been getting behind. This weekend was full of fun. First thing we did was the Falcon Field airport open house. The kids liked this huge brand new crash...
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Pre-Kindergarten Graduation!
Wow, I can't believe how quickly this year went by! This morning was Colin's Pre-K graduation. It feels like it was just yesterday that I was dropping him off for the first time and trying to get down...
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First Day of School
Sheesh, it's been so long since I posted that I couldn't remember how to do it at first! I haven't posted anything since Colin finished school last year and now here we are in August and he started...
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Catching Up
Well, since Terri hasn't updated this since August, I guess I will! There's no way I can cover Colin's birthday, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Leah's birthday and everything in between, so I'll just put in...
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