Piggies at LAST!

Lyndie is three and a half years old and finally got her first PIGGY TAILS!! She is so proud. "Hair like Olivias". The poor girl inherited her mom's lack of hair and natural curl.


Notice we still can't pull it "ALL" up yet.


But Lyndie sure is happy to have "GIRL" hair and not "BOY" hair.

True Spirit of Christmas

Blogger Anniversary

This is kind of a belated one year Anniversary of my blog. My very first blog was the first day of school 2008 and now before I know it, it is the first day of school 2009! The girls are growing so fast I feel like I can't keep up. Shouldn't they all stay three forever so they will cuddle, be so innocent and not roll their eyes at me.

Molly is in 7th grade this year and it is her first year of 7 classes in the day. She seems to be doing great (she isn't one to tell all). She is taking dance again this year and is hoping her mom will get around to help her choreograph a jazz solo with her. Molly is playing the flute for her
second year and is fabulous at it. I hope she doesn't ever quit playing.


Grace is in the 5th grade this year and she gets to experience middle school in this town a little early. She is loving school and her teacher (who hasn't taught elementary in 20 years and seems to be LOVING it.) Grace is trying clogging this year. She is liking the clogging part but doesn't like that she is in a beginning class with younger kids. She is in her first year of playing the viola and can't wait to use the bow.


Olivia is in the 1st grade and LOVES it! She came home the first week of school and told be that I should call her "doll" because her teacher told her she was a "little doll". She is very social and loves to play with friends. She has put dance aside and is taking power tumbling. I had no idea of the things that girl can do. She is a natural.


Where did my babies go?


Aren't they so cute waiting for the bus in stair step?

Summer Vacations 2009

We have had the best summer!! It was jam packed with vacations. In July our neighbor invited us to go river rafting on the Colorado. It was a blast!!

The views were amazing!


The company wasn't bad either.



Tony trying his hand at rowing. It wasn't as easy as it looked.



Molly had so much fun and we wished we would
have taken Grace with us. Maybe next year.



The first day down the river we had 17 boats in our group.




The first week of August we went to my sister's house in Roseville, California. The kids would have been happy if we would have just stayed at her house to swim in her pool. But we had some adventures.

Panning for gold at Sutters Mill. I liked the blackberry bushes there. Yum!



Grace cooling off in the river.



Molly hoping to find gold.



Coloma, California



What a fun day. I love vacations!




My sister and her husband own TRICKS gymnastics.
My girls got to take advantage of free classes at the gym.
We couldn't hold Lyndie back from going to class. She did GREAT!



You can't go to N. California and not go to the Jelly Belly Factory.
Notice all of our loot in the bags.



The smell inside is amazing! They were
making lemon jelly bellies the day we were there.



We went to the beach at Santa Cruz beach boardwalk.
The water was cold but it was too fun not to play in.



The sand was SO warm.



Olivia loved playing in the sand and collecting sea shells.



Molly raiding the cooler. It was a little breezy that day.

I LOVE this picture. It was Grace's first time on a

ferris wheel. She insisted on riding it alone.

She wasn't quite sure of her decision when she got to the top.

The girls loved riding the ferris wheel. Especially when it "tickled" their bellies.



Look how gorgeous!! The view wasn't bad either. (:

Lyndie insisted on riding the airplanes. She was so excited

that while on the airplanes she wet her pants. Poor kid.



Molly wasn't sure about riding this but after she

was ready to ride again and again.

We stayed an entire week but could have stayed another to do everything we wanted to. Oh darn, I guess we'll have to go back later.