Liam's Cute Video!!!

Here is the video I took of Liam a few weeks ago that I tried to email to you all but didn't work...we were in the car getting ready to go and he was trying to convince me that he was definitely old enough to ride without a booster seat.

It was so cute I had to turn on my phone and hope he wouldn't notice. It worked, but please excuse my poor recording skills...I wasn't actually looking into the camera.

NOTE: Pay close attention to his facial expressions!

Recent photos!!!

Since I haven't posted in such a long time, I've included a bunch of recent photos because the kids have all grown about a foot each since some of you last saw them. So, here they are...

First, we have Halloween-the kids in their costumes and also holding their "haunted gingerbread house" they decorated.







Next are a few pictures from our trip to the Nutracker Ballet in San Francisco with my mom, my sister Laura, and her daughter Lily.
We had a great time and a very magical evening!

The last picture is one I took of the kids at the Christmas party at Mark's work just after Liam got a fat lip. Since we didn't get Christmas cards and photos out this year like I planned, I hope you enjoy seeing these and that you all had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Newman Lake, WA trip and photos

Wow I can't believe how long it's been since I lasted posted pictures-sorry! But finally here they are. At the beginning of August we went for the second summer in a row to Mark's family's cabin on Newman Lake near Spokane, WA. As always, it was beautiful and fun and relaxing. The photo of Ella on the lake is not a very good one of her but is a great one of the lake. The cabin has a huge screened in porch that we use for eating and hanging out pretty much all the time and it looks right out onto this view. The photo of Mark "standing" on the water is not fake! But the resolution is bad so it looks fuzzy. I'm required to say that Mark does NOT have a hairy belly. He did a whole bunch of jumps off the dock while his sister took pictures with the fast repeat option on our camera that's how they came out. We had a great trip and are hoping to return next year!