Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Story Land, Blue Hill Fair, and 1st day of school!

We recently took the kids to Story Land and had a great time! The kids went on almost all the rides with their overall favorite being the Bamboo Chutes Log ride! Here are some pictures from our trip.




At the Blue Hill Fair.



Yesterday was Maddie's 1st day of Pre-K. She was so excited that she was galloping around the house all morning! She is very excited to be in Aunt Jana's class with cousin Josiah and that she gets to take the bus back and forth to daycare!
She was so excited to have her picture taken on the 1st day that she wanted them taken on the 2nd day as well!

Friday, August 27, 2010

Our House

Finally... I have collected all the pictures we've taken of our house in progress. Here is a compilation of "before, during and after" pictures (I'll apologize now since the video is 8 minutes long). There is still a lot of work we'd like to do, but we're taking a little break... for like a year or two! Enjoy!

Friday, April 9, 2010

April 2010

I have been very lazy about updating our blog here but as you can image we have been a very busy bunch. We have been busily updating our house and currently have no downstairs as we are having new hardwood floors and a new kitchen installed!

I am writing, though, because it is April again. And as you know that is a busy (do you see a pattern here?) month for us as both Madelyn and Cole's birthdays fall within 2 days of each other. We are amazed each day at how big the kids are getting.

Maddie is becoming quite the little lady (sometimes). She knows all about a lot of things. Right now she is learning how to write her letters and she loves to point out patterns everywhere. Maddie is 40.5 inches and weighs 34 lbs. She just got her hair cut short- she is very excited that she doesn't have to worry about snarls anymore and she chose her haircut herself!

Owen (don't want to leave him out just because his birthday isn't until December) is doing great! He is 37.5 inches and 32 lbs. He is learning his colors and shapes right now. Owen loves to draw, read books, play with his toys (particularly his tractor and helicopter) and loves to be with our puppy Bella. Owen is also practicing using the big boy potty sometimes!

Lastly, but not least, I can't believe that Cole is turning 1 in just 2 weeks! As I've said before, Cole joined right into our family with the utmost of ease. He has been such a happy and easy baby (not that the other 2 were not). He loves to watch, and now play with Maddie and Owen. He just adores them and laughs hysterically at anything they do. Cole has also been walking now for about 2 weeks! He is 23.5 lbs and is 29 inches long.

As I've done with Maddie and Owen, I've compiled pictures from Cole's 1st year and set them to music. Please enjoy pictures of "my little peanut" set to "My Wish" by Rascal Flatts.






Please check back soon to see a video of all the kids throughout this past year!

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Christmas pictures

Christmas PJs



The stockings were hung by the chimney (on the wall) with care, in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there...



Visions of sugarplums danced in their heads...


Santa's been here...

Christmas morning!





Family photo
These are just 2 pictures... Cole with Owen's birthday balloon and Maddie and Owen being cute!
We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and has a safe, happy, healthy New Year!

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Happy Birthday Owen!

It is so hard to believe that Owen will be 2 years old next Monday. The time has just flown by. Sometimes it seems that Owen is still just a baby yet he is getting to be such a big boy! Please enjoy pictures from this past year set to Tom Petty's "Learning to Fly" since that is just what Owen is learning to do.