Friday, April 04, 2008

Kiddos

Here are Libbie and Mia hunting eggs on Easter afternoon at Grandma O's house.




Woo Hoo... I finally caught a smile the other day. She sure is a sweetie.

Would ya look at those cheeks and the double chin? You just want to pinch 'em.



It happened! Libbie lost her first two teeth over the last week. We are so happy because she's pretty much been talking about how these teeth are "very loose" for about a year and a half. She pulled both of them out at school and brought them home in a plastic baggie from her teacher. Tee hee. She cracks me up.

Mia has been up to more of the same...asking very odd questions that I am not sure anyone has the answers to. "Why did Jesus give us toilets?"

All the girls are such great big sisters to baby Claire.

Jinx!

Friday, March 21, 2008

What's Up

We haven"t been up to too much lately - just takin' care of business. Nathan's been busy with tax season and passing CPA exams...woo hoo, GO NATHAN. I've been running the older two girls to dance, and doing the mom thing - cooking and cleaning and cooking and cleaning. It kind of feels like I spin my wheels all day long. I clean all day, and yet the house is still a mess when the day is through. Oh well, it sure keeps me busy, which I like. Yesterday the girls colored Easter eggs and had a good time. Mallory was sure the Easter Bunny was hiding out in one of her eggs. She talked Mia into cracking it open. Needless to say, she was a bit disappointed by its contents.
I liked this picture. They all have this fake smile/shocked look on their faces.

When you let kids be "creative" for too long, they resort to finding the perfect way to make a big mess. Here is Mals getting to the mess stage.


Our Balding Beauty. Claire turned 2 months this week...Yay! She is a healthy, happy girl!

Claire is pretty smiley these days, but I can't seem to catch her grinning when I get the camera out. She's got a cute look going on here though.




Four out of six smiling isn't too shabby. I still can't believe we have four kids (all girls)! I get kinda woozy when I think about it, but here is the proof.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Weee Haaaa!

We are sooooo excited for some warmer weather! Today we ventured outside for the first time in a very looong time. It was so fun and freeing. We hope this warming trend continues.


Here are the girls after they learned bugs are still present on the planet earth. They refused to play after seeing a fly. And they were sure a drop of water on the trampoline was a "beetle". Oh my goodness, how did I get such wimpy girls.











Sunday, February 24, 2008

Saturday, February 16, 2008

We're Alive - Barely!

Thanks to everyone for their thoughts and prayers in Claire's behalf. She's had a rough start, but we are sure her struggles are molding her into our perfect little angel. She seems to be doing much better these days, and we are thrilled about that. Grandma Cardon just visited us for a couple weeks. The girls had a great time torturing her with their endless jibber-jabber. We are so grateful for her patience and kindness. Although we are a bit afraid of what the future holds for our family. Everytime our mom's leave, something scary happens. I hope we will survive on our own. We'll cross our fingers and toes that we are on the mend and that springtime is well on it's way.

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Monday, February 04, 2008

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Monday, January 21, 2008

Friday, January 18, 2008

Four Sisters

With three older sisters, Claire should have no problem finding someone willing to hold her. Here are a few pictures of Libbie, Mia, and Mallory getting there first taste of their new baby sister.





The New Babe

Here she is. All 7 lbs. 6 0z. of her. Isn't she a doll. More pictures to come soon.

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Our Merry Christmas

The girls in their new dresses from Grandma Oyler. Mia was especially excited to look like a ballerina.
Santa brought the girls guitars for Christmas. They have truely loved them.

Mallory in front of the tree and looking pretty cute I might add.

Mia trying very hard to smile. For some reason at this age, my kids forget how to show a real grin.

Libbie on Christmas morning with her Build-a-Bear sporting his new Yankees uniform.
Mallory using her favorite Christmas gift - chapstick.

Mallory looking cute and Christmasy.

A rare photo of the happy couple. This was just before we headed off to one of Nathan's company parties.

Mallory, Mia, and Mom made a very festive gingerbread house.

We headed to Temple Square to see the lights on a very cold and snowy night.

Mia and Mallory actually sharing a book and a chair. Wow! A Christmas miracle.