Christmas Day 2007

Nathan made it down first.

All of the kids LOVE their Webkinz animals!

The favorite and most played with gift.

Matthew still loves his Thomas trains.

Christmas Portraits 2007

Getting 4 children to look at the camera and smile at the same time not only sounds hard, it IS hard! No wonder we only attempt this once a year. Here are some outtakes.

Their smiles look so natural, don't they? ;)

We had to give Josh a candy to keep his finger out of his nose.

Here are the pictures we ended up with.

Hailey's Ballet Open House

At Hailey's last ballet class of the year, the families were invited in to observe the class. This was in preparation for a big recital coming up in May. We usually wait outside and peak through the window. Hailey loves ballet! She couldn't be happier and insists on wearing a "crown" at class. The girls hug good bye after every class. It is so cute!

Matthew The Christmas Tree

In Matthew's Kindergarten class, they dress up a lot. So far, he has dressed up as an Indian, a 50's greaser, Joseph and the coat of many colors, a candy cane and he was darkness in the school creation play.

On the last week of school before Christmas break, Matt's teacher asked the children to dress up as Christmas trees. They learned all about the origin of the Christmas tree that week. He actually left on his costume all day. The "star" on top didn't make it that long and a few ornaments kept falling off, but at least they waited until after the pictures.

Breakfast With Santa

We had Breakfast with Santa at the mall this morning. Josh enjoyed the breakfast, but Santa, not so much! The kids had Chic-Fil-A for breakfast (sausage biscuits & hash browns) and got Santa cups, bell necklaces and candy canes. It was wonderful!

Pink Lipstick!

This is from Hailey's birthday, but I just had to make a separate post about Dean. This was hilarious!

Dean discovered that the heavily colored icing from the rose cupcake did not wash off very easily. After the cake, he headed to Walgreens down the street for batteries and had forgotten about his hot pink stained lips. While he was paying, the teen cashier says, "Dude, are you wearing pink lipstick???!!!" Dean then explained to him about the icing and the cashier then said, "That sucks!"

Hailey's 4th Birthday

Hailey has been anxiously waiting to go to a new little girl's salon called Sweet & Sassy. She got her hair, nails and makeup done. She was in heaven!

Striking a pose on the runway!







Time for cake!





Deeeep breath!

That's a lot of candles!!!!

"Do I have anything on my face?"

"Want a taste?"

Presents! "Hey, my mommy had the same My Little Pony's when she was little. They are the 25th Anniversary edition."

"It takes a lot of hard work to keep the ponies looking pretty. It's a good thing my brothers like helping!"

"Thank you to Aunt Mary Lynn, Uncle Kevin, Kevimark, Carrie Ann, Mandy, Ricky, GramE, Nana, Cockle, Pop Pop Bob, Nanny April, Grampy, Aunt Terra and Andrew for helping me celebrate my 4th birthday. You all made me feel so special!