Samson has grown.

Samson has gotten so big. He now weighs about 4 and a half pounds. He is a crazy little puppy but we love him. He has become a big part of our family. He spends most his time with David, but is happy to be loved by anyone who will give him attention. If anyone is in the bathtub he won't leave. He loves the bathtub. He is always trying to get in while they are bathing. He has accomplished that goal a few times. He loves to drink the water that splashes up on the edge. He will even start licking the water off their legs when the come out (which I think is gross). He is quite the puppy.

Emma's newest hobby.

Emma's latest thing is make up. She loves it! She is always asking me for any make up I don't want. She will ask me everyday to wear make up to school (mostly just lipstick). She loves red. I told her red was to bold, then we went to Ulta and she saw a poster with a woman wearing red lipstick. She turned to me and said "Mom, she is wearing red lipstick and she still looks pretty." We had to have a little chat about age and make up and what is appropriate when and where. It was actually a very fun talk. She understands why she can't wear that kind of make up out of the house. But almost everyday after school you can find her in her bathroom putting on her make up. She even wears a soft lip gloss and blush to school every now and then. She's so funny.

"It Snowed!"

A few weeks ago, on the way home from chruch, it started to hail. My kids were so excited. When we got home David and I went up to change (that is always our first goal), when we came back down we looked outside and saw the girls taking pictures of the boys eating "THE SNOW." We tried to explain that it was hail and not snow, but they said "it's cold, it looks like snow, and it tastes like snow." So we left it at that. What can you do. Hail or snow, they loved it.

Sarah's got talent!

Well, I finally convinced Sarah that she should take some time to develop her talents. It's not that she doesn't have talents, she just has a hard time taking time for herself while there are so many other things that 'need' to be done. I personally don't have a problem taking a break to play the guitar, or look for new recipes. Sarah, on the other hand, feels guilty taking time for herself when the house is still messy or there are other 'things' to do.

Anyway, Sarah and I had a discussion about what she would like to do. She actually has quite a list of things she would like to learn. Sarah would love to go back to school to study psychology, go to cosmetology school, physical therapy, massage therapy, learn to cook better... She has lots of goals in mind. After much discussion, we finally decided that she should start voice lessons to redevelop her voice.

Yesterday, we went down to Tim's studio and talked with him about teaching Sarah voice lessons. It looks like Sarah will start taking lessons on Wednesday nights and I am so excited for her. While we were there, Tim showed us some of the arrangements he is working on. They sounded amazing! It will be nice to hear the sound of Sarah's voice again.

We went to Barro's tonight (it is my kids favorite place to go) and we introduced Katie to Ranch Dressing. She couldn't get enough. It started as a little pile on her plate and turned into her wanting the whole container. She got it everywhere but she loved it.



Once again Jacob asked to be in every picture, but then every time I would take it he wouldn't move his pizza. Silliness.

This is Katie's new happy face. Isn't it..... pretty. Just makes you want to ..... hug her? I do love this munchkin.

We went to the park this morning for the first time in months. Jacob is all about getting his picture taken and kept asking me to take them. I indulged him a few times. I mean he is such a cute kid after all :-).
This was Katie's first time at the park since she learned to walk. It was her first time on a slide. She was so fun to watch. She figured it out fast.

Happy Birthday Jacob

Jacob turned 4 on Jan.13,2009. He had a great birthday. We went to walmart and let him pick out some presents. We had a few saved that we knew he wanted, but there was so much after Christmas clearance we wanted to let him choose what he wanted. He had a blast. When he got home he wanted me to wrap them for his party at my brothers house that night. I thought it was funny, but I did it any way. The best part was that he still acted surprised when he opened them that night. He is such a cute kid. Life would definitely be a lot less funny without Jake.


Jacob's favorite thing in the world is to blow out candles of any kind. He was so excited for this part. Even more than his presents.

There really are 4 candles on that cake. They are just perfectly aligned.

I forgot to take a picture while he was blowing out his candles so I asked him to pretend to blow them out for me. This is what he came up with. He blew at me instead of at the cake. He he he.

This was one of two presents he didn't know about.

This was the other present he didn't know about. It was from my brother and sister in law. It was an Indiana Jones shirt and a few other things (a spider man dry erase board and a very fun car that moves by itself). He lived in that shirt for 2 and a half days untill I finally convinced him that it need to be washed. He had been bathed but then just kept putting the shirt back on. I know that is kind of gross, but we hadn't gone anywhere and he just loved it so much. I couldn't break his little heart.

Katie loved Jacob's cake as much as he did.