My kiddos

My kiddos

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone... we hope you have fun and eat a lot of good food :)
We'll be heading to Dave's brother's house in Redmond, maybe we'll even see some snow going over the pass! I'll post some pictures when we get back (We're borrowing my moms camera-thank you!). Here's a couple pictures from Emma's Thanksgiving feast at school. Dave helped Emma make her Indian vest, her name was Moon Star, and they made shakers, necklaces and headbands. Lots of fun!


Pure childhood joy

There are just some moments that catch me by surprise.... i think every kid can remember the pure joy of flying high on the swings without a care in the world...

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

They've been tagged!!

Emma and Ben's friends Grace and Charlie tagged them for this survey! So, here we go:



Name: Emma Nicole
Meaning: All containing, universal; Victory of the people
Age: 4 years and 8 months
Nicknames: Em, Sis, Em-n-em and Princess (my sisters), chiklet
Favorite Activities: playing with her cousins or next door neighbors, fishing, swimming, riding her bike, doing rubber stamps, writing her letters, reading books with mommy, baking with daddy and sometimes playing with little brother (they like to play chef together and make me yummy "pretend" food :)
Favorite Music: Princess Songs CD, Jesus Lifted High, I see the moon.., Her Silly Songs CD (which drives Dave and I crazy, but she loves it), and lately she has really started to learn some country music songs (I guess I'm wearing off on her...)
Favorite Toys: Hi Ho cherry and Candyland, Princess girls, Barbies, Polly pockets, dress-up stuff, baby dolls and horses
What makes her happy: playing with friends, going to school, staying up late!, building fires with daddy, cooking, having one-on-one attention, reading Barbie Diamond Castle for the 50th time!! :), and going to McDonalds on daddys day off to get Cinnamon rolls.
What makes her sad: rest time, when Ben takes her toys, going on time-out, thunder, saying goodbye, when people don't understand what she says, when kids are mean



Name: Benjamin David
Meaning: Son of my right hand; Beloved
Age: 1 year and 10 months
Nicknames: Ben, Benny, Bubba, Big Ben, brother, Bennis (my sister Crystal :)
Favorite Activities: jumping in puddles, picking berries, watching cartoons, taking baths,playing duck duck goose and hide and seek with Big Sis, wrestling with daddy
Favorite Music: Sprout cartoon songs (especially Caillou, Thomas and Dora) and his favorite song is If you're happy and you know it...
Favorite Toys: Thomas trains, Blocks, Family Circus Books (he LOVES to organize them), pretty much whatever Emma's playing with he wants :)
What makes him happy: Ice cream, snuggling with mommy or daddy and watching TV, going to see people he loves, baths, picking Sis up from school, carrying his blanket and Pacifier around EVERYWHERE! :)
What makes him sad: saying goodbye, when Big Sister is mean to him, when we make him come inside, when he gets in trouble, hieghts (he's a little afraid of being up high)

Now, we tag: Zach and Gabrielle (Lisa), Austin and Jack (Crystal)

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Broken camera...

We had an unfortunate accident the other night with our camera...Emma was taking a picture of Dave's birthday cake and accidentally broke it... So, just wanted to let you all know I probably won't be posting any pictures for awhile. But, I will try and keep posting some other stuff, maybe I will have to go back to "regular" cameras where you have to take the film in to the store! :) Hope everyones doing good!

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Happy Birthday Dave!

Dave spent most of the day in Tacoma working on his birthday, but the kids and I had a little party for him when he got home. We love you, Happy Birthday!!!


Future game warden?? Who knows...

Monday, November 3, 2008

Halloween

Hope everyone had a great Halloween!We had a great day together as a family. It's always hard that Halloween is in the middle of hunting season, but Dave had the whole day off this year... We had a nice and relaxing day, and Dave had flowers and chocolates delivered for my birthday (what a great guy). Then we went Trick-r-treating with our neighbors...heres a few pictures from the day..

Ariel and Mickey Mouse are ready to go

A rare family shot..ready to hit the streets

Benny was a hit... and he walked the whole way all by himself

Emma with her friends Presley and Paige


The Loot!

birthday with the Bodine clan

Thanks everybody for a fun birthday party- 30 only comes once, right :)
This is the cake my sister Crystal made me- she is so good at this!

My buddies.. Austin and Jackson..and their little brother Charlie is sure growing too...I even felt him kick this time!

Emma and my mom up in the sewing room- she was teaching Emma how to use her new sewing machine

Alicia and my grandma...trouble..