Dec 14th- First Snow!!!

We woke up this morning to snow!!!  The younger children were so excited to go out and play in it!

I love this shot because of it's perfect timing.  Michael had just hit Isaac with a snowball.  You can see the glee on Michael's face and the snowball particles, and yet Isaac is totally unaware yet.

Poor Riah tries so hard to keep up with her brothers!!

 

Meanwhile, Serenitie is sleeping peacefully when her father decides to put an end to that.  She was content to let him carry her until.....he opened the screen door......

 

 

Promptly dropped her in the snow, and left her there.

To which she responded "That's not cool dad".  I beg to differ. At this point I think she was very cool indeed.

PS. I have no idea why she wasn't in PJ's and yes, we still have a yard under construction.

 

This is what you get when the two year old has been out in the cold long enough.

PS. No comments on both the scissors and the knife next to her.  I know I am not winning any mommy of the year awards :)

But of course a cup of hot cocoa makes everything all better!!!!

Ahah!! I figured it out! When I uploaded the pics of Riah I thought, "funny, that is the same outfit she was wearing in the other pictures from the night before." Upon further inspection of both sets of pictures I realize that every single one of my children are in the clothes they had on the night before!!! Yea, I knew that Mommy of the year award was gone along time ago :)

Tis The Season

This year I seem to be more in the Christmas spirit than I have in the past few years.  We have been to look at Spanaway park lights which has taken the place of Zoo Lights because at the park you drive through and can sing christmas carols without other people looking, and stay in the nice warm van which I am especially grateful for with the babies.

We also went to look at all the lights in the neighborhood by the water (read rich neighborhood). Some of those displays were amazing!!

Our good friends have a gingerbread house making party each year (complete with santa of course) and this was the first year we were able to attend. 

The children with all of their creations.  My older two are no longer at the age where they just smile politely for the camera.  Seri most often refuses to smile and Michael will pull off the funny face routine, which I am sure you may have noticed.

Of course we couldn't get Ser to smile so the mother of her good friend "Sam", told her to smile for him and this was the reaction we got.

Poor Sariah is at the age where she thinks she doesn't need naps and so she didn't have one this day and you can tell by the pic that she is about done.

                                      

Have I mentioned before how much this boy loves his Daddy?  I adore this picture.

 

We also sat around the tree and sang carols complete with a pianist.  It was surprising to realize how many carols we actually don't know all the words too!  I think Silent night and Rudolph were the only ones that were without murmuring.

                                 

Remember my funny face boy I was talking about?  He strikes again!!

Our new car payment

So yesterday we found out that we now have a new car payment. Too bad it is not for a car. Nope, we have entered that age where the word "braces" can sometimes be heard. Ser's dentist has been on me to take her to an orthodontist for about a year and I have been putting it off for obvious reasons.
Sure enough, she does need braces. One day she is going to kill me for posting these, but I am going to because I think it is cool that technology has enabled me to and because I want to document what I am spending that money on when it sure as heck isn't the vehicle it should be!
The pictures of her teeth show that her top jaw is in a v shape and her bottom is in a u. Not a horrible thing, except that it causes the outside of her top teeth to hit the inner edge of the bottom and over time that uneven pressure will cause her to need more dental work. She also has a mild overbite and is a tongue thruster, whatever that means. Two years of braces should correct it all and for that money it better!
There is a pic of her before smile which of course I think is gorgeous but Dr. Moellen ensures that it will be even and fuller when the process is complete. That girl better love us is all I can say.

Pics!!!!!!!

I have been told by many that we do not have recent pictures. So here ya go. I really wanted to get these done in late Oct. to shoe the beautiful leaves around the area we live in (besides fall is my favorite season), but our schedules were crazy and when we had it scheduled on a erfect day with perfect conditions, Matt got called into work.
This was a crazy day and we hurried to get some shots done outside and then had to do the rest inside. Despite those conditions and working with my large and crazy family, Christina did a wonderful ob and we are very pleased.
For the first time ever (only the fifth child) I also had baby shots and nursing pictures taken, they are so sweet and elegant and nice, but to save those who don't like to see skin I wont post them :)
Enjoy!!!