Park with the Girls

Another lovely afternoon at the park in Snowflake with the girls

My beautiful girls:)

Sarah is my goofy girl, it is hard to get a "normal" smile out of her.

Random Fun

These first two pictures were taken at a park during one of our visits to Snowflake.  This is Emily's castle.  She was very proud of it.

For Sarah's preschool this year we are making an ABC book.  I have 4 pages for each letter in just a standard 1 subject spiral bound notebook.  We do different activities, like cutting out the letters and pictures from magazines, writing the letter, pasting a short story and highlighting the letters.  She loves cutting out the letters best.

Another of Derek's lizard friends.  This one a baby.

On a weekend that Derek and Darrell went to Snowflake, the girls and I watched an Easter Bunny  movie.  This of course led to making Easter eggs, despite the fact it was the middle of summer:)

My Little 4 Year Old

My baby grew up when I wasn't looking!  She is a big 4-year old now.  She is such a big girl now.  She is swimming under water this year.  She is starting preschool at home (not my choice, but she wants to do school like Derek and Emily...so what the heck...why not?).  She is such a goof ball with crazy hair and the sweetest smile. 

Notice her VERY short bangs just in time for her 4th birthday...when will she stop!  She says she wants to be a "cutter" when she grows up.

She wanted chocolate cupcakes with mint frosting, so that's what she got.  Of course I also made vanilla for the boys in the family who don't like mint.

Make a wish!!

Sarah + Coal

The kids always get filthy when we are in Snowflake, but this was pushing it.  Sarah found a charred piece of wood and decided to rub it all over her face.  Such a beauty:)

Cooking with Sarah

I made brownies one day for fun, and Sarah wanted to help with the clean up:)  Isn't she soooo cute.

Oh my Sarah:)

Sarah is my sweet goofy girl.  These pictures have nothing in common, except for her sweet face:)

This is Sarah trying on her new snow gloves and hat

before going to Snowflake during the winter.

We went to the dollar store one day as a reward for 

meeting certain school goals.  Since Sarah is not

in school yet and is not working on any goals, I let

her get something anyway.  This monkey cost $1 and 

has velcro hands.  We always call her a little monkey,

so it is so cute seeing her walk around with 

 a monkey on her back:)

On this night Darrell was working, and Darrell and Emily were 

not at home.Sarah wanted to sleep with me.  I laid her

 down a couple hours before I went to bed.  When I came to bed 

this is what I found. I wasn't sure if I would fit.  

She loves her "babies." She always talks about her "kids." 

Randomly in a conversation she will say "my kids like..." or 

"my kids don't..." etc. It is soooo funny.  We asked about her

 kids and she tells us 14 some days 4 on other days. 

 I love this sweet girl:)

The Hair Experiment

For school we read "Going to Town: My First Little House Books" by Laura Ingles Wilder.  In the story Mary and Laura are going to town and their mother puts rags in their hair to make it curly.  Emily has straight straight hair but is obsessed with curls.  She wanted me to tie her hair up.  So we did, and then of course Sarah wanted to play.  Her hair is already curly...so the result was interesting.

Emily with rags in hair

Emily result: front view

Emily result: back view...wow!

Sarah with rags in hair

Sarah result: back

Sarah result: side view...mmmm interesting:)

Darrell and Sarah Temple Visit

During a visit to Snowflake, Sarah got sick right before church and so Darrell stayed at the house with her.  They took a little trip to the temple, because she was feeling better.  Darrell was experimenting with the new lenses he bought me for Christmas and took several good pictures.  These are just a few of them.

Random Fun

Sarah LOVES back, hand, and feet rubs from Dad.  She will just come near him and say "rub my back."  Sometimes she wants the whole caboodle and will bring Dad the lotion and just sit and relax until everything is done.  

My sister Stephanie came over a few days before Christmas.  The girls love to hold her daughter Kaitlin.  Isn't she sooo cute:)

Darrell bought me some new lenses for my camera for Christmas.  I am taking an 8 week photography class starting in a couple weeks and so it is perfect timing:)  He experimented with the lenses before Christmas when I wasn't around.  Below are some of the pics he took.  I'm excited to learn how to use my new camera tools.