More of Derek's work

A dinosaur and a boat: supposed to read "I went on a boat." H spelled the words himself:)

Animals and sea animals

chickens and garden (cantaloupe and tomatoes)

Fun at home

Some more activities while mom is at work. Who can pass up marshmallow fun!

This time of year in Arizona is so beautiful. The kids love being outside and I love that they can be outside:)

Just a random picture of sweet Sarah:) Just FYI...she no longer is seen with those plugs in her mouth...YIPEE!! She is my first child who will not be sucking on her fingers!

Derek the Artist

Drawings galore! I can not keep up with them! I hate to toss them, but I would have no where to put them all! Pictures of the pictures are the next best thing.

This first one is a park scene and the second a battle scene - he has become increasingly detailed in his pictures lately.

For any Harry Potter fans out there, this is Derek's rendition:)

Star wars and battles

I couldn't get these to turn the right way so use your imaginations:) One is a fire scene and the other a helicopter doing something...I'm not sure what.

Mountains and trees

"Under the Sea"

"Picasso"??

Pinkalicious

For those of you who don't know, Pinkalicious is a book about a girl who turns pink after eating too many pink cupcakes. Emily really liked the book and one day Katie made pink cupcakes for the kids. They thought it was great.

Emily really thought it was a bummer that she didn't turn pink, although she insisted Sarah did. Of course knowing the way Sarah can demolish a cupcake, it wouldn't surprise me if she did appear a little pink:)

A Drawing

Emily's drawings are starting to evolve from scribbles to purposeful attempts at pictures. This is a sheep with four legs, 2 eyes, a mouth, a belly, a belt, a tail, and a back pack. Belt? Back Pack? I don't know...all I can say is that is so Emily. I thought it was so cute I just had to post it.

Beautiful Girl

Sarah is growing up so fast. I can hardly believe it. Here are a few random pictures of my little girl.

This is Sarah playing hide and seek with Darrell. She thought it was so funny to hide behind the chair from him. She was being so cute he got out the camera and took a few shots.

Katie is sweet and takes pictures of the kids when I'm at work so we have surprises on the camera. I loved these two. Sarah loves sticking her head out the playhouse window and either yelling "HI" "BYE" or "MAMA" at the top of her lungs. I love the look on her face in the second picture:)

A new blog from our kiddies, about our kiddies

UsKiddies.blogspot.com : this is a blog from our kids perspective and what they have been doing like their adventures, projects, realizations, etc.
I must make mention that Darrell is in control of this one so I am just warning the faint-of-heart or easily-offended types...it probably won't be for you...although he still would enjoy getting a rise out of you.
Enjoy.