June Birthday

Here are a few pictures from the double birthday party. There were alot of people all of whom were family and it was hard to get alot of good pictures. We did have two of the newest members of the family present, Kayla and Livia, our newest baby girl cousins!

















Autie Tearsa and Jordan

















Auntie Shawna and Auntie Tearsa with Madeline and her new Little Mermaid Build-a-bear.

















Nana Simmering holding Kayla and Madeline happily posing.



















Auntie Marie holding Livia and Auntie Elice holding Madeline

















Jordan, Will, and Madeline having a good time eating lunch on the deck.


















Auntie Becca and Madeline.

















Jordan's most prized possesion, his green light saber.


















I think she is having fun opening her presents. It felt like Christmas having both of the kids opening gifts at the same time.

Field Trip

The kids had a great field trip to a local farm. This was towards the end of the year and we were very glad it didn't rain.

















She had fun feeding bread to the chickens and ducks.


















They saw kittens, bunnies, and pigs in the barn.

















This was before she tried to hold one of the kittens and it scratched her and she started crying.


















Group shot after eating a snack together.

Preschool Graduation

Here are a few pics from preschool graduation. Madeline did a great job singing for their program, but it was hard to get any good pictures while they were on stage because the place was so packed and the teachers were standing right in front of them helping them with their hand motions.
















All the kids on stage singing.
















Mrs. Johnson giving Madeline her diploma
















Madeline has her diploma! She is ready for Kindergarten.

Remembering Mother's Day

These pics were taken on Mother's Day 2008. We had lunch after church at the Outback with my family and Mike's parents. It was a fun day.

Jordan's smile is so cute with his missing teeth!













Madeline is looking so tired in the car on the way there.















It is always hard to get a group family photo. We managed to get me and Mike in this photo but Madeline was probably sitting with various Aunties by this time of the day.

A few more cute photos

Madeline and Daddy!

How can you not love these two dressed up for Christmas service on Sunday. They even match!

Christmas Day

We woke up early around 6:45am and the kids were ready to see what Santa had brought.


We managed to get one picture before we got into the stockings.

You might see a theme here. She kind of likes Disney Princesses.

Jordan is trying to get into his stocking that is very full.

After our morning at home we headed out to the Simmering's for gifts and family fun!


Jordan is very interested in Auntie Marie's camera.


Gramma and Grampa Penson enjoyed being with the family too.

It actually started snowing after we arrived at my parent's house so we had a white Christmas. The kids and everyone else enjoyed this year's Christmas. It was one of the best yet!

Christmas Eve pictures

We had Christmas eve with the Lewis' at our house. It was fun to spend time together and open gifts. Say cheese Auntie Becca!

As always there was lots of running around and laughing. Sometimes it is more fun to play with people than with toys.

Madeline and Jordan loved their new fleece blankets! And of course they are some of the most blessed children and received so many nice gifts!

New Pictures & Update

The kids got to sit on Santa's lap at Madeline's preschool Christmas program. They were a little shy, but both got to tell Santa what they wanted for christmas.

We took a trip to the Pittock Mansion where they had each room decorated as a different fairy tale for Christmas. I was able to take a week of vacation before Christmas and this was one of our family outings. The kids had fun walking through, but it was often hard not to touch everything!