Valentine's Day fun

Here are some beautiful cards Will made for family a couple of weeks before Valentine's Day

On Valentine's Day we had a party with kids and their parents from church. There were about 15 kids under 4 and we were all very surprised at how calm the morning went!

Here's Will at the Cookie Decorating table- much more was eaten than decorated at this table!


Here's an antsy Will wondering how many more pictures his mom was planning on taking...

Here's the Valentine Exchange

Catching up...

Here's one of Will's projects and a couple of the goofy faces
he always makes when the camera comes out.



















































Celebrating Andrew's Birthday in January!

Second round of Christmas!

The kiddos on Christmas morning. Can you see on Will's face how he is using ever bit of self-control he has to smile for these pictures instead of ripping into his stocking?! He actually did have to suffer through quite a few photos as we tried to get all 3 to look and smile at the same time...oh well... :)

The girlies in their Christmas dresses

Sweet Sophie

Little Madeline

We didn't anticipate that the car would be Will's favorite gift this year- mostly because i just happened to find it at Goodwill for $15 a couple weeks before Christmas! yeah!

Christmas morning multi-tasking :)

Christmas Night we went to Andrew's parent's house for an extended family Christmas dinner. Everyone was especially excited to congratulate Bryan and Joelle since they had just become engaged Christmas Eve!

Our two wonderful Moms


Uncle Nathan and Sophia


The day after Christmas we had a fun day at Nana's house opening gifts with her!

My brother, Rex

This is one of my all-time favorite pictures- and i even have more of this same pose but with variations on the expression. (He's also holding one of Will's Christmas presents from Nana)

Pre-Christmas Christmas

About a week before Christmas we get together and have our little family Christmas/ present-opening event with the Schmidts. Here's Grandma Carol and Grandpa Craig and their all-time favorite Grandson, who, happened to be much more interested in the objects under the tree than taking pictures this year! :)



The Schmidt Kids- plus Brian, who happens to have just become engaged to Joelle!!

btw- we're showing off all of our new socks in this picture!

Our happy little family

Me and my girlies. Sophie is always up for a picture whereas Madeline is always watching people and much more interested in searching for hidden jewelry she can mouth on... and is it just me or do i look a little tired in this picture? maybe i just need some blush. Although last week Will was watching me put my makeup on and when i was finished he announced "you look wierd" i asked him if he meant "pretty"??? he said no. haha. He had better work on those compliments before he tries them on someone other than his mommy....

Catching up....

Will is super excited about Christmas this year. Last week he made a gingerbread house with Nana and afterward when he was showing it to us he remarked that he'd like to eat the gumdrops that had fallen off. then he asked in a real concerned voice "do gumdrops have sugar in them?" oh no, of course they don't.
Sophie and Madeline are nearly 9 months old. They both love crawling and laughing. Madeline is always on the go and is also our own little vacuum so we're always pulling foreign objects out of her mouth. Sophie loves to smile and pose for pictures. They both adore their big brother who also loves to play and make them smile!

Our sweet little indian....

And his crazy daddy...

We're very happy in this picture because our new camera just came in the mail! yeah for more pictures!