A MORNING AT THE PARK

yesterday, the kids and I went on an "adventure". :) we took a walk down to our community's little park.

here are some of my favorite pics

can you hear me Becca?!

what did you say?!

little monkey!

she made me SO nervous doing this...and it wasn't climbing UP, she'd stand on the play structure -reach w a y out there, grab the pole and start climbing down..and if I'd try to help she'd scold me with "mommy I do it". alrighty.

she's definitely our daredevil.

it was a good morning...and they were nice and tuckered out come nap time. :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BECCA-BOO!

My baby girl is growing up into a beautiful young lady :)

Here are some of my favorite photos of the last 4 years with our precious blessing.

Rebecca was the recipient of Andrew's first kiss....we had trouble getting him to kiss anyone...so it was extra special when his new little sister got the first "real" kiss. :)

My spunky 1 year old!

her 2nd birthday. she looks so similar to today, only she looks so much more baby-ish here.

1 of my all time faves of daddy and his 2 kiddos (while we waited for Miss Elizabeth)

my sweet 3 year old

I've decided to do a little photoshoot with each kid on their b-day.

As you can see by this first pic, little Ms. Birthday girl was none too enthused about having her pic taken. :)

it didn't take her long to warm up though. :)

And how did Becca get to start her birthday?

by going to the local drugstore's medical clinic for mommy :(
not a fun way to start her day, but I figured it'd be best if mommy finally got some medicine for her sinus infection so she could be a pleasant mommy, especially on Becca's birthday (I've been rather cranky the last 5 days!).

we then ran to T*rget to get a few things...and of course I let them get some popcorn. :)

For dinner, she has asked for "China food"...and since I've been under the weather, we're just going to go out instead of me making some here at home.

Her main party will be this weekend with cousins and grandpa and grandma. She gets to share her birthday party this year with her bigger cousins -Janae and Julia! :)


I'll post more birthday pics after tonight's dinner and little family party. :)

Rebecca Anne,

4 years ago God blessed us with you, a tiny baby girl.
I remember the doctor saying "it's a GIRL" and me thinking.."but I don't know what to do with a girl!"

You have brought such a sense of joy and laughter to our family.
You have such a sensitive spirit, especially when it comes to animals and babies.
You crack us up when you walk around chewing gum, "talking" on your cell phone, wearing your flip flops...just gives us a glimpse of what is to come in about 10 years. :)

I can't imagine our lives without you sugar.
I love you so very much.

love-

mommmy

THAT'S MY AIRLINE!!

i'm thinking of trying to do this next week when I have to go to work. :)

My family thinks the fact that I'm white and have no rhythm might be a hindrance! :)

I'm so blessed to work for a company that allows its' employees to have a little fun at work.

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME PICTURES?!

I'm home from church -am supposed to be resting...I'm sick with something. I thought it was allergies, but after 3 days with a fever and body aches that won't go away, I'm thinking it's more than just "allergies". John sweetly offered to take the kids to church so I could have some quiet time to rest. What a great hubby.

I thought I'd take the time to catch up from the last 2 weeks...so hope you're ready for lots of pics! :)

one of our local libraries started doing a Chinese/English story-song time every other Friday. My friend who's 2 daughters are VERY close in age to Andrew and Elizabeth, meet us at the library too. :)
the above is "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" in case you want to try singing it. :)


Last weekend we attended the annual fair that comes to our little suburb. The kids look forward to it every year. :)

how perfect is this? the 2 bounce houses they had are Spiderman and a Princess Castle?

what they wait for ALL year long-the pony rides. :)

sorry the next several have a red tint-we were under a big red tent for the petting zoo!

doesn't this face just scream, "puh-lease get me outta here!"?

this is a Jacob's 4 Horned sheep..it's crazy looking-4 horns going every where!

this is an alpaca (if I remember correctly)

oh my heck! the pig races were funny! But Andrew AT the races was even funnier. John and I laughed soooo hard. :)

Andrew would scream and cheer on the pigs..and I mean SCREAM at them. it was hilarious!

John and I each went on a ride with the kids -we're just not made to go on kiddie rides! :)

Last Sunday we celebrated the 2 boys', Josiah and Jeremiah, birthdays. Josiah's b-day is said to be 3/16 and Jeremiah's is 3/24 (Becca's bday too!) so we did the 2 boys' bdays together and then next weekend we'll celebrate the 3 girls' birthdays (Becca and her 2 cousins Janae and Julia).

the 3 little girls all squished so they could sit together. :)

a friendly game of family football in my parents' backyard

apparently my dad didn't get the memo he needed a do-rag (is that how you spell it?!) on his head. :)

if you're wondering what Andrew is doing -he's doing a little dance at the line of scrimmage there!

Jeremiah, or as we all call him, "Pudge" :)

thanks for the gifts but I'd rather just eat paper

ok-I'll ditch the paper and eat the sword

my sis had to wake Josiah up for his party -so he really wasn't all that interested in present opening...that bottle was MUCH more important

until he realized he got a sword too!

and of course, no visit with the cousins is EVER complete without a picture of Becca and her baby Jameson. :)