A Moment for Matthew

This poor little thing gets the scraps of time that are left. We thought we'd shine the spotlight on him.

Rachel's Music Montage

Every night when we put Rachel to bed we go through the following singing ritual. She sings the same songs in the same order...never deviating. Sometimes she gets lazy and does the actions with her thumb in her mouth as shown during the "Wise Man/Foolish Man" song.

Biker Boy

We took the training wheels off of Nathan's bike today. He took off with no fear!

A Happy Rainy Day

Rachel got an Ariel umbrella at the store yesterday and was so excited to play in the rain today. She literally played with it and didn't really use it to shield herself from the rain.

Snow day...the real deal!

Well, I think we've had our last winter hurrah. We woke up to about 5 inches of snow this morning. The kids, dressed in their hodgepodge of snow clothes, ran out first thing. They went sledding, made snow angels, and shoveled the driveway. Fun morning!

Pinewood Derby

Our ward recently had a Pinewood Derby activity. Nathan and Jared created a Batmobile for the competition. As goes the tradition, Jared was more excited than Nathan about the whole thing. Jared was thrilled that it actually made it down the length of the track.

When I turn my back...

Rachel strikes! Her mission in life is to torment her baby brother. I must say "Leave your brother alone" about a million times throughout the day. I was vacuuming and couldn't hear the cries of help from Matthew. When I walked in his room, I found him buried alive. When I asked her what she was doing, she replied, "He wanted a toy." Well, he certainly got one!