Eli

Eli woke up coughing this morning so I gave him some medicine and we went about our morning. About time for the bus, he was laying on the stairs saying 'mom, I don't feel good.' I wondered if he would crash. I was glad it was before he left. So, he has been home playing with me today. This first picture is one of his creations. I was going to check on Emma (next picture) and saw it on the floor. Funny huh! I guess this shows he is learning how to read!!
The last picture is off of our porch the other night. Beautiful sunset!

I just showed Eli this post and he was quite proud of his work. He is still playing with the 'words'.

Tagged

My cousin tagged me...
This is a picture of Little Hadlie Anne. I guess this is appropriate since she is turning 4 years old. Happy Birthday Hadlie! I just got an invite to her party! She is so big!
Rules - post a picture from your fourth file, fourth picture. I am tagging - Shay Phister (Megan is dying to see any kind of update on your blog :)
Kim Bissonette,
Tristan Meyers
Loretta Meyers
Kyla Bodily
Have fun!

Day at the Beach and more..

This was our fun day last Friday. It was the kids' last track out day and was perfect weather for the beach. We had a blast relaxing on the beach. The sun felt so good. We even saw a few dolphins, which I slapped Redge and said 'shark' when I spotted them. Yes, I know... I am from Idaho!
We picked the perfect day to go, when we woke up the next morning it was raining. The sand was different there... it had a lot of broken shells all over. Redge thought this was some of the man-made sand. It didn't make good sand castles at all! I guess we are learning. It was hard to get it off the kids. Megan had shell pieces in her suit stuck to her bottom.
I also included some pictures of our walk on our bike path. We are really enjoying having access to it.

Bath time

I am slowly posting my pictures. Be patient with me. I am a week or so behind but what can you expect with a newborn! :o) These are pictures of Emma in one of her first baths. She wasn't so excited about being loose. I have since remembered to wrap a wash cloth around her flaying arms. It helps keep her calm long enough to get the deed done!
The kids are back in school again... tracked in, as we call it :) Eli was so excited to go to school Monday that I could hardly get his attention to get him ready. This is a good sign.
Now maybe I will have a little more time to add pictures to the blog. Then again... I am playing my violin for a stake nativity activity - Messiah, for those of you musically inclined. It is a good challenge but I am spending an hour a day trying to decipher music. It is amazing how you lose your abilities when you don't use them.
More pictures tomorrow...

Eli and Emma

Eli was such a big boy and held Emma so good. I have great helpers!

Halloween

Here are the kids in their costumes. Rhett was again attacked by a bear. (I tried to talk him into a different theme for this year.) Megan a ballarina and Eli- Spiderman!
We had a fun time walking through the neighborhood. I am now ready to throw out the candy!

Fall Colors

I know you probably can't see the kids... I had them run and poise for me in the middle of the trees. We were out playing last week at the park and the trees were turning so pretty. I am loving all the fall colors here. I have to laugh because this was a pretty cold day that we picked to play at the park. The comments were 'this is as cold as it gets here.' hmmm... I am still waiting to see.