Worthy of a new post...

I know its been a long time but I thought I would add a new post annoucing the arrival of baby Riley!

She was born on 8/28/09 and she weighed 6 lbs 13 oz and was 19.5 inches long. We spent Friday night in the hospital and came home Saturday around dinner time.

Enjoy!

Zamboni Time!

Now this was a real hoot! We took the entire family unit skating at the "local" hockey rink...none of the kids had been on skates before but they did really well! They had fun and by the end of the session they were making it around the rink on their own...

Future Hockey Player???

Working off some of the Christmas calories!

Family trip to Jump Planet...

Christmas '08

I know...I'm a little late posting these...okay really late!

We had a FABULOUS Christmas...we ate lots of food, stayed up late, ate some more, slept in, ate some more, played in the SNOW and enjoyed time with family and friends.

Year-round Camping

It's official...Ashley is a Monkey!

She recently discovered how to climb out of her crib...the first couple times she fell and hurt herself and we thought that would deter her from trying in the future. But, much to our chagrin, she has continued to get out and now is at the point where she can do so at will without hurting herself.

Laura wanted to purchase a "tent" that goes over the crib so that she wouldn't be able to do that but I was not so sure...they are so expensive and I just kept thinking we could teach her not to get out unless we were there.

This pattern of self-extraction from the crib continued and Laura finally went to purchase the "tent!" $70.00 later, we are enjoying peace of mind as our little camper gets to sleep in her "tent" twice a day now! I keep telling her how lucky she is that she gets to go camping everyday of the year!

Ashley before the "door" closes...

Life seems pretty good until...

the "door" is zipped up!

"Wait a second...I can't open this!"

"I'm getting mad now!"

"This isn't funny!"

"If I get out of here..."

I hate to admit this but....this may be the best $70.00 I've ever spent!

Thanksgiving

Another Thanksgiving has come and gone...hard to believe! We have had a wonderful year and we have much to be grateful for.

Lilly's Special Day!

Lilly enjoyed a birthday party with some friends from church and school this year. I can't believe it has come and gone already...especially since she has been talking about this blessed day for the past 2 months...

Lilly knew exactly what kind of party she wanted to have...this included the theme, guest list, colors, food, decorations and even the frosting on the cupcakes!

Oh how we love Lilly...she always makes us laugh!

We even had a visit from the "Birthday Fairy!"