Merry Christmas

We have lots to catch up on but MERRY CHRISTMAS to all of our friends and family!!
We had a great Christmas with lots of fun presents and company.

A & E with the dream light pillow pets Santa brought (their fave gifts this Christmas)!!

E with her "loot"!!

A with his "loot"!!

Daddy Daughter Dance

We had a Daddy Daughter dance with a 50's sock hop theme at the church last Saturday.  They announced it a couple weeks in advance, and ever since E heard about the dance it was all she could talk about.  We got online and ordered her a 50's poodle skirt/dress and a 50's style bowling shirt for me. There was popcorn, a soda fountain, a hula hoop contest, and of course lots of dancing. E and I had a great time!

Hello Kindergarten!!

Wow, I can't believe how behind I am! Oops!! We have had a pretty busy summer and I may or may not go back and catch it up but I will try and keep up a little better from this point forward (I know, famous last words). A & E started kindergarten on August 27th and they were so excited...until it came time to actually walk into the classroom without mom! They were a little apprehensive but bravely walked in and ended up having a great day. I thought I was good with them going, they were excited to go so I was too but it was a little harder than I thought, no crying but my heart was pounding letting them go. It was definitely a relief seeing them come off the bus with wide smiles. Their teachers name is Mrs. Christensen and they know a couple of kids from church and one from preschool so there is a little bit of familiarity. I am planning on volunteering one day a week but I am also planning on going back to work so hopefully I can make it work. We are looking forward to a great school year full of learning and growth!!

To Every Mother

Happy Mother's Day!! Click on this link to view an excellent video!

Happy Easter

We try to keep things pretty low key at our house for Easter. The Easter Bunny delivered a couple of small toys and a chocolate bunny for the kidlets this morning when they woke up and then we hid the eggs they had colored after church. One thing we like to do though, is buy new coordinating church clothes.  I think they looked pretty nice today in their new outfits, even if A refused to wear his tie!

Growing...

I cannot believe how fast my "babies" have grown!! I know, I'm 2 months late with this post/rant/lament but whatdayado! We had our 5 year appointment with our fantastic pediatrician last week and got to compare growth between when we first saw her to now...what a difference. Thought I'd post their birth weight  & other stats & compare to where we are now.

A: (otherwise known as the boy one)
At Birth:                                                         Now:
Weight-5 lbs, 9 ozs                                         Weight-41 lbs
Height- 20 in                                                    Height-43 1/4 in

E: (otherwise known as the girl one)
At Birth:                                                         Now:
Weight-5 lbs, 14 ozs                                        Weight-44.4 lbs
Height-18 3/4 in                                               Height-43 1/2 in

An Update...Finally!!

Wow...I know, some of you are probably having a heart attack. Please call 911 immediately and then come back and finish reading! :) A lot has happened since the last update as I'm sure you can guess, Christmas, birthday, life...I'm sure a lot of things I won't ever remember but I'll try and do some updating at least! We had a great Christmas, it was just the 4 of us and we stayed in Boise since we decided against traveling this year.


My Christmas, I love, love, love it!!

A's loot. Santa brought a pillow pet (finally) and mom & dad gave him a scooter.

E's loot. Santa brought a pillow pet (finally) and mom & dad gave her a scooter too.



We had a pretty low key Christmas as far as presents go, we tried to keep the quantity down where before we have gone overboard. Oh, Ben got a new digital camera but I didn't take a picture of it so there's not one to post of it. I had planned on a big elaborate food day for Christmas but I had caught the stomach flu about a week before Christmas and like always, it stayed and stayed, so I didn't even make 1/2 what I had planned since I didn't feel like eating. My family didn't seem to care though so it worked out.

Skipping ahead a bit...we had planned on throwing A & E a big party for their 5th birthday but when we talked with them about it the only people they wanted to invite were a couple of their little friends, one of whom had just moved. On their actual birthday we had an ice cream cake and a few presents.

Then on the next weekend we took some friends of ours, the Palafox's, to Chuck E Cheese's for pizza and fun, fun, fun!! A & E loved it of course and we got to spend time with our "little sis" Haven who I used to babysit. Later that day, Grandpa and Grandma Michaelis came to stay with us for a couple of days and Ben and I went to a George Strait concert.