Naomee's Early 4th Birthday Party!

This is a framed picture of Naomee holding Eowyn her brand new cousin. What you can't see is that Naomee's smile in that picture is really funny. This was her present from her Aunt and Uncle.

This is Roo, he is part of a game that she got from her Grandparents. You pull out instructions from his pouch and either hop or say things according to the directions. It is VERY educational and fun at the same time. The older girls had fun with it the next morning before school. There was a lot of hopping going on that morning.

Just opening presents Sunday before her birthday. We decided to let her open some since the next day would be her birthday and this is when her Aunt and Uncle could be there to see it.

"I love being the birthday girl!!"

"See my stash!!"

We will be having her first party this Saturday. She has talked of nothing else for weeks. And now that her birthday is here she thinks I should make her a cake everyday.

On Sunday for dinner with her Aunt and Uncle I asked her which she wanted me to make a cake or brownies. She said brownies. So of course I made brownies. Then the next morning (her actual birthday) she woke up and asked if I was going to make her a cake today. I told her that she was having her cake on Saturday for her party. Then we took her to dinner and she asked if THEY were going to make her cake for her. I told her maybe not, but that they will probably give her ice cream. Now she is so excited that her cake will be tomorrow. I am having a friend make it for me. She is much better at designing a cake and decorating it. So I gave her the idea we wanted and the outcome will be terrific. She is the same one that helped Cadie make her cake.

Dancing Machine!!

Can you pin point Madie, she is the last girl to the right on the floor.

Madie after her dance!

Madie is the last one in the first line. This is them coming out and getting ready to dance during half time.
The High School Dance Team invited girls from K-8th to come and learn a dance to be preformed at the last basketball game of the year. They call it a dance camp and it is a way for them to earn money. This is Madie's second time being involved with this camp, but the first time they actually preformed for an audience. Madie loved every minute of it and wasn't afraid to get out and dance in front of a packed crowd. We are working on gettting her into some dance classes. She picks this stuff so easily.

Lunar Eclipse!!

The little dot of light is the last that you can see of the moon. There was about 20 more mins before total eclipse.

This was as seen from our back deck. About 30 mins from total eclipse here!

The girls loved watching the moons disappearance. I only wish I had a better lens on my camera. This was as close as I could get.

Madie and Naomee helping dad make dinner!

Naomee making her own pizza!

Funny thing though, Cadie was the one who wanted pizza for dinner. So Shawn decided we should make them, and so we headed for the store. Cadie was so upset that she didn't get a Papa Murphy's pizza like she wanted, that she didn't want to help make homemade pizza.
Shawn bought her a special frozen pizza that she ended up not eating. Naomee on the other had loved her english muffin pizza that she wanted more. Unfortunately we didn't have any more.

Lily's Purple Plastic Purse!

These are the kids that were in our group. They were so good and funny! I had a blast and the play was great.

Madie and Mommy before we set off for the 1st grade field trip. We went to see a play at the Keller Auditorium in Portland. We saw "Lily's purple plastic purse". It was based on a book by the Author Henry Henky I believe. He has a series of books based on these characters.

Just some pics I took!

Early morning frost effects everything in a cool way!

It was a very cold and frosty morning!
This spider web is glistening with dew and frost in the early morning sun!

Just some cool pics I took!

Tag your Husband is it!

1.What is his name?
Shawn Michael ~ His family has a nice tradition that all the sons take the fathers first name to be their middle name. SO you can guess that his fathers name is Michael.

2. How long have you been together? ~ This June will be 12 years of being together and this Sept will be 12 of being married. IF you do the math that is a quick engagement.

3. How long did you date? ~ Well that depends, from the 1st date to the time we were engaged then it was 3 weeks. (With in a week we knew were getting married and when, we just didn't have the rings for 2 more weeks.) From the time we met and got married it was just over 3 months. So still really quick, and not a lot of time.

4. How old is he?~ He will be 33 in April. But the way he plays sports and keeps moving you would think he is 13.

5. Who eats more?~ As for a sit down meal, his portion sizes are bigger. But he eats better than me, more of a well balanced diet I should say.

6. Who said I love you first?~ I don't know who said it first, but I usually say it first now. But he is really good about telling me all the time, not just when we say goodnight.

7. Who is taller?~ Well at 5'9" to my 5' 0" I would say I am taller. I meant to say he is!!!!

8. Who is smarter?~ Well if that isn't a loaded question I don't know what is? I would say that he is by far smarter than me. But then again it really does matter on the subject. I am not good at science, math or politics.

9. Who does the laundry?~ I do of course!!! But in all fairness, if needs be he does help.

10. Who does the dishes?~ I do, but I have a lot of help from the girls and Shawn at times, so it is pretty fair.

11. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed?~ That would be Shawn. We have never switched sides.

12. Who pays the bills?~ I do.

13. Who mows the lawn?~ That is a toss up. If he is home and not busy he does. If I want it done NOW, I do. Sometimes I like to mow just for fun.

14. Who cooks dinner?~ Mostly I do, but he can cook really well, so he cooks almost as much as I do.

15. Who drives when you are together?~ Shawn drives about 90% of the time when we are together. Especially on long trips.

16.Who is more stubborn?~ That depends on how you define stubborn. If you mean who gets what they want all the time, he does. But if you are talking about bullheaded and things like that, I am.

17. Who kissed who first?~ I think it was pretty mutual.

18. Who asked who out first?~ Well since it was a blind date, he called and set it up. His brother had given him my phone number.

19. Who proposed?~ Shawn did the actual proposing, but it was a mutual desicion to get married.

20. Who has more siblings?~ Shawn has 6 siblings and I have one. He is the oldest of 7. I am the oldest of 2.

21. Who wears the pants in the family?~ Most likely it would be me, but he is very quiet about his authority.

I now tag: Lauri and Jenn

Pretty snow pics from Mt. Hood!

Shawn in the snow!!!!

Shawn carving it up!!!

Madie Ski class

Madie ready to tear up the mountain!