November 2009 - Picture Purge

Gavin's field trip for November. He got to make his own pizza at Papa Johns. Coolest field trip ever.

Sauce, pepperoni, and cheese, mmm-mmmm.

Gavin and friend Carson

Annika and her curly hair. It is naturally curly. She does have this layer on the very top that is stick straight. I curled the top layer here!!! So beautiful.

Thanksgiving 2009

With the Urvina's

Grandpa and Grandma gave all the families a Little People Nativity set. They are a hit.

Sam with his two daughters Tara and Ila. Ila is with her mom Heidi.

Great nativity for kids.

October 2009 - Picture Purge

The last months have been very busy with many activities. Here is our October summary.

The older kids we think got the H1N1. They camped out on the couch for a while. Annika was not sick, she just wanted to do what the big kids were doing. I couldn't let her up there with the kids so I got G's little couch and she thought it was great. She loved it.

Gavin's first field trip to a pumpkin patch.


Gavin was feeling a little nostalgic when he saw his old dalmatian costume. He just had to put it on. When he was 3 and actually fit in this costume, I couldn't get him out of it. He had to wear it everywhere.

Madi's Elphaba pumpkin!

Gavin's bat pumpkin.

Annika as a leopard kitty. Madi wore this when she was this age!!

Madi as an arctic fox!!! My first attempt at a homemade costume. Definitely fun but way more expensive!!!

Cousins are always fun to go trick-or-treating with!

Jeff and Val as John and Kate Gosslin!! Love it!

White Car

Gavin has been pretty funny as of late. He has been thinking and putting things together and has had lots of questions for Joe and I. Anyway, the other day he came to me and said, "Mom, we need to buy another white car!" I said, "Gav, why do we need to buy another white car" (BTW We only have black cars) He proceeded to tell me that we had to buy another white car so that we can get married again and have another baby! Where does the car thing have to do with any of this. Well scroll up to see the picture of us on our wedding day!!! Funny Kid...And NO plans for buying a new white car anytime soon!!!!! :)

Gavin's 1st Day of Preschool

Gavin's 1st Day of preschool was on Sept. 21, 2009. It is a co-op so I get to go in about once a week and see what they are doing. He is really enjoying something of his own to do during the day. He is having fun and making friends. He is growing up so fast. We love you Big G.

Kids in their Easter Clothes

We attempted to get 3 very tired children looking happy in a good picture. We found 1 good one out of 230 pictures. Here is our gem!!! Madilynn, Gavin, and Annika May 2009

We started in our living room on the couch.

Then we moved into the backyard....

Then we tried the tree. Not so good. Annika doesn't like the feel of damp grass.

Ok, so back in the house. Maybe?....

Well, we tried.

Visit from Grandma and Makayla

While Joe and I were in Canada my mom and my niece Makayla came from Utah to help out with our children. They had so much fun with grandma and Makayla. They don't get this opportunity very often. They enjoyed every minute and barely missed mom and dad while we were gone. I think Anni missed us a little!!! The first few pics are not the best quality. We took them with our older camera.

Makayla, Madi, and Gavin decorated this stump that is in our yard.

Starfish we found at Kopachuck State Park.

Makayla and her sand dollar. There are so many here we couldn't not step on them.

Grandma and Annika after a picnic lunch.

Madi and Makayla in the midst of all of those shells. So cute.

So hard to say goodbye to such a good friend.

Grandma, Makayla, Madilnn, and Gavin in our backyard.

... and 3 kids in a pear tree.
(Our pears are starting to look really nice. I can't wait to eat them.)

Makayla

G-Money man

Ok so Grandma and Grandpa Simmons sent all the kids an Easter card with a dollar in it. Gavin was so excited about it that he carried the card and his dollar around for about 2 days. He said now I can ride on the cars at the store(mall). So we went a week later and he was able to use his dollar.

Thanks Grandma and Papa Simmons.

Baby pics

Urvina tradition is to have a pic of each grandchild in a wash basin. We give one to Grandma and Papa Urvina and then I put ours in our "ducky" themed bathroom.

Madilynn (about 6 months)

Gavin (6 months)

Annika (13 months)