Family Pictures

We had our family pictures done while we were in Idaho for New Years. I'm am so excited! It's the first family pictures we've gotten done since Connor was born. I know I'm a slacker! They turned out great! Thanks mom!

Winter Break

Winter break this year seemed long and difficult to get back into the swing of things-mostly because Eric's been off work since December! Kaia is loving being back at school, she missed going quite a bit. Eric has been going stir crazy and has taken to shuttling Kaia to and from school just for something to do. I tried to stay busy working on some promotional flyers and things for my Mom's photography business. She was going to have a booth at the bridal fair this year, so I made up some different ads for the fair. We also finalized her website! My first functioning website is up and running! Woohoo! Check it out at www.lavinda.com

School News

I made the Dean's List!! HOORAYY!!!

Why are kids soo messy!

Lilee seems to be our resident troublemaker! In Connor's messy picture he had just eaten his first Oreo, but Lilee's messes are always a little more sinister. In one she ate a blue watercolor paintchip, and in the other she had gotten into my mascara!

Connor's First Birthday

Saturday was Connor's first birthday! We had a small party with family and a few friends. Although Connor didn't really understand what was happening, his whole face would light up with a huge smile when you'd say "happy birthday" to him. Lilee bullied her way in and opened all his presents for him, but he was more interested in the toys then opening them anyway. After presents he dug into his Spiderman cake and make such a mess he had to go right into the tub! Overall, it was a great day!

Halloween

This year for halloween Connor was a monkey, Lilee was a butterfly, and Kaia picked out a ninja costume! We went trick or treating around our neighboorhood with Connor in his stroller and Lilee and Kaia running from house to house. Connor was asleep within a few minutes, but Lilee and Kaia kept going for over an hour stopping at every house they came along. By the time we managed to convince them to go home they were walking zombies! The kids had a great time and brought home MOUNDS of candy!

Kaia's Birthday

We had Kaia's 6th birthday party with her cousins and a few friends from school. The kids painted pumpkins and played Pretty, Pretty, Princess.