One Eyed Hannah

Hannah and Lincoln have had eye colds that have been pretty mild, but this morning Hannah woke up with one eye wide opened and one eye crusted shut. It was funny because she was so happy and bright eyed...with one eye.

We love pink

Rachel would have never sat still long enough for me to paint her toe nails when she was a baby. I love looking at Hannah's cute little pink toe nails.

Dreams do come true!

In August of 2010 Rachel saw a power wheels jeep and asked me if she could have one. I told her that if she earned it by being good, she was five, and we found one at a garage sale that she could have one. I thought all those stipulations would just mean she would forget. I should have known my daughter better. From then on Rachel would talk about it and thank Heavenly Father in her prayers that she could have a pink car when she's five. The above picture is one she carried around everywhere.

Oh the guilt. She earned it and our friend Sarah found one at a garage sale for us. She's not quite five but we figured the wait was long enough.

Lincoln the Hermit Crab

Hermit crabs carry a salvaged empty seashell. Several hermit crab species use "vacancy chains" to find new shells: when a new, bigger shell becomes available, hermit crabs gather around it.

-Wikipedia

Lincoln follows this same pattern and everyday finds a new container to carry his stuff and then carries it around until the next day when he finds one that better suits his needs. Here are just a couple of the many "shells" he finds.

His Pillow Case

Joe's running shoes. (You can't see it but he has a play animal in each shoe.

An empty pretzel container.

The list goes on and on...

Princesses on Ice

A group of people in our ward and their daughters went to see Disney Princesses on Ice...

Rachel and I after the show. I think the buckets of popcorn you can see in the background were more expensive than the tickets. Holy Cow! I stayed true to my cheap upbringing and didn't purchase one.

Rachel and her best friend Braelyn. Rachel left fulfilled. She loves friends and princesses.

Go to Bed!

This is how Joe has been looking the last couple of days when he gets home from work. Lincoln doesn't like to sleep at night and keeps Joe up. He'll tap his arm every couple minutes saying things like, "Tissue," and then a couple minutes later Joe will feel a tap on his arm and hear Lincoln say, "Here go," and hands Joe the tissue. Thanks for letting me sleep Joe!

Hangily and Blora

Meet Hangily and Blora (names depending on the day). The new animal craze this week is the cow. They get carried around by both Rachel and Lincoln. Rachel is the one who comes up with the awesome names.