My friends

Hannah is finally old enough to play with the big kids.  I let them all go outside and play in the sprinkler and it was so fun to watch them play together.  I had to take pictures.

Happy Second Birthday Hannah!

For Hannah's birthday we had friends over and ate her favorite dinner-pizza.  She eats as much pizza as a grown man.

We had the usual 2nd birthday dog cake.  It works out that Hannah likes dogs too.  This is as close as she'll ever get to having her own dog.

Hannah figured out opening presents and loved it.

She got two baby dolls and a art easel.  We're very grateful that people gave her baby dolls because she only had one she would sleep with and if we couldn't find it, putting her to bed was rough.

This was the first year where Hannah really understood her birthday so it was a lot of fun.  Hannah is such a sweet girl and brings joy to our family.

It's a...

girl!

We were surprised.  We were guessing a boy and in the past we've been 3 for 3 on guessing. The kids were a little disappointed but they're excited about a girl now.  They went to the ultra sound with us and when we asked Rachel what girl name she liked she said, "Louie."  Somehow that evolved to Lily so I think that's what we're going to go with.

Undocumented Traditions 5/12-Stop!

This picture is from the end of the school year last year. Lincoln's been watching the crossing guard and now anytime we cross the road he looks straight into the eyes of drivers and tells them to stop.  It makes me laugh.  I don't know what the drivers think.

Lincoln's Undocumented Real Birthday 6/19

It turns out I didn't post a lot of things I wanted to when I was sick so I'm trying to make up for it.

 Rachel talked up breakfast in bed but I think we woke him up to early.

 He really was anticipating it and excited:)

After several pictures we got a smile:).

For some reason that was the end of the pictures I took, but we did things that Lincoln loved all day(which I can't remember, but I did remember the effort:). At dinner time we went out to eat at Applebee's-that didn't work so well behavior wise but they liked it.  Lincoln covered his ears when they sang the Happy Brithday song.  Afterwards we had cake even though we had cake at his party.  He didn't think he would turn four until he had cake.  Last he got his present that we found out later spit water.  That was pretty funny when we let the kids accidentally figure that out.

Lincoln provides a lot of laughs for our family.  He's so happy and loving.  We're glad you're in our family!

Undocumented Summer Fun-Friend Visit and Solato 6/12

Ward Party

Our ward had a fun get together at Solato wildlife center in June.  We couldn't resist the new picture opportunity with the new random oversized eggs and chicks.

Friend Visit

A week later my best friend from North Carolina came with her kids.  I was still really sick from pregnancy so I wasn't the best hostess but I still think we had a lot of fun.  

We couldn't resist going to Solato again.  It's fun and free.

 Rachel and Emmalynne at Dragonfly Marsh

 The irresistible egg picture.

Observing the fish.

Emmalynne turned four while they were visiting so we threw a little party. 

Rachel's Real Birthday

 Rachel loves having breakfast in bed for her birthday.  She requests cereal every year:)

 Present time.  I'm not so sure about the pose in this picture:)

 The presents

 After going to dinner at Zaxby's we did a little cake.

Rachel practicing with her present. She always has these skates on now and is getting a little better.