Okay! So here you go a catch up on the last 7 months.


Ethan
Loves anything boy, playing with cousins or friends and loves learning new things. He is always asking questions.

Ethan wants to do and be just like his dad. Andrew loves taking pictures so Ethan went outside with his camera to get some close ups too.

Emma
Loves girlie stuff and will even play boy games cause Ethan won't give in and play girlie games.

Emma loves being all girl. Makeup, perfume, jewelry, and playing dress ups with her cousins. She always looks out for her sister and brother.

Evie
Our ball of sunshine. She is growing so fast and loves doing everything Ethan and Emma do. She is learning too fast how to be big.

Ethan and Emma turned 4 and we had both our families to the Tree-house Museum and dinner.

They picked out treats and decorated their own cakes.

For Andrew's birthday we went sledding and the kids loved it. Too bad our winter was really mild.

It was really fun having Tony, Jenny, and Mason here for Christmas. We miss you!

Christmas at the Cheshire's home. All the grandkids love Grandpa's train.

We did Christmas morning at our home this year and it was a blast. I love kids and the whole Christmas spirit. It just keeps on getting better each year.

Andrew and siblings.
Andrew, Tony, Tiffany, & Janica

The Roane clan. Always fun, always something memorable.

Okay so this is what a picture of all the grandkids really looks like.

Here's our best shot.

Evie turned one.

This barn is right by our house and is so fun to look at. Andrew finally had his camera and was able to get this shot. I love it.

Ten for Tuesday - Halloween 2009

Happy Halloween to everyone!

Two happy little pumpkin butchers.

Two butchered pumpkins...not three. It seems that Emma's pumpkin got kicked in to the bushes by some heartless, punk kid. It was that or maybe it was accidentally sabotaged by a blind kid who happened to swat the little pumpkin off our steps as he felt his way up to our doorway with his cane. If it was a courageous little blind child, then I forgive you, and I applaud your efforts to live a full and happy childhood.

A cowboy and a ballerina.

Monkey.

The leaves are almost all gone, now we need to see some snow!

We told the kids to throw a big handful of leaves in the air, I was surprised to see how high they got them.

Evie had fun watching the twins play in the leaves.

Sunset over the Oquirrh mountains, taken a couple weeks ago on the way to Ikea.

Misc pictures

This is Uncle Roger and Aunt Suzanne's dog, Burt.

This is what Evie does when she wakes up. I went in there the other day and found her just laying on her belly, peeking over her crib pad while she waited for someone to come in.

Ethan named his stick-horse 'Coyote'.

Emma almost never takes a nap anymore, so I thought I should capture the moment while I still could.

We caught a glimpse of an impressive lightning storm as we headed home last Sunday. We took this picture in an empty lot by our house in Layton. It shows some lighting striking close to Weber canyon.

Lagoon Day 2009

We took the kids to Lagoon for their first time and they loved it. We were surprised by how well they handled the rides. They said their favorite ride was the Egg Drop and Ladybug ride. We even got stuck when the old Log Ride broke right before we were going to start heading up the last hill to the splash pool. We were stuck for about 15 minutes, but Lagoon took care of us and gave us 6 free ice cream cones after we agreed not to take legal action against them.

We finished the day on the Skycoaster, this was Evie's first and last ride of the day.

Nobody had more fun than Kam.

BIRTHDAY TIME!!!

We are still working on updating our pics from July.

We had a combo party for Dad and Janica.

And then Jimmy turned 2.

Bennett logged in some flying time.

Karen turned 29!!

After the party the kids were given glo-sticks to play with. This picture shows two glo-adorned cousins two-stepping it in the Cheshire's back yard.

And finally, the cutest baby in the world grew enough hair to let her parents give her a mini cream cone hair style.

Updating for July - Part 1

We did a lot of fun things in July, so here is what we did over the 4th of July weekend.

Hyrum City fireworks.

Waterfight.

Kam demonstrates proper form on the slip-n-slide.

Hyrum city parade.

Multiples.

Emma saying, "Look what I can do."

Attacking Papa Duke.

Stroller Queen.