Ward Christmas Dinner

We had a fun little Christmas dinner at church on Friday. The primary kids did a cute little Nativity program. It was very sweet. Paige was Mary. She was a very good, very tall Mary. Livee was a cute little shepherd. Zoe, Carys, and Miles were Bethlehem children (I know. I know. Zoe looks more like Karate Kid. She needed to put her head covering on) and.....

.....Grayson was a body-slammer. =) (Proof that Miles isn't the only bully in the family.)

A peaceful moment....

.....just sittin' on the couch watching movies on the kids ipods.

You know, just a classic All-American evening with the family. =)

Poor little (blonde) thing!

(It's okay, this really isn't as bad as it looks!)

This happened a while ago, but I haven't been a very good blogger lately, so ...

It was time for Livee and Zoe to get home from school. I was listening for them to just come running in the door like normal, but instead I hear the doorbell. This is what I saw.

I was very concerned, and was quickly trying to figure out what happened. I'm thinking "did she crash on her bike? No, she didn't ride her bike to school that day. Did she fall down and hit her head on a rock? Did somebody hit her?"

Me - Zoe, are you OK? What happened?

Zoe - I don't know. I hit my head on a mailbox.

Me - How did you do that? Did you fall?

Zoe - No, I was just walking.

Me - You walked into a mailbox?!

Zoe - "giggle"

Me - Does it hurt really bad?

Zoe - Not really bad. It didn't even hurt until I saw that I was bleeding.

Don't worry too much, this whole conversation was going on while me and Craig were checking her, and we saw that her head just had a pretty good scrape. There was no gash, and no need for stitches. It just looked awful. Oh, and also the picture was taken after we knew she was OK too. Craig wanted a picture so that we would always remember about the day Zoe walked into a mailbox. :) We love this girl, and all of her blonde-ness too!

good stuff about my girls

Paige recently auditioned for a solo part in an upcoming performance. She is now a solo artist. :)

She doesn't know which performance she will do her solo in yet, but we will definitely let our Texas family know when and where.

Also, Zoe joined the Justin Jaguar Hall of Fame today. Kind of like Student of the Month..... only better :)

Livee is bringing home a higher level reading book almost every day. She picked up reading so fast! That's my girl ;)

Wanna see some cute pictures?

Then go here.

While we were in California, the kids were lucky enough to have a photo session with a good friend, Michelle. She just started her own photography business and she is SOOOOO good! She has a preview of some of the pictures she took on her blog. I love them! She was so fun and super patient. Miles had to look at every picture on her camera after she took each one. :)

The kids had tons of fun! It was way more fun and relaxing for me too. Usually when we do pictures we are crammed into a tiny room, and I am stressed out, hoping the kids don't get into anything, or break anything. Not this time, Michelle just patiently followed them around, letting them play and catching their little personalities on camera. The results are so great!

Thank you Michelle!

Everyone meet Phoebe! The newest member of our little family.

Miles is a "coffee table potato"

Miles asked me if he could watch cartoons. I turned them on for him, and then I left the room. When I came back, this is where I found him.

Lovin' those cuffed jeans!

Paige's school had another fifty cent fundraiser: 80's day. A few days before this I was putting all the Halloween stuff away, and I was putting her hippie costume away. She said, "No don't put that away yet. Next week we're having 80's day." I told her that hippies were not from the 80's. She then wanted to know if the poodle skirt from last Halloween was from the 80"s. :)

Interview with Miles (it's working now)

"stuff"

This is a post just to catch up on all the stuff that has been going on at our house. This morning Paige went to school like this:

The middle school had a crazy hair day fundraiser. For fifty cents you got to go to school with the craziest hair you could think of. Cute fundraiser, huh?! I also typed up a report for Paige the other day. It was kind of fun. I remember my mom typing (on an actual typewriter) reports for us when we were in school too. I'm sure that by the time Miles needs a report typed I will be so over it. (ha ha, I'm gonna be over it next time Paige needs one, more likely. :)

Yesterday Zoe got her expander put in. So far there is no pain, but we haven't started turning the key yet. She is a trooper, so hopefully these next few months won't be too hard on her.

Livee is reading so good now. She takes a book everywhere. My car looks like a library since she never remembers to bring the books back in. :)

Miles can say his name clearly now. It is so cute. He says it really slow and clear "Mi-les" I'll try and get a little video of it later today. He is also learning too much too soon from his sisters. Last night in the car he asked me "Mom, where we going" Livee answered him and he said "No, I'm asking my mommy!" Uh-oh...... He also asks every time we are in the car, "We almost there?" I have a feeling our return from CA is going to be very long and very patience-testing. =}