clouds and light

Some new views

We've had some nice sunsets (and sunrises) lately - they remind me of Hualqui, Chile, where I served my mission (and I've reconnected with some awesome people from there on facebook recently). We also got the cement/pavers done on the side of the house so that it isn't just a big mud hole - even though the kids LIKED the mud hole . . .

Toby Time

Toby likes stealing his brother's toys, playing at Grandpa's house (with Emilia), and lately, he is all about the video games (especially anything Star Wars).

Bookworm

Heather found the perfect natural light for reading but still had to deal with her annoying dad taking her picture and her brother jumping around. Poor thing has been sick with a 'kissing virus' that has inflamed her gums and lips (whether she picked it up from kissing or just touching something we don't know, but I'm going to be more vigilant next Valentine's Day . . .) She's an excellent reader and a great helper with her little sister!

Brothers

Susan says TJ and Toby don't get along - I like to think they're just fighting for my attention because they like being around me so much :)

Toby has figured out how to get the electric slot cars on the track and has some pretty fun races (he also had to figure out variable speeds and not just going full throttle). TJ built his pinewood derby car all by himself! This was much better than last year when I stayed home from work one day to get it done in time. His race is next Saturday - I have a feeling he'll do alot better this year than he did last year with too much dad help.

Good Times

Some pics of Heather's valentine extravaganza (glitter is still showing up everywhere), Heather's phone bank to her friends looking for fun Saturday activities, the boys getting ready for Nascar's opening weekend, Susan with her valentine, and some more cute pictures of Susan, TJ, Heather, Toby and Julianna.

If you look closely, you can tell that some of the kids dressed themselves on Sat morning ;)

Many faces of Julianna

She's starting to show some personality and not just sleep, eat, poop all the time. We've had some good 'conversations' with her and she just loves being around her brothers and sister. I didn't take a picture of one of our favorite Julianna faces - her eyes-closed, asleep face!