Our Fun Weekend with the Melin Family

In March our friends Jess and Kelli Melin came to visit us with their 3 beautiful children + 1 (baby girl) on the way. We had a fun, fun weekend with them. Friday afternoon we watched their kiddos while they went to the temple and that night they brought back some YUMMY pizzas. Saturday morning we we all met over at the Science Center and had a fun day together. We packed a lunch and ate it outside. The kids seemed to really have fun together. We love it when they come to visit. Hopefully we will go down soon to visit them and their new sweet baby girl who we have not met yet. While I was doing this post Tison came up to me and said, "I want to go to the Science Center to see TJ, Summer, and Matthew." I said, "Do you think they live their?" and he said, "YES!" That was the last place he saw them. TOO FUNNY!

TJ WORKING HARD COLLECTING ORANGES

MATTHEW WITH HIS DADDY TRYING TO PEDDLE THE ORANGES UP THE RAMP

MICHELLE, "UM, CAN SOMEONE HELP ME HERE?"

SO THIS IS WHAT A HURRICANE FEELS LIKE....MINUS THE RAIN!

SUMMER WITH HER MAMA

TISON, "CAN ANYONE HEAR ME?"

MICHELLE, NICOLE, AND SUMMER HAVING SOME FUN WITH A SCIENCE PROJECT

MICHELLE MILKING A COW

MY LITTLE ARCHEOLOGIST DIGGING FOR DINOSAUR FOSSILS

OUR FUN LITTLE GROUP OF KIDS

(Tison-with a mouthful of brownie, Matthew, Summer, Nicole, Michelle-going for a bite of her brownie, and TJ)

BLAINE, OUR SWEET ANGEL, SLEEPING

SUMMER HAPPILY POSING FOR A PICTURE

SWEET FRIENDS

MELIN FAMILY PLEASE COME BACK SOON!!!

Our Disney Trip in February '09

We have these wonderful friends named the Rosenlund Family. They needed a new bathroom and we were in need of a fun family vacation. We ended up trading with them.....Paul would remodel there Master Bath and we get a Disney Vacation. It was so fun! We stayed at Disney's Grand Floridian which was a real treat. We spent one day at the Magic Kingdom and the other Day at Epcot. The kids were so funny......they were so excited about staying at a hotel, because we rarely do, and they wanted to bring their bath robes with them. We stayed 2 nights there and on our last day there I surprised the kids with some room service.... breakfast in bed. They LOVED it. Blaine was only 3 moths old, but he was such an angel. You would have never known he was there. I posted a few pics. ENJOY!

THIS IS THE BEAUTIFUL BASKET THAT MOLLY ROSENLUND HAD PUT TOGETHER FOR US. IT WAS FILLED WITH SNACKS, JUICEBOXES, COLORING BOOKS, CRAYONS, AUTOGRAPH BOOKS, MICKEY DOLL FOR TISON, PRINCESS DOLLS FOR THE GIRLS, AND THOSE YUMMY FULL OF SUGAR LOLLIPOPS THAT I THINK WE ALL ENJOYED AS CHILDREN. THE KIDS WERE IN HEAVEN AND TOTALLY SPOILED. THEY REALLY ENJOYED THEIR LOLLIPOPS!

THE TEA CUPS ARE ALWAYS A MUST WHEN VISITING THE MAGIC KINGDOM! :)

OUR FIRST MORNING AT THE GRAND FLORIDIAN WE ENJOYED A CHARACTER BREAKFAST. TISON LOVED THE TIGGER AND POOH CHARACTERS, BUT HE WASN'T SO SURE OF THE REAL PEOPLE CHARACTERS. I THINK OTHER SMALL CHILDREN ARE USUALLY THE OPPOSITE OF THAT....

NOTICE HOW FAR AWAY HE IS FROM MARY POPPINS.

AT EPCOT WE ENJOYED THE PRINCESS LUNCH THEY HAVE AT THE NORWAY RESTAURANT....POOR TISON WAS SCARED OF THE PRINCESSES AND THEREFORE HE IS NOT IN ANY OF THE PICTURES.....MAYBE IT'S THE MAKE-UP? WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT!

THIS IS THE VIEW FROM OUR BALCONY. IT WAS THE PERFECT SPOT TO SEE THE FIREWORKS AND THE LIGHT PARADE ON THE WATER AT NIGHT.

Thank you Molly and Adam for such a fun trip. We love you all!

So Much Time Gone By and So Much Catching Up To Do

I don't want to overload you all too much with what has happend over the past 6 months in just one post so I posted some of January and February only. I will post March-June over the next few days. I am really slow when it comes to posting and this post has taken me an hour to do. It is time for me to get on with my day. I have a lot of catching up to do around my house, a workout that I am doing this afternoon because I missed doing it this morning, lunch date with a good friend, etc. I think you get the picture.

In February we had the opportunity to travel down to Miami to visit my grandmother and spend her 94th birthday with her. She is such a beautiful lady and I am still amazed at how good she looks for her age. Her mind is as sharp as a tack. She is greatly loved by so many. I am glad that my children are able to get to know there great grandmother. In the beginning of June the kids and I traveled down to spend a week with her too. A week or so after we saw her she had a heart attack. She is in the hospital now and I just pray that she will be comforted. I love her dearly and I am greatful for all the time I have spent with her. (Tears rolling down my cheeks) Please pray for her. She has Angina and lives in pain and some lack of oxygen. I just think how frustrating it has to be to have all your faculties but your body not not working the way it is supposed to.

MY SWEET GRANDMOTHER AND HER 3 CHILDREN AT HER 94TH BIRTHDAY

ABUELITA AND PAUL -

From the time Paul and I were dating my Grandmother called him her own. She said she just new we would get married. She loves him as if he were one of her own grandchildren and he loves her as a grandmother. I just wish he could have known her as long as I have.

ABUELITA RAQUEL WITH HER GRAND DAUGHTER AND FOR GREAT GRANDS (BIS NIETOS)

NICOLE, BLAINE, ABUELITA, MICHELLE, AND TISON

ABUELITA AND BLAINE

In January Blaine was 2 months old and as you can see he just doesn't get enough love. He is everyone's favorite and such a sweet and good baby. I couldn't have asked for an easier and happier child the 4th time around. I thank my Heavenly Father in my heart every day for my sweet, beautiful children.
TISON HOLDING BLAINE

MICHELLE HOLDING BLAINE

NICOLE HOLDING BLAINE

BLAINE SLEEPING - 2 MONTHS OLD

My friend's Anne-Marie and Lizzy came to visit me one afternoon in January. Lizzy brought her adorable children with her and we had so much fun catching up together. We were all friends in high school. Anne-Marie is living here now so I am just loving that. We get together every week for lunch and my children get so excited about seeing her. We have not seen Lizzy since January because she moved from Jax, FL to Virginia. Her husband is in the Military. Hopefully sometime in the near future we can get together again.

LIZZIE'S ADORABLE BABY GIRL

3 OF MY KIDS WITH LIZZY'S 2 BOYS

LIZZY, ANNE-MARIE, AND ME

MICHELLE'S FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL - PRE-K

In January Michelle started Pre-k and had a wonderful teacher, Mrs. Stephanie Hutchinson, for her first year in school. She was so excited that first day and had a wonderful 5 months. Some of you might be wondering if Tison was in school too? No, he just wants to be right with his sisters in everything they do. The girls love him to pieces.

My hands are FULL with my 4 cuties. I can't love them enough! Therefore I have not found much time to post or do some other things I would like to, but I am going to give it a try again.

My children bring me so much joy as I know yours do for you. There is constant laughter and times of memory making with them. I love that they love each other so dearly and hope and I pray they always will.

There is never a dull moment in our home as you can imagine. When the girls are in school they are busy with school work/activities and I am busy helping them with homework/projects and helping out there teachers with my two boys right under me. I am so happy it is summer and that I have my 4 right with me. I am making a new resolution to keep up with posting more consistently. I need an outlet for myself as well as place to keep our lives recorded for those of our friends and family who are interested. SO here it goes.........