Kate learns to ride her bike with Meg and Lex watching on the sidelines.

Halloween 2008

Brynn and Lex were pirates, Kate was a doctor and Meg was Kate's patient.

Meg couldn't make staying up for the carvings.

Brynn placed 2nd and Kate won 1st place for their poem's and pumpkin carvings at school!

Brynn turns 8 and gets baptized!

Family that was able to come!

Ummm, Lex, try putting those on the other end!

The stuffed animals don't bite!

We guess Lex figured that is was safer to put stuffed animals in the hamster ball instead of the taking a chance of getting a little nip on the finger again.

"Lex, what are you doing?" "My name is not Lex, it's Chips, I'm a hamster"

Kate starts Kindergarten and Brynn is back to school for 2nd grade! (Mom sings it's the most wonderful time of the year)

Of course Lex had to grab his backpack and think that he is going to school too!

Kate really likes her shoes!

One might not think this picture is AS cute if it is known that their Mom made them walk down the sidewalk holding hands to pose for the picture.

"Kate, what's your friend's name?" "I don't know???"

Kate just latched on to this girl at the bus stop.

When one door closes...

One evening Dad gets a phone call at work about the pet fish. On the phone he hears crying, then "Dad, Bubbles died!" Some more crying occurs and then instantly the crying stops followed by, "Dad, can we get a hamster?" A few days later someone left a hamster in its cage in the Wal-Mart parking lot with a sign on it "free to a good home." The employee that found it didn't want it, but felt bad for it sitting out in the heat. Bryan reluctantly said he would take it. Surprisingly, it has been a great pet and the kids have loved it. Hopefully Lex has learned his lesson and will be a little more gentle after being bit on the finger at 6 AM the other day! Lex's parents loved waking up that early to a crying kid and a little blood spot trail up the stairs. Fortunately a band-aid was all that was needed.

Sisters

Which way do my shorts go?

Lex is now potty trained and insists on getting dressed by himself; but as seen in the picture, he has a hard time figuring out which way to put on his shorts!

Kate turns 5!

Kate had a birthday party inviting 14 kids (each around 5) for 2 hours! Mom was going nuts! She said, "NEVER AGAIN!"

These kids make us laugh - a lot!

The kids were out swimming (what else can you do outside when it's 110) and Mom made chocolate frosting graham cracker sandwiches. Meg took hers apart like she does all her sandwiches and made a mess. When she saw the camera out, she had to say cheese (top picture). We are excited for her to officially start nursery on the 20th of this month!