Daily Sunshine

Lydia loves to make this funny little face.  So after I took her picture doing it she insisted that I make the face too and she grabbed my phone to take a picture.  This little girl is my cute little buddy every day!

Lyddie-bug

Oh little Lydia!  You are the best little girl--the perfect combination of girly and rascal.  You don't have a problem keeping up with your brothers but you sure have them wrapped around your little fingers. You can't wait for school to get out everyday so that you will have them to play with.  As soon as they are done with homework you are begging them to play outside with you.  

You love to make us laugh and "your guys" know just what to say to get you to be funny.  You also say things that are hilarious even though you don't mean them to be.  Like when you tell one of us, "it's all your fault!" or when you tell Dad that he's in trouble for messing with the crockpot (even though he's just helping me get dinner ready while I am at choir).  When getting you dressed for church in a new dress that had straps you told me you were going swimming and then when I put a sweater on over it you said the sweater was "so fancy."

When your pacifier finally bit the dust a few months ago you cried every night and would yell at me, "You broke my paci!!"  It was a pretty sad time for you.  And a sad time for me because you stopped napping.  Now you have quiet time by yourself.  Sometimes you play so nicely and other times you come down with a sticky face and hands... and I discover that you found William's stash of dum dums and you ate every single one of them!!

You are my sweetest little buddy.  You love to make popcorn every day and cuddle up with me to watch a show.  Anytime I want to bake you are ready to be my assistant, pushing your chair across the kitchen.  Anytime I say something like, "You're my girl" or "You are so beautiful" or "I love you" I get a "you're my girl" or "you are beautiful" or "I love you" right back.  Even though you are just being a mimic it is still so sweet.  (Although I really love it when you declare "Dad's my girl!")

**Doing this interview was a struggle.  She wasn't interested in answering questions and she's slightly obsessed with Halloween right now so every answer was based around that.

What is your favorite...
color? yellow (I was surprised about this!)
food? treats
toy?   little people house
show? my spooky show (a dvd from the library that has halloween episodes of pbs shows... before this she was obsessed with the Curious George Halloween movie)
animal? spooky one (when I tried to clarify she said, "ooooo! like that!")
book? The bird one
song? Halloween one (Mr Jack-o-lantern)
What do you like to do?  play games on the ipad and watch my spooky Halloween show
Who is your best friend?  my girls (Piper, Eden, Whitney)
What do you want to be when you grow up? a ghost outside on Halloween
Do you have a boyfriend?  no!

I am - 
I am afraid of -

I like - 

I like to eat - treats at the party

I don't like - 

I know - 

I want to be - 

I like to watch - a show

My hero is- 

I cry when - "I cry like this... waaaa!"

Mom gets mad when - 

Mom is happy when - 

I can't wait for - 

Something Mom says to me -

Something Dad says to me - 

My favorite place to go is - 

My Mom and Dad make me laugh by - 

I know my mom loves me because -

I know my dad loves me because -

James the Entrepreneur

James has been working to earn money for SeaCamp this coming Spring.  During the weekend of our neighborhood garage sale James set up shop at the park.  He had made monster cookies and caramel corn to sell.  In addition to that he sold pomegranates from our tree and some World's Finest Chocolate.  He made a good chunk of the money he needs to earn so it was pretty successful!

While James worked hard at flagging cars down Lydia played at the park with her friend, Kora.  These little girls are so cute together.

 Kora's older sister, Soriya, even made them crowns to wear while they played.

Raingutter Regatta

We had a great Raingutter Regatta again this year!  It was James's last and Alexander's first.

Brother vs Brother!

Daily Sunshine

I just love working with the youth at church!  It is always amazing to see the turnout on a busy Wednesday night when we bring the youth from our ward to the temple!

Daily Sunshine

Lydia and I rarely match so when I realized we were matching for church we had to document it!

Welcome Fall!

As soon as the Orchard starting selling apple cider donuts for the season we made plans to visit.  The longer in the season you wait the longer the line gets!  We had a nice morning eating delicious donuts!  It's one of the best Fall traditions!