Our Family

Avery posing for a photo in her Christmas dress. Do you see why it is so easy to take pictures for my business. I don't know why, but they love to pose for pictures, which makes it a little hard when I just want a normal picture. Oh well!



Mikaya in her Christmas dress.




Avery helping us pack.




Coral painting her bathroom in our new house. It was a lovely blue sponge paint with duckies on it before we painted it red. Maybe you guys already know this, but I had forgotten. If you ever paint with red, make sure to use a gray or pinkish primer. Then you won't have to do three coats, like we did. We just finished painting, so I will load those pictures soon.







Drew and our good friends, the Blattman's, came over again this Thanksgiving. Once again, I took very few pictures. I will have to ask Jessica & Will for some of theirs and post them later. We actually got to bring out our china, which was fun. Anyway, here is a picture of the kids at the kiddie table. We only had two stools, so two of the kids had to use paint cans to sit on.




Making peppermint sugar cookies.




I couldn't find an angel that was light weight enough for the top of our Christmas tree, so Avery and Mikaya and I made this one. We used a recipe for paper mache. They thought the whole process was really gross and didn't want to touch the gooey mess. I thought it was funny, because they usually don't seem to mind getting dirty.




Coral, Mikaya, and Avery have learned that if they happen to match, they have to get their picture taken. (This is our back patio/yard in our new house.)







We just celebrated Coral's birthday with Yaki Soba, presents, and brownies. Avery made the cute picture of Coral with streamers on the wall (in first picture). Coral went on a group date for her birthday. They went out to eat, to the new Narnia movie, back to our home to play games, and then tried to go swimming. All I know is that they were laughing the whole time they were at our house playing games, so I think they had fun! We love our sweet Coral who always helps to brighten our day with her beautiful smile.