Life with the Lintelmans

Our house!

2010-08-28T11:59:00.000-07:00

Okay, Finally pictures of our new house. Sorry it has taken so long. We have been a little busy since we moved in. Just a few short weeks after we moved in we realized that every time it rained, water got into the house. It ruined our hardwood floors and in two bedrooms it ruined the brand new carpet. Boo. It was very frustrating. But God has blessed us so much since that. More on that to come! So, back to the pictures.

Mia's Room Before
Notice the navy blue carpet. Lovely, huh?

Mia's Room After!
She loves it! It is a perfect little girl's room for her.

Eli's Room Before

Eli's Room After

Border be gone!

Okay, this is a start. I promise to post more pictures soon. I just need to get busy finishing rooms!

Getting Ready to Move

2010-07-16T07:05:00.000-07:00

Before

Well, as you may know, we moved into our very first home a couple of months ago. Since Ryan was a youth minister we lived in the youth minister's parsonage (house) behind our church. We loved the house and had many great memories there. But it was very old and started needing a lot of work to upkeep it. So, when Ryan became our senior pastor in April the church voted to allow us to buy our own home. It was such a huge answer to prayer. So, we decided we needed to get some things ready before it was time to move. We needed a dresser for Eli's room and a big girl bed for Mia and prayed that God would provide those super cheap. He answered our prayer again. My sweet friend Melissa found a dresser for Eli at at garage sale for $25 bucks and gave us an old bed of theirs. All we had to do was paint them. So, I wanted to share the before and afters. They turned out just like we wanted. The picture above is a dresser from mine and Ryan's room that we have been wanting to repaint for a long time. We love the outcome. (Sorry the picture is above. My computer has been acting crazy lately)

After

Now this is the bed that Melissa gave me for Mia

Before

And after

This is the dresser that she found at the garage sale for us.
It had terrible hardware on it!

Before

And after!

Thanks Melissa for being such a sweet friend and giving us all of this. You are the best! And thank you God for always providing for all of our needs, even when they seem small or unimportant.

Fashionista

2010-07-15T18:30:00.000-07:00

Looks like my daughter may have a future in fashion. What do you think?
Does she know how to put an outfit together or what?????

Eli's Preschool Graduation

2010-07-09T20:51:00.000-07:00

My sweet little Eli graduated from Preschool this Spring. It is so sad in a way. He really is growing up. But I was very proud of myself. I only teared up a couple of times and didn't totally lose it at his graduation. Now, I look forward to starting the school year with him this Fall. Ryan and I have made a huge decision. We felt like God was calling us to homeschool our kids and we have decided to do that. This coming from someone who swore I would NEVER homeschool my kids. It is amazing how God can change your mind and your way of thinking. I can not tell you the weight that was lifted off the second we decided. We had complete peace and knew without a doubt that we were doing exactly what God has called our family to do. How exciting! And scary! But I know that if God has called me to do this that he is also going to equip me. So, I have comfort in that. Thank you God.

Eli and Kegan

Eli and Brayden

Eli and Madison
(and Eli is going to be so sad that his Madison is moving away. I'm sad too)

Mia and her Nonny

This is his teacher, Ms. Melissa. She is wonderful!

Eli saying the closing prayer (with his eyes open, as always)

Mia was so proud of her big brother!
Can't you tell???

Eli and Nonny

Eli with GiGi and Poppa

My boy and me

Eli with his Daddy

Eli giving Ms. Kelli a big hug

Thank you Ms. Melissa (and Ms. Donna and Ms. Heather) for a wonderful year! We are going to miss seeing you every Tuesday and Thursday!

Easter Fun at the Lake

2010-07-06T20:25:00.000-07:00

We spent part of Easter weekend at the lake with our family. We had our annual Spring egg hunt with the kids and it was a blast as usual.

Sweet Benjamin

Beautiful Shelby

Cute Luke

My adorable Mia

And beautiful Cait

My honey and me!

Tamra and Paul

My sweet handsome Eli

My handsome Ryan

Mia and Cait decided to take a swim in the hot tub at Nonny and Pop Pop's house.

Cait ended up hitting her mouth on the steps and knocked out a loose tooth. Can you say "dramatic"???? She comes by it honestly. She comes from a line of dramatic women (and men)!

All better!

Ryan's big catch of the weekend

Nonny and her girl

Confetti egg fight!!!!!!!!

Mia spending some time with her Pop Pop

It was a wonderful weekend that ended with a beautiful church service. It was wonderful to praise our Lord and Savior for not only dying on the cross for our sins but also rising again! Praise His name!

Golf Lessons

2010-07-02T16:49:00.001-07:00

Not only did Eli get golf clubs from Ms. Julie, but he also got golf lessons.
Here is Ms. Julie teaching the kids the terms for a golf club.

"Tick tock like a clock"

This golf camp was so cool. It is called Total Golf Adventures. Eli took his classes in The Woodlands so he could have Ms. Julie teach him, but they have classes all over Houston even at local elementary schools. They teach them golf vocabulary, golf etiquette and how to hold a club and how to swing each different kind of club. It was great!

Thank you Julie for teaching him. He loved every minute of it and still loves to practice everything you taught him. Love you girl!

Spring T-Ball!

2010-07-01T15:30:00.001-07:00

Eli's last year of T-Ball
(Eli, Kegan and Brayden)

The Owls

Eli's sweet friend Madison

Kegan resting before the game. It is so sweet because they are still babies in a way, but growing up fast.

Eli's first hit of the season

GiGi coming to see a game and she brought a treat for Miss Mia

My sweet boy

Good game boys!

Mia and sweet Addison

Go Owls!
It was a fun season, but so glad it is over as always. Looking forward to soccer in the fall.

Party Time!

2010-06-29T18:09:00.000-07:00

Well, Eli finally got his skate party. It was a blast! We all had so much fun skating and FALLING. Here is Jason and Ryan chillin'.

Beautiful Cait

Benjamin trying to go really fast!

GiGi did great. Only fell a few times. Ha!

Poppa even gave it a try.

And then there is the Birthday boy!

Look at that face! Doesn't he look like he is having fun?

The Bell's and the Gant's getting their skates!

Aunt T and Cait

Heather and Brayden

Madison and Wendy

Mia waiting patiently for Hudson.

Miss "toothless" Shelby

Cupcake time!

Mommy getting to skate with the birthday boy!

Whoohoo! Look us! Don't we look cool! If only this was taken in the 80's or whenever skating REALLY was the coolest thing ever!

Melissa with her boys, Hudson and Ty

Nonny having fun!

Presents! Yea!

Mia and her cousin Luke dancing

Everyone is pooped! It was a really fun night! Thank you to everyone that got to come! And Happy Birthday sweet Eli! We love you so much and are so thankful that God gave you to us!

Birthday Boy!

2010-06-29T17:23:00.000-07:00

OUR LITTLE 5 YEAR OLD! As always on his birthday a special birthday breakfast. His request was a breakfast taco from Ramon's and a chocolate covered donut! Yummy!

Than a special gift from Ms. Julie and Mr. Jamey- Golf Clubs!!!!

He was so excited!

Then off to try out the golf clubs with Daddy!

Thank you Ms. Julie and Mr. Jamey! Eli loves his clubs. He is always practicing "Tick tock, like a clock" and his "L' swing. Tiger Woods, watch out!

March Madness

2010-03-18T11:49:00.000-07:00

Okay, no. This post has nothing to do with basketball at all. Just wanted to share a few crazy pictures from March!

Our Mia getting ready for bed.

(Pay no attention to the mess under the bed.)

Getting ready to read the bible as a family.

We always look forward to this time at night. We read a 365 day bible with the kids. They always say, "what's going to happen next" and we say "you will have to wait until tomorrow to find out". So, they can't wait until the next night so they can hear the rest of the story. God's word is very exciting! And then of course we pray. We pray for people that are sick, people that don't know Jesus, just anything they have on their hearts. It is so sweet and genuine. They even have a prayer journal that we write their prayers in. Now that Eli can write, he writes most of them down himself. It is so sweet!

Everyday Mia dresses up in crazy outfits. I thought I would share one with you. She cracks us up!

We had our good friends Kelli and Billy Bob over the other night. The kids had a ball dressing up. Here is Bo. She saw my camera and got in front of me and said "Cheeeeee". So adorable!

Spiderman and a pirate. aka. Luke and Eli

Beautiful Bo

Mia, Eli and Luke

We have 2 great climbing trees in our yard. This one they have never tried to climb even thought they climb the other one all the time. So they thought they would give it a try.

Thank you God for this beautiful weather. I never want to come inside!

Ladies Retreat

2010-03-16T11:21:00.001-07:00

A few weeks ago we had our annual ladies retreat. It was so much fun as always. This year my Mom , mother-in-law and my sister got to come. We were all blessed by the music, testimonies and the speaker. This was especially a good weekend for me. Not only did I have fun seeing the retreat unfold after a year of planning with our committee, but also for personal reasons. It was great to have time to walk around the lake and talk with my family, reflect on what God has been doing and is doing. It was great!

God is so good.......All the time!

The praise team

My Mom, mother-in-law and sister
Isn't this lodge beautiful?

My friend Karen giving her testimony. Her testimony is so wonderful. It gives me chills thinking about it. She is a true testament to God revealing His plans over time.

My Mom and some other ladies decorating their bags.

My sweet sister!

Again, isn't this place beautiful!

My friend Paola giving her testimony. It was great also. Their was a similarity in all the testimonies this year. I know this did not happen by chance.

I didn't get a picture of Dara or Ms. Mason while they were doing their testimony. They had wonderful stories to tell of God's goodness and faithfulness. So good!

My sweet Kelli! She did such a great job teaching the breakout groups this year.

God really has blessed her in teaching others.

What a great weekend! Thank you God for my wonderful church family! You are so good to Ryan and I!

Roller Skating

2010-03-11T14:04:00.001-08:00

We went roller skating! It was so much fun. A roller rink near us has a family christian night where they only play christian music. It was a great place for us to go have fun as a family, even though Mia went around twice and then she was done. Eli never took a break. He loved it so much that we decided to do his birthday party there. It is a typical roller rink. It has that "roller rink" smell. You know what I am talking about. It has not been updated since before I was born, I think. But it was still lots of fun!

Mia

Eli walking, I mean skating around the rink.
He fell so many times, but just kept getting up and going.

Mia spent most of her time pretending to play the games.

I had so much fun skating. I felt like a kid again.

I was hoping any second "Locomotion" would start playing.

Valentines!

2010-03-10T12:20:00.000-08:00

This Valentines was so great this year! First we celebrated at my cousin Michelle's house. She is a stay-at-home teacher. That is, she use to teach, but now stays how with her little munchkin. She is so creative and planned all kinds of fun things for the kids. They decorated cookies, made valentine crafts, made valentines and had a yummy lunch. Thank you Aunt Shell!

Aunt Shell helping Mia with her cookies!

Eli and his yummy cookies!

Mia is known for her crazy faces. This is one of her best!
Now for the real smile! I love this girl!

My other cousin Angela with her little boy Allen.

My sweet Aunt Shannon with Riley!

Then all the kiddos got to watch a movie. Here is Riley all ready for the show!

And baby Allen jumped right up in the chair.

He is serious about this movie watching!

Thanks Aunt Shell for a fun day!

Then Mia and Eli had their Valentine parties at school.

Mia's best buddy Luke!

Mia's class!

Mia and Luke opening their Valentines.

They are so cute together.

They really do love each other, even with all that fighting they do.

Eli's Valentine's party!

Eli's buddy, Madison and her little sister, Lillian (my little buddy)

Brayden said "You better not put this on facebook".

So, I didn't, I put it on my blog instead.

They crack me up with the things they say!

Playing games!

My sweet friend Wendy and her girls!

My sweet friend Heather and Brayden.

Again, I did not put this on facebook as requested. Just my blog.

For our February Wee Get Together we had a Valentine cookie exchange. It was so much fun. We all brought our favorite cookies and exchanged them so we all left with a plate full of different yummy cookies. Then all the kids decorated sugar cookies for the police department.

Madison trying out one of the cookies. Don't worry we were very careful to make sure the kids did not lick any icing. After they decorated the cookies for the police officer, they got to make one for themselves.

Mia's little friend, Raygen. Such a sweet, sweet little girl.

Just like her mommy and daddy.

All our yummy cookies!

These were the cookies for the police department.

The kids even decorated a card for them.

All the kids ready to go make their delivery.

Yes, we are in walking distance of the police department. So we just walked right over.

The kids giving their cookies to a police officer.

We wanted to let them know we loved them and appreciate all they do for us and our community!

Brayden even got to shake her hand.

It was a great month of love!

"This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us."

1 John 3:16

Fun with Friends!

2010-03-05T17:22:00.000-08:00

Eli's little friend Brayden comes over a lot to play. It is funny because it is rarely planned. It is always spur of the moment! But those are the best play times. Plus the Mommies get to talk!

Eli and Brayden playing with the light sabers

Mia always tries to play with the big boys.

They are pretty good about including her.

Sometimes!

This is their new thing! They pull everything from

the yard that they can carry and cover the fort. Then they hide inside.

Oh how fun it is to be young!

Benjamin's Cowboy Birthday party!

2010-03-01T18:47:00.000-08:00

We got to go to Dallas in January for my nephew's birthday party! It was so much fun. We spent the night before making decorations and goofing off while the kids were in bed. Then the next morning my Mom and Dad brought the horse up for the party so all the kids could take a ride. It was a freezing cold day, but I think Benjamin had a great party!

Ryan trying out the cardboard cutouts

And Paul.

(Tamra and I also took pictures, but I conveniently left those out. Ha!)
Mia trying out the cowgirl cutout!

Party Time!

Cowgirl Mia

Cowboy Eli

Eli riding the horse

Birthday boy taking a turn

Mia

Time for presents!

Mia and Cowgirl Cait!

My Dad teaching the kids how to rope a steer

Stick horse races

Shooting water bottles

And then time for some good ol' Texas chili! Yum!

Make a wish!

Happy Birthday Benjamin! May all your dreams come true!

We love you!

Basketball

2010-02-24T11:01:00.000-08:00

Eli was able to play basketball this year. He has waited a long time to play this sport. This is Ryan's sport, so it was very exciting to see Eli get his chance to play on a team. He was on a team that had kids from 4 years old all the way up to 2nd grade. So, the younger ones really had no idea what they were doing. But they caught on pretty quick. We still have a long way to go though.

Eli at his first practice.

The day of his first game. Look at that fast runner!

Attempting to dribble the ball.

Now for game time!

This was his favorite part of the game. Throwing the ball in.

Is this not the sweetest thing. Look at those shirts down to their knees.

They won!!!!!

Proud Daddy with his boy. Mia thought she needed to be in the picture too!

She was his official cheerleader!

Mommy and her sweet basketball boy! (And my sweet Mia).

Awards

Eli's team - The Airballerz (that was a pretty accurate name for them too).

So proud of my sweet boy!

We can't wait until basketball next year. But until then, T-ball here we come!

Dance, Dance, Dance!

2010-02-23T11:55:00.000-08:00

My tiny dancer

Yes. Mia started dance class. She was very excited at first, but turned out to be short-lived. She has now informed me that she does NOT like ballet. I know that is not true because she dances all day long at home. At her dance school you cannot not stay and watch the class. They don't even like you to stay in the waiting room if you can help it. So, we started just dropping her off like all the other Moms. She did not like this. As soon as she realized that I was not there she went hysterical. So now we have to stay there to watch her and the teacher has to leave the door open just for Mia, so she can see us. But at least she is dancing again. Hopefully we can make it til the big program.

This was actually her first day!
The pictures are all out of order.

Waiting for her class to start.

Practicing her twirling.

Ballet

She is by far the smallest in her class.

Notice she is doing something completely different than everyone else.

Now for tap.

I just love the little dance outfits. So sweet.

Ice Skating!

2010-02-17T12:07:00.000-08:00

Eli had been begging us to take him ice skating back in January. My parents told us about an ice skating rink in Tomball. So, we met my parents over there one night and took the kids skating. When we got onto the "ice" we realized that it was not real ice. It was more like soap. It was a lot harder to skate on than real ice. It was pretty frustrating, but thankfully the skating was free. Mia went once around and she was done. Eli skated what seemed like forever. He had a blast!

Trying out the skates.

Eli's turn. Notice I am holding onto the rail.

I only ate it twice, so I thought I did pretty good.
Mia's turn. She was a little terrified.
I would be too if I was been helped by these two people.

Poppa and GiGi with the kids.

My Ryan.

He fell a lot, but just kept getting back up.

Mia watching from the side!

Eli even stopped to talk to her a few times. So sweet.

Time to go.

Eli was so sad that he cried. But GiGi had some "happy pills" in her purse (also known as "Gummies"). They always make everything better.

Bringing in the New Year!

2010-02-15T11:43:00.001-08:00

Every year we bring in the New Year with our friends Kelli and Billy Bob. Last year we were not able to do that because their sweet little boy broke his leg. So we were very happy to be able to celebrate again with them this year and our other good friends Wendy and Brian. It was a very fun night. Lots of smore making, fire crackers, game playing and laughing! Can't wait until next year!

Miss Bo getting into a little mischief while everyone was busy!

Smore Time!

Sweet Miss Lillian

Kelli and Bo

Yes, all of our children were barefooted. Great parents, I know!

Funny how kids never seem to mind the cold.

Mia giving Bo some love!

Beautiful Bo!

Eli and his buddy Madison! He loves this girl!

Wendy and Lillian

Now for the fireworks!

Movie time for the kiddos!

Game time for kiddos at heart!

We laughed so much and even made it to midnight!

Happy New Year!

MAKEUP! AHHHH!

2010-02-11T13:51:00.000-08:00

Mia walked in to my room awhile back and said "Mommy, I need a towel please." And this is what I saw. She had done her own makeup with a marker. Let's hope when it comes time for her to really wear makeup she does a better job than this.

Oh no is right!

I have a feeling we will have many times like these with Miss Mia!

Last Chrsitmas Celebrations

2010-02-07T14:26:00.001-08:00

Okay, I promise this is the last photos of Christmas that I am going to post. I do this blog more for my own records then anything, so bear with me! So, the Saturday after Christmas we spent the day with my parents and had Christmas with them and my sister and her husband and their kids. Then the day after that we spent the day at my Aunt and Uncle house celebrating Christmas with my Dad's side of the family! It was a great way to end the Christmas holidays!

Christmas at Poppa and Gi Gi's house!

This is the quilt my mom made for Eli

Look at this old record player my parents gave Mia.

I love records and play them all the time at home.

Now she has her very own record player.

These are drawings of my kids that my mom had made for me.

Here are the girls closing their eyes because

Poppa and GiGi had a special gift for them.

Matching baby carriages or prams.

So cute and classic!

My Mom had even made them a baby blanket

and diaper bag. A lot of love went into these gifts.

Kids running wild outside!

Benjamin got a metal detector from my parents.

This is a great gift for any little boy.

They played with it for hours.

Eli and Cait digging for treasure.

Later that night Ryan's cousin and her husband and kids came over to visit.

We hardly ever get to see them, so it was a real treat to get to visit with them.

The kids act like they see one another all the time. They play so great with each other. Here is Lanie and Mia trying out the carriage. This was taken right before I told Mia "Don't ever get in there again" and "get that baby doll paci out of your mouth"!

Everyone at the table, too stuffed to get up!

Sweet Dalton

Now for Christmas with the Kemps.

This is my sweet cousin, Michelle and me.

We are more like sisters than cousins.

Some of the great grand kids.

Benjamin, Eli, Mia, Cait, Riley and baby Allen.

Allen looks very concerned. "Are these people really related to me"?

Here is my cousin Jessica and her sweet boyfriend and two beautiful kids.

My other cousin Kristen and her sweet fiance

and my Granny sitting by them.

And my handsome hubby!

Okay, I love these two pictures.

Look at Eli's eyes. He just noticed that their is a huge cougar leaning over the beams across the ceiling, looking like he is going to pounce down at any second.

Here he is telling Cait!

My handsome Daddy

My cousin Angela and her baby boy, Allen.

Allen giving the dog some love!

GiGi and Mia

Michelle and Riley

Eli and Cait hanging out in the game room.

The guys playing some pool

Okay, here is our Christmas card. No, you did not get this in the mail unless you are Kelli or Wendy. We have an ongoing joke about this particular t-shirt Ryan is wearing. You should check out amazon.com and look at the reviews for the 3 wolves howling at the moon shirt. It is hilarious. And me our course wearing my medal from my race. After we ran in the race, we all went to eat and noticed a ton of people wearing their metals. We couldn't help but laugh. So, here we are......one crazy, strange family!

Merry Christmas!

Christmas in Louisiana

2010-02-02T13:22:00.000-08:00

On Christmas Day we made it to Louisiana where we spent the day with Ryan's parents and his Grandfather. The kids had lots of room to run and explore and that is just what they did. It is a beautiful piece of land with lots of history. Three houses have been built on this land and Ryan's grandfather lived in everyone of them. The house that is standing now is the house he brought his wife-to-be to, so she could meet his parents. At that time there was no indoor plumbing, only an outhouse. She must have really loved him because she was s city girl! I love hearing all of the old stories.

Ryan's Grandparent's house

The tornado shelter
The drive up to the house! This is the view from the front porch!

This is the view of the back of the house.

The old shed.

A little creek that runs through the front yard. I think it is called a gully.

Don't hold me to that.

Mia and her Pop Pop

Paw Paw with Mia and Eli

Mia making herself right at home.

Mia helping her Pop Pop pick up sticks.

Eli playing in the tornado shelter.

This is such a cute picture, but at the time was very scary. We were all in the tornado shelter and Eli decided to shut the door on us. I had a little panic attack thinking we might be stuck in there and Pop Pop and Paw Paw would never find us. But thankfully he opened it back up. Whew!

Thank you Paw Paw for letting us come visit. We had so much fun!

Our little family Christmas

2010-02-01T07:36:00.000-08:00

We did our family Christmas a few days early this year. We had so much traveling to do, we wanted to make sure we celebrated Christmas at home together, just the 4 of us. The night before (our Christmas Eve) we had a big night planned with a special dinner, reading the Christmas story and letting the kids open the presents they had bought for one another. But unfortunately Mia came down with a little virus. So, we spent most of the evening holding her. I hate when they are sick, but I love how much I get to hold them and love on them. They become so cuddly. But by the next day she was feeling much better and we were able to celebrate all day. Starting with presents form Mommy and Daddy in the living room. Then that night we went the Christmas Eve service at our church and it was wonderful. Then we left that night for Louisiana. Yes! I know, we are crazy! But we wanted to see Ryan's grandfather and we had such a good time visiting with him. This was such a wonderful Christmas.

Eli opening his gift from Mia!

A Star Wars ship! Yay!

Poor Mia. All she wanted to do was go to bed.

Mia opening her gift from Eli.

It was a Tinkerbell house!

All of the kids gifts on "Christmas morning"

Here they come!

I love to see their sleepy little faces. So sweet.

Eli checking out his goods!

Mia checking out hers!

Eli had been wanting this Star Wars drawing kit!

He was so excited to finally get it!

Princess shoes!

Eli's new bike!

She actually got this doll house last year for Christmas,

but we got her some more pieces for it!

Time to try out the new bike!

Our little fairy girl came out to play too!

Twirling!

Eli's first fall. I love this picture!

Eli officially gave Mia his tricycle.

Can you tell she is excited!

Now for a walk.

What a wonderful day! Happy Birthday Jesus!

Shelby's Birthday Party & Christmas with Ryan's family!

2010-01-29T06:54:00.000-08:00

We spent Christmas with Ryan's parents at the lake this year! It was so nice in their new beautiful home. The beginning of many memories being made there. And as always we had Shelby's birthday party then also since her birthday is so close to Christmas. It was loads of fun!

The kids taking a ride on the "doodlebug"

Me, making some mashed potatoes, yummy!

Shelby reading the Christmas story to us!
She reads so well!

Presents!!!

Luke opening one of his!

Eli and Ryan

Mia with her Bitty Baby Twins!

Shelby with her American Girl doll!

Thank you Nonny and Pop Pop!

The next day we had Shelby's birthday party!

Here she is opening her presents!

Now for some confetti poppers!

They were very loud! Look at Eli cringing!

Cookie Cake!

Happy Birthday sweet girl! We love you!

Rare Moments

2010-01-27T12:01:00.000-08:00

I know these seem like odd pictures to post. My kids with their hair a mess and their "comfy" clothes on. So here is why......Ryan and I strive to teach our kids to be kind to one another, always think about the other persons feelings before you think of your own, to have self control, etc. But we are in the training stages. The truth is that our kids fight......ALOT! I don't know if it is because they are so close in age or they share a room, or just that they are human and by nature, sinners. This is my main struggle in parenting. So this one afternoon my kiddos climbed into the chair together and sat quietly has they SHARED a coloring book. This could have been a disaster, but I was so happy to see them being kind to one another and sharing. So, I had to share it with all of you. It is such an encouragement to me when there are times like these when I see that my labor is not in vain...training them, teaching them, disciplining them. Lord, please give me the patience I need with these sweet babies. It is so hard, but also so rewarding when I can see the fruit!

Mia's Birthday/Christmas at the farm

2010-01-26T13:18:00.000-08:00

Since Mia's Birthday is so close to Christmas, we celebrated her birthday at the farm. We were actually celebrating Christmas with Ryan's Dad's side of the family, but she didn't mind a bit. Plus her Nonny brought her cupcakes. Cupcakes make any day great,right? So we started out the morning with our traditional birthday breakfast. She had asked for a breakfast taco and cinnamon rolls. My sweet friend Danta had made us homemade Cinnamon rolls and so that is what we all ate for her birthday breakfast. Thank you Ms. Danta!

Here is the Birthday girl just waking up.

Make a wish!
Sweet girl!

Now for Christmas with Ryan's grandparents and family.

The kids always get completely spoiled.

They get so many wonderful gifts!

Nonny, Pop Pop and Shelby opening presents!

Nonny and her grandgirls!

Susan, Aunt Leigh Ann and Aunt Jonie!

All of the great grandkids!

Now to the railroad tracks!

Sam, Eli and Luke

Pop Pop and Eli

Pop Pop and Mia

Ryan and Eli

Eli and me!

Thank you Nan Nan and Popsi for a great time!

Christmas Program

2010-01-24T18:23:00.001-08:00

Eli and Mia were in their very first Christmas program at their Mother's Day Out. It was so adorable! Not only to see them on stage, but to hear them singing songs about our Savior's birth. Just being able to teach them the true meaning of Christmas was wonderful this year. And even more wonderful that they were able to learn from actually acting out the story. We are so blessed to have them in this program! It was such a fun day!

Here is Mia with her little friend Demye.

They sang Jingle Bells on stage!

Eli and his friend Duece.

Eli loves to sing!

They were wisemen.

Eli even got to do the prayer at the end of the program.

It was so sweet of course!

Here are our munchkins being silly on stage!

We are so blessed!

Mia Beth is 3!

2010-01-06T12:06:00.000-08:00

Our sweet baby girl turned 3 in December. I cannot believe she is already this old. She seems like a baby in so many ways, but surprises us by what a big girl she is everyday! For her 3rd Birthday she had a Fancy Nancy Birthday party. Lots of her little friends came and it was lots of fun!

Here is the birthday girl before the party!

Cait in her fancy ensemble!

Mia and her friend Raygen

Eli and Benjamin dressed in their fancy things!

Sweet Miss Bo!

Ella and Chloe decorating their fancy bags!

Benjamin, Cait and Eli

Miss Mia decorating her bag!

Nonny and GiGi in their fancy clothes!

Nonny and Mia

GiGi and Mia

Gift time!!!!

Eli and Luke acting crazy!

All the Fancy girls!

It was a fun party! Thank you God for our prissy, beautiful, fancy little Mia!

Christmas with Granny J

2010-01-02T07:15:00.001-08:00

We did Christmas with Granny J early this year, because we wanted to do it while Tamra and Paul were in town. It was a fun time getting to visit with everyone.

Mia and Cait

Granny and the fam
Daddy, Ryan and Paul

The kids could not wait to open presents!

Granny opening her gifts.

We always get her a calendar with pictures of the kids!

Granny had gifts for everyone. She is so sweet.

Wallets for the boys and purses for the girls!

Eli with his monster truck!

My sweet Granny J

Tamra and me

(notice my Dad in the background)

My sweet Mom and Dad

All the girls with Granny

All the boys with Granny!

Ryan and Granny

I love this picture! She loves to just watch those Grandbabies!

It was a great Christmas celebration!

Snow, snow, snow!

2010-01-02T07:03:00.001-08:00

We had snow here in West Columbia! Wow! So exciting! The kids had a blast playing in it and then when it got too cold they admired it from inside. It snowed all day long! None of it stuck, but it was still fun to see. Thank you God for that sweet gift!

Eli enjoying the snow!

Daddy even came out of his office for awhile to play with us!

Miss Mia

Fun day!

Thanksgiving with the Lintelmans

2009-12-30T14:43:00.001-08:00

The day after Thanksgiving we headed to the lake to visit with Ryan's parents and his brother and his 2 kiddos. We all had a great time visiting and playing!

Eli and Luke getting to play in Nonny's huge bathtub!

They play so well together and have so much fun!

We dressed the kids up so we could try to get a picture for Nonny's Christmas cards!

Sweet Shelby and Luke

Crazy kiddos!

The kids favorite part was Nonny and Pop Pop's new toy.

The "Doodlebug"

This is the kids racing. They did this over and over and had a blast.

Poor little Mia was always last, but she tried hard to keep up.

Game time!

Nonny has all kinds of games for the kids to play. Games that were Ryan and Christopher's when they were little. Here are Eli, Mia and Luke playing Bed Bugs! I use to love that game!

This Thanksgiving was wonderful! Thank you God for our wonderful family and our friends! We are so blessed!

Thanksgiving with the Kemps

2009-12-28T19:46:00.000-08:00

This Thanksgiving we got to spend time with my parents, Tamra and Paul and the kids. We also got to go to my cousin Michelle's house for Thanksgiving dinner. It was a great holiday! On thanksgiving morning, Mia went out with my Dad to feed the horses. She was so cute in her little p.j.s, trying not to get them dirty.

Mia getting ready to help Poppa feed the horses

She had to do everything just like Poppa!

So sweet!

Later that day the kids all took turns riding the horse.

Here is Benjamin taking his turn

Eli

Mia had no fear. She was so precious on that horse.

Cait

Even Paul took a turn.

Here is Mia on her second time around

Then that night we went to my cousin Michelle's

house to have the "Kemp" Thanksgiving dinner.

Michelle even made crafts for the kids to do.

Here is her baby girl, Miss Riley working hard on her craft!

Here is my cousin Angela's little boy, Allen, working on his craft!

Eli working on his

Miss Mia

Eli stole my camera and took pictures of Tamra and me!

It was a fun day with family! We are so thankful and so blessed!

House Guests

2009-12-20T18:38:00.000-08:00

Last month my niece and nephew came to stay with us for a few days. It was so much fun. Eli and Mia were in heaven, having them all to their selves for 3 days.

Here are Cait and Mia swinging.

Yes, Mia is too big for this swing, but we haven't gone

and gotten a big girl swing yet. Soon hopefully!

Eli and Benjamin hangin' out. Make sure to notice the next picture!
Ouch! I love how Eli is just looking at him. No, he wasn't hurt.
He jumped right up and did it again. We caught him
several times up on top of the entire swing set. He literally can climb anything.

It was such a pretty day that we did pretty much

everything outside. Here are the kids drawing.

I had to get a picture of this. Benjamin was teaching

Mia to dance. It was the sweetest thing!

Here is Cait taking a turn on the 4 wheeler. Tamra and Paul, you better watch out for this girl when she turns 16. She ran over and into everything. And I do mean everything. Anytime she started to go, she would run into a bike, a person, the garage, anything that was in the way. But she sure did have fun. And brave little Mia hung on through the whole thing.

Thanks Tamra and Paul for letting them come stay.

We had a blast and look forward to the next time they get to come visit.

Rock and Roll San Antonio! I did it!

2009-12-14T12:02:00.000-08:00

Well, we trained for 15 weeks and finally did! My great friends Kelli, Wendy and I ran a half marathon! WooHoo! It was my first half marathon and it was so much fun! I never would have thought it would feel like such an accomplishment after I finished it! It felt so good to train for so long and finally complete it, and without passing out mind you. Here are some pictures from the weekend!

My sweet Mom and Dad came up to see us run.

It meant so much to me!

Here are Ryan, Eli and Mia ready to cheer me on!

Here comes Wendy! Notice the orange shorts!

We did this on purpose so it would be easy to spot one another.

And Kelli!

Finally, here I come! This was the very last mile. And yes, I was running even though it looks like I am walking. I was so excited to see my family there cheering me on!

After the race! We made it!!!!!!

Here we are busy stuffing our faces with free food from HEB!

Afterwards, we went to a great Mexican restaurant to eat.

We could hardly walk, but it was so worth it!

Can't wait until our next race girls!

Maybe we can get more people to join us!

Nothing Sweeter

2009-12-08T19:36:00.001-08:00

Every morning my sweet baby girl crawls in bed with me. If you know her well, you know that she is not so much a cuddlier (like her mommy). But in the mornings, she is all cuddles and so sweet. I treasure those moments with her. I thought I would share some pictures because she is just so darn cute!

Isn't she a doll????

Notice Ryan snoozing in the back!

Monkeying Around

2009-12-08T19:25:00.000-08:00

In our back yard we have a great climbing tree. Eli is always climbing it and now Mia has been trying also. But Daddy has to help her out a little!

Our little Monkey Mia!

(Yes, she did pick out her outfit, okay.)

And so did Eli
And our course Ryan had to take a turn in the tree

Mia thought this was very funny!

I love my sweet family!

Fall Festival Fun!

2009-11-23T20:21:00.000-08:00

My kids LOVE to dress up! When we are at home they dress up all day long. So, they were very excited to dress up for their Fall Festival at school! And then they got to dress up for West Columbia's Trick or Treat in the Park. My friend Kelli organized the event and it ended up being such a great outreach for the community. Our church had a booth to take pictures of kids in their costumes and we also gave away magnetic frames with our church info on them. And a band from our church "Faint Not" sang the entire night at the event. It was so great to walk around this park on a usually very dark night and hear praises to God throughout the park. It was amazing. We even had visitors the next day at church that heard the band play. God is so good! Anyways, here are some pictures!!!!!

Eli and Mia ready for their Fall party at school!

Snow White

No, her hair is not "as black as coal", but she does have the "skin as white as snow"!

Our little Texas Football player

At school!

Look at that face!!!!

Right before we left to go to the Trick or Treat in the park!

Our pirate. I love how he turns his head so he can

still see out of the eye with the eye patch on!

Beautiful Cinderella

She usually does not turn her feet out, so these pictures crack me up!

GiGi and Nonny got to come with us! The kids were SO excited!

Eli and Mia with Eli's buddy Brayden!

Mia loved this little dog with a tutu on!

And Eli loved this huge dog with a tutu on!

The kids at the booth for our favorite hardware store.

Some sweet friends of ours own the store!

Eli and Mia were very excited to see Ms. Angela and Ms. Ditter!

GiGi and Mia

My sweet friend Kelli that planned the whole event and "Faint Not" behind her. I know this is a terrible picture, but it was getting dark and I was so far from the stage.

Nonny with her sweet grand babies!

GiGi with hers!

My good friends Danta, Heather and Paola!

I love this picture! Don't they look so cute???

Eli with his sweet Kegan!

Mia with her sweetheart, Lukey!

Mommy with her princess and pirate!

Ryan made it home from the Baylor game and got to see the kids all dressed up.

They were so excited!

It was a fun, fun night! Can't wait until next year!

Fall and Birthday Fun!

2009-11-20T08:26:00.000-08:00

For Tamra's birthday we all went to the lake to celebrate! While we were there the kids decorated some pumpkins with GiGi. They turned out so cute. They cut out eyes, noses, mouths, mustaches, etc. from magazines and glued them to their pumpkins.

Eli with his pumpkin

Mia with hers

Cait

Benjamin

Tamra with her Birthday cake! Yum Yum cake!

Singing "Happy Birthday"

Then the next day we went to Dallas to visit Tamra, Paul and the kids.

Ryan had to work in the library at Southwestern for his doctorate paper.

One night we met at Babes Chicken to eat. That is always a treat we get to enjoy when we visit Dallas! It was so yummy!

Pumpkin Patch

2009-11-20T07:56:00.000-08:00

Every month our Mom's group gets together and we go and do something fun. In the month of October we went to the Pumpkin Patch in Lake Jackson, just like we do every year. It was so much fun! After the kids picked out their pumpkins we headed to the mall to decorate them. Yes, the mall! The mosquitoes were so bad outside that we had to find somewhere close indoors to decorate our pumpkins. It worked out great!

Mia picking up that huge pumpkin

Sweet brother and sister.
This is the only picture I could get of the 2 of them
where they are not fighting. So glad I at least got 1!

My sweet boy!

My sweet girl!

The whole gang, minus Kegan!

Then Miss Kegan showed up! Yea!

Kelli and Luke with the pumpkin he decorated!

Heather and Brayden with his pumpkin!

Madison with the pumpkins she decorated for herself and Lillian!

Kegan with her pretty pumpkin!

Miss Bo with her pumpkin!

Momma and Mia

Eli and Me!

5K

2009-11-20T07:47:00.000-08:00

As many of you know, I have been training for 15 weeks for a half marathon, which we ran last Sunday (pictures coming soon). But in our 10th week of training we were suppose to run a 5K. This was my first race ever, so I was very excited. My friend Wendy and I signed up for a race in Sugar Land at the last minute. It was so much fun and so much easier than the 1/2 marathon!

Wendy and me

Wendy ready for her run

Don't I just look lovely?

Stop, Drop and Roll

2009-10-30T08:52:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago the kids had their fire safety week at school. They took a field trip to the fire station and even got to ride on the top of the fire truck!

Eli and his sweet friend Kegan

Riding the fire truck
Eli's little class with the fire chiefs

Play Time!

2009-10-26T11:22:00.000-07:00

My good friend Wendy brought her kiddos over one day to play for while. Thought I would share some pics from the day!

Eli and Madison

(this just gives me a glimpse of the teenage years.)

Miss Lillian

Yes, that is a stick in her hand and yes, I did let her play with it.

She is so cute, I couldn't make myself take it from her!

Lillian and Mia playing together
Too cute! They were having so much fun on this 4 wheeler!

Little sweeties!

Miss Lillian taking a turn on a 4 wheeler. With her stick of course!

But she mostly just pushed it around.

Thanks Wendy for letting them come play. It was lots of fun!

Children's Museum

2009-10-26T07:10:00.000-07:00

For our Wee Get Together in September we all went to the Children's Museum. It was so much fun! The kids really had a blast. It has totally changed since last time we went there.

Eli, the mad scientist

Mia Beth

This was a fun game that we all had to join in on. The light would go around the big circle and when it got to your feet, you had to jump over it. The kids loved it and so did the moms. I think we had more fun doing it, than the kids. Here is Brayden having a turn!

Ms. Kelli taking a turn

Eli

Ms. Wendy

They also had a grocery store for the kids to play in.

Mia and Luke

Eli, Brayden and Luke

Mia and Madison

Then they pretended to be veterinarians

Then they played outside in the water. Here is Madison having fun!

Luke and Bo

Soon I will have pictures of our October WGT!

Birthday fun!

2009-10-24T20:22:00.000-07:00

Mia's best little buddy, Luke turned 3 last month. On his actual birthday we all went to Chuck E. Cheese (or Chuck-N-Cheese, as Luke and Mia say) to celebrate. It was a super fun day!

Madison and Eli riding the Monster Truck

Miss Mia Beth

Eli

Luke and Mia with Chuck-N-Cheese himself

Cupcakes for the sweet birthday boy!

This cracks me up!!!

Is he not a cutie????

Baby Bo and Lillian

Best Friends that fight like sisters!

The whole gang!! (minus the little munchkins)

Happy Birthday Luke! We love you sweet boy!

Shout!

2009-10-24T19:56:00.000-07:00

Every Sunday night we have a preschool choir, called Shout! My good friend Kelli is the teacher and my kids can hardly wait until Sunday night rolls around. They love Preschool choir. I had to post these, because Mia is so cute. She just runs around the room dancing and having so much fun!

I love this picture, because her feet are both off the ground.

Thank you Ms. Kelli for teaching them every week! It is such a blast!

Eli's First Dentist Trip

2009-10-13T14:39:00.000-07:00

My sweet boy is growing up. He was so brave when we took him to his first dentist appointment. He was so excited. The dentist office even made our appointments all at the same time on accident. So we only got to sit with him for a few minutes and then we had to go get our teeth cleaned. He didn't care at all. He just sat in that chair and did everything they told him to do. I was so proud of him. It makes me sad that he is such a big boy now. Slow down sweet boy. I am not ready for these years to be over!

Fun Projects!

2009-10-12T16:06:00.000-07:00

We bought a shelf at Target for Mia, but realized when we got it home that it was not the right shade of pink. It completely clashed with all of her "shabby chic" decor in her room. So, I decided to cover it in some fun girly paper. It was a fun project and it turned out just like I hoped it would!

The finished project

My little helper

2009-10-12T16:02:00.001-07:00

Went to the Grocery store the other night. Went to the back of the house to put stuff away and found Mia doing this. My sweet little helper.

Sweet Family Friends!

2009-10-10T19:35:00.000-07:00

God has blessed us with the sweetest friends here at our church. The Worthington family is one of those sweet families. We got in a habit of visiting our favorite snow cone place at the same time. So, we decided to make it a regular thing. We would start our nights getting snow cones, then going to their house or ours for dinner, dessert and Mexican dominoes. It doesn't get any funner than that people! We have a blast! Especially when I am winning! These pictures are from one night we went to their house for dinner.

Ms. Lisa sharing her snow cone with Mia

Ryan and Eli

Sweet Raylen

Sweet Katie (aren't these girls beautiful?)

Mia loving on Daisy, their dog

Some more love for Daisy

Eli and Mr. Earl swimming

Mia Beth all ready to do some major floating!

And here is a picture of Mia on the pot (literally).

I love this picture!

Thank you guys for all of the fun nights. Can't wait until we can all get together again!

We love you guys!

More Birthday Fun!

2009-10-05T07:29:00.000-07:00

Yes, my birthday is in August and I am just now posting these pictures. We just stay so busy that I hardly have time to post. So, here are some more pictures of my Birthday weekend! First, on the morning of my Birthday, the kids and I went over to my sweet friend Kelli's house for lunch and some water fun. My friend Wendy and her kiddos came too. I was feeling really down that day. I have decided that I do not like birthdays anymore (well, mine, that is). But Wendy adn Kelli made it such a fun day! We had a fun day playing outside on the huge water slide. And yes, I did say "We". I just did not include the pictures of us girls going down. But it sure was fun. Even despite all the bruises. Thank you girls for making my birthday so special!

Eli

Miss Bo

Mia going down the baby slide

Maddy going down the slide

Lukey

Then that evening, some sweet friends of ours, Frank and Mabel, took us out to dinner for my birthday! It was a fun night visiting with them. They even got me a cake! Thanks you guys for making my night so special!

Frank and Mabel

And all their kiddos minus one

Diego, Austin, Alicia, and Julisa (Marina was not there)

I did post pictures of my kids too, but I accidentally deleted them and my computer will not let me post them. Ahhhh! Anyways, it was a fun birthday! Thanks guys!

Birthday weekend

2009-09-12T09:04:00.000-07:00

For my 31st Birthday we went to the lake to spend time with our families. We were also celebrating my Mom's birthday and my niece Cait's birthday. It was so much fun, like always!

I LOVE cookie cake! My parents get me one every year!

GiGi opening her gifts!

Cait opening her gifts!

This is the cheerleading outfit we gave her.

She is really into high school musical right now!

Here is her ballerina cake! We had to take her legs off because the cake was too short!

So we had to stick them back in just for fun!

Here was many of the huge bucks we saw that weekend!

We finished of the weekend with one last boat ride.

Poppa

For some reason the boat always puts everyone to sleep!

Even Benjamin fell asleep

Thanks Mom and Dad and Dick and Sue for a fun weekend!!!!!

Time with Friends and Cousins

2009-09-12T08:49:00.000-07:00

Ryan & I got so stay with my niece and nephew one day while they were visiting my parents. My friend Melissa let her little boy Hudson come over and play also. It was a fun day. Hudson even brought his dog Trooper. He was very entertaining!

Here are all the kiddos in the tent playing

Mia and Hudson

Cait holding the kitty that she named "Cuddles"

Trooper was afraid of the thunder and decided to sit with Hudson

It was a fun day!!!

Friday Funny

2009-09-04T19:26:00.001-07:00

So tonight I am in a Home Goods store with Eli and Mia. They are both sitting in the basket playing while we wait in line to check out. A woman walks by and Eli points and says "Mommy, doesn't that woman look scary?". So, I immediately turn red and say "We do not say things like that. We do not say ugly things about people.". Immediately another woman walks by me on the other side and Mia says "Mommy, that lady is scary too!" So now I am really embarrassed and getting on to both of them. A few minutes pass and I happen to look over my left shoulder. There stands a huge life size witch! I immediately realize that Eli was pointing at that, not the woman passing by. So, I had to look over my other shoulder to see if the same happened with Mia. And sure enough, there was another witch. I died laughing. My kids just stared at me like I was crazy. I asked them both if that is what they were pointing at and they said "Yes Mommy". I felt SOOOOOO bad. We laughed about it for the rest of the night. Motherhood. I think it is making me a little crazy! But it sure is fun!

Summer Swim Lessons

2009-08-21T12:47:00.000-07:00

This summer we took swim lessons with our good friends Madison and Luke. Madison was in Eli's class and Luke was in Mia's. Eli had a blast! He was swimming like a little fish. Mia on the other hand did not like it at all. She cried most of the time. But she did become an expert floater. As long as she did not have to put her face in the water she was fine! Here are some pictures of the lessons.

Luke and Ms. Kelli

Madison and Eli

Eli practicing his floating

Mommy and Mia

Miss Mia Beth

Heading Home from Disney

2009-08-18T18:33:00.000-07:00

On our way home from Orlando we stopped off in Pensacola to stay the night. Ryan was meeting our youth group up there the next day. They were all heading up to Daytona Beach for youth camp. We had so much fun at the Navarre Beach!

Walking to the beach. It looked a lot different than Galveston, that's for sure!

These pictures just make me smile, because it was just such a fun day!

The guys diving for seashells.

Until next time......

Disney Day 7 - Animal Kingdom

2009-08-13T11:49:00.000-07:00

Our last day at Disney World, we went to Animal Kingdom. It was a very neat place, but we all decided that next time we go, we probably will not go back to this park. But we were all glad we got to experience it.

Here we are on the safari

We saw so many animals. It was great!

This is a lion laying on a rock.

Ostriches

Eli comparing his hands to a gorilla's hands!

At Rafiki's planet watch

Mia meeting Pocahontas We have never seen the movie,

but my kids thought she was so beautiful. And she was.

Eli with Rafiki

Jiminy Cricket. She cut in line in front of another

kid so she could get just one more hug.

GiGi paid for all the kids to get their painted.

Here is Mia getting painted like Safari Minnie!

Eli got painted like a dinosaur!

The finished product

Tamra, Paul & the kids

Minnie Mia

Eli

Cait

Benjamin

One of the tigers resting in the shade

Dinosaur Land

The kids even got to dig for dinosaur bones.

Miss Mia taking a break

It was a fun morning, but as the day went on, it got hotter and hotter and then it started pouring, so we went home. But we were ready. We were so exhausted from our fun week!

More Disney pics - Day 6 - Magic Kingdom Again!

2009-08-11T07:17:00.000-07:00

So, I finally started up a facebook page and have neglected by blog for awhile. But now I am back and ready to post the last 2 days of our Disney trip. This was our second day at Magic Kingdom. It is such a fun place!

There is always entertainment on Main Street when the doors of Disney first open!

It was really fun to watch!

Eli and Mia with Pinocchio

Miss Mia with the Fairy Godmother

Eli with the Little Mermaid.
He waited forever to meet her even though he has never seen the movie!

The kids with Peter Pan and Wendy

Heading to the house for some lunch!

We had to get some rest because we were going back that evening.

Princess Mia all ready to meet Cinderella!

We were eating at Cinderella's castle for dinner!

The kids waited all week for this!

Cait got to go to the Bibbiti Bobbiti Boutique.

She got her make up and hair done and got a beautiful sash to wear.

GiGi bought both the girls princess dresses. They looked to cute!

Thank you GiGi

Mia and Eli meeting Cinderella.

This was the ONLY time we saw her the entire time we were at Disney!

The whole family with Cinderella

When we sat down to eat, the mice from Cinderella came out

to sing and dance. One came over to Mia and Cait to say hello!

The Fairy Godmother hosted the dinner.

Ryan and I with Princess Mia

Cait and Mia waiting for the parade

Tamra and Paul

My parents and I!

The castle would change colors every few minutes!

It was so pretty!

And the parade begin and so did the rain!

The kids got to see the 3 Good Fairies!

King Triton

Cinderella and her Prince

The Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland!

She was huge and very scary looking and she

kept coming over to the kids (about 3 times) and

every time the kids would scream and cry. But she just kept coming back.

Here she is towering over Cait!

And Eli and Mia's favorite, the wicked step Mother from Snow White.

Or as Mia says "the mean of lady"

And of course, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

It was another really fun day!

Disney Day 5 - Epcot

2009-07-23T10:06:00.000-07:00

This was our second favorite park! We almost didn't go there because we had heard that it was not a lot of fun for kids. But it was lots of fun for everyone. We are so glad we went!

Kids in front of the Epcot ball.

The sun was really in their eyes, poor babies.

Daisy Duck kissing Eli's shirt.
She was kissing a picture of her boyfriend, Donald.

Waiting to get some autographs.

I know it seems boring, but this is the main thing they wanted to do.

Minnie Mouse

Donald Duck

Mickey Mouse

Pluto

Goofy

Poppa and GiGi riding the Nemo ride with Eli

Poppa and Eli getting ready watch one of the many 3-D shows.

Ryan & me in front of the Eiffel Tower in "France"

This was the restaurant we ate at in France.

It was beautiful and the food was great!

This day we got to eat lunch with Poppa and GiGi.

My sweet wonderful husband.

And yes, he does have a black belt in crazy!

We had a special visitor come to our table.

Ratatouille!

Actually I am not sure if that is his name, but I know that is the movie he is off of.

Here he is talking to us, with the waiter translating for him.

He even sang and danced for us.

Here is the waiter dancing along.

After lunch my Mom had silhouettes done of the kids.

I don't have a scanner or else I would post a picture of them on here.

They turned out great. The artists cut out the silhouettes.

It was amazing!

Check out my sister's blog. She posted pics of Cait and Benjamin:
http://promisedlandonearth.blogspot.com/2009/07/disney-favorite.html

In England we saw Mary Poppins!

Everytime we saw her Mia would cut in front of all of the other kids and steal a quick hug.

It was so funny!

Alice in Wonderland!

Winnie the Pooh and Tigger too! (And Eeyore)

Eli and Mia in front of one of the many gardens in "England"

Then we saw Belle and the Beast.

As you may notice, the Beast is alone. The kids would not go near him.

He even got down on one knee so he would not be so intimidating.

He was still a little scary looking.

So Belle came over to them and took a picture.

If you click on this picture and enlarge it you will see that she looks just like Belle.

She was so pretty!

All the kiddos waiting for Aurora.

Sleepy Beauty

Cait was mesmerized by her.

This was my personal favorite!

Snow White!

She was so sweet with Mia.

Mia went up to her and told her not to take any apples from mean old ladies and so Snow White asked Mia if she could kiss her on the cheek. And of course she said yes. So, she had bright red lipstick on her cheek for the rest of the day.

Here is Mia with her kiss!

Poor Eli slept through the whole thing.

That night we rode a Viking ride and then got stuck in the gift shop because it was raining so hard outside. So, the guys had fun trying on some hats! Don't they look like real vikings?

Disney Day 4 - Disney Studios

2009-07-21T10:36:00.000-07:00

Another fun day at Disney!

Benjamin, Tamra and Daddy on the "Lights, Motor,Action" ride
Mom, Ryan & Eli

Benjamin with one of the Power Rangers

Cait watching the "High School Musical" routine

Off to lunch at the 50's Primetime Cafe.

This was s super cool place that looked like you were

eating in an old time kitchen with "Mom" as your waitress.

Tamra, Paul, Benjamin & Cait waiting to ride "Toy Story"

Danyel & Miss Mia

Mom & Dad on the ride

Ryan & me with the kids at the Chronicles of Narnia set

We watched "Beauty & the Beast" live on the stage

With Tow-Mater

Stunt show

We even got to see Herbie!

We took the kids to see Playhouse Disney!

They loved this! They sang all the songs and danced.

It was very exciting to see Mickey Mouse Clubhouse,

Little Einsteins, My Friends Tiger and Pooh & Handy Manny.

It was very hot and rained a lot, but it was still a very fun day!