Thank you Rachel

I LOVE Rachel watching my children. Stephen and I stole away this last Friday night to celebrate Valentines Day and my Birthday. We left our children in VERY capable hands. She fed our children (which can be quite the feat with their short orderedness) and then following dinner took them outside to draw with chalk on our driveway. We were greeted by a driveway full of chalk scribblings where she traced them and their shadows, drew flowers and other do-dads. Then she did the whole bedtime routine while entertaining a jack in the box Sammy. But that is not all folks....


Ready? She did all the dishes and......



She sought out my dryer full of clothes and folded them.

I am so sad she's likely on her way to BYU in a few months....Stephen says we'll just send our kids to Provo when we want to go out on a date. What do you think?

Hello Dolly, well hello Dolly!!!!!

Just after celebrating with my Mom we hopped in the car the very next morning to head to College Station to see our darling Aunt Sarah star as Dolly in her High School Production of "Hello Dolly". Man was she a trooper!! The flu had hit that area really hard the week of the performance and nearly 1/2 the cast was not 100% including our STAR!!! But the show must go on.....so it did and she was brilliant!! She really just shined whenever she was on stage and we were so proud. Her costumes were superb---especially the outrageous hats that Susan and Sarah created costumes around....she looked magnificent.


We were really grateful to be able to have this experience for our children too, sitting through a theatrical performance is something important for them to learn (too bad the teenagers sitting directly in front of us couldn't handle our quiet whispers and efforts to teach....they'll learn someday) They constantly looked for Sarah and wondered why she wasn't on stage. They loved seeing her bright costumes and KP brought her camera and did her best interpretation of a Paparazzi by snapping pictures right and left. Here are Ashlyn, Shelly and KP waiting for the show to start. And then the kids after the show was over. Thanks Sarah for doing such a great job!!

Happy Birthday Mom

Okay so it's nearly 2 weeks overdue but I thought I should post these photos of my kids helping me make a birthday cake for their Grandma Lewis. We spent her birthday (on the 29th) with them and had a wonderful celebration. Let's face it, birthdays are HUGE to little kids and while we as adults probably don't wish them to come as often as they do, kids love any excuse to celebrate and mine are no exception!!
And the finished product....Happy Birthday MOM/GRANDMA!!! (doesn't she look good for 29? she swore that was the birthday she was celebrating....strange that this would make me slightly older than her....)


On another note......
Lindsey has the BEST BABY MULLET known to man....she seriously has very little hair on the top of her head but a ton growing out the back. I've started putting little piggy tails in the back---aren't they cute?? Silly girl!!