The Luckiest

My girls are really the luckiest. They have an awesome dad, who loves them a whole bunch and shows it all the time! They love Erik and it's not hard to see why when you see them together. The girls are in their Jazz jerseys we bought at the last game we went to in March. They (the jerseys not the girls although the girls are expensive too) are so overpriced but they love them; Lizzie has D.Will and McCall Boozer. We opted to wait until Clarie's a bit older to get her first Jazz jersey. Don't they look so cute in them? McCall and I went to a game together, I think it was in Jan, maybe Feb I get it all mixed up, but she sure loves to watch them play and she is always with her dad cheering his team on whenever he's watching sports - She'll even scream "GO TIGER" when we are watching golf!

So one Sunday afternoon McCall came up screaming (with delight) "There are turkeys in the backyard!!!". Sure enough we had two feathered friends. Erik got a picture just before they flew the coop! To bad we don't have a gun. We could have had Sunday dinner too.

Kangaroo Zoo

My parents took all the grandkids (and there parents) to Kangaroo Zoo in Pleasant Grove. We all had lots of fun bouncing, climbing and sliding. I don't get Elizabeth but that kid would scream in our back yard for me to come (out of the house) and hold her hand to go down the slide on the playset and yet, she would climb up a slide three times as high and long and cruise down with no problem here! It was super hard to get a good shot as the kids were constantly in motion like molecules in an atom -- but here are few!!!

So you have to hand it to Lehi City...

So you have to hand it to Lehi City...they plowed all the snow from the street right along the edge of the sidewalk curb so all the snow landed up on top of our sidewalk. Here you can see part of my efforts to clear the snow and let me tell you it was hard packed snow - not the light and fluffy stuff you generally shovel off. (This picture really doesn't do it justice.) It was a good workout though. Maybe I worked off the large mug of hot chocolate my kids forced me to drink when we got in!!!

Discovery Gateway

Erik's Dad and Sabine were here from Germany over the Thanksgiving holiday. We had lots of fun with them and we were super sad when they had to return. Here's some photo's from a day we spent at the Gateway.

Reflections Contest

So McCall loves to create, and she took an amazing photo and created a beautiful picture for the 2007-2008 Reflections contest. The theme was I can Make a Difference by...

She did well and got two trophies for her artwork and a metal for her photography. We just hope she doesn't set her expectations too high for future years as she's recieved awards for everything she has done so far. Maybe we should take a year off!

Christmas Dance Recital

The Christmas Dance Recital was fun, fun, fun. We sure enjoy watching McCall and Lizzie is very excited to be able to go dance too. She's on tip toes most the day and twirling constantly - much to the anxiety of her mother "CAREFUL, CAREFUL!!!".

McCall's Dance Pictures

Here are McCall's beautiful dance pictures. She is on a competition team (Mini Troupe). She loves to dance and has a lot of fun with her friends there. They just had their Christmas recital. McCall's troupe had two numbers, "A Hard Knock Life" from Annie and then a Ballet number from the Nutcracker.

Christmas Dresses

The more children you get the harder it is to get a decent photo. One member is always looking the wrong way or not smiling but they are always so dang cute that I love each photo!

December Get away

So in December we went up to SLC and stayed at the Little America. We visited my sweetest Grandma who is 97 and brought yummy Chinese take-out to eat together. Then we hit Temple Square and saw the lights. Later we went back and did some swimming and then just hung out. We did brunch the next morning at Grand America. I love Downtown Salt Lake City especially at Chirstmas time and it was a great weekend and so nice to just get away.

My Girls

Erik with his girls

More Claire

I love the smell of Claire and her slobbery kisses, toothless smiles, and those soft little hands. She is our little angel!

Little Claire

Claire is seriously the sweetest little thing. She is so full of smiles and she loves laughing. She talks or jabbers all the time, especially to her sisters-who she absolutely adores. She copies our sounds, and we just think she is so brilliant. She is so plesant she makes me want to have another baby and she's only 6 months now ( but we very likely could be done)!

More Elizabeth

Here are some more incredible shots!