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Dedicated to my LOVE!
Happy Birthday, Stew!
Since I was so late on our Anniversary, I figured I'd post a Happy Birthday to Stew! He doesn't feel like it's a big deal, but in my family growing up, it's the only day dedicated to YOU! So enjoy it! Now, it was 2 days ago, so I am a little late, but I couldn't resist posting this picture. It's my favorite of him! I love you Stew! I hope you had a great birthday. You even got what you wished for! (And that doesn't always happen!)
Kirra's Haircut and all caught up!
Every year, about this time, I cut Kirra's hair. It's SO thick and the longer it gets, the frizzier her hair gets. So, for a fresh beginning of the school year thing, we cut her hair. She's wanting me to post this. She's become very aware of "blogging" and asks what I've posted about her. The other day, she made me breakfast in bed. And asked if I had posted about it. I've told her of other blogs I've read who's children have done the same thing. Apparently, she wanted me to "brag" about her the same way. I am proud of her and she does a great job being my helper. I just wish I didn't have to ask so much. The breakfast in bed, was a wonderful gesture and she's been trying ever since to be helpful without an attitude. ha ha Also, here a few other random pictures I wanted to post. I think I've finally got caught up. I had better make sure I make this blog into a book, so I can feel like this has all been worth it. :) (besides our non-CA family and friends being able to see our beautiful family)
Liam is 10 mo. old
I realized I haven't posted many pictures of Liam lately. (I guess I haven't kept up much blogging at all. ha ha) Liam is now 10 mo. Where does the time go? He, of course, is crawling everywhere! He LOVES food and has pretty much weaned himself from nursing. I guess it wasn't enough for him. :) Here is a picture of his little smirk he gives. It is Stew's twin smirk. Liam does this when he's trying to ignore me. When I'm tickling him, or trying to get a kiss from him, or just plain being a stinker! He loves to play with (or pull!) the girls hair. In one of the pictures, you can see him with his arms straight and tight. He does this caveman grunt, almost as if he has to prove he's tough. It's very funny. He is such a happy boy! (All my kids are. Thank goodness. How did we luck out on that?) Here are some pictures of him being 10 mo. old. There are over 30, (I know that's a lot) so pull up a chair and just enjoy his chubber little face! (I can't get enough pictures of him.)
First Day of School 2008
Here are the girls on their first day of school. Kirra is now in 4th grade, Malia is in 1st grade, and I started teaching preschool to Julia. (I have 8 other kids as well) They were so excited to go back to school. Now that September is almost over, I think the excitement has worn off a little, via homework, but we have some really good students. While I'm teaching piano lessons, they are pretty much on their own to do their homework, and they do a really good job. They love their new classes and teachers, and have already made some new "best friends." After school, and piano lessons, we let them play outside. Here are some pictures of that day.
Boys are from Mars
With a house full of Venuses, Stew has found his heir. Liam loves to skateboard with him. You can see how fast they are going with the wind in his hair. The things Liam finds around the house, it's nothing I've ever worried about. Now, I know, you Mothers of boys, are probably laughing and knowing exactly what I'm talking about. I know I grew up in a house with all girls, and I knew Liam would be different than our girls, but it's fun to experience it. He really is a joy! He loves when Stew busts out a new gadget. The air compressor, drills, he even found the spring to his crib. I recently got rid of all our outlit plugs, because we never used them in 9 years. Why were we saving those? Well, I should have waited 2 more months, when Liam became mobile. I never knew I had so much dust behind our VCR. We never use it, it's not even plugged in. But we keep it there for the 5 videos we have. (dumb I know) Now that Liam loves to be under there and "fix" things, I'm keeping it much cleaner. :) I guess he wasn't into the Barbie movie the girls were watching. HA We call him our "swiffer" boy, because he crawls around and cleans up the floors for us. Please know, that his onesies are dirty because of the oils in the floors. But, the last pictures, he was having a blast being outside. That is no oil. Just pure DIRT! How could I say NO to such a happy boy. I guess the days of clean hands is over. Julia helped prepare us for Liam. He loves to be dirty! They will be two peas in a pod, and probably spend most of their time in the bath. I had better stock up on the soap. (Tracey, I owe you ALL new onesies!:} )
Cookie Cutters?
I have come to realize that we have a "cookie cutter" look in our family. As you can see in this picture, they ALL inherited my BROWN eyes! Each child I'm hopeful, they can be passed on, but NO. Brown hair, blue eyes, fair skin, and skinny legs. When you click on this picture, you will see the next "cookie cutter" thing passed on. Stew's legs! Here's a post I've been dying to do. Recently, I was teaching piano in the AM and I asked the girls to go get dressed. Later I was looking at them and thought, "I don't remember them having capris like that." HA HA Kirra had "borrowed" Juila's jeans, which meant Julia needed some. Julia had "borrowed" LIAM'S jeans! It was so funny! AND they fit them perfectly! So, looking at the pictures, remember Kirra who is 9, is wearing size 4T, and Julia who is 4, is wearing 3-6 mo. jeans. I have skinny kids with incredible BLUE eyes, and I couldn't be more proud!
Kirra turns 9!
Kirra turned 9 in August. Wow, time flies! We have a tradition to have a bonfire at the beach. This year she brought 2 friends. It's a lot of fun! There are pictures of the shovel digging expedition, the bonfire, and the friends. This year Tara brought her bike. Lynn and I couldn't resist taking it for a ride. I had to capture a picture of Lynn. She looked like she had stepped back in time, soaring like a kid.
Kirra is very helpful, when it comes to her brother! She does the typical 9 year old things, but we are very blessed with a sweet and kind child! She always has been! She is filled with so many talents and gifts. She is very smart and loves school. She excels in math and reads about a chapter book a day. She's currently readying the Series of Unfortunate Events and can't put them down. She LOVES art the most! She must get that from her Daddy. She loves to go to art museums with him and just draw together. She's really excelling in piano, and I'm not even teaching her. She practices EVERY minute possible, when she can't read, and I yell from another room, "fix that mistake," and on her own, she does. She's really loving it. She's such a happy and positive child. She is my right arm! She will be the best prepared babysitter by the time she turns 12. We are so blessed to have her in our family too! She is really turning into a beautiful young lady and her beauty shines from within. We love you Kirra! Thank you for being our first born! You wear your title well!
Julia turns 4!
Julia turned 4 in July. (I know I'm behind) She is such a fun child! She is always making us laugh. She is very helpful, more than her sisters. But she's very stubborn and it usually needs to be her idea. So, we work it to seem like her idea. We dread the day when this won't work. :) To get a beautiful picture, like this one, is hard, because she's usually making a funny face. She's ALWAYS messy and dirty! And she loves it that way. She loves wearing dresses, being barefoot, having a square-top with a bow, and having dirty feet! If you look back at the post of Michelle's wedding pictures, there is a good picture of her dirty feet! We love her so much! I can't believe she's already 4! She's in my preschool class and she's learning so fast. She loves school, especially her teacher. :) She calls me "Ms. Kristine" like the other kids, because "you're my teacher too." She's very fun to teach and she's such a joy to our family! We love you Julita! Thank you for being a part of our family!
p.s. the last picture of the little girl, is my friends daughter. It was at Julia's party, and I couldn't resist taking her picture. She's so cute!
Beach Trip with the Z Family
We took a trip with Tara and Scott and the boys to the beach. We had fun doing the normal beach things....waves, sand castles, shells. We always bring a large shovel, because digging a huge hole is way more fun than using a small plastic hand shovel. :) We even got to see Noah and Caleb catch their first waves. They were awesome. Stew can't wait for one of our kids to pick it up! We had a bonfire and stayed until they closed us down. Thanks to their neighbor who put on a new roof, we had plenty of firewood! Stew got creative and made a "sculpture" out of the wood, and the kids soon followed and built their own things. They even made a cool bench to sit on while we ate our dinner. I love living in CA! Nothing compares to the beach with waves and a bonfire! It even makes hot dogs taste better! Yum!
Annual Palm Desert Trip
Every year we take the kids to Palm Desert. Stew's family has a time share there, and they are very generous to share with us. We go through withdrawls until we can get there in the summer! Kirra has swam by herself for a few summers, and I realize now, that I didn't take too many pictures of her. She made friends with a boy, who only spoke french. They had fun playing catch and torpedoes together. Malia swam all by herself this year. She did it last year, but since we don't have a pool to continue swimming in, by summer time, she's forgotten a lot. I think this year, was the turning point. She'll remember for next year. (We hope) Julia mainly stuck to the steps. But we did get her to swim to us from the steps everyday. She would say, "only one time, and then I'm playing on the steps." Well, at least she would do it and she never caught on, that her "once" turned out to be 5x every time! Liam LOVED the water! He never complained once, even when he was tidal-waved. It was such a wonderful and RELAXING trip! Thank you Lynn and Terry for letting us have this tradition! Now if we can just get a pool for the rest of the year. Anyone?
Happy Anniversary!
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Well, it's been 10 years for us, and we PARTIED! We went to Rome, with a stop over in France, and caught a boat to Iceland. It was the most amazing trip ever! Well worth the 10 year wait! Actually, being school days and kids, my parents babysat, and we went to dinner and a movie. It's hard to do the adventurous things anymore, since kids. But, that's actually our favorite thing to do. We have the chance to be kid free and visit without any children interruptions. Very relaxing! But the last 10 years have been wonderful! I'm going to do the "blog" thing and make it look like we've had a piece of cake 10 years without ANY problems! Perfect Perfect! I have the best husband in the world, unlike the other blogs I read, and he has been more to this family than his time allowed. When most were working, Stew was working AND going to school full time! At our 10 years of marriage, we have been blessed with 4 beautiful kids, a wonderful home, and Stew being a teacher, which means him being home WAY more than ever before! The kids have withdrawls when school gets back in, with "where's daddy?" In all cheese and sappiness, I truly have a wonderful husband who I could not ask for more. He wears many hats around here and I am very blessed that he wears them very happily. (Thank goodness, because my "honey do" list can get pretty long.) Thank you Stew for the beautiful children, especially since they all take after your side of the family, and for keeping me more happy than I ever thought I could be! I love you, BABE!
Sorry it took me 11 days to post this. :) It's been a busy school beginnings.
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