Two new pics...

Daddy four-wheeling the girls! (I know they don't have on helmets but they were only going three miles per hour.)


If one of the girls wants to wear a hat, they all must wear a hat!

Dick Van Dyke fan club?

Of all the children's movies we have (and we do have most of them), the current favorite is without a doubt Mary Poppins! Yes, that's right...not Cars, Shrek, Shark Tales, Toy Story, or Monsters, Inc....MARY POPPINS! Ruby Nigate just loves Dick Van Dyke. She's completely enthralled by this movie, and tries to copy all the dancing (no chicken dance available thank you very much). Elizabeth Amsalu just tries to copy whatever Ruby is doing, and Nora tries to do whatever will get a laugh. It's really something to see. And their second favorite seems to be The Wizard of Oz!

I have the best husband in the world!

Even though Tony works all day (sometimes long and stressful hours), he still has time for his girls...and time to give me a break. Tonight he is cleaning up after dinner AND reading stories AND getting all three girls in bed so that I can have a break. In case I haven't mentioned it lately, I love Tony sooooooo much and I'm so grateful that he's my husband, my best friend, and such a great father. I'm not sure what I did to deserve him, but I sure am glad I finally got the man of my dreams! It took me a while to find him. :-)

For you Grace -- video of the chicken dance!

They crack me up!

Duh duh dudu dudu duh - Duh duh dudu dudu duh...

It has been over twenty-four hours since the wedding reception ended, and Ruby Nigate is STILL doing the chicken dance! This girl LOVES to dance, and if it involves shaking her bootie she loves it even more. She cracks herself up and then falls down to the ground laughing. It's even cuter when she laughs now because she lost one of her top front teeth right before the wedding started yesterday!

Nora and Elizabeth try to follow her lead, but they just can't chicken dance the way Ruby can!

Congratulations Derrek and Samantha AND our first family photo!

The wedding was beautiful -- everything turned out about as perfect as we could hope for! We now have a wonderful daughter-in-law, and her whole family became part of ours! AND we got our first picture of all six of our kids with us!

Wedding Day!

Today is the big day! Derrek is getting married at 6:00 this evening!

My first big lesson in love..

Derrek is an amazing person and a wonderful son! He has taught me so much through the years, and I'm so proud of the man he has become. This Saturday, August 30th, Derrek and Samantha are getting married. I'm very happy for them, and I know they will have a wonderful life together. Here's my little boy...

A day at the zoo!

This morning I took all the girls to the zoo -- our daughters and granddaughter! Ruby got car sick and puked in the van on the way there, so we had to clean her up and buy a zoo shirt to change her into. Fortunately her shorts were OK, but the pic below looks like she doesn't have any pants on (she does). Everyone had lots of fun, and they were really ready for a nap when we got home!

Five days from today...

Our son is getting married. I'm so happy for Derrek and Samantha, but I can't believe my son is going to be a married man!