Another Minion and Mommy moment...

I don't think that there isn't anything that she won't try to get into!

Rat Boy!

Devin in his rat ears getting ready for his school's production of the musical Rats.

Minion did NOT like Devin's ears. She totally freaked out, but in the end my rat caught his cat!

Some times it's better if I just don't ask!!!

Kristina's new hair cut.

I finally gave in and let Kris get her hair cut. I think she had about 2 inches cut off and I almost cried! Plus she now has layers, which she loves. It's totally cute!

Mommy's little helper!

Minion baby decided that she needed to help me do the chores this evening! She has never gotten in the fridge before but was so quick that I couldn't catch her in time. Needless to say, my fridge got a good cleaning after that!

She has never climbed up onto the dishwasher before either.

She hopped in there before I could blink while I was putting away groceries.

The other day while Don was down in the crawl space she decided that she wanted to go spelunking too! We had a horrible time getting her out. I stood above and looked down into the hole to see a white blur go streaking by so fast over and over again. She was having a great time! Once she even came to a sudden halt in the middle of the opening and looked up at me. When I told her in my most serious voice to get back up here, ZOOM, she was off again!
She is such a total goof ball, but that's why she fits into our family so well!

A few of my favorite photos from our trip to Albuquerque.

This is what we did today.....

Of course, not many a day will go by that I don't take pictures!

Don doing home work.

Devin caught me making lunch. I must say (proudly) that my offspring are picking up my camera habits!

Devin made this origami dragon out of paper he painted in art class.

This is where Minion went to hide the other day after her shower. She doesn't look like I'm her favorite person at the moment!!

Christmas, Weiser Style

These are the only pictures I have from our visit to Weiser over Christmas break. They were accidentally erased off of the camera! Needless to say, I totally freaked out! Thankfully a camera shop was able to retrieve them for us and put them on a cd, but of course, the cd drive in my computer doesn't work!

Kristina and Kelsey. Best friends.

Todd and Jacoby Miller. Wonderful guys. Both of these guys are over 6ft tall!!! When I first saw Jacoby and he gave me a hug, being so short, I felt like a little kid hugging his tummy!

The drive from Weiser to Boise took place in the evening, in the dark. The whole way the girls were laughing hysterically with tons of flashes from the camera coming from the back seat.

Kailyn and Mason

Adrian and Kristina have been the closest of friends since kindergarten.

One of our favorite families, the Nobles!

Devin at a birthday party with some of his friends. He was SO excited to see Charlie. Those boys sure missed each other.

The day we arrived in Weiser we went to school and surprised Kristina's friends. They didn't think that she was going to be there until the next day. Needless to say, she was mobbed in the lunch room! (I shed a few tears.) The visitors tag on Kristina's jacket just looks SO wrong!

The blanket Kelsey made Kris for Christmas.

The kids and Brayden. We used to live across the street from this cutie pie. I couldn't get over how much he had grown and changed in the 9 months we had been gone!

We sure miss everyone SO much!!! We are very thankful that we were able to visit and can't wait until we get to come back!

This is what my crazy kids do when they are left alone!

Poor cat!

I guess it isn't too far off of what their crazy mom does when people are looking! At least the cat looks happy with me!