Sulli loving her Levi

During school this morning, Levi was keeping his little sis' company on her play blanket. (I keep her on here with toys so I can keep track of her while I'm teaching!) She was overcome with love and admiration for him - probably because she was tired of sitting and playing alone. She was all over him, laying her head on his chest and hugging him. It's one of the cutest things I've ever seen.

Sweet little kisses

Sullivan gave her brother so many kisses, I had no trouble taking lots of pictures! Levi was loving it. He kept saying, "I love my baby sister!"


This one's a little wet. :)

Look at my Bangs!

No, I did not cut these bangs of Sulli's. She tore them all by herself. She has a terrible new habit of pulling out her own hair and chewing on hair balls while she is in her crib. This is pretty scary because we have found large balls of hair in her mouth, which she could have choked on. Now she wears double layers of mittens to bed (thank you for the mittens, Jody!) so she can't grab the hair at all. Fortunately she started out with tons of hair, so it doesn't look too bad - but you would not believe how much she has lost. :( These little ones ALWAYS keep us on our toes (and gritting our teeth)!

I LOVE My Husband

On November 29th, my best friend and I celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary!!! I didn't post any pictures, so I thought I'd post these, taken last weekend at a Christmas party. I have the best husband in the world, hands down. I am just so very truly blessed.

3 Musketeers

Okay... I know it's beginning to look like we 3 girls are always together! We're not; we just go in spurts. I won't see either one of them for a while, and before you know it, I'm seeing them all the time (which is much more fun)! Here we are again (me, Julia and Kimberlee) at yet another Christmas party.

Girls' Night IN

My friend Kimberlee just turned 36, and for her birthday, Julia and I decided to cook a nice dinner for her. I made chicken parmesan and the dessert, and Julia made a delicious salad and her special ravioli with brown butter sauce. Everything turned out great and we girls had such a wonderful evening IN. We decided we couldn't have had more fun out, and we may just make this a tradition. I am blessed to have these two girls in my life, and I thank the Lord often for such special friends.

Annual Bible Study Christmas Party - 2008

Rachel, me and Michelle


Christine and Caroline


Jessica and Todd


Michelle, Rachel and Julia


Allen, Ted and Mike


Chris, Will and Allen


Chad led us in some beautiful Christmas worship!


Michelle poses very cute next to her husband, Mark.


Here are Allen and Julia. They host our Bible study in their home every single week. God bless them! So, they were thrilled to have the party at OUR house. They have a very special gift of hospitality!


Here, Julia explains the rules of the gift game. There was LOTS of Starbucks Coffee this year.... I mean LOTS.


I got the silliest gift of the night... an animated elf hat that lights up, moves and jingles, playing "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas!" The kids love it.


Little Miss Sullivan was ready for bed pretty early... so much commotion!



About 13 kids and 3 babysitters played games and had a "Happy Birthday Jesus" party in our garage (so we adults could have peace and quiet, of course). Here, Titus and Levi pose with their good friend Christian.

The Creamery

I love these pictures of the boys having ice cream. We spent last Sunday on Coronado Island before Mom and Dad went back to NM, and we stopped at this 50's-style ice cream shop. The rest of us sat outside and thought these three looked so grown up sitting by themselves.