Saturday, November 28, 2009

Friday, November 20, 2009

Art and School

Ann loves to paint. Lynsey loves to be outside. Ann brought her painting outdoors so we could all be together.




Sadly – Ann's preschool teacher, Miss Carla, has found a job full time that will suit her better. Ann will miss her I'm sure! The assistant, Miss Kimberly will still be there, so at least there will be someone familiar in the class along with the new teacher after Thanksgiving break.

Family Photos

We haven't done an entire family photo since Lynsey was born. We needed one for church and my friend Heather is taking a photography class - so we became her assignment. We did the shoot in downtown Sanford.





If only Lynsey's pony tail was on the other side...








Pumpkins, Pebbles, and Princess Anneliese

Around the end of October we visited a small pumpkin patch
From November 2009



Fall festival at a local church – pony rides, balloons and more all for free







Lynsey didn't like the feeling of hay.

Pebbles

Princess Anneliese (from a Barbie movie)





Friday, October 23, 2009

Random October

Cute sisters - starting to play together more


Lynsey's new love is rolled up balls of playdough that she can hold, carry and stick in weird spots.


Somehow we got volunteered for a video shoot about a lock on our door that can be opened with a fingerprint. Commercial will be playing at Ace Hardware by next month.


Lynsey likes spicy things lately. Here she is getting into chips and salsa.


Ann is making some really great drawings.


Check out the firetruck drawing as well as her name written all by herself!


Last weekend, I had two glorious nights away at Lake Aurora with the women from Lifepoint church. It was a great time and Caleb and the girls did AWESOME without me!
From October 2009



My favorite 'sippy cups.' I had one from Target and finally found more from Walmart. Leak free cups.
From October 2009

(You can click on "October 2009" to see the photos above and then some...)

Friday, September 18, 2009

Indiana 2009

The annual pilgrimage to the promised land. I mean - our annual trip to see Grandma, Grandpa, Great Grandpa, aunts, uncles and cousins. The weather was beautiful however a little colder would have been nice to me, but at least it was sunny and not rainy. My cousins came down from Wisconsin with their newborn - so we planned to arrive the same weekend and get all the great grandkids together with Great Grandpa Yoder.

Outdoor lover, Lynsey, was in nature heaven with a high chair right next to a sliding glass door with a bird feeder outside.
From Indiana Sep 2009


My birthday was Friday - so my mom made cupcakes with my FAVORITE candy. Good 'ol 9-11.



On Friday - one of the amish neighbors took us all out on his pontoon boat on Lake Wawasee. That was a lot of fun and the girls did pretty good out there for a couple hours. Caleb caught a 24" pike fish and we cooked it up Sunday - very tasty. I think Ann ate for the first hour of the fishing trip... banana and lots of cheetos.


lots of beautiful houses on Lake Wawasee

Caleb's Pike fish

I was a true tourist - taking pictures of the buggies.

Lynsey was a little freaked out - I had a hard time getting close to great grandpa with her.

We spent time with Marty's fiance Christine and her son Jackson. Ann had a LOT of fun hanging out with Jackson.