Last Week

Highlights from last week: Olivia and Matthew playing outside with friends.






We went to the Birmingham, Alabama Temple last weekend. It was a very quick trip, but a nice time. We're glad we went. It was about a 5 hour drive and the kids did well. Thank goodness. These pictures are from a park in Enterprise, Alabama. The kids loved it!












What we think is a cotton field.

Family Outing

Halloween '09

Grant brought home traditional Ghanaian costumes from his mission, so Mommy-O and Dudie wore those. Daddy-O's, I haven't been able to find, and Sissy preferred Tinkerbell this year. The video is of Sissy's Preschool class doing the counting song. It makes me laugh--I don't know why. Sissy is way in the back with the red shirt.

A Day at the Beach

Columbus Day was a fun one for us at the beach. Here are a few of the highlights. Enjoy.

A few weeks in review

Fun Playgroup at the Harvey Dee Matthis Park





Soccer Tots
Matthew and some friends have been going to something called Soccer Tots where they do a variety of fun games just to get some exercise and get the wiggles out. They do anything from kicking the soccer ball to hitting Mommy with swimming noodles to kicking over and picking up cones to running bases, playing catch, blowing bubbles, going down slides, and all within an hour once a week. We've really enjoyed it.





Matthew did a pretty nice job folding these washcloths. I was impressed. I don't know that the nice job is so much a result of Mommy's instruction as it is Matthew's personal need to do things just so. I only showed him how to do it once or twice.

First Dance Lessons

Zoo World

Today we went to the zoo in Panama City Beach. They had a special today where everyone got in for $1. The kids really enjoyed it. Here are a few photos of the day.


Zoo World


Bear


Kangaroo


Cougar


Otters


Alligator


Kids and Janae


Panther


Tiger


Camel

Little Sickie

Matthew caught a cold from Mommy who probably caught it off of Olivia's preschool germs. He had a fever over the weekend, so we use a tepid washcloth to try to cool him off.

Matthew woke up at 5:45 this morning and didn't go back to bed, so by 9:45 this morning he just conked out on the couch in this position.

Pictures of late

He's probably saying "cheese" here. He likes to do that.

Here's a picture of my siblings and me in Washington that I forgot to post a couple weeks back. We were eating at a restaurant in Woodland called The Oak Tree, as you can see, famous, among other things, for its delicious cinnamon rolls.

Olivia dressed up in Daddy's suit jacket.

Cheese!

Listen for Matthew saying "Come here, Ducky!" Cracks me up. He was also asking for bread after he saw the ducks. You can hear him saying "bread" too.

Like Mother, like daughter

Olivia just ran into the kitchen where I was and proudly pointed to a red spot on her chin. "Look Mom! I've got a pimple just like you!" She was quite proud. :) Olivia. If only teenagers and adults were as enthusiastic about their pimples as our four-year-old.