Happy Birthday Seaka!

Happy 3rd Birthday baby girl! I can't believe that 3 years have gone by already. Time goes by way too fast, I wish it would slow down so we could enjoy it more. You are such a fun little girl, I am so lucky to be your mom, I love every minute.
As many know, I was very excited to see you during delivery! And look how cute you are! You came into the world on the exact day that I wanted you to come, you were so thoughtful! Thank you.

From the very second Dad saw you, you have had him wrapped around your finger. he loves you so much and will do anything for you. I don't know if that is such a good thing! Wes is a proud big brother too, he loves you.

I am sorry you are so sick on your birthday! We will have your party another day when you fell better. She wouldn't even open this present. She asked me to open it for her. How sad is that?

Earlier in the day, she found enough energy to open a couple of presents. It only lasted about 5 minutes and then she was back to being held again.

Wes gave her a Strawberry Shortcake DVD, her favorite!

Dave gave her a necklace, she whispered (with all the voice she had), "Ahh, my favorite!"

I think from this picture you can tell that she likes the necklace. Way to go Dad.


We sang Happy Birthday to her again and she smiled the whole time. Then she fell into my lap to be held. Poor thing. I had no idea croupe would do this to her!

Clark Griswold

Thanks Clarky, I love it. Next year will you please, pretty please, do the tree again? I will let you buy a wreath for above the garage.


Bethany: Is your house on fire, Clark?
Clark Griswold: No, Aunt Bethany, those are the Christmas lights.


Ellen: Clark, Audrey's frozen from the waist down.
Clark Griswold: That's all part of the experience, honey.




Here's a picture of the first Christmas we lived in our house. Look how far Clark has come! We had a couple of really bad years in between. But look how cool the tree looks. It had 2,000 lights on it when he was finished. He had to go back to the store 3 times to buy more and more lights! The tree has grown a couple of feet since then and he refuses to put lights on again. Even the neighbors are asking for the lights.



We had so many compliments on this tree. Ahhh.....

The Sun Went Down Too Early

I wanted to go take pictures of the kids before the snow comes, but I didn't think the sun started to go down before 5pm! I wanted a different park, but didn't have enough light to get there, so we ended up at this one again. If it isn't snowing tomorrow, I'm taking them again!

I think Wes is so cute with all his front teeth growing in. He's lost 5 and his 6th is just about to come out. He's got a goofy grin now!

Brooke is my ballerina. I tried to get her to be still and sit down, didn't work! I had to get some ribbon to tie around her shoes to keep them on her feet. They are about half a size too big and she can't walk in them without them coming off her feet, she insists on wearing them. The ribbon works great!

This spot is really pretty when the sun is just beginning to set and coming through the trees in the back ground and it glows. Oh well! I missed it.

She was fascinated by the water and I would have freaked out if she'd gotten wet or dirty in her outfit. Especially if it isn't snowing tomorrow!

So stinkin' cute.

She had to pose like this, there was no stopping her for a few frames, so I told Wes to go for it with her! You might as well join in the fun!

She found a root that had popped up out of the ground that she called a "baby one" that she wanted to sit on. She's very insistent. So until she got to sit on it, we didn't get to do anything else, so here's the picture we came up with from her "baby one".

There was a group of guys playing ultimate Frisbee there and their Frisbee went into the water. The kids watched the water rippling for a long time, so I finally just took a picture and I kinda like it, although I wish I could see some of Brooke's face.