Abi is all trouble

Who would think this little girl is a trouble? I think Ryan took this picture, pretty good huh?!:)
She sneaks her hand up there and turns of the cable box while I am recording shows for them on DVD. She causes me a lot of stress, so I taped up the front of our TV stand. Then she got her little hands under it because I only taped one way so last night during Survivor she did it again. I taped it up and down then, now she is trying new ways to "stick it to the man!" It's hard to get mad because she smiles and gives you a kiss afterwards, but I can tell you Ryan isn't as forgiving. That is my little devil and I love her.

Dinosaurs

I have no idea how to do a collage so you are stuck scrolling down to see all the cute pictures of my family. This top one is so cute! You can see the stamp on Derrek's hand when Ryan got it on his he freaked out because he was dirty, so I had to wipe some of it off. After that he was good.

They had so much fun at thanksgiving point. Abigail was just running all over the place and Ryan kept telling us, "come over here, come see this." He was very excited.

Making impressions of fossils, though the kids just kind of colored, but daddy knew what he was doing.

my cute handsome boy!

Valentines

Ryan got a video camera and a camera for Valentines day. I know we are strange for giving presents for this day, but that is how I grew up. We really got it for our trip to Disneyland for him to take his own pictures. He always uses my camera and is pretty good so we will see how well he does when we go.

All the things Ryan got.

I got some pretty flowers that probably cost a lot because they all do, but it is nice to get them once in awhile.:)

Abigail with her new purse and trying to find the goodies inside.

All the things Abigail got. I had to buy Ryan a special boy black chapstick because he kept taking Abi's.

I also got Derrek just a heart shaped cake. It was a lofthouse one just his size. I made him a special dinner, bbq ribs and potatoes. I heard no complaints so I guess he liked it.:)

All is well

Helping mom make cookies and eatign the beaters, that's there fav!

going to a sleepover to grammy's

Smiling so cute and big

Building a car with dad is always fun for Ryan

Already wanting the Princess shoes, but she needs work to walk in them just like her mom!:)

So I finally got my test results back and I am A-okay, however I do have a low thyroid count which is odd because with my family they are all high. So I told my mom I should be fat, how blessed am I?:) Not much has been going on in our household. We have just been so excited for our trip to Disneyland next month we can't stand it. I love that my parents will be joining us as well, I mean it's hard to accomodate your babysitters too!:) We are going to Disneyland on my birthday so I get in free and maybe Derrek and I will go to dinner later, who knows. I am making an itinerary too, which probably won't be followed but I just want to make sure my kids can see everything they can the first time. I got my condo by the ocean so we are about a block away from it and about a 45 minute drive to Disneyland. I know, I am more excited than the kids.

Ryan has just been loving my camera lately so Derrek and I decided we would buy him an early birthday present and get him his own camera for the trip and then I will set up his very own blog for all of his pictures. He is such a cute and smart boy.

Abigail is a funny thing and does a skip run whenever she sees her Papa. Papa gives her treats whenever she goes over to his house, whos says you can't buy love.:) She is trying to talk more, but it is just jibberish. I thought with the second it would come easier and faster but she is being a stinker. One day she will surprise us all with a paragraph or two.

Derrek is awesome and works all day every day. He did play some ball the other day and surprisingly did not do too bad, especially for not playing for a whole year.

We are excited for spring to plant our first garden and to take walks and go to the zoo. I am very blessed to have such a wonderful family, I couldn't ask for more.