Happy New Year!

We pray 2010 is a year full of blessings, joy and happiness for you and your family!

Fun Times in the Snow!

Stone had so much fun playing in the snow... he got to make snow angels, sled, throw a few snowballs and even eat a little bit! The snow was a great treat for Christmas but unfortunately Oklahoma does not have the equipment to remove the snow so the roads are still crazy 4 days later and we are expected to get more later this week! Fun times for winter break!

Even the poor Canadian Geese and ducks were frozen on the pond!

Christmas 2009

Santa arrived safe after his sleigh got stuck in the snow! A little push and after parking it in the nearest spot Santa was on his way carrying the gifts! The gifts looked great under the tree... I love the fact that he wrote in his letter to Santa on Christmas Eve to please bring him a Superman Costume!

(Santa got the costume 90% off after Halloween!)

Rubbing his eyes while checking out the gifts from the Jolly man in the Red Suit!

He was quite excited that Santa remembered to bring him just what he wanted!

A little Sushi set from Mom and Dad- definitely could not compete with Santa's gift!

Stone lost under the tree looking for more presents!

All his loot! We did not go too crazy this year! Stone was quite spoiled when we were in Boston and Pittsburg!

He really enjoyed his marble run he got from Auntie Carla- it just about killed him to not be able to open it until Christmas day- it was under the tree since the tree went up at the beginning of December!

Daddy and Stone carrying out all the trash! They are bundled up since we got 14 inches of snow on Christmas Eve!

Conversations with Stone

Last night as we were in the car driving home from Starbucks; Stone peeps up for the backseat and says; “I sure am excited about the baby!”. So Lj asks him if he has thought of any names he likes and after much thought Stone gives us four names...

Santa Claus

Baby

Santa

Little Baby

I guess you can really tell what is on his mind- Santa. He is very quiet about the baby when people ask him; I think he is still trying to process it all! He went with us to the first appointment and he thought the heartbeat was too loud on the ultrasound machine!

Here is Baby Niko's first picture

Ni= two in Japanese and Ko=child

our second child

Surprises!

A Fun Friday!

Sarah and I took the kiddos to the Jasmine Moran Children's Museum in Seminole, OK! We had such a fun day! There was so much for the kids to do and play with; we did not even get to see it all in the short three hours we spent at the museum.

Stone could have stayed in teh cockpit of the plane all day if I would have let him... I was ready to move on after the annoying tween volunteer kept coming in talk to his imaginary "puppet"!

The next stop after the plane was the mechanic shop! The kids got to try their hand at changing tires, adding coolant and sliding under the car to fix the muffler!

Stone was not too keen on the art station but I was having too much fun with the paint that I made him stay and make a picture... his face just screams the injustice he felt!

Homeland was kept true to their high prices... a box of Caprisun was $3.00!

Stone enjoyed working the register!

Bubbles, bubbles and more bubbles! Whoever invented bubbles was genius! They are so fun!

A big bulk of the time in the fire station area was spent on the fire truck!

The three amigos!

Since it was such a beautiful day we got to play out side for a while! Piper and Stone enjoyed hanging upside down on the pirate ship!

They also had a life size maze! I am so glad noone was there because the kids kept running in circles... thankfully they were little enough to climb under the fence to get out!

A great picture of the little ones... love that it captures the blue sky and the winds of Oklahoma blowing!

Water Works... Stone is like a moth to the flame when it comes to water! He could have stayed there all day... thankfully I could bribe him away with a snack bar microwaved lunch! !

After lunch was potty break... of course after potty you must wash hands! Why is everyone clapping and touching their nose and not washing their hands???

We ended the day with a train ride! It was nice... we were the only ones on the train other than the conductor and the direction lady!

We had a great time and were blessed with nice weather and happy children! This place is definitely on the list as a return to in the near future... 1 hour really is not too far to drive for a day of fun!

Halloween Party

Stone wanted to host a halloween party at our house for a few of his friends. He invited Joe, Jake, Aedan, Kyla and Freedom! Some came in costume and some came as themselves. We had so much fun painting pumpkins and eating Mummy Dogs!

The Mummy Dogs! I think the adults liked them better then the kiddos!

Kyla really got into painting her pumpkin!

Peter Pan even came to join in on the fun as well!

Courage, the little cowgirl, got to put her fingerprints all over the pumpkin!

Jake the puppy showing off his artistic work!

Stone and Aedan hanging out and playing in Stones room... They are good buds and we are blessed for the boys to go to church and school together!

Stone and Freedom! Kind of scary with them both wielding weapons!

Stone's pumpkin... I really like how they turned out. I am so glad I opted for the fake pumpkins from Hobby Lobby, this way we can have it for many years and not worry about it rotting!

Pumpkin Patch Fun

One beautiful saturday in October we headed to the pumpkin patch with the Chan family!

The boys had a blast running, climbing and jumping! Little Courage loved seeing everything from her Daddy's shoulders!

Here is Stone with his pumpkin he choose soon after we arrived... we had to "hide" in under a wheel to insure it would it would still be there at the end of the day!

Stone got to drive a huge tractor... watch out FFA!

Stone tried his arm at some rings to hook a horn...

Ready

Set

GO!

Hooked it!

Lazing around on the hammock! A perfect way to enjoy the view!

Stone and Freedom loved climbing in the trees and on all the old tree trunks... these kids are 100% boy!

Happy Fall from the Lj's!