Old Town Alexandria in the fall 09

The Perfect Day at the DC Temple

the babies first snow of 2009

Little legs.

Our little ones practicing the piano.

I'm On The Walk Too

Jake was now the subject of numerous photos. This is one that came out pretty good. As you can see, he is plugged and in the backpack. The plug is caus he woke up just before the walk; the backpack is standard for him until he walks faster.

Stop Taking Pictures of Me!

After a fashion, even our attention seeking princess was sick of having her picture taken. If her eyes could shoot lasers, our camera would be a pile of dust right now.

See My Tounge

Erik kept 'clicking' pictures of Emma on the way back to the house, so Emma started making different faces for the camera. Cute tounge.

This was on the way back to the house. Emma didn't want to turn around, sooooo her hand had to be held for a little while. She has a much happier face on than she did moments before this pic. We decided not to scare anyone by putting the pics of her 'tantrum' on the blog.....yes, Erik even takes pictures of those.

Evening Walk

The children LOVE to be outside...rain or shine it doesn't matter. They FREAK OUT if they can't get outside after being stuck in the house for a while....wait, maybe that's me. An after dinner walk has become one of our welcomed routines. You can see it's just a little wet out today. It's been raining on and off for the past few days here. Boy, do I miss Arizona.

Erik and Jakey After Dinner

Jake and Daddy had spaghetti for dinner too. I think you can see a little bit of sauce still on Jake's cheek. Isn't he a cutie?!

Spaghetti Dinner

Emma finally conquered the dexterity necessary to 'sort-of' feed herself with utensils. Her early success didn't last long, though, and soon she was using her hand to place the noodles on the fork to eat.

hangin' in the tree

A great first pic to post - our two little angels hanging out in one of the trees in our back yard on the blessed day of Easter! David joined them shortly after this shot...now where is that pic??

Our first post

This is our first post.

Pretty boring, we know, but everyone starts somewhere....

....and we don't want to set the 'bar' too high right out of the gate.