2007 Pictures- Continued!!!!

This is a continuation of the previous post.  Ok, I guess Blogger just doesn't like me!  It will only let me post one picture today.  So here it is, Gavin and Delaney on their first day of school 2007.

2007- What you missed!

Here are the pictures I promised!  I can't seem to post pictures and get the words to post next to them so I'll have to tell you about them here.  The first picture is grandpa John and the boys shooting off rockets on Christmas Day.  The second picture explains why 2 year olds aren't allowed to brush their teeth by themselves!  Gavin is holding his sugar cube model of the Santa Cruz Mission for school( that was a lot of hours!).  The next picture is our family at the  Logging train near Yosemite this summer.  The next picture may embarrass Ryan, but it was taken out here on the Delta when my parent's took us out on their boat this summer!  The next two pictures are supposed to be a "before and after" except they are switched!  The kids love going out on the boat with Grandpa John at Bass Lake!  He's one wild and crazy driver!   The next picture was back in June during our week of "Avalanche Ranch" Vacation Bible School at our church.  Ryan got "wrangled" into being the cowboy mc of the week! This next picture was taken on December 24th, when Delaney and I went to see the "Nutcracker" at the Oakland Ballet for the first time.  The last picture is the kids intertubing this summer. I have more pictures to post but Blogger is refusing to upload any more for me so I'll have to post them on a separate post!

Merry Christmas all you Bloggers!

So, hopefully this will be my return to the blogsphere? I hope everyone has had a great Christmas holiday so far. We are in full "vegetable" mode, hunkering down here at home, watching movies, having friends spend the night, watching the rain drizzle outside, drinking lots of coffee and hot chocolate. Because I haven't posted in well, months, I'll post up a few pictures to document the rest of 2007. Lets see, first day of school, kids in Halloween costumes, birthday parties, . That should get you up to date. Caedmon turned two in September, Delaney 8 in October, Jen 33 & Liam 5 in December. Gavin will be turning 10 in a few weeks. Our current hobbies and interests include: Caedmon- His current favorite cartoon character is Mickey Mouse "Mitty Mouse". He finds him everywhere we go, and is thrilled that his face in on his current size 4 diapers! Liam really likes "Diego" and of course, legos, like his big brother. Between him and Gavin, we have now run out of room to store lego sets and they're busting out of closets and shelves. He's also gotten pretty good at building puzzles. Delaney and I saw the Nutcracker for the first time at the Oakland Ballet on Christmas Eve. It was a really special time for us to spend time as mother and daughter (away from the "boys"). Delaney likes to make bead necklaces and bracelets and to cook and shop with me, and she was pretty excited to now have her room to herself (Caedmon has moved in with the boys in his new toddler bed). Gavin still enjoys drawing and has expanded his porfolio to include 2 new comic "books". One is called "The Origin of Super Kible Dog" and the other "Hamster Wars", inspired by his favorite movies. He's also addicted to the "Captain Underpants" book series. He thinks they're hilarious. I guess you have to be 9 to understand. He's also now "in a band" with his friend, Jacob, from church. They have been practicing in our garage for the last two months and they actually don't sound too bad. Gavin is finally putting his drum set to use (thank you grandparents!). I'm doing well. I'm taking the women's leadership class at church (taught by Ryan- oh boy!). He's got me reading books and doing devotionals, It's like college again. I'm actually really enjoying it. We have 5 ladies over, every other week, for the class and it's been going great. Mostly, I'm just trying to enjoy my kids, keep up with the laundry, try not to scream every time I enter the bathroom and my sons have "missed" the target, and be at peace with whatever comes my way. Ok, that's enough for now. Here are the pictures, and God bless!!