Here is poor Austin at Disneyland, the place she has dreamed about for months.... and her Uncle Shane has scared her to death by telling her she is about to be eaten by a huge whale.

It's a Girl!
We just found out tonight that we are having a girl. We are really excited and so are the kids. Any suggestions on names?

Disneyland here we come!
On Monday we are packing up the car and headed to California. The kids are so excited about going to see Mamal and Disneyland.

Here they are in front of the bank ready to cash in on thier life savings. (Shaun's $12.71 & Austin's $11.60)

Waiting patiently while the nice girl at the bank dumps out thier piggys into the change counting thing. I'm not quite sure what Austin is doing here.

We are not leaving until Monday, but everyday Austin says "ok after naps we are going to Disneyland and Mamals house, okay?"

Pinkalicious
For Christmas my Mom gave Austin a book called Pinkalicious. It's about a girl that ate too many pink cupcakes and turned pink. So obviously we had to make pink cupcakes... But she was slightly disappointed when she realized she was not turning pink.

They were alot of help in the kitchen.

Congratulations Doug and Tricia
On January 2nd my little brother Doug got married to Tricia Beck. We are all so excited for them. Tricia is a nurse and Doug will be going to school. Hopefully my kids will get some cousins soon. :)


Here they are fresh out of the temple. Her dress was beautiful! Little Lou boy looked so handsome too.

This is our side of the family. Bottom row: Nate, MC, Steve, Jen, Mom, Tricia, Doug, Dad, Mamal, Heidi. Top row: Denise, Michelle, Benny, Me, David, Kira and Jeff.

Here we are anxiously waiting for them to come out. Man check out those roots!

Austin and Shaun are happy about going to the reception. Austin refers to this as her 'wedding dress' Watch out Tricia she is trying to steal your big day.

Merry Christmas

Ok, I know it's mid January, but here is our Christmas! The kids were very excited. Shaun got a train and Austin got make-up and a tea set. Who could ask for more?



Here is Shaun boy showing his Dad how it works. At first he was very particular about who got too close to "MY TRAIN!!!" But that was mainly for Austin the train robber.

Though Austin did not have trouble at all sharing her lipstick with Shaun.

This is Asutin's dream come true. Her very own make-up. After the first day we had to start supervising a little closer when we found nail polish all over the TV.

Christmas Lights

Here is my handsome husband hard at work. I don't really know why he needs foil and scissors to put up lights, but these are the questions I have stopped asking.

This is the finished product. The kids love it! Ben is out there almost every night making sure things are still in order.