Baptism Day

Ok, so none of the pictures in her dress turned out. She is totally standing in the sun the wrong way here. Then after we walked out of the church, she was too cold.

At least this one with Jeff and at the church turned out good.

And, we are very grateful for all the family that took the time out of their schedules to come. Even though you can't see everyone in the picture (or tell who anyone is) we tried.

It was a great day! I hope Samantha thinks it was.

XLIV

Yes, it's that time again. As we prepare as much food for the Superbowl as we do for Thanksgiving.

And, the jiggler helmet colors didn't quite turn out (it was supposed to be gold) but we don't care because we are going for the Colts.

The competition begins!

The biggest Colts fan!

And, the food...

Cinderella

What mean parents we are. Jeff and I were kind of laughing because Samantha had her Cinderella dress-up on and I had her clean the bathroom. It just seemed too ironic. So, I had to get a picture.

How cruel we are to make her work so hard!

It was kind of funny

Happy Birthday

8 years old Wow, my baby is 8! She had a good day.

She got to take treats to school (which the boys don't because their birthdays usually fall on a holiday or when school is out, they were jealous)

She got a new bike, some dress-up gloves and lip gloss, of course lip gloss. She is all girl. Oh, and some earings.

She wanted a cheesecake with skittles (??) Since I didn't have room to write her name, it still worked out ok.

Happy Birthday Samantha, we love you and look forward to family coming for your baptism.

Preparing . . .

. . . for Superbowl food! Jeff had to try out some new recipes today. He made chilli and was real proud of it. He also made a 7-layer dip, but I didn't get a picture of that.

Then, he had the boys make sugar cookies. These are not my recipes, Jeff found new ones that he likes, so he did all the cooking today. He was pretty proud of himself and I loved it that I didn't have to cook. But, Superbowl, here we come

Pinewood Derby

Jeff's 9th and final pinewood derby! And, it didn't do too good. Jeff was a little rushed with getting it made (I mean Kade was...)

You can see it here in the middle lane, it was quite unique.

The Sneakster!

And Off Again

Nicholas finally got his braces off FOREVER! And, you can't even see his retainer because it is a clear plastic thing. The bad thing with the retainer is he can't wear it when he eats, and that is pretty much all the time these days.