JANUARY:
Justin turned 7
Some more pictures of the kids from Jan. 08
Disneyland in Jan
Faithie (Jan)
Paige (jan)
Monday, March 24, 2008
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Our Christmas letter
For those who didn't receive the email, here's a copy of our holiday letter:
To all our friends and family,
We hope you all are doing well and the past year was overall good.
We're doing well and the children are growing so fast.
Justin is almost 7 years old and doing great in school. He can be a little bossy over his siblings and likes things just the way he thinks they should be. He's been proving to be super smart in school - reading at a 3rd grade level now and doing great at math too. He's been active in Cub Scouts and just finished up another season of soccer.
Paige is 5.5 years old. Still a princess and loves everything girlie. She is quite social in school and seems to be loved by all the children in her classes (and other classes too). Her teacher says she can be chatty at times but a good student overall and seems to be really excelling in math. She's doing great in gymnastics - this winter she'll be moving up to the next level and be a class with all 7-8 year olds. The teachers said she simply can't stay in her age group any longer.
Faith Anne is 2 and very proud of this. She's still the obvious baby of our family and can try to pull the spoiled baby thing every once in a while. She's a joy to be around - a very happy child for the most part. She loves to follow her siblings around - especially Paige because paige will play dress up with her and all sorts of pretend games. She's already into princesses and purses and dress-up shoes! Her speech has improved a little and we're still working on getting her into a speech program so we will be able to understand most of what she says. Like her big sister, she loves art too.
In October we got Disneyland passes for some family fun over the next year. We've already gone a few times and the kids have such a great time! The big kids will be taking ceramics this winter at our recreation center and are looking forward to it.
As for us parents, not much is new. We seem to have busy days between all the kids activities and our activities - before we know it, another week has passed. We both are still in our same places of work and are doing well.
We hope the holiday season is pleasant for all of you. Merry Christmas to those of you who celebrate the birth of Jesus at this time of year. Happy new year to all and we hope and pray the next year is a wonderful one everyone.
With joy and love,
our family to yours.
For those who didn't receive the email, here's a copy of our holiday letter:
To all our friends and family,
We hope you all are doing well and the past year was overall good.
We're doing well and the children are growing so fast.
Justin is almost 7 years old and doing great in school. He can be a little bossy over his siblings and likes things just the way he thinks they should be. He's been proving to be super smart in school - reading at a 3rd grade level now and doing great at math too. He's been active in Cub Scouts and just finished up another season of soccer.
Paige is 5.5 years old. Still a princess and loves everything girlie. She is quite social in school and seems to be loved by all the children in her classes (and other classes too). Her teacher says she can be chatty at times but a good student overall and seems to be really excelling in math. She's doing great in gymnastics - this winter she'll be moving up to the next level and be a class with all 7-8 year olds. The teachers said she simply can't stay in her age group any longer.
Faith Anne is 2 and very proud of this. She's still the obvious baby of our family and can try to pull the spoiled baby thing every once in a while. She's a joy to be around - a very happy child for the most part. She loves to follow her siblings around - especially Paige because paige will play dress up with her and all sorts of pretend games. She's already into princesses and purses and dress-up shoes! Her speech has improved a little and we're still working on getting her into a speech program so we will be able to understand most of what she says. Like her big sister, she loves art too.
In October we got Disneyland passes for some family fun over the next year. We've already gone a few times and the kids have such a great time! The big kids will be taking ceramics this winter at our recreation center and are looking forward to it.
As for us parents, not much is new. We seem to have busy days between all the kids activities and our activities - before we know it, another week has passed. We both are still in our same places of work and are doing well.
We hope the holiday season is pleasant for all of you. Merry Christmas to those of you who celebrate the birth of Jesus at this time of year. Happy new year to all and we hope and pray the next year is a wonderful one everyone.
With joy and love,
our family to yours.
Faithie Annie - the curious 2 year old!
Our littlest princess is a joy and loves to discover things. We were at a park not far from here last week because Paige had a modeling shoot. Justin and Faith played at the park while Paige was busy.
Faith discovered that she could turn on this little facet and was overjoyed!
Our littlest princess is a joy and loves to discover things. We were at a park not far from here last week because Paige had a modeling shoot. Justin and Faith played at the park while Paige was busy.
Faith discovered that she could turn on this little facet and was overjoyed!
DECEMBER
December flew by in a flash! Here it is a few days before Christmas and it seems we were just celebrating Faith's birthday!
There were tons of activities this month between parties and school activities.
Enjoy the photos
Playing on Daddy- The girls love playing horsie on their daddy.
Justin showing off some fleece pants I made him
Justin and Paige decided to take some pictures the other day.
Justin at school
Christmas photos - sometimes getting 3 children to be still and take a photo together can be a challenge. Last weekend I realized we still needed a photo of the 3 of them for cards/emails. I had just returned home from working all night and they were almost ready for church. I helped Jason get them dressed and everyone's hair brushed after their baths/showers and took them outside. The sun was bright and bugging Justin and Faith's eyes. The older kids wanted to bend down to be near Faith's face but she would just copy them and bend down too. In the end, we did get a few good pictures.
Paige showing off her dress that I made her the day before.
Sisters
Faithie wanted a picture of her hugging her animals
December flew by in a flash! Here it is a few days before Christmas and it seems we were just celebrating Faith's birthday!
There were tons of activities this month between parties and school activities.
Enjoy the photos
Playing on Daddy- The girls love playing horsie on their daddy.
Justin showing off some fleece pants I made him
Justin and Paige decided to take some pictures the other day.
Justin at school
Christmas photos - sometimes getting 3 children to be still and take a photo together can be a challenge. Last weekend I realized we still needed a photo of the 3 of them for cards/emails. I had just returned home from working all night and they were almost ready for church. I helped Jason get them dressed and everyone's hair brushed after their baths/showers and took them outside. The sun was bright and bugging Justin and Faith's eyes. The older kids wanted to bend down to be near Faith's face but she would just copy them and bend down too. In the end, we did get a few good pictures.
Paige showing off her dress that I made her the day before.
Sisters
Faithie wanted a picture of her hugging her animals
Rest of November
I guess I got busy and haven't updated things here in a long time.
November went by in a rush it seems. School, 2 kids playing soccer and then Thanksgiving... before we knew it, it was Christmas season!
Paige did a modeling shoot for Petco this month - keep an eye out for her in their Spring mailer.
This site has had some changes and the photos need to be smaller now - I'm changing the photo size starting with this post but for older ones, I think if you click on the photos, they'll show full size (if they are full size you'll see a frame around the edges).
Paige had Indian day at school:
A winter trip to Disneyland to see all the Christmas decorations - it was lots of fun except for the one day when Faith's tummy wasn't feeling so well and the day ended with a massive 2 year old blow-out!
Faithie Annie - Princess warrior!
I guess I got busy and haven't updated things here in a long time.
November went by in a rush it seems. School, 2 kids playing soccer and then Thanksgiving... before we knew it, it was Christmas season!
Paige did a modeling shoot for Petco this month - keep an eye out for her in their Spring mailer.
This site has had some changes and the photos need to be smaller now - I'm changing the photo size starting with this post but for older ones, I think if you click on the photos, they'll show full size (if they are full size you'll see a frame around the edges).
Paige had Indian day at school:
A winter trip to Disneyland to see all the Christmas decorations - it was lots of fun except for the one day when Faith's tummy wasn't feeling so well and the day ended with a massive 2 year old blow-out!
Faithie Annie - Princess warrior!
Friday, November 09, 2007
FAITH IS 2 YEARS OLD!
Hard to believe that our "baby" is now 2.
She knew it was a special day for her and loved hearing the "Happy Birthday" song being sung to her. She didn't even nap today - just chattered away the whole time and sang songs.
She loved her new 2 year old shirt. She's trying really hard to do 2 fingers up, but it's not easy.
We had an early dinner as a family to celebrate and then came home to open her gifts.
Faith loved seeing herself on the video camera.
After her long day she fell asleep very quickly - despite saying that she wasn't ready for bed yet.
Hard to believe that our "baby" is now 2.
She knew it was a special day for her and loved hearing the "Happy Birthday" song being sung to her. She didn't even nap today - just chattered away the whole time and sang songs.
She loved her new 2 year old shirt. She's trying really hard to do 2 fingers up, but it's not easy.
We had an early dinner as a family to celebrate and then came home to open her gifts.
Faith loved seeing herself on the video camera.
After her long day she fell asleep very quickly - despite saying that she wasn't ready for bed yet.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Fall Party
Last night (Sat) was our annual Fall Fling party with friends from church. We let the kids dress up if they want - kind of an alternative for those who don't do Halloween.
We got home from LA around 1pm and I had to make P's costume still. I started following the pattern but after a bit decided my way would be faster. P is very happy with the way it turned out!
Of course we had to dress up Faith too. In this picture she's in 100% hand-me-downs from P but she likes that :) She was calling herself "bfly dance dance" -- I guess a dancing butterfly. She loves to get things out of the dress up box.
Justin did briefly wear a racecar driver outfit but then decided to change and play ball with the boys in the yard --- so no pictures of him - he was too busy.
Last night (Sat) was our annual Fall Fling party with friends from church. We let the kids dress up if they want - kind of an alternative for those who don't do Halloween.
We got home from LA around 1pm and I had to make P's costume still. I started following the pattern but after a bit decided my way would be faster. P is very happy with the way it turned out!
Of course we had to dress up Faith too. In this picture she's in 100% hand-me-downs from P but she likes that :) She was calling herself "bfly dance dance" -- I guess a dancing butterfly. She loves to get things out of the dress up box.
Justin did briefly wear a racecar driver outfit but then decided to change and play ball with the boys in the yard --- so no pictures of him - he was too busy.
Disneyland!
We decided to get passes for the year and enjoy some family time at Disneyland. The kids were off for 2 weeks for fall break, so we went for 2 days after we got back from Texas. We went again last week while the kids and J were off due to the fires and once we knew our house was safe.
P and her Daddy. I love this picture
Faith wasn't feeling a 100%.
But she LOVED this piano in Toontown (despite being around 9pm and not sleeping much in 2 days)
Faith met Mickey with Daddy while I was on a ride with the big kids. she wasn't too sure about the giant mouse, but not scared.
We decided to get passes for the year and enjoy some family time at Disneyland. The kids were off for 2 weeks for fall break, so we went for 2 days after we got back from Texas. We went again last week while the kids and J were off due to the fires and once we knew our house was safe.
P and her Daddy. I love this picture
Faith wasn't feeling a 100%.
But she LOVED this piano in Toontown (despite being around 9pm and not sleeping much in 2 days)
Faith met Mickey with Daddy while I was on a ride with the big kids. she wasn't too sure about the giant mouse, but not scared.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
A fun K' event at the kids' school is "Teddy Bear Picnic" - the kids have lunch with thier parents on the front lawn during lunch time. Paige LOVED this!
Soccer season is here! Paige is playing this year too. Her team is the Green Mermaids and she's loving playing with the other girls. It's not very competitive at this age level but she's doing quite well. I guess she has a good clue on what to do after watching her brother for 2 years. She did a great job scoring goals or getting close to it this week. Here's some pictures of her.
Justin's team is the Dragons. He's playing in the under 8 group and is one of the younger kids on his team. Some members don't pay attention all that well and can be a little rough at times. Jason is coaching the team, which can be a challenge at times for him. Justin's team won their first game on Saturday and Justin did great running the full field in the heat and staying after the ball.
Faithie gets to hang out during soccer games. She really likes having her own little chair to sit in and says "GO TEAM!" or YEAHH!
Justin joined Cub Scouts this fall too. He really enjoys it and is super proud of his uniform. It's a little big but has to last him through 3rd grade.
Today (Sunday) is soccer picture day. I managed to get the 2 kids together for a few quick pictures. Justin doesn't like the bright sun in his eyes so the pictures are a little dark.
Soccer season is here! Paige is playing this year too. Her team is the Green Mermaids and she's loving playing with the other girls. It's not very competitive at this age level but she's doing quite well. I guess she has a good clue on what to do after watching her brother for 2 years. She did a great job scoring goals or getting close to it this week. Here's some pictures of her.
Justin's team is the Dragons. He's playing in the under 8 group and is one of the younger kids on his team. Some members don't pay attention all that well and can be a little rough at times. Jason is coaching the team, which can be a challenge at times for him. Justin's team won their first game on Saturday and Justin did great running the full field in the heat and staying after the ball.
Faithie gets to hang out during soccer games. She really likes having her own little chair to sit in and says "GO TEAM!" or YEAHH!
Justin joined Cub Scouts this fall too. He really enjoys it and is super proud of his uniform. It's a little big but has to last him through 3rd grade.
Today (Sunday) is soccer picture day. I managed to get the 2 kids together for a few quick pictures. Justin doesn't like the bright sun in his eyes so the pictures are a little dark.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Today was the last day of summer vaccation for the big kids - tomorrow they start school. They are super excited but I wanted to do something extra fun today, so we went to the beach for the morning.
It has been HOT here this week and a get away sounded good. When we arrived at the beach (around 9am) it was overcast and the temperture was just perfect. By 10:30 it was getting quite warm and sunny. We had lunch there and then played in the water some more. By noon it was pretty warm and time for us to come home and get our school stuff together.
I wasn't sure how Faith would do becuase in the past she hasn't been a big fan of the sand, but she had a great time (but by 11:30 she was pretty much done). The first 1.5 hours the sand wasn't hot yet and she loved running up and down the beach. It wasn't crowded at all yet and there were a few other moms there with babies under 18 months - she was having fun being in charge of those a little younger than her.
Eventually she decided to go and see what Justin and Paige were doing in the sand, near the water.
She got braver and would sit in the puddles with Paige. She had a great time doing this. At first she was very annoyed if the water came up to her spot - eventually she liked it and was also having fun running from the water.
Justin built some sand hills and castles.
It has been HOT here this week and a get away sounded good. When we arrived at the beach (around 9am) it was overcast and the temperture was just perfect. By 10:30 it was getting quite warm and sunny. We had lunch there and then played in the water some more. By noon it was pretty warm and time for us to come home and get our school stuff together.
I wasn't sure how Faith would do becuase in the past she hasn't been a big fan of the sand, but she had a great time (but by 11:30 she was pretty much done). The first 1.5 hours the sand wasn't hot yet and she loved running up and down the beach. It wasn't crowded at all yet and there were a few other moms there with babies under 18 months - she was having fun being in charge of those a little younger than her.
Eventually she decided to go and see what Justin and Paige were doing in the sand, near the water.
She got braver and would sit in the puddles with Paige. She had a great time doing this. At first she was very annoyed if the water came up to her spot - eventually she liked it and was also having fun running from the water.
Justin built some sand hills and castles.
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
It's hard to believe that summer vaccation is almost over! Of course, here in S.Ca, it'll be "summer" for a few more months, but soon days of nothing to do will be over in our home.
The big kids start school on Aug 15th. Paige is getting very excited about starting Kindergarden and Jusitn is looking forward to showing her the ropes so to speak. This year will be alittle different because they are changing the K' from 3/4 day to "full" day. This only adds an hour and 45 mins to the day from last year, but will make it not so rushed and actually overall, smaller classes.
Paige didn't get the teacher Jusitn had last year - she got the new teacher (due to no longer having moring/afternoon with a combined middle day time, they had to hire one more teacher to make the classes overall smaller). We're hoping she's great. We'll find out Jusitn's class on the first day of school.
The big kids start school on Aug 15th. Paige is getting very excited about starting Kindergarden and Jusitn is looking forward to showing her the ropes so to speak. This year will be alittle different because they are changing the K' from 3/4 day to "full" day. This only adds an hour and 45 mins to the day from last year, but will make it not so rushed and actually overall, smaller classes.
Paige didn't get the teacher Jusitn had last year - she got the new teacher (due to no longer having moring/afternoon with a combined middle day time, they had to hire one more teacher to make the classes overall smaller). We're hoping she's great. We'll find out Jusitn's class on the first day of school.
Monday, July 16, 2007
(old pictures not here anymore)
Justin swimming- he doesn't go in the water without his goggles!
We met up with my friend and her kids visiting from AZ - I didnt' get pictures of any of the other kids but it was Faith's first time at the beach since walking... she enjoyed it for the most part but was done after about 45 mins.
We visited my parents for a few days last week. The kids did lots of swimming and got worn out. Then they got to watch cable TV - all 3 of them on the couch - trying not to fall asleep!
Justin swimming- he doesn't go in the water without his goggles!
We met up with my friend and her kids visiting from AZ - I didnt' get pictures of any of the other kids but it was Faith's first time at the beach since walking... she enjoyed it for the most part but was done after about 45 mins.
We visited my parents for a few days last week. The kids did lots of swimming and got worn out. Then they got to watch cable TV - all 3 of them on the couch - trying not to fall asleep!
CAMPING
We finally got to go camping. really the summer is flying by. The big kids are only off for about 5.5 weeks and it seems something is happening almost every week. They're having fun with it all.
We went camping in the mountains near us. It was warm and VERY dusty with a lot of flies. The flies really bugged Faith - mainly because she doesn't know how to get them out of her face. The kids did have lots of fun.
On a hike. The view was lovely, but it was a little hot outside of the shade.
A lot of trees had these woodpecker holes in them with lots of acorns stuffed into the holes. Justin really found these interesting (so did us grownups)
The 2nd day we were all a little bored so we drove into Julian via the back route. It wasn't too far and a lovely drive. J got a little sick and spent most of this time in the car, but the kids and I had some fun in the town.
We finally got to go camping. really the summer is flying by. The big kids are only off for about 5.5 weeks and it seems something is happening almost every week. They're having fun with it all.
We went camping in the mountains near us. It was warm and VERY dusty with a lot of flies. The flies really bugged Faith - mainly because she doesn't know how to get them out of her face. The kids did have lots of fun.
On a hike. The view was lovely, but it was a little hot outside of the shade.
A lot of trees had these woodpecker holes in them with lots of acorns stuffed into the holes. Justin really found these interesting (so did us grownups)
The 2nd day we were all a little bored so we drove into Julian via the back route. It wasn't too far and a lovely drive. J got a little sick and spent most of this time in the car, but the kids and I had some fun in the town.
4th of JULY
I worked July 3rd at night so I took a nap in the morning and the kids had daddy time. Then in the late afternoon we went to our friends' house for an annual party. The kids had so much fun!
They had a game where the kids (and later dads) had to try to get an Oreo cookie off their foreheads. Justin was appalled that they even asked him to lick an Oreo and put it on his face, but Paige was all game for it!
I worked July 3rd at night so I took a nap in the morning and the kids had daddy time. Then in the late afternoon we went to our friends' house for an annual party. The kids had so much fun!
They had a game where the kids (and later dads) had to try to get an Oreo cookie off their foreheads. Justin was appalled that they even asked him to lick an Oreo and put it on his face, but Paige was all game for it!
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