My kids and our dog

The Golden Gate Bridge in the back ground. New Years weekend 2009.

We had such a great day at the Exploratorium in San Francisco.

For Christmas we got a Magic Bullet. We have made smoothies in them almost every night. The kids love it because they get to choose which frozen fruit they have in their cup.

They had to show off their mustaches.

Nicole loves make-up. So I decided one night that we could do some mommy/daughter bonding this is the end results. Nicole loved her beads and earrings. We went to the DI and bought all the clip on earrings and all the bead necklaces that they had. Nicole has been in heaven ever since.

I think that I could be a model! If only Nicole would go pro as a make-up artist.

Nicole is definitely the queen of her own style.

Over the last month Nicole has been walking around the house singing "Hello, Hello." This is now her favorite primary song. She has been telling us all about John the Basket and how he was Jesus' friend. She is such a funny little girl.

This weekend was the annual Monster Truck show at the Arco Arena. So Christian and the boys went with a group of friends (because it is boys weekend only). The boys loved the the cars that transformed into robots. It was a great night for all.

Nicole and I stayed home. We painted each others Nails. My toes ended up with paint up to the knuckles, it was still very fun to spend just mom and daughter time together. Nicole had a blast being big enough to use the finger nail polish. She read to me out of the scriptures and told me lots about the pictures in the Book of Mormon. We ended the evening with watching the beginning of "Mama Mia". Now before anyone gasps that I showed it to a 3 year old, she only made it through about 5 minutes of the movie and was a sleep. Her new favorite song is "Mama Mia" She tries to sing it. But after she was a sleep I got to watch it in full and loved it. I guess all that ABBA music growing up just grew on me.

I get a kick out of watching the kids love our dog. She is so good with them and she still treats them like puppies on a few occasions. You would think that Nicole and the dog are like magnets. Nicole can not leave Oakley alone for more than 30 seconds with out climbing on top of her, or rolling over her, whispering in her ear (she really hasn't mastered the whisper part, but it is still cute), and when Oakley has had enough she will growl and then snip a little. Which is when Nicole comes in crying and I give her a big hug and a big reminder that Oakley needs some space. Then she leaves and goes right back to being with the dog. Aaron is so funny, he will walk in the house see Oakley and say "I knew you missed me the most." I love to hear him say that to her. But he will get her so wound up that I have to step up and keep that dog from plowing him over. Isaac loves to help walk her, she is so strong that it is more of her walking them. She is getting so much better since we got the Halti, it has made all the difference with her. He loves to brush her and feed her. I love that he is starting to get responsible.