It is time...

To finally update my blog. These are some miscellaneous pictures of things over the past couple months. The pictures are in no particular order.

I was able to help in Taylor's Preschool class a few weeks ago. It was great to see how Taylor interacted with the other kids in her class. I noticed that she is kind to everyone in the class and that they all are her friends. I think she will do great in Kindergarten. She gets along with others but she is also spunky enough that she will not put up with kids being unkind to her. Cute side note, the boy on the left with the striped shirt is named Grant. I learned from Grant's Mom at the Preschool Christmas program that Grant has a crush on Taylor and that he wants to marry her. Taylor of course is completely oblivious to it all and says that he is usually mean to her, which she doesn't understand that that is what boys do. His Mom said that the first day of preschool Grant came home and said "I met the girl I am going to marry. She is so cute." She said that is very much out of character for him and that the crush is still there 5 months later. I would have to agree with Grant on the part of Taylor being so cute. :-)
Nathan has one more game in the winter wham season of basketball. He is #5 in this picture. Nathan decided that he wanted to play in the spring season so we will start games again the first Saturday in April. Nathan is really improving his game. During this particular game he made 2 baskets. The second one he made was a difficult shot. I really wished that I videotaped this game. After he made the difficult shot he had a grin from ear to ear for a few minutes. Many in the crowd made comments during and after the game like "That is what it is all about right there" "Great smile, that is true happiness" Many spectators from both sides came up to Nathan after the game and complimented him. Nathan told me "Mom, the crowd loves me" He was on cloud nine for quite a while.

Action shot.

Family came into town a few weeks ago for a baby blessing for our new niece. This is Grandpa S and Natalie. They are playing with a piggy bank that is a favorite toy in this household. They sat here together for a long time. It was a cute moment.

A week or so ago I took the girls to a park near our house where there are ducks that you can feed bread to. The weather was amazing and the girls had fun. Here are a few cute pictures of the girls.

Postcard material right here :-)

Nathan decorated a gingerbread house at scouts a few weeks ago and he wanted a picture to document it before we threw it away.

Nathan after climbing a rock at a nearby park a couple months ago.

Taylor's hair is getting long and I enjoy trying new hairstyles, when she will let me that is.

Natalie loves to ride around on Preston's back. She likes to dig her toes into his pants to help give her support.

In December Preston and I went to our friend's Gingerbread House making party. It is a lot of fun. This year we spent hours of prep work before the party to make it easier to construct in the allotted time of the party. Well our ski lodge attempt did not go very much like we had envisioned. If only we could project the images in our head perfectly into real life. The ski lodge was equipped with a moutain with a ski lift in the background. I will be honest here, Preston gets pretty intense when it comes to these kind of things and I try really hard to just sit quietly and do exactly as I am told. :-) The lodge is standing up in all of these pictures but it slowly collapsed as the evening progressed and by the time we drove home I had frosting all over my clothes and a collapsed heap of the previous lodge materials.