Summer Fun!

Jason's family came to visit us for a week! We had so much fun! Here are a few highlights from their visit!

Happy Birthday Kim!!!

Happy Birthday Kim!! Surprise! I am giving you a much overdue tribute on your special day. Thanks for being a great "big" sister. I have always looked at you that way even though you are only minutes older. There is so much about you that I admire and wish that I could be more like. Let's take a walk down memory lane.....

First of all, you can dance and I always knew it and felt jipped that you got ALLLL the moves. I will forever be amazed when I think of how you did the moonwalk after watching Michael do it on the Grammy's. It was magic before my eyes and you guessed it, I was JEALOUS! No way could I do that! And I was Michael's biggest fan, remember? You were always the outgoing one and so not self-conscience. I was your polar opposite. I wished I was more spontaneous and free like you. If I could rewind the clock I would have had more fun like you and lived a little more. (just a little)

Thanks for being my captive audience. We shared a room forever and you were stuck with all of my abnoxious and seriously annoying attempts to prevent you from going to sleep. I still remember how much you loved your sleep and I tortured you with whatever craziness was going on in my head. Can you remember my impersonation of Bill Cosby? What was wrong with me?! It didn't matter how much you pleaded, begged, and cried for me to shut up and let you sleep I always knew you would break down and laugh; even if it was in your pillow so it was barely audible. Anyway, I was always after the laughs and you always gave them to me. Thank you! This is a good time to apologize for trying to blackmail you by threatening to tell that you were kissing.... what was his name again? Again, I was just jealous because I wan't kissing anyone and you guessed it....too shy!

Okay, how come you inherited mom's green thumb at everthing you attempt? You do most things really well....just like mom. How did you sew those American Girl doll clothes so easily? Do you know how long I have been trying to learn to sew and I am always still learning? I am in awe once again! You have so many talents! You can sing, cook, bake, sew, dance, make whatever you want to make. You can do it all!

Thanks Kim for being my twin sister. It was fun growing up together, most of the time! We for sure never saw eye to eye but we had fun! Thanks for crying hysterically when I was packing my little bag to run away at eight years old, for playing wonder twins, money machine, and for letting me take us as high as we could go on the rockets at Disneyland! I left with some hair left and lots of pinch marks on my arm but it was worth it! I can still hearing you yelling at me to stop lifting us up into the air! Classic! Have a Happy 35th Birthday! Love you!

Love,

Jackie

Happy Birthday Allie Rose!

Happy Birthday Allie! We hope you have a fun birthday party and we really wish we could be there! We hope you really love eating your birthday cake. It will be so yummy! We love you!

Emma's Birthday

Emma had a fun birthday! We went shopping together and then went to see the American Girl movie with her friend Gabby. It was a really cute movie! Then we went home to open gifts and have cake! She was so happy and told me ,"This is the greatest day ever!" If only I could hear that every day!

Swim Lessons!

Four weeks of swim lessons was a bit much but I didn't hear one complaint from Emma and Julia! They had so much fun. Grace and I took a mommy and me class. She loved the lily pads and kick board time! Thank you Tiffany and Grandma Rosenlof for taking care of Crissy so I could spend time with Grace. I couldn't have done it without your help!

Fancy Nancy

This book is so cute! I bought it for Emma on her birthday and we all love it! Emma was in exile Sunday because she about destroyed our computer and she must have been reading her new book because she came downstairs and declared herself, "Fancy Nancy!" We were cracking up because she looked just like the front cover of this book, except for the hairdo of course. You can get pretty creative when you spend most of the day in your room.

Gimme Some Kool-Aid!

I love this picture! Kool-Aid on Nana's front porch on a warm summer day. My kids look so happy to be drinking Kool-Aid because they never get it at home! Only at Nana's!

Carissa is five months!

Carissa is five months old and she cut her first tooth! Congratulations Carissa!

Happy Birthday Emma!

Our little Emma is growing up fast! She will turn seven on Saturday and she is so excited for her special day. These pictures are from our trip in California. Auntie Lindsey cut Emma's hair short! She did a great job and as you can see, Emma couldn't be happier!