Shrine Circus Fun

Even though I had the girls color pictures of clowns before

we came and told them they would have paint all over

their faces they still weren't quite sure what to think.

Flat Stanley is visiting with us from our neice Claire in St. Louis.

Karlee's favorite part was the blow up slide before hand and

watching the human canon ball. Sierra was mesmorized by it all

but probably liked the tigers and elephants the best.

Fun family picture. Don't you see the resemblence!

Sier-Rah-Rah is 2

Sierra trying to blow out the candle. She needs some help yet.

I wasn't sure if I was ready to cut into the cake after all

it took to make it.

Look at all the gifts. Which one first? Karlee's present to

Sierra of course - which was a pink princess play dress.

She got so many new good books to read at bedtime.

Play-doh and bath duckies. Oh yeah, life is good!

And bathtub flutes. I don't think it will take long for

Mommy and Daddy to hide them. Hee hee.

Grampy Bergmann with his little princesses.

Thanks to all the Aunts, Uncles and Grandparents for

the wonderful gifts!!

A Nice Weekend - Finally

It has been in the mid 40s for our weekend (Fri/Sat)

and we have been outside both days enjoying it.

Kite flying+bike riding+grilling=GREAT weekend

Karlee actually flew the kite by herself for the 1st time.

Then she gave pointers to Sierra and then Sierra

got to try it with some help from Daddy.

We also made spring butterfly and flower playdoh cakes.

Of course there was also some naps time.

While Sierra napped Karlee made some ladybug decorations

for Sierra's B-day party later in the week and watched some

movies with "the boys".

RAndOmNeSs

Sierra still wants to hold Packer on her lap even

though he is getting too big. Todd's solution for

when both girls want a piggyback ride at the

same time-double decker.

We showed the girls our wedding video for the

first time and Karlee was upset that we didn't

invite her. Then after we explained why, all

she wanted to do was to marry Daddy.

All Todd could think about was getting his guns

out to "clean" thinking of that day way off

in the future. Both of our gals love to read

and it is fun seeing Karlee starting to read to

Sierra. It's amazing to hear how many books

she has memorized.

One of my favorite times of the day is snuggle

and reading time before bed. It sure makes a mom

realize what is important in life and how blessed

she is! As you can see Packer has really settled

into family life well.

Winter Fun - Finally

We have had only 2 days nice enough for us to take the

gals out and play this winter. We cannot believe it has

been so cold. We don't want winter to end ~ we just want

it a little warmer (above 0 atleast) and alot more snow!

Sledding is a family favorite and of course making

snow angels. I think Karlee would have done it for

hours but once Sierra's hands get cold she is done.

This was on the last day of January. It was actually

40 degrees. We just had to get out and play!