Bits and Pieces of Our Life

It's been so long since I've blogged that I've got a bunch of catching up to do. I think I'll just throw a bunch of photos together and make a few comments so I don't feel so overwhelmed. Blogs can be very overwhelming you know :)

Here we are at Gresham's annual Teddy Bear Parade. We all had our teddy bears and were ready for the action. Some of our favorite parade sights were the Great Dane Club, the miniature ponies, and the high school bands. Grace also liked the cheerleaders.
Mike was out of town in MN for the Desiring God annual conference (he had an awesome time!) so my mom was kind enough to come spend the weekend with us.

Waiting for the show.

Pretty cute look on Noah's face :)

This is how I found the kids after returning from the library. I am LOVING the library this year. We go online, put holds on all the books we want, and then just go in and pick them up! What a huge blessing to homeschoolers (and non-homeschoolers too)!

This is Elsie on her big "getting her ears pierced" day. As a reward for potty-training Elsie got her ears pierced just like mommy and big sis. She cried more than Grace, but enjoyed all the attention everyone gave her when we got home. She does look pretty cute in her little pink earrings.

Elsie has been fully potty-trained for about 2 or 3 months now. She turned the corner on being motivated when I took her to the store and bought her a sticker chart, stickers and Smarties candy (thanks to Jamie for that candy idea). It's great to only have one child in diapers now!

This is my attempt at artistic photography. I'm pretty wild.

This is my little funny bunny in her undies eating a carrot out of our garden. She's wearing her Elmo undies she picked out for potty-training.

This is me chopping onions. The Bob the Builder goggles work great for keeping away the tears!

Elsie and Grace love to dress up creatively. Usually Weston is in there with them.