Elliott meets Dean and Erika while Meg gets some new color!

Elliott and Josh came to play while Meg got her hair done. Dean and Erika came to meet her. She had her 3rd bottle. Here's Meg's new color! Doesn't she look great?

Proud of himself

Walking and clapping

giggling swingers

A pre-birthday celebration in Denver!

Jenny, Dean and I all flew to Denver for a little pre-birthday gathering! Sophie and Jenny both have birthdays this month. We arranged it so we got to the airport at about the same time. Jen, Dean and I met up at the baggage claim area and then Jess came and picked us up. It was free day at the natural history museum, so we stopped there on the way home from the airport for an hour of fun. Here we are in the parking lot. Sophie and Tessa are showing off this cool wall. Dean may have noticed the astronaut, but mostly he thought the lights were cool. He is really into lights, maybe even second place to wheels. Sophie loved this dinosaur skeleton that walks, she was brave enough to stick her head in it's mouth like this little girl is doing. Tessa on the other hand cried and ran from it as fast and far way as she could.
Trying on their Valentine gifts. Dean had to settle for the Christmas head gear. Tuesday morning Sophie had her preschool Valentine party. Here she is all dressed up and ready to go with the valentine she'd made. Tessa showing off her valentine. I made Sophie do a retake with a smile.We went to a park with community ride-ons that afternoon. Sophie asking Tessa for a turn on the cool Barbie one. Then we met Dan for dinner at the Red Robin. Dan and Sophie enjoying the special birthday sundaes they brought for our birthday girls. Tessa ate the whipped cream off the top. Dean was very good all day after just having a one hour nap instead of the 3 hours he usually gets, but he'd had enough sitting and was ready to walk the restaurant at this point. Back home for Sophie to open her presents. (We went to the maternity store that afternoon and found Jenny a darling maternity dress. I should have taken a picture!) Okay these are out of order, same day, but earlier than the trip to the park, shopping, and going to dinner we took Dean outside to walk around while the girls were napping. (Jess had the baby moniter in her pocket.) My two beautiful pregnant daughters. Jenny is a couple of months ahead of Jessica. Dean loved this bridge and all of the puddles on the way to it. It was beautiful out there. Notice only the Houstonites needed jackets and they even took then off on the way back! Sometimes a guy's got to resort to doll strollers to have wheels to play with. Sophie really loved her birthday presents. She is a horse lover. Tessa in a princess dress up dress. She is so sweet and such a character. I loved seeing how well she and Sophie get along and how willing they were to share and be kind to Dean almost all of the time! Sophie is so cute playing with her horses, she sings to them and makes up cute stories and conversations for them. She is a sweet and incredibly creative child. Jenny works very hard to keep Dean fed. He is easily distracted from food and doesn't do well with gluten, so she has to be very creative to do it. He is a sweet and healthy boy! Trying to get a group shot with my camera didn't go so well. Jess got a bunch with her camera, which I'm sure she'll share when she gets a minute. Sophie had to hold this kiss for a long time for Jess to capture it with my slow camera. I must comment on what a wonderful hostess Jessica is! She is an amazing cook! She fed us so well. I should have taken pictures of the wonderfully delicious and beautiful valentine dinner and the homemade pizza and gazpacho she made us for lunch the next day. She has decorated her apartment so nicely, everything was spotless and she even made Jenny a blanket while she took care of us all! What a homemaker she's turned into!!

Luckily, I got back home in time to tend Dex! He only played for a little while before he went to sleep though! What a cutie! Tomorrow I'll upload my videos!

Baby Kendall's quilt and Elliott in shoes, twice!

Yesterday I finished the quilt for Jenny's new baby girl. It had to be very girlie, since she'll mostly be using her brother's stuff. Elliott came over and got to stay and play while her mom and dad went out to eat. She had on these adorable shoes. Today she went to church for the first time. Here she is in her Sunday Best! Its pretty easy to tell that these three really love each other! So sweet!

Growing!

Just an update on Elliott. She's been growing faster than her hair. From the back her hair looks the same, but from the front she's looking kind of bald. Look at those cheeks and chins!

14 seconds of Jonathan's first number

Sadly, I didn't charge up the video camera after the swim meet and before the piano recital. The camera turned itself off. Believe me when I say the song was beautiful and beautifully played.

This is "Hack's Background".

14 seconds is better than nothing, right?

Dearly Beloved part two

Dearly Beloved performance part one

Elliott meets her Great-Grandparents!

Grandma and Grandpa Ellis came over to see Elliott today!They liked her! She is getting so alert and active! She's really fun to play with! We even got a 4 generation shot! I got a little video of Elliott before she went to sleep.

Region Swim meet!

All of this is out of order. I think this is on the way home from region!

Jonathan is way to the left in this picture!He is in the farthest away lane #8 in this 200 free.


Bingham took 1st place at the region swim meet yesterday! Jonathan got best times in both of his events; the 200 free and the 500 free.

Tonight his piano recital.