Turkey day

Here are the ONLY pictures i took of the girls on thanksgiving..what kind of mother am I??? you can't even tell it is thanksgiving. anyways..here they are. elly m. and brooklyn got along so well. it was so fun to see them become friends. we opened presents from all the cousins because we will not be able to make the trip up there for christmas. but we had a wonderful time at thanksgiving.

the wegener's

the wegener's are my second family. i used to watch their son miles, whom is 18 with autism. he is not really so little anymore,but it ALWAYS a treat to go to their house. i have more pictures later from our second trip there...

yeah right...

elly m. just wasn't havin' it. we tried to get pictures of all the cousins together.. it just wasn't happening. everyone was doing great except for little elly märta. she had an emotional breakdown after being pushed over by brooklyn. oh well. better luck next time. at least the great grandparents tree was decorated.

cousin owen

here is the littlest cousin...baby owen. he was born four days after ruthie. they are almost the same size. they are so cute... i can't wait until they actually interact with each other... that will be fun to see. poor little ruthie only gets boy cousins around her age.... oh well... i am sure they will still have a ball.

great grandparents

Here is ruthie with her great grandma curry and her great grandpa curry. we got to see a lot of them when we were in iowa. it must be great to be a great grandparent.

water park...

we went to an indoor water park while we were in iowa... all of the kids had so much fun and so did all of the adults. only three bucks to get in. totally worth it. so fun for a whole day. elly m. got pretty brave toward the end, going down the slides by herself. little daring thing.

cousins...

here are a few photos of 2 of the cousins on my side of the family. we are missing the little one owen, but he will be in later posts. i will write more when ruthie isn't sleeping right next to me and i am going to wake her up with my typing.

EYES...

This is what elly m. says instead of peek-a-boo often times. it is hilarious... she will cover her eyes with her hands, pull them away and say "EYEs" so cute... but i do think that my girls have some big ol' beautiful eyes.

Cool fall day...

It has been a little chilly here, but i won't complain. it was much more miserable in sweden. not to hurt anybody's feelings, but my goodness, what a hard place to live. the climate alone could destroy you. anyways. Sunday, i started to get an ear infection... AGAIN... same time this year as last, but anyways..we went outside thinking it was really cold, but it turned out to be a beautiful day that day. here are some photos of the beautiful people in the beautiful day.

jonathan's pony tail...

Jonathan wants elly m.'s hair to be long enough for a pony tail and i am know that you will all be just as impressed with his hair pulling back abilities as me. a little crooked.. you don't say???