Some beautiful snapshots!!!

Wish i was good at photography, but here are some cute pics of the fam.

snapshots!!!

check out that cheesy smile and oh my goodness the hair on that girl.. who is supposed to be brushing that? hmm....

fun swing...

This is a super fun swing at the super fun place... the big backyard at the botanical gardens. it is shaped like a cocoon... i wish i had one in our backyard. and the picture of bella is to show that she was there and well... because she is such a cute mommy... and well because elly m. took that picture.. hence the bending down becoming shorter.

Can you believe it???

I couldn't believe it... we got all four of them looking almost at the camera... hmmmm... maybe we should go to this swing more often to get them all four together and plan it directly after nap time.... hmmm.. i think i have an idea a brewing here!!! It is so great.. my children already have more cousins than i did growing up!!! amazing.. and i think they will have even more some day...

a few of aaron...

i felt like it was much easier to get pictures of aaron today than all the girls, but i did get olivia's little head up in the little window.. such a fun place to play!!









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a little note from ruthie

cutie cousins..

It is amazing to look at my two children and think that they don't really look anything alike and then you put four cousins together and you can often see similar features, yet completely different features!!! Amazing.. but they are all so cute! at one point i hear olivia asking bella " can i take my shorts off mommy?" and bella's reply was priceless "this isn't sweden hunny... you can't just run around naked and this isn't our backyard either... you are going to have to leave your pants on" very diappointed olivia kept her pants on!! the things mnnnnnjyou have to say to children... maybe i should start writing down the things i say to the girls.... funny stuff sometimes, especially this delightful season of the potty training.\\\\\\\\\\\\....



a little note from ruthie.. whom should not be touching the computer!!!!

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This is what i usually get

I usually have to take about 10 pictures before i can get the faces of only one child, so you can only imagine how many i took to get a picture of all 4 cousins faces... let's just say a lot... Thank you Jesus for digital cameras.. i mean back in the day... they couldn't waste film like we do... amazing technology!

Our life these days...

I am so very sorry for how long it is in between posts, especially for the family over the ocean and through the woods... we miss you guys over there a lot and think of you often. we are so excited to that mickie is moving in with us this up and coming week... sorry for stealing her rocky and elisabeth, but we need her around here... life without mickie just isn't quite complete... who else can i get annoyed with for never having their key with them when they come home and have to knock on our window to let her in... we are so eager and excited to have her here with us...we closed on our house on wednesday.. it seemed slightly uneventful, but i guess it is exciting... i guess every month the mortgage is due, it will be exciting to mark that date off!!!! Next, Jonathan started school this last week, he is taking chemistry and computer programming online. Chemistry takes up a lot of time, but i have enjoyed helping him with it.. which brings me to my reason for not posting often... we ordered internet over a month ago and it has worked less than 50 percent of the time..needless to say uploading photographs was worthless... but some nice att man helped us out a little, so i do believe i am back on track!!!! looking forward to blogging more now.

Ruthie takes memphis

This picture cracked me up because she looks like the marshmallow man in ghostbusters.... great camera angle tristan!!! so impressed with my camera/picture taking abilities.. honestly. anyways.. my friend and jessica's friend andrea came to town last week and we had a lot of fun with her and played games a lot and ate a lot and just enjoyed each other's company a lot. i also went out with some great ladies on saturday night for the play sound of music.. had a blast!!! so overall, minus i am sure the times where we sat at our house all day long while children took naps, which some days happens here at our house... we had a very fun time. i wish i could get together with jaime and jessica more... what fun girls!!!!!

Water fountains downtown...

I would like to say that we all enjoyed our downtown experience, but overall it felt slightly uneventful for me and of course jonathan and i argued the whole time about whether or not memphis felt like a city..i am sure andrea finds our arguments hilarious and pointless.. i guess i should ask her. Anyways.. we went to see the ducks at the peabody.. way too many people there, but the girls got a kick out of the duck anyways.. and then we walked to the hot dog stand that sold hot dogs way too small to feed anyone that hadn't had lunch and hour ago... so we were still hungry and when i say we.. i mean the girls and i!!! everyone else seemed satisfied, so we munched on animal crackers until we got home. then we walked to the fountains... they were kind of fun, but a little chilly and very powerful for small children and ruthie kept falling backwards and hitting her head on the glass on the ground, but i did get a couple pretty good pics! anyways.. i will quit complaining.. i had a good time, just not the best, maybe i was grouchy that day..hmm.. retrospect.