Update for past 5 months

In March we had the opportunity to travel to New Mexico
and visit some friends of Gabe's family. We lived on a ranch
in the middle of nowhere for a week. It was awesome! The
girls had a wonderful time being out in nature. It was
a totally different world then ours.

This is all of us on a mountain trail. We to check
for sheep and mountian lions. That is what our friends
do for part of their living. We stopped and built a fire right
there on the trail so we could roast hot dogs and marshmellows.
It is a real cowboy life.

The kids all got to take a turn on a real pony.
Isabel loved it the best.

Sofie and her new freind Whip.

Cousin Leo. The background shows the ranch,
literally in the middle of nowhere. The nearest town
is an hour away.

The last day before we had to say goodbye.

Olivia wanted to try Archery this year. She was a natural
and she really enjoys it. In her first class she made three
bullseyes. The teachers were very impressed.
She will be doing it agian in the fall.

Easter Egg Hunt 2009

Sofia started taking ballet class for the first time.
She loved it at first but then got kinda tired of it.
We took a break from the class and will start again
in the fall. She sure is cute though!!

Trip to Idaho!!!
We were surprised by Scot and Julie's family.

We had lots of fun together. Lots of people crowded into
Grandma and Grandpa's house.
(and only one bathroom!)

Painting bird houses for Grandma. She put
the finished projects on the fence posts.

Painting bricks for Grandma. Each grand child
got to paint their own any way they wanted.
Grandma Rose used them to decorate her rose garden.

Making stuff out of scrap wood from the new fence.
Livi made a squirrel feeder so they would stop eating
all the bird seed from Grandma's bird feeders.
The other kids just had fun pounding nails.

Isabel turns 7!!!
She had a butterfly tea party.

Trip to Disneyland in June with Grandma Rose
who traveled back from Idaho with us and stayed a week.

Fourth of July