MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

The House is Finally Done!!

Megan's 10th Birthday!!!

Photos from first day of school

August 28th, my best friends Mike and Sarah went with the girls and I to Adventureland. It was a beautiful day!

It has been TOO long since this was last updated. Now that we finally have dsl, I'm hoping that I'll be able to do a better job of it. This summer we have been having some improvements made to the house. Here are some pix!!

Madi's special outing

This past summer, I took each child on a one-on-one outing.
When Madi's turn came around, I had purchased two tickets to "Glamour Shots" a fundraiser that the Nevada Cheerleaders were holding. This may seem odd since Madi is our tomboy, but she really did shine!!

So many people tell us that she looks like Dakota Fanning(?) from "I am Sam". She loved having curly hair and getting to put on all the fancy clothes. Her photos were wonderful but they are so outragously expensive!!!!

Halloween

Halloween!! The kids went thru gramma's wonderful costumes and each found a costume that they wanted to wear. We went into Zearing and went Trick or Treating.

They all did wonderfully and got more than enough candy!! We even found one house that had a "Haunted House set up in their garage. The kids loved it and could have spent all night going thru again and again!!

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was once again spent here at our house in the wonderful company of mom and dad. The kids absolutely love having gramma & grampa here!

We all ate way too much and yet had too many leftovers!!! Grampa managed to fall asleep while watching a movie. Madi was his teddy bear & loved it!

Aunt Jeni Shares photos.

I am hoping that the Heim's don't mind but I am going to share some pictures I took of the kids this weekend. We had a great weekend playing and getting to know the kids just a little bit better.

Grandma, Grandpa and all the Grandkids.

Following are the kids as they were on the float this weekend in Waverly.

After the parade we headed back to the house for some play time.

Madison playing with the Barbies.

Some of the other kids join in the Barbie fun.

Darrian tried for most of the weekend to master the po-go stick.

Here is a lady that I completley admire. Not many people have the patience to take on one child, let alone five children all with their own special need. I know you have your days when you wonder what in the world you are doing but I also hope you know that you are doing a wonderful thing, and I know I couldn't do it.

We had a great weekend with everyone. I am hoping we can do it again soon.

Maybe I will find my patience next time.
by Aunt Jeni

Well, it's official. On Friday, February 20th Josie, Darrian and Serine moved in. It was a bit overwhelming for all of us, but we made it through our first week and are beginning to get into a routine.

It's been awhile since our last post. I'll go back in time for a moment. On January 24th, John and I went to meet 3 very special kids that are in need of a mom and dad.

The following weekend, they came to the house. All 7 of us went to "Peter Pan" (the play).

It's been 4 weeks now. Despite your typical sibling spats, things are going well.

Halloween!!

One of our favorite times of year!! Both John and I love taking the girls trick-or-treating!

This year, we went to Zearing and had a great time walking in the beautiful weather from house to house.

The

Cupcakes!

Megan's 8th birthday was in October. And again, I made the cupcakes for school and the cake for here at home.

Since her birthday was on a Sunday, Gramma and Grampa came down from Waverly for pizza and cake. It was such a beautiful day, so we went outside to play.

Grampa even showed the girls that he can do a kartwheel!! Scared the rest of us to death, but they thought that was pretty cool!!

Madi's 7th birthday was in September so mom went out on a limb and not only made cupcakes for her to take to school, but also made a cake for home.

I decided to try something new and actually remembered to put the eggs in this year!! For decoration, I used m&m's and candy corn to make the tops of the cupcakes into flowers which seemed to be a hit.

Megan's Moon

Megan hasn't been feeling 100% lately

due to the surgery to remove her tonsils and

adnoids. She came to me the other night

telling me how beautiful the moon must be

outside. She could see it through the window,

but the view was partly blocked by tree limbs.

Megan asked if I could go out and take a

photo of it for her so she could see what it

looks like without the trees. So here is

Megan's Moon.

Family Inspires Work

As many of you may know, I work as a graphic designer for a family of newspapers. Sometimes I know exactly what I want, but when I can't find the pieces to make it happen - I have to go out and create them myself. These two pieces, I refer to as "Grampa's fiddle" and "Papa's hat". I thought they were kinda cool.

The fiddle was given to me a LONG time ago by

my Grandpa Dale. The hat is actually Megan's, but it reminds

me of Dad.

Remember when he wore his hat everyday -

EVERYWHERE?! : )

4th of July weekend

I love going to Waverly for the 4th of July weekend. It's a time to see people you haven't seen since the year before, picnics, bugs and family. (Try not to confuse the last two)

I don't know who had more fun, the kids or Gramma and Papa. Gramma and Papa were suppose to work on cleaning things up from the flood while I watched the kids, but it didn't really work out that way.

They started to clean things up - enough so the kids could drag out every toy in the house - and then they were sucked in by the grandkids! They even managed to get TWO trips to Kids' Kingdom, Dairy Queen and Pizza Ranch! Everyone had a good time though. I think Gramma and Papa needed a little fun time with the grandkids after so many weeks of flood clean-up.

Where has the summer gone?

It seems like the summer just started and now it's almost over. The girls are starting to think about going back to school - hard to believe my kids are going to be in first and second grades. What happened to my little PRESCHOOLERS??

We have been trying to enjoy the pool between all the rain, the mutant algae and the swarms of bugs. Although the water was a bit green, it didn't deter the girls from going in while John was attempting to clean it. I, on the other hand, resisted temptation. We are hoping to get in it more often before Labor Day weekend.