One Year Ago

A year ago today, God blessed us with Ruth Michelle! She is such an easy-going baby with a very fun personality. She loves to give everyone "looks" (with a furrowed brow) and then grin at them really big as if to see "Fooled you! I'm just joking!". She is a delight to everyone else in our family and her siblings often compete over who gets to watch her while I'm doing something or taking a shower. She has a mouthful of 10 teeth (working on #s 11 and 12) and is walking all over the place. It's so fun to see the look on her face when she's walking because she's extremely proud of her new-found speed! She loves music, baths, babies, the wind in her face, dogs, birds, sitting on the top bunk with her sister, and a certain little boy in the nursery at church. :) :) :) We just can't imagine life without our little Ruthers!! Happy first birthday, sweet girl!

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KidFest!!

Recently we visited Portland and went to KidFest. It's basically a kids/family expo and we enjoyed lots of activities and demonstrations there. Our children's favorite demonstration was the science one. Sarah was quick to volunteer and Madame Chaos asked her to help out with an experiment. She was handed of all things--a toilet plunger with a roll of toilet paper on it--and asked to hold it really tightly. Madame Chaos then took out her leaf blower and...well...a picture is worth a thousand words, right?!

Here are some other pictures from the day of fun:

The tarantula was in a "petting" zoo. My husband casually mentioned he thought a tarantula would make a really great pet. Ummmmm...NO!!!!

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Updated Birthday Pics

This weekend, Garth took the birthday pictures for Ruth and Sarah. Here are our top pics (showing their personality) for the wall by our kitchen table.

Interviews With My Children

This afternoon I conducted interviews with my children. At first, they looked at me as though I was a bit strange, but then they really got into it and thought it was a great idea. Here are some of their answers.

"What is your favorite color?"
Sarah: red
Benjamin: green
Rachel: purple

"What is your favorite animal?"
Sarah: dogs
Benjamin: raccoons
Rachel: giraffe

"What makes you happy?"
Sarah: Ruth
Benjamin: God
Rachel: smiles

"What makes you sad?"
Sarah: when Mom's upset
Benjamin: rain
Rachel: crying

"What is your most favorite food to eat?"
Sarah: Mom's chocolate chip cookies
Benjamin: apples
Rachel: brownies and ice cream

"What do you want to be when you grow up?"
Sarah: a mom
Benjamin: a policeman
Rachel: a dad

Ten Months Old!

10 months old
6 teeth
Standing on her own
Anticipating first steps
Favorite word: "Hi!"

Olympic Game Farm

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