A boy's best friend

So I'm kind of embarrassed that I'm putting this picture up. But Yes, my back door is really this dirty. The reason I took this picture though is because Cooper and Chalupa love to go in the backyard together. Cooper goes on the side of our house where it's still dirt and digs all day long. Chalupa sits next to him and digs too. I was cleaning the kitchen one morning and I heard a knock at my door and this is what I saw. They were done playing and wanted to come in. So cute.

We LoVe To PaRtY!

I'm pretty sure Lindsay has had enough parties to last her till next year. She had a friend party this morning. It was a Breakfast Party. They all wore their jammies and we had a yummy breakfast and Strawberry Shortcake for dessert. We had 15 little girlies running around. It was loud but it was alot of fun. We are so thankful for all the many wonderful friends we have. We're lucky! Thanks again!

Birthday Celebrations

Lindsay was so excited for her giant cupcake. She couldn't stop smiling when we were singing to her.Thanks for all the phone calls. She had fun talking to everyone.

Jeff worked out of town the last 2 weeks and he didn't know if he'd be home for Lindsay's birthday so we took her out a couple of weeks ago. She got to pick where we went. She wanted chicken wings, her new found love. This girl likes to eat and she can put it away and out eat me most of the time. Here she is enjoying her wings at The Vine.Doesn't she make them look good?

Jeff actually walked in the door at 3:30 on her birthday so that was a fun surprise! We just stayed home and had a low key afternoon. She got Go Fish and Old Maid for her presents so we played games all afternoon.

She got her favorite movie, The Corpse Bride. Not sure why she likes it so much but she does.
I went to her school for lunch and let her pick what she wanted me to bring. She wanted chicken wings again but I told her I couldn't bring those. So she picked In'N Out Burger. I'm telling you this girl know what's good.

Grandma Shellee, Toree, & Jamee came out to give Lindsay her present and stayed for a game of Go Fish and Old Maid.

HaPpY BiRtHdAy LiNdSaY!

6 years ago at 11:17am this little chunky cheeked girl made her way into the world. She has brought us so much joy. She is the silliest, sweetest, most sensitive girl around and we are so glad she got to come to our family. We love you Lindsay! aka: Lulu, Lindsaylu, Lindsay Lulu Hall, chunka lunka! Have a happy birthday!

Lindsay's Big Day

We (Jeff) have been telling Lindsay since Christmas that her training wheels were coming off on her birthday. We (Jeff) tried a few months ago and she just cried until he put them back on. Well Jeff was home for the weekend(working out of town) and he told Lindsay he might not make it home for her birthday so he was going to take her training wheels off today (Saturday). She said OK! So we took her over to the park and Jeff held on to her bike for 5 seconds and she was riding a two wheeler!

Then Jeff said it would be so cool if she learned to ride a bike and a motorcycle in one day. So he put her on and was holding on to the back and he let go and she rode by herself for like 5 seconds. Then he convinced her to do it again so I could get a video of it. Of course she dumped it on her and yelled at Jeff for making her do it again and we have it on video. Priceless.

Look at the wind in her hair. She was moving.

Even Cooper got in on the action.

It was a momentous day for Daisy as well. I didn't get a picture but we have it all on video! She rode her motorcycle all by herself!!!!!!!!!!! You know the one she got last year for her birthday and wouldn't even touch! I told her to get back on so I could take a picture but she was mad at Lindsay for wrecking it because she could have scratched the motorcycle. Oh the joys of having girls:)! Jeff had a great day though. He was able to convince his girls to ride the motorcycle. He was beaming. Even if it only lasted for 10 minutes.

Ringing in the new year!

We are usually very boring on New Years. We're in bed by 10 or so. This year we decided to actually go and do something. So we took the kids to the drive in. We had never been and had sooooooo much fun! i can't wait to go back. We saw Bedtime Stories (we loved it) and Bolt (not so much.) The kids did really well and it wasn't too cold in the back of the van. Jeff and I sat on lawn chairs and wrapped quilts around us. We walked in the door at 11:58pm so we ran outside and screamed and yelled. Nobody heard us though because our neighbors were having a huge party and they were LOUD! What a fun way to ring in the new year.