Thursday, November 1, 2012

Happy Halloween!

Wishing everyone a Happy Halloween! No one wanted to smile at the same time!


Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Visit to Oklahoma

During Fall break we drove from California to Oklahoma. It took us three days to get there and three days back. Our visit was mainly to visit with David's sister that has been very ill lately. We enjoyed visiting with Grandma and Grandpa, Uncle Mike, Aunt Misty, Matthew, Elizabeth and David's sister Pat.

Of course, the boys had to play some golf while they were together so one morning Mike, David and Emma head off for the course. David let Emma drive the cart between each hole. The only problem was David didn't explain to Emma enough to ONLY drive the cart when dad was with her. Thus, there was a sprint to the cart as Emma decided to drive off by herself.

Here are a couple of photos of that day. David wants to work on Emma learning to play.



Thursday, August 16, 2012

1st day of 5th grade



Emma was so excited to start 5th grade that she was ready for school by 7:00 am. As she is not a morning person that was quite amazing! She has a new teacher this year and we are hoping for the best. Her amazing teacher of the last two years moved on to teach High School level kids. We are hoping Emma will be with him again in the not to distant future. Summer School (her doll) even had her own backpack for the big 1st day, although she didn't get to stay at school but had to come home with mom.

Monday, April 16, 2012

Riding Together

The kids had a lot of fun on Saturday riding their bikes with our neighbors on our street. Emma even made a little basket on her bike so that Summer School (yes, that is her doll's name) could ride with her. Sam is relaxing in the wagon after riding his Lightening McQueen bike so long that he said he needed a juice break. So mom pulled him while he rested and had some juice. It was a beautiful, sunny California day.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Sidewalk Chalk

Emma had some great fun with sidewalk chalk in our backyard. See if you can see what she has created this art work for. Hmmm???? I wonder.


Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Hooray for Emma!

Completely awesome dental appointment this morning. Emma sat is the chair for the first time, leaned back, opened wide and didn't need any assistance whatsoever!! We are sooo proud of her. It may have taken years to get here but we are proud of her to have worked through her fears and now the whole dental office won't know when Emma is there. She was as quiet as a mouse today. It's hard to convey what a HUGE step this is for her. Sensory wise her mouth is on the extremely high side so for her to allow Dr. Singer to explore, examine, wiggle and touch teeth is tremendous for her. We are celebrating tonight. Emma got to select the reward: Amy's Gluten Free Mac n Cheese with a side of french fries. I wish I had taken my camera today but we had no idea this visit would be so amazing.

Friday, March 16, 2012

Our little helper!

Now that the chandelier is up, Emma has decided she wants her walls painted pink. So Daddy let her help paint a section of her room. She had so much fun! It is becoming a true little Princess room.