Some of Mimi's Pictures

These are pictures from Brenda's camera. I put them on my computer so that I would have a hard copy of all of them. So..... I figured I might as well put some of the pictures on my blog.

Here we are about to leave for the hospital to have our sweet little boy!

And.....here he is!

I love this picture. I can't believe this was only 9 months ago. It makes me sad that he has grown so fast. We were getting ready to take him home.

This is just the start of the many, many times that Caroline will bug her little brother.

The next few are of our Thanksgiving/Christmas with some of Ben's family.

This is the old piano at Brenda's house. The kids loved playing.

OK, my son loved playing with Mimi's finger nail polish basket. It was his favorite toy there.

Caroline giving Graham a kiss.....

Graham likes watermelon!

.......and cheerios.

Fathers Day 2010

We went to Mountain Home to visit Benjamin's Dad on Fathers Day. We went to church on Sunday and out to eat at their favorite Chinese restaurant for lunch.

This Ben and his Dad.

Here is Megan and Mylet. The kids call her Lola which I think means grandmother.

The kids had a great time playing at Grandpa's house.

When we got home the kids decided to use the instruments that Caroline received for her birthday to make some music! Fun!

Strawberry Shortcake Party

Caroline had her fourth birthday party this weekend. It had a Strawberry Shortcake theme. We had friends and family come out to the farm and celebrate with us. There was pizza, shortcakes, games, and gifts. Caroline had a great time. She said it was her very best party.

I attempted to create a part of Strawberry Land for Caroline. All the characters live in their own land that coordinates with their name and personality.

This is Seaberry Sea.

Here is Lollipop Land. There were suckers all over the ground for the kids to find and put in their bags.

This is Orange Blossom Acres. Here the kids got to pick out fruit and juice bottles.

This is Cookie Corners. The kids had their own sugar cookies to decorate with icings and sprinkles.

Here is my sweet girl in her birthday outfit.

Nana and Graham getting ready for the party!

This is one of Caroline'd friends, Carroll. He was ready to play!

Caroline had been waiting all day for her best friend, Jack to come play.

They are "smelling" the flowers. (fake flowers, by the way)

This is Caroline's cousin, Kohen. He liked playing with Nana's new puppy.

Caroline and Jack

Mimi, Benjamin, and Graham. Graham is taking out a pizza crust!

Caroline is opening her gift from my friends, Kristen and Amelia.

Graham still working on the crust........

The Britt family gets here......They brought Caroline's other cousins. Max, Maddie, and Asa.

The kids are gathering their suckers at Lollipop Land.

Here they are decorating the cookies. I'm pretty sure more icing got eaten than actual cookies.

Baby Asa and Graham got hungry too!

My friend Megan got Caroline a music set. The loudest gift ever! It's Ok.....I will get her back at the next birthday.
Caroline got markers that are made to write on windows. I think some of the younger kids were a little confused about this. Hopefully they won't try this at home!

The babies all gathered in the living room to play.

This is Carter, Asa, and Graham. They were all born in the first two weeks of September 2009.

They are so cute playing together!

The older kids are chowing down......

All the kids loved the tent Caroline got for her birthday.

Graham just wanted to play with the box.

Thanks everyone, for coming to the party and for the wonderful gifts. Caroline is a very lucky girl to have such sweet family and friends! We love you!