Quite Ellyquent, Part 15

After I mashed the bumper by backing into someone at the post office:

"You gotta hug people after you bonk into their cars."

Edenisms, Part 27

On Household Division of Labor

"You're job is the housekeeping girl...and Daddy's job is to lead the family. Like what we're going to eat and how we get to church."

Men and Women Are Different

Shadley: I saw Darin today on his motorcycle. Without a helmet. Why doesn't he wear a helmet?
Dan: Because helmets aren't cool!
Shadley: Brain matter on the highway is not cool either.
Dan: Actually, that is cool.

Flashback Friday

This is Elly last year about this time, right after a terrible bout of Croup and a double ear infection. She's definitely got some more meat on her bones now!!

Photo Catch-Up

I've got these backwards, but this is the girls at the Fossil Gorge last weekend. Dan took them so I could get some sleep- though due to the wondrous effects of Zyrtec D, I had none :) Elly wasn't feeling great either, but she liked getting some fresh air. Eden always loves the fossil gorge and feels like she is a great explorer when she is there. She took her tablet and drew.


Marcus at our house last Saturday night. Brynn and Will watched our kids while we attended a church membership class from 8-2pm, then we swapped and watch Marcus while they went to CR. Great free babysitting for all! Marcus loves stacking the blocks and was quite good at making towers! He is very careful by nature.

Disney on Ice! Family Fun Night

Last night, we took the kids to the show Disney on Ice for their joint b'day present. It was really fun! The girls loved it and were captivated the whole time (or maybe it was shear exhaustion?). We had great seats and got to see Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Donald, Buzz Lightyear, The Pirates of the Caribbean, The Incredibles, Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Snow White, and lots of others.

The girls got to buy Disney tatoos at the Chinese restaurant because we thought that was pretty appropriate.

The look on Dan's face after we paid the hefty bill for our "throw caution to the wind and eat where we want to" meal. Though things were looking up when we paid only $3.39 per gallon for gas. That just seems ridiculous that that is a "good" price...

Not sure what this look is all about, but we got it alot last night.


Elly decided Momma's lap was better than her seat, especially after the "bombs" exploded on the pirate ship! They yelled, "Fire!" as in canons, and she yelled "FIRE!!"

The cast of characters.



This is suppose to be Disneyland.


Frozone! My favorite.

Weird monkey guys from the Jungle Book- Kim, you might not want to take Taylor to this! They are scarier than Ronald!u

It's a Small World

INCREDIBLES!

Finale!

Emily Ward, this is especially for you...

Eden's List of Qualities She'll Look for in a Husband

1. Gentle and caring
2. Wants to have kids
3. Doesn't say words that make the kids say naughty words
4. Encouraging
5. Wants to play outside with the kids
6. Wants to make lunch
7. Picks up the girls from school
8. Wants to help me plant a garden
9. Wants to drive the car
10. Loves God
11. Wants to lead the family

When I read it back to her, she said, "Perfect! Send that to my new husband when I get one! And if he doesn't do that stuff, he better be learnin'!"

Funny Elly

I think I have blogged before about Elly's gift of messing up her words. Passed down from generation to generation...Dorothy and Diane, you know what I'm talking about?

Elly says some pretty hilarious things!! Here they are:

1. "London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down. Take the key and knock her up."

2. "Can I take some ex-ray crackers with me?" (extra)

3. "Mom, will you sing "Violent Night" again?"

Elly and Marcus, with a Special Message to Grammy and Papa...

Elly and Marcus (the couslings- a term I ripped off from someone else in the blogosphere) played together today. Though we were all sickies, we thought since we all have the same nastiness we might as well make a party of it. So here is their message to the Beloved Grammy and Papa. Notice how Marcus says "computer." I love it!

Many Meanings of Mikiyas!

Today I was online and found a site that said Mikiyas is the same as Micah. So now I am not so sure what it is! So far we've been told that it could be Michael, Malachi or Micah. Either way, I think it is a beautiful name for our beautiful child :)

Feelin' a Bit Better...

So we are on track to feeling better...little by little less Vicks is being rubbed on and fewer Kleenex can be found scattered 'round. These, my friends, are signs of wellness. Or at least, less sickness. Elly and I are still hackin' up a lung, but Eden seems good. I have Dan chugging that weird AirBorne stuff with echinachea and vitamins trying to ward this off. It is not good I tell you. Both the sickness and the nasty herbal remedy.

Today when I dropped Eden off at school, I could just see her light up as she walked toward her friends. She is such a doll. She just has such a joy about her. I am thrilled that she likes school because I myself would much rather let her sleep in and stay here with mommy til she's 30! Did I just say that outloud? [sheepish grin]

Eden's Prayer Tonight.

"God, is there cheese up there, because I really love cheese. What do you eat up there? Oh, you just aren't hungry."

Yuck.

Today, we (Dan, the kids, and me) stayed home from church because Elly and I have a lovely, lovely virus. Actually, Elly was in the ER last night for a breathing treatment and a steroid shot. We like to start the cold and flu season off with a bang! She is doing much better with the steroid now. Last night she was really struggling to breathe and had her characteristic croup-y cough that she fights every times she gets an URI. We tried the hot steamy bathroom thing twice to no avail, so we finally decided Dan had better take her in. Anyway, we have filled her script for some oral prednisolone and she should be on the mend soon. Eden had this same virus but just didn't struggle with breathing like our little asthmatic does :) I am feeling like microwaved death (that's for Brynn) but you know I'm tough and I can take it! The worst part is that I am blowing my nose ring out (you were right, Mom :). Last night I stuffed wads of toilet paper in my nose so I wouldn't have to keep getting up and blowing it...I was hacking and sneezing and coughing all over...it's times like those that I am glad Dan and I are very comfortable in our marriage! Let's just say it wasn't pretty. Today he bought me some of the real deal sudafed stuff (the kind you have to get behind the counter) and a giant Route 44 Sonic Diet Coke with Vanilla. Just what the doctor ordered. He's my sweetie.

Sneakity Peekity

Here's a little sneak peek of our boy! He was wearing blue this time!! A cute little blue and green striped shirt over a blue jumper with a raccoon on it! SOOOO sweet. Better than the pink jammies with the strawberry, though he was rockin' that romper too. :)

Yay!

Today the sweet Ten Hakens sent us new pictures of our sweetie boy Jaren M.! They just got back from picking up their daughter, Ruby, who was in the same orphanage as Jaren is. So, knowing how hard it is to wait, Kelli T. snapped some pics for us and sent them today!!!!

He is looking soooo sweet. I was afraid he'd changed a lot, but actually, he looked smaller. We got several pics with him looking right into the camera and also one of the crib where he sleeps. It is so nice to have some more pictures of him! What a precious gift. Thanks Kelli and Mark!!!!