The big event this weekend was the Stock Show.  Ryan was happy to be picked twice by the somewhat creepy rodeo clown in his presentation.

We saw lots of animals and were proud that we didn't lose one kid.  There were 8 kids 5 and under.

Grammy and Gramps house was packed.  Babies sleeping in every closet and corner.

It was really crazy.  And fun.

3 grange baby girls

All the Grange boys got together this past weekend with all their baby girls...(we were there too).  The babies were all born in 2010 within 5 months of each other.  

p.s.  all my pictures were stolen from our family photographer, Teri.

ha ha ha

Ryan:  "I know how you get a mustache"  How?  "You let your nose hairs grow really long".

Ryan told me the other day that he really liked his new hooded sweatshirt because he thought it made him look like a teenager.

Andrew:  I heard crying in the backyard.  I went to go find him, but didn't see him.  He had fallen off the wall (that I repeatedly tell him not to walk on) into our neighbors yard.  I comforted and scolded him.  5 minutes later what do I see?  Andrew walking on the wall.

His first week of sunbeams he and the boy next to him were kissing.

One of his last weeks of nursery, he and his little friends were standing in a circle pretending to pee.  making the noises too.  (I think they were re-enacting what happened a couple months ago, when they really did pee...at the park...in the woodchips at the bottom of a slide).

Mabel:  Is way more advanced in dressing and undressing her self then her brothers were at this age.  Her favorite things to put on are her princess shoes, dresses, and her brothers underwear.

have you had enough of her yet?

no?

me either.

p.s.  you can see how blue her eyes are in these pics.

sweet baby Lucy

yes, she pretty much is this content all the time.  Thank you, baby #4.  

She hangs out on the floor a lot.  I sometimes feel bad, because she is so content, she doesn't get held much!  But we sure do like this little baby.  She gets cuter all the time.

Lucy at 2 1/2 months weighs 12 lbs. (50%)

24 inches (90%)

Head 50%

Happy New Year!  

 I went to pick up my kids from a friends house the other day and this is what ran out to our car.  I couldn't believe they sat still enough for her to paint their faces!  They both loved staring in the mirror and Andrew cried when I finally made him wash it off because we were going to a baptism.

The kids have had fun going up on the ladder checking up on Dad's progress in the attic.  Spencer used his Christmas break to build shelves up in the attic and made a new entrance so it would be easier to get all our stuff up there.