The Zoo

Ivy, PJ, Jess and I went to the zoo this morning. We had a great time with the kids. PJ was asleep in the car on the way home...and Ivy was asleep within minutes of laying in her crib. It was about 80 degrees and we left at about 1pm. Which is probably good cause around 2-3 is when it gets it's hottest here.

The last thing we saw was a free roaming Peacock. We parked the strollers about 3 feet away and watched the kids with faces of awe. Mouths open even :) Then the peacock charged towards us and the kids...I really shouldn't put the brakes on the stroller. (All is good he didn't charge far it just scared me) :)

Thought you might enjoy some pictures...







P.S. Aren't you excited I am blogging again? Our new camera is awesome so look forward to seeing more blogs from me often. :)

Pretending

Ivy has started pretending this month. She gets a towel and wipes her bears nose or she hugs and kisses us, grabs her purse and phone and tell us she is going to work. :)

I took a picture of her yesterday and it looks like her hair is finally getting some curl in it. When I put it up in pigtails it doesn't just stick straight out.

(The sad thing of this picture is that her favorite movie "Cinderella" is broken. Can't figure out why it won't play. We have been trying to distract her with Ice Age 2 for now.)

Wow it's been a long time

I am so sorry to everyone that I haven't blogged about Ivy and our family. I have quite a few excuses but I won't bore you with them. :)

Ok.....let's see....what have we done in the last few months?

Life was pretty crazy since November cause Ivy kept getting sick. We are all well now so spring is looking good. Ivy, PJ, Jessica and I went to the zoo. It was great fun. Sam and Dorothy Mulkey gave us a zoo membership, we look forward to using it all year. :)


Easter was fun. We have all the cousins together at Sam and Dorothy's house. The egg hunting didn't go over well but I still think it was fun. Here are some pictures of the day.



Greg went to China for a week for work (he will be going again probably in June). Here are some pictures of that trip. He went to a Panda reserve which are the cutest pictures I have ever seen. He brought Ivy back a stuffed Panda and we a hand painted scroll with two pandas on it.





A few weeks ago we went garage sale-ing and found Ivy her first rocking horse. It is very cute. She did have her first bandaid needing accident while we were out though. We took a picture to capture the occasion :)



I hope that you all are doing well. Please feel free to comment as I enjoy reading about what is going on with your life too.

Hello All

From Thanksgiving through the holidays our family has been sick, and sick and then sick some more. Yuck!!! Looks like we are all on the mend so I thought I would give you a little update.

The Holidays were alot of fun with all the cousins together. Ivy is copying everything we say. (both good and bad) :) She is very good at saying her "Peas" and Ankuu"s. She likes to walk around and talk about her family members. She lists them and makes up new names for them. Right now Kya and Aliyah have become Kaliyah. And my favorite is Nonie and "Popup". She likes to look at their pictures in her book.

Here is a picture of her taking Greg and "Uncle" Rob for a walk down the hallway and back. We have learned we really need wider hallways. :)


Here is a picture of "PA" holding Ivy and Aliyah.


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Take Care

Wow it has been a month

I can't believe it has been a month since I posted last. It has been crazy for sure. Thanksgiving was good but we all got sick from a virus afterwards. :( Greg then flew down to California and helped load the moving truck for Steve and Jess. He and Corey then helped drive them up....since they are moving back to Washington. It is great to have them home. PJ is growing so much and it is fun to see Ivy and him play. They are the same size :) They play well and every so often just give each other hugs.

Clinton threw our friend Andrea a surprise party for her birthday. We went out to Karaoke. Greg was up singing and it was so great, I was laughing and crying. He is so animated. :)





We went to Molbok's and had a friend take our Christmas card pictures on Dec. 15th. Ivy wouldn't seem to smile but you can still see how big she is getting.




I think I forgot to post Ivy's Halloween picture we had taken...


Ivy was sporting the Mars Hill shirt of our friend Kathy. I think she has some time to grow into it.


Tomorrow we are having Grandma Robin and Great Aunt Gail over with Steve, Jess and PJ Mulkey to have a little early family Christmas party. On Christmas morning we are going over to PA and Grandma Dorothy's house to celebrate with the rest of the family and have traditional Christmas morning breakfast. We will probably go home for Ivy's nap then come back to Christmas dinner.

We hope that you all are doing well and have a wonderful holiday season.

1 Peter 1:3-5
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.