The Daily Dow

Tayler

Tayler is 11 now and growing up more and more every day. She is a great helper and I must say it is nice to have her around all day. She is in 6th grade and is schooling through K12 which is a great online school. She is very responsible about getting her work and chores done. Every once in a while she needs some....pushing, but she always gets the job done! Ever since she and Kelsey have been home they have gotten along much better than they ever have. She loves to skate and is quite good at it. She is taking Gymnastics right now and is tolerating it very well! We love to tease her about her face full of freckles but secretly we adore them! She loves, LOVEs music and can hardly sit anywhere without singing.

Lucas

Lucas is all boy! He is big time into sports and wants to be a professional baseball player when he gets older. He just finished soccer and of course he was the best on the team! He is in 4th grade and is doing so awesome. He is striving for straight A's and although his terrible handwriting might not allow him to achieve it, we still think he is brilliant! He is a sweet boy and has lots of compassion. He is very good at playing with the foster kids and seems to enjoy having them (most of the time). I think he secretly likes it when they cry at night and he gets to go sleep on the couch! It is a good thing that Lowell has him to help balance out the girl hormones that will soon overrun us all!

Kelsey

Kelsey B. It is a good thing she was not born a hershey bar because she would have been eaten up long ago by all of us who simply adore her! Kelsey is a force all of her own. We figured she would be extremly athletic when she was jumping on the trampoline before she could walk. We were right. She is a menace on the soccer field and will probably take over her baseball team next year. After a short homeschool stint, she is back in "regular" school and things are going much better than last year. It has taken some work, but she has a great teacher and has made some new friends. She would still rather be home if she had a choice, but I sensed a hermit in the making and knew she needed to give it another try. But she is a doll and we love her to death!

Monday, January 26, 2009

Blinkie thing at the bottom.

Hey Di, I thought of you when I saw the Twilight thing and I just had to include it!

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Our Tay-Tay

Tayler is growing up way too quickly. She sure is a doll. I can't believe that she will be in 7th grade next year! She has not decided yet what she wants to be when she grows up but we are sure that she will be the boss. She is practices her bossing skills every day!

Family pictures with Elly

For some reason, this is one of my favorites with Lowell looking at Lucas.

My friend Candi called this one our "Jon and Kate plus 8" picture. Mom said there was too much barn. I cut a little of the barn out for you mom!

I love you Elly! www.ellybryantphotography.com

My sweet family

My favorite boys! Aren't they cute??

Sariah to mom,"Some day's they are so cute, I could just eat them up. Then other days...I wish I had."

I think we had to make booger references or something to get Tayler to crack up. I just love it when she crinkles up her nose.

I am bummed that we didn't get Lowell with all the kids. "Elly, we need a re-do!"

Lots of Lucas!

Man, with a haircut and a clean shirt, he sure is handsome! Poor guy, I kept telling him to show his teeth when he smiled. Then when it came time to pick my favorites, take note of how often you see his teeth!

Kelsey's Pictures with Elly

I am going to try to post some pictures from our photo shoot with Elly. We went up to Exeter to her Grandma's ranch. We had so much fun. There are sooo many pictures to go through! This may take a while to get some up here. (Plus it is waaaay past my bed time!) Anyway, Here goes Kelsey!

Getting ready for bed

Here are the kids tonight. I told Tayler I loved this picture and she said she was going to delete it. I had to hurry and get it on the computer before it was too late!! You snooze, you loose baby!

Typical Lucas here, dirty and sprawled out on the floor. At least I got a smile out of him and I only had to take it 3 times!

Kelsey had a "bath and a movie" night. We put the portable TV on the counter and turned on Nemo while she soaked. She enjoyed it until her water turned cold! Notice how it is winter and she still has a tan! No fair says the pale faced momma!