The Daily Dow

Blinkie thing at the bottom.

2009-01-26T22:33:00.000-08:00

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

Our Tay-Tay

2009-01-25T02:27:00.000-08:00

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

2009-01-25T02:18:00.001-08:00

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

2009-01-25T02:11:00.001-08:00

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!

2009-01-25T02:02:00.001-08:00

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

2009-01-25T01:56:00.001-08:00

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

2009-01-25T00:04:00.000-08:00

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!

New Baby

2009-01-24T23:56:00.000-08:00

Here is the best I can give you on the newest baby. We were watching TV and I thought this was a sweet picture of him and Lowell.

Christmas Morning

2009-01-24T23:48:00.000-08:00

I love those Christmas morning - barely awake pictures! Notice that there are none of me!

Before Christmas

2009-01-24T23:21:00.000-08:00

Here are the kids working on their Christmas cookies. Man were they yummy!!

January Update

2009-01-24T22:55:00.000-08:00

Well, I guess it is obvious that I am terrible at keeping anyone updates on our crazy lives! It has been a busy January so far. We had a great time in Tahoe and did not freeze. I just knew I was going to fall victim to the icy driveway and break something but that did not even happen. See, miracles are around us every day! The kids had great fun playing all around the condo; there was plenty of snow on the ground for us. I think somewhere around 4 feet or so. Their Uncle Kevin made a sledding ramp off of the back porch at his house and the kids had a lot of fun on that. It was cute watching Jordan and Noah slide down that too.

Kelsey went back to regular school after Christmas break and it has been a difficult adjustment. She has a wonderful teacher so we are hoping that things will start to look up for her and that she can adjust. My poor baby. I wish I knew how to fix her fears. She has such a hard time going, and then a hard time when Lucas drops her off at her class. But after she calms down (it takes 30 min. to 1 hour I hear) she enjoys the day and always comes home happy. I am sure by the end of the school year, her and the principal will be good buddies ; -) We did have one good day this week, and it took us by surprise. We are encouraged by it so hopefully next week we will see more progress.

We have a new foster baby and we think he is pretty great. He is 4 weeks and has blond curly hair. In my book that means he is cute stuff! He does not cry too much and is pretty content to suck away on his pacifier. Yep, he is a keeper!

Wish me luck!

2008-12-27T20:51:00.001-08:00

Well, we are off to Tahoe in the morning and I hear the high is freezing and the low is below freezing. Wish us luck that we don't get frozen in a huge block of ice! Hey Di, I hope you make it out of Utah with all your toes! -Sariah

Happy New year!

2008-12-21T20:29:00.000-08:00

Make a Smilebox greeting

swimming hole

2008-12-17T08:04:00.001-08:00

After camping we brought the Gibson's home with us for a few days. It was so stinking hot! We went up one of the mountains to the Madden's and they took us to a swimming hole near their house. We had a lot of fun!

Kelsey took a while to decide if she would jump off the little "cliff".

It took a long time, but she finally made the jump.

It really does look bigger from the top. That is Lucas taking the plundge.

I am sure when it warms up again, we will be headed back, we had too much fun.

Camping in Morro Bay

2008-12-07T22:24:00.000-08:00

Well, I was trying to figure out where to start this blog thing and I decided to start with this summer. I already sent pictures of our Boston trip and I can't see where the Tahoe pictures are so I decided to move straight ahead to the 4th of July. We had a great big Dow/Gibson Campout at Morro Bay and it was so very nice to escape the Bakersfield heat. Lowell found a fun place for us to camp just a few steps away from the beach. We had John and Jeanette, Lowell and I with our kids representing the Dows. From the Gibson clan, we had both Brice and George along with their families. We had a great time swimming in the freezing water and playing cards. Thanks for coming guys!

Here is the youngest of the kids - Josh and Max, Lucas, Natalia, Tayler and Kelsey.

The girls were always happy to pose for the camera.

The kids just had a small walk around the bushes to get to the beach. Having older kids to "lifegaurd" was great for me too!

Kaj tried out a shaved head this summer.

Lucas, Josh, Max and the rest of the kids checked out the tide pools. That is Morro Rock in the background.

Kelsey was content finding buckets full of shells!

2008-11-13T00:08:00.001-08:00

Please bare with me as I try and figure this blog thing out. It is kinda fun! -Sariah

2008-11-13T00:06:00.000-08:00

Wonderful Wednesday

2008-11-12T15:39:00.000-08:00

Today has been a calm and regular Wednesday. K. had a visit today and everything was normal. The girls are dragging their feet on cleaning their room and getting school work done. Kelsey did History and Science. She learned about Mummies and weather. Lowell finally got his yearly review and it was wonderful! His boss had so many nice things to say about him. He said it was the highest review of any managers there right now. I am so proud of him. I am glad that he knows that even if the company does not survive, it survived a lot longer than it would have with him running it.