Christmas

Santa Train

 Harrison telling Mrs. Claus how his little sister bugs him.

Halloween 2011

 Valerie the Butterfly

 Harrison the Storm trooper

 Nicholas as Captain America

Lydia as Rapunzel

Shark Reef

Harrison's class had scheduled a field trip to go the the Shark Reef, but Harrison ended up being sick that day.  His teacher was so nice and gave him some free child tickets so we were able to take the whole family.

 Lydia petting a sting ray

 I think it made up for not being able to go with his class.

Nicholas wouldn't step on the glass floor.

Valerie turns 4!

Thank you Grandma and Papa Pope, she loved her present, if you couldn't tell :)

Love the new place

Here are a few highlights:

 Nicholas helping Daddy put the entertainment center together.

 Tree in the backyard that the kids love to climb.

 Nicholas' toddler bed.

 Lydia receiving awards, top picture is from the first 6 weeks of 4th grade, bottom picture is from the last 6 weeks of the new school.

First Day of School

Harrison and Lydia on the first day of school for the 2011-2012 school year. Harrison is now in 2nd grade and Lydia is in 4th grade.

Trip to Salem

We took a trip to Salem and did some our favorite things and some new things.

4th of July

Easter

dying eggs

Valerie didn't waste any time getting into her candy

Once Nicholas found out that there was candy in the eggs, he was off to collect as many as his hands could carry.

We have moved

Yes, those are moving boxes. We sold our house in Las Vegas and the process when so quickly we didn't have enough time to find a new place. For now we are living with my parents while the kids finish up the school year (in the same elementary schools that I attended). When summer hits we hope places will open up and we will be able to find a new place.

Harrison turns 7

Harrison requested pancakes for his birthday dinner and legos for his presents, we all had a fun night putting the lego kits together that night.

School

Lydia's first science project

Harrison: A/B Honor Roll


Lydia: A Honor Roll, she was very proud that she brought up a B from the previous trimester.

Lydia's 9th birthday

Lydia turns 9!

She was born the day after my mom's birthday so they get to celebrate their birthdays' together every year.