Fun Kids

Just some cute pictures of us. I decided to make a robot costume for Liner, but she stayed in it just long enough to take the picture, then got out ASAP, as Nate would say. Grandpa Parnell had fun watching Dora with the kids. The kids crawled over him the whole time, but I think he managed to learn some Spanish.

Humanitarian Mission

Nate was so excited to finally get out and do a humanitarian mission. They went to a small village in Kurdistan and gave gifts to the children. Jenny and her family sent a huge box full of toys for the kids and everyone really appreciated it.

Parnell Cousins

I figure since some people don't have their own blogs (HINT HINT) I'll just post cute pictures of their kids on my blog. So there.

More Parnell Cousins

Utah Parnell Cousins!!! Yay!!! The kids had so much fun at the Parnell Christmas party.

Christmas in Iraq

Apparently Santa does make it all the way around the world, even as far as Iraq. I must admit, though, most kids who sit on Santa's lap don't do it holding a weapon. I hope he doesn't shoot his eye out.

Smurf

Anna loves hats. She found this one on the ground and insisted that I put it on her. I think she looks like a smurf. Go Badgers!!

Christmas time is here...

Here's our cute Christmas tree. Caroline and Grandpa and I went up on the mountain and Caroline helped pick it out. She and Anna decorated the bottom part and I did the top. I think we all did a splendid job.

Good Friends

Nate and his new buddies, Donald Rumsfeld and Sean Hannity. He said that Mr. Rumsfeld waited around to get pictures taken with all of the troops that went to his speech today--about 1000. Pretty cool.

Girlies

Our cute girls in their Sunday best.

Anners loves her walker. She likes to sit in it and even let Liner push her around.

The kids looked so cute in their Sunday best yesterday that I just had to take pictures. In the first picture, both Anners and Liner were saying "cheese." As you can see, Anna is about as photogenic as her mom. I can't help but laugh.

My cute sweet kids. They're actually must sweeter today than they were before trick-or-treating. I weighed their goods, and they had two-and-a-half pounds of candy!

Happy Halloween!! For some reason it wouldn't let me do all the pictures at once. I'll try to figure it out and add the individual pics of the kids later. Anna is a pile of leaves and Liner is french fries. Big thanks to Jenny for lending us such clever costumes. I am dressed up as Daddy.

We're falling for Fall! The kids had a really fun time playing in a pile of leaves in our garden. We can't wait for Halloween!

Here we are, posing for the camera. (We took the picture so that Nate could see my new haircut.)

Caroline got caught in the toy box playing "this little piggy" with a doll.

I made this winter hat for Anna because she didn't have one. At first she wouldn't leave it on her head, but she's gotten used to it and knows it keeps her nice and cozy.

Caroline won't let me take a picture of Anna without also taking a nice (closeup) picture of her, as well.

Grandpa Larry and Grandma Noel came to Jenny's house in Logan to visit with us. The girls had so much fun with their family.

Caroline decided that this was the "Birthday Hat" and insisted that she needed to put it on everyone's head so that we could all sing happy birthday. She doesn't look terribly excited in the pictures, but she was ecstatic at the discovery of this new game.

Here are the cute girls with their very own pumpkins from Grandma's garden.

My kids' idea of a picnic--Cheerios on Grandma's table.

I wanted to take a picture of Anna after I took one of Caroline's house, but she was sad and tired and every time she looked at me and saw the camera, she buried her head in her lap. I put her down for a nap immediately after taking this picture, and she is much happier now.

This is Caroline's new house. We built it out of a box that Grandma got a chair in. And part of Elliot's badger poster for the roof. She really likes it, but wants Anna to play in it with her, which Anna objects to. I don't know who had more fun making it, Caroline or Mom...

The kids are posing in front of our new Snow College Utah license plate, which due to a paranoid husband, I have cropped off. This is Caroline's first time wearing this t-shirt (of Elliot's) since her birthday. The WARNING! part has always been true, but now the age is, as well.

Anna really loves looking at Grandma's Pepsi. Grandma finally gave her a sip, and although she scrunched up her face and chills went through her little body, she was up two seconds later for another try.

This was Anna's birthday party. She managed to get a lot of icing on her face, the typical one-year-old. Caroline and I confiscated one of her presents and read it in Grandma's rocking chair. It is Caroline's new favorite book--Over in the Meadow.

I was giving Caroline a hug and accidentally clawed her gum. She cried, so I gave her a bandage, and told her to put it wherever she wanted. She put it here on her lip.