Lolladoos and Runway Models

A few weeks ago for FHE, we learned about minding Mom and Grandma and Grandpa. The girls earned beads for every time they minded the first time we asked them to do something, and when all the beads were gone, they earned something special...



Anna, who loves accessories, couldn't wait to model her new construction hat with Grandma's gardening gloves.

Caroline loved her new "lolladoo" shoes (her word--I don't know where it came from).

Chocoholics

My kids love chocolate. Anners especially. Every time we walk into Grandma and Grandpa's house, she yells "Cockluck!!" She knows Grandpa will give some to her. For those wondering, I'm still dessert free for the year.


I have a picture of myself as a baby with this same makeup. Anners is much cuter, though.

There is one question that probably drives just about every vampire crazy: "Oh, do you know Dracula?"--Jack Handey

Go Chiefs!!

Maggie and Ella sent Liner this cute Kansas City Chiefs cheerleading outfit. She loves it. She has no idea who the Chiefs are, or what football is, but she's sure she's going to grow up to be a cheerleader.

Save the Cheerleader, Save the World!!!

Such Devoted Sisters

The girls were playing in Liner's bed this morning. It's weird, I know, but I think Anners looks like Gma Noel in the second picture. Note the cute quilt that Elizabeth made for Caroline for Christmas--back when she had time for something besides sleeping and feeding and rocking...

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.