MELMO!

Ada has learned a new word....well sort of.

She has discovered Sesame Streets Elmo character and screams "MELMO!!" whenever she sees a picture of him. I credit this new found favorite to a book Mary Jean gave her for Valentines Day...it has a fuzzy Elmo on every page!

Kimmy's Wedding

My cousin Kim got married this weekend over in Menomonie, WI. Our family had a ton of fun at the wedding, and enjoyed the pool at our hotel the next morning. Here are some pictures of our adventures over the weekend....

Jake and Mona
From left to right: Great Grandpa Charlie, Tiffany, Ada, Great Grandma Dixie, Tehya, Grandma Sue

Great Grandparents Charlie and Dixie (GG & Papa to the girls)
My aunt Shari and uncle Jeff doing the polka

My mom and Grandma doing some polka-ing of their own
Mona showing Ada all the cool video games
Tehya showing off some fancy dance moves
Ada getting her groove thing going

Tehya doing some swimming at the hotel the next morning

All four of us enjoying some pool time

Mom and Ada chasing after the beach ball

Daddy being silly

A Day at the Zoo

On Friday the girls and I had a zoo day with my highschool girlfriend Jodie and her two kiddos. We had a great day and are planning on doing it again soon!

Tehya and Brayden posing with the turtle statue

Tehya's favorite monkey...the one that kept chasing around the baby monkey.

(Hum...maybe I should talk to her about her reasoning here?!?)

Tehya and Brayden poking through the tunnel on the Tropics Trail. Brayden looks pretty enamored with Tehya in this picture!

Tehya wanted a picture of the flamingo birds for her photo album. She thought it was pretty silly when she learned that they sleep standing on one leg!

This picture didn't turn out as well as I had hoped it would, but it is Ada playing in one of the Discovery Bay water pools. She had so much fun splashing around and looking at the "shisheys"!

This is one of the new Grizzly bears in the zoo's new exhibit.


We weren't sure if the bear thought Ada looked like the perfect sized snack or if he really liked her snazzy hat, but they seemed to have a bonding experience while we were visiting. Whenever Ada would move the bear would move along with her, and he even put his nose right on the glass against her hand and was trying to sniff her out! It was very cute!

Ada seemed just as interested in the bear as he was in her, so we stood and "visited" with him for quite awhile.

What a wonderful day with wonderful friends!

Happy Valentines Day!

This year for Valentines Day Dan and I had a wonderful surprise.....Grandma Diane had the girls over all day to cook us a wonderful dinner! Tehya, Ada and cousins Lauren and Katie decorated the house, made hand colored placemats for all their guests and prepared a delicious meal of lasagna, heart shaped garlic bread, and much much more. We even had cream puffs with pudding, whipped cream and strawberries for desert! Parents and all Grandmas alike loved the evening!

Above are pictures of Tehya showing off a few of the Valentines cards she received, and of the girls both playing with their heart balloons Grandma Diane sent them home with. They are still pulling them around the house today!