Happy Birthday Grandpa

Kaden and Elise singing for Grandpa's birthday :)

We are in Texas, and we are alive

We are here. We love it!!! We are in a great neighborhood, a fun house on base. Kaden goes to pre-school for a half-day. Mom loves it!!! and, Kaden loves it. They gave all the kids ipod shuffles so that they can learn the songs, and here he is enjoying :)

We love our yard, and our driveway. Elise pushes Kaden up the driveway on her bike (he thinks hers is easier to ride than his).

Kaden and Elise love to pull things out of the 'sporting goods' drawer in my dresser.....

The joys of living in L.A.

We had a great 'life in L.A.' experience a couple of weeks ago. We came home from church, and I parked our Civic on the street to leave the spot in our garage for Keldon when he came home. In the morning he went out to move the Civic off the street for street cleaning. He came back in a couple of minutes later and said, "Amy, where did you park the car again?" I re-affirmed what he thought. He said, "It's not there." Awesome! Our car was stolen. We still can't believe it, but it's true. We started looking for a replacement, and I think I had a little pull in the car that we decided on......

and, despite the fact that it's a 1999 mini van (it's older)....I love it!!! It was heavenly coming back after Christmas from Keldon's parents house.

Happy New Year and S Novim Godom (for our Russian friends)

Happy New Year!! We are alive and doing well....just not concentrating on updating my blog. However, after multiple requests, I have committed to once/week updates for our blog. There, it's written.

We love you all. Here are some fun family photos at the beach :)

Riding bikes on the beach

This morning we went to Venice Beach and rented bikes to ride. We also got a little trailer for Kaden and Elise. We had a great time!!!


All ready!













Having a great time!

Elise: "Hey, Kaden, this could be fast, so hang on to me if I get scared."

We rode from Venice to the junction of the 10 and the PCH. When we got back, they were both out. We gave Kaden a bottle of water, and after he fell asleep it spilled all over himself and Elise. I'm sure it felt good on a hot day. I think it's so cute how Elise is sleeping on Kaden's shoulder. He is such a good brother to her.

The DOC band

Elise has a flat little head in the back. We noticed it a few months ago and.... today she got her little helmet. It's called a DOC band.

We still love her :)

More pictures of our cutie pies :)

These are more pictures...i'm not going to say a lot. I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves :)




The grumble face :)









just looking around








Kaden was reading with dad......














proud brother :)















Kaden was so sad about something...i don't remember what, but this is a pretty sad face :)











Elise being so cute with grandma
our little sweet babes :)