'and this is my joy'

the boy using his sister's toothbrush

dad, as is usual, makes funny faces when i point the camera toward him

the first picture we've got of him smiling!

mmm, banana

our kids love books (yay!)

everyday fun

fun with glasses

yummy applesauce!

hangin' with daddy


trying to get ready for bed

sweet little boy feet...and fingers

halloween fun

so we went to get pumpkins to color (we didn't want to try to carve with the little ones). and i picked one out for babe (they didn't have any really little ones). well she wanted to hold it, but after i gave it to her i realized that there was a kind of gash in it, so i tried to swap it with another one and she was not happy, that was her pumpkin, and she only wanted her pumpkin. the thing probably crushed her, but she wanted to hold it.

at the park for the friday playgroup

dad and our 'strawberry faerie' at the ward halloween party

our little cow...or bull...or what have you

snow white and the strawberry faerie

our friends the monkey and his brother the police officer...or some sort of law enforcement officer...dude


mr. monkey in his jungle at the playgroup


lorraine, another sweet princess!


amy hunt with two of her kids, the purple faerie and the skunk


cutest costume idea ever!!

more friends...the cowgirl and her big brother the dragon

themed pictures

unhappy babies
usually i wouldn't post these, but some of them kinda made me chuckle

my children would never express their angst;)

hungry babies

he eats solids...yay!!

tagged by shannon...a cute idea

4 Things I was doing 10 years ago
1. wishing i was out of primary
2. trying to act like a teenager
3. still getting used to being in nebraska
4. trading off sleepovers with amy eliker

4 Things on my list to do today (since it's late i'll say tomorrow)
1. pick up and vacuum living room
2. take kids on a walk
3. pick up rx
4. make sure babe's old halloween costume fits the boy

4 Things I love about John
1. his determination to be honest
2. he always tells me that i'm pretty
3. his desire to be generous
4. he works hard, even when he doesn't want to

4 Jobs I've had
1. cashier at hy-vee
2. helper at elementary school after school program
3. washed cars at ford dealership
4. franks hot dog stand

4 Movies I've Seen more than once
1. miracle
2. master and commander
3. chicken little
4. discovery channel's conception to birth

4 Places I've Lived
1. buena vista, va
2. lincoln, ne
3. yakima, wa
4. baltimore, md

4 Places I've Been
1. washington d.c.
2. japan
3. san jose, ca
4. frankfurt, hessen, west germany

4 Places I want to visit
1. england
2. ireland
3. denmark
4. wales

4 T.V. shows I watch
1. ncsi
2. Jon and Kate + eight
3. What Not to Wear
4. extreme makover-home edition

4 Things you may not know about me
1. i used to sing (classical music)
2. i was born on a military base in frankfurt, west germany
3. i wish i knew how to play piano
4. two of my favorite books are alice's adventures in wonderland and through the looking glass

looking back

so in case people didn't know, our old blog (johnandanika.blogspot.com) was connected to an e-mail that i think has been taken over by someone else. i tried to login and it wouldn't take the password, tried the special question...and it was in another language. i tried for a while to get it back, but it wasn't working. so our old blog is still there...i just can't update it. so just for fun i thought i'd throw in some of my favorite older pictures.

the first four are all within the first month to six weeks after analee was born. the fifth i think is a few months later...but i'm not positive.

boy do i wish i could relax like that!

babe's first time seeing her new brother.

sweet kisses:)

should i take this as a sign of strangeness to come?

babe has always been interested in her little brother.