Happy 90th Birthday Grandpa!!!

We want to wish a special Happy 90th Birthday to my grandpa...the kids Great Papa! The kids miss Great Papa and Great Grandma Betty so much! They live in San Diego and we haven't seen them in about a year and a half when we were all out in California. Here are some pics from our visit in Oct 2008.

Meeting their great grandkids for the first time!!

Since we couldn't be in San Diego to celebrate we decided to make Grandpa a stepping stone with all 4 of his great grandkids hand prints in it. We did it about 2 weeks ago but I had to wait to post in on here til he received the package since they check my blog and we didnt want to spoil the surprise. Zachary was hanging out in his Nap Nanny while we started to get ready to make the stepping stone:)

Auntie Kelly said she would make the cement if I helped the kids do their handprints.

We had to use Zachary's foot since he is so small!

Happy 90th Birthday Grandpa!!!! We love and miss you!!!

Best Friends!

I ordered matching shirts for the kids back in November for Christmas. I was so excited about these shirts:) I do have to say that I would not choose "large" polka dots for the fabric again since you can barely tell the fabric initial is pink or blue polka dots on a chocolate brown background. But they are still cute right? :) We finally were able to take their pictures the other day when we were together. We even ran errands that day with the 4 kiddos and got some great looks from people who thought the 3 older ones were triplets!

I couldn't resist to share this pic. Its one of my favorites from when I used to babysit Madi. I would feed all three their bottles like this. They loved it!


Now look at how big they are!!! :) Plus Makenna is here too!

Hugs for Colin:)

After running errands we went to Red Robin. Thanks to Kristina for introducing me to their wraps! Yum Yum!!

I love that these 4 kids are so close!!! In fact Kaitlyn, Colin and Madi's teacher joked with me once that she calls them the triplets:)

To nap or not to nap?

Seriously I have NO idea what Colin was doing in this video. Do you all remember when Colin was about 2 1/2 years old and he was doing handstands in his room instead of napping? Well, I was watching Colin do this for a few minutes and couldn't help but grab my camera and videotape it. When I showed it to him he was laughing too. He didnt want to nap today and was shaking his head no continuously. Then he goes over to his video monitor and talks to me. Cracks me up...he keeps saying "I sleeped" when he really didnt. The thing is if my kids dont nap they are SO exhausted that they go to bed around 6:30pm. This growing out of naps business is tough. They sometimes dont need a nap where other days they are falling asleep at 6pm at the dinner table. So today was obviously a day where Colin felt he could do without a nap:)

Random Pics

Last week the kids brought home their class pictures from school. They sat and starred at these pictures for so long. It was so cute pretending to be making lunch but really I was listening to their funny conversations about the kids in their class:) I love that they are making lots of new friends!!

Colin thought he was hilarious wearing a "ponytail" like Kaitlyn:) His shirt was actually stuck on his head!!

How come they always look so sweet at night when they are sleeping?!?! I love how Colin sleeps with his hands behind his head!! :)

Wednesday we helped Kel out and I watched the boys for her at our house. Kisses from Kaitlyn:)

Colin is such a baby lover!!!

Quintin came too....look where my kids "hide" their Lego creations when kids 2 and under come over.....yep all over my kitchen counter! They are HUGE Lego fans and work so hard on creating things every day. Here they have tv's with remote controls, garages, blasters and so much more. The things they think of crack me up! Plus they promised Grandma and Papa Willis that they would save some of their creations and show them Friday when they arrive in town. They are counting down...4 more days til they arrive!! They cant wait! And they have all of their Lego creations waiting to show them:)

An attempt to get a pic of all 4 kiddos:)

Kisses goodbye for Zachary

We love you!

Pics from last week!

Here are some pics from the last week. Last Sunday morning after church we went to the mall. Yes, I always keep my little camera in my purse. You never know when you will need it:) Here are the kids who were hungry for lunch and trying to wait patiently for Daddy who was trying on jeans at Macy's. The kids were cracking me up...probably embarrassing Cam since he could hear them all the way in the dressing room. They were singing and dancing in front of the mirror:)

This is the kids new hiding place....they love to make forts!!!

Silly Colin! He LOVES cucumbers!! He likes to pretend they are his teeth:)

Kaitlyn got out of the shower the other day and insisted on putting on a dress and her "K" necklace from Grandma and Papa Willis. She said she wanted to be "fancy"!

Last Thursday the kids came home from school with homemade bird feeders. They were pine cones covered with peanut butter and bird seed. We hung them up and they sat at the window looking for the birdies.

So far no luck....I hope the birdies come soon since the kids have been spending a lot of time watching out the window for them. They walk away from the window sadly saying "No birdies yet mom!!"

Friday Colin had his friend Braedon from school over to play. They had a great time! Monday is Kaitlyn's day and she is going to have her friend Nora over. The kids are quite the social butterflies lately:)

Friday night we were excited to have my family over for dinner. Here is Grandma Young snuggling with Zachary:)

Sleeping on Grandma!

Daddy was reading books to the kiddos as we tried to wind them down and get ready for bed.

Thanks for a fun night and all of the snuggles from Zachary!!

Zachary's Professional Pics!

Kel & Randy had professional pics done last week when Zach was one week old. They are just TOO cute that I had to share!! Maybe I am a biased Auntie:) Enjoy!

Who looks this good a few days after having a baby?!?! Only my sis:)

Proud big brother Quintin with baby Zach!

Kate's Birthday Party

Last Saturday the kids had a birthday party to go to for Kate a friend from their class. It was a princess party! She had a treasure hunt set up in the basement for the kids to go find a tiara and necklace for the girls and a crown and sword for the boys. Here are Colin, Kaitlyn and Madi waiting to do a project.

They made edible candy necklaces....Kaitlyn and Colin thought this was a lot of fun!!

Yummy....licorice strung with chocolate pretzels, gummy lifesavers and much more!!

Colin and his buddy from school Reese!

If you could have seen the kids faces when their teacher walked into the party you would have gotten the biggest kick out of it:) Kaitlyn jaw dropped down to the table! The kids think Ms. Maureen lives at school so to see her outside of school was a shock! She came to pick up her grandson. Here is Colin with his teacher:)

Kaitlyn too:) They love Ms. Maureen!!

Kate's mom made a super cute princess cake!!!

Happy Birthday Kate!!! Thanks!! We had a lot of fun!