Rachel: Your Madeline-In-Utah Report

Completely ignoring me for 5 hours straight running around being Eewoks.

Maddie was a very willing target for Tyler's air gun. (The only willing target in the room. She though it was hilarious.)

Tyler got out the markers for them and decided to give them "art lessons."

Emma's face...

Maddie's jump...

Wonderful World of Wii

We finally got a Wii off of ebay now that they are more reasonably priced than before Christmas. Shucks, kinda fun. I laugh when Tyler yells to everyone "Don't touch my Wii!"

To all the mommies of little ones...

I am a HUGE lover of books, and I have read tons of parenting books, but I think the best hands-on lessons I have learned on parenting are from the show "Supernanny". I TiVo it so when Nate is at school, I stay up late watching it, (ie. last night). HELLO, I was bawling WITH the mother with 3 kids who is emotional, pregnant, and the oldest having A.D.D. and only 7 years old. It gives techniques to deal with specific problems like, hitting, "grazing" food all day, homework difficulties, staying calm, socializing and recognizing a lonely child. Added bonus: you turn off the tube glad you have the kids you have and not the little terrors that other parents are dealing with. (Although they really are not terrors for the most part, just doing what they know and have been taught by their parents). Try it, you may like it.

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So I was snuggling with my 7-year old son Tyler in sacrament on Sunday and he looked up at me and said, "You smell like mint. You must not be my mother. Shew and sca-dadule." What? (Bye the way, sorre about the speling airers. Not sure how ro spel some of those words).

Beware.......Live Roadkill Ahead......

Hailey and her pet hamster named Belle, which was changed to Zoe, which was changed to Raquel, which I call, "Rachel's New Roommate". Roach, you'll LOVE seeing her glowing red eyes in the middle of the night staring at you. Come visit soon!










Buddha the Lizard. Between the rodents, Nate's salt water fish and our cat-that-is-bigger-than-Emma, we are slowing becoming a zoo. All we need is another Max. (May he rest in peace).

Cherry Creek Elementary School roller skating party

It was very scary at first. They wanted to watch for awhile.














I couldn't get Hailey onto the rink for about 15 minutes.

Tyler fell....

...and fell...

...and fell...

...and fell...

But their buddies showed up and it was awesome the rest of the night. They now want skates and asked for them for Valentines Day. Since when did Valentines Day turn into Christmas? (Hailey, Haylie, and Riley)

(Tyler and Sebastian)

For me it was Crystal Palace all over again. (For all you North Las Vegans). Complete with the bad pizza, skating games, and loud dance music. Sooooooo much fun for all of us.

The Infamous Julia ......(see Tyler's note below)

................Who is a very cute little girl. Her and her "posse" of friends kept skating by Tyler and screaming, "I have a crush on you!" and "I love you!". I was a nerdy and embarrasing mom since I went and asked her if I could take a picture of her. I knew this "flirting" would be inevitable with my children, but it is still hard to accept.

I "caught" Tyler writing this, and he was SO embarrassed when I read it. My boy is growing up. :(

Family Portraits Dec 2006

Last December we had Nathan's photography company take our pictures. (It was a long time coming since our last family portrait was over 6 years ago.) I think they turned out pretty well....