Six Month Summary?!? Not Quite...

Now I recognize that I haven't posted for almost six months, but we are still here and still doing well. I now present the highlights of the last four months of 2009 and the first week of 2010.

We begin with the newest crime fighter...Fancy Spidergirl (aka Miriam). Notice her super action power heart ring.



This is Miriam taking a bath in the kitchen sink after she tried to climb in the tub full of clothes soaking in Oxyclean. You can see what she thought of that. :)



When our Nerf basketball lost its cover, the torn cover became two hats.



Miriam had her first real haircut.



My parents came to visit at the end of September and we had lunch at Bridal Veil Falls. It was a beautiful day.





Halloween came and we were invited to a Halloween parade at Emma's friend's school.



Here is Emma and her friend, Rachel, as Princess Daisy and Princess Peach of Nintendo fame. Rachel's mom made their dresses. Emma loved it. (Thanks again, Brooke!)



We got to trick-or-treat at Grandma and Grandpa's with our cousins. Here are their Halloween night costumes.





After Halloween, the costume box didn't get put away, so Miriam decided to change her hairstyle.



For our bedtime snacks one night, Joseph decided to arrange his chocolate chips and marshmallows like a nativity scene.




After finals, we got to go to Washington to visit my parents for three weeks over the holidays. It was Sarah's first plane flight and everyone else's first flight that they remembered. We had a great time with my family.

We made graham cracker houses.



Emma, Joseph, Sarah, Miriam, and their cousins, Abby, Tyler, and Nathan acted out the nativity story on Christmas Eve. Here are some pre-performance shots.



We had a great Christmas and enjoyed giving and receiving presents.



We got to spend time with everyone and have some fun.



We also took time to take a family picture with the girls in their new Christmas dresses.



We left for home on the plane and spend the day with Neil's parents and opened Christmas presents at their house.



We had a great year and are excited for 2010.