Goat Lick

We went to Kalispell this weekend. On the way we stopped at the Goat Lick overlook. We didn'ti see any goats there, but it was a good excuse for the kids to get out and stretch their legs.

Isabelle and Kathleen were a little chilly without their jackets!

I'm not sure what Isabelle is doing in this picture. I promise I didn't pinch her. I think she and Kathleen were fighting over seating arrangements.

Family Picture

Yesterday morning, we tried once again to get a good picture of the whole family. The first pictures were "practice" while Stephen was getting the camera set up on the tripod.
1. The picture of Kathleen and Isabelle is so cute. (Maybe I can edit out the lamppost on Photoshop....if I ever have time to sit down and learn to use Photoshop.)
2. Cute picture of Daddy and kids... except for the light pole again... this time it's growing out of Ian's head. While everyone is not smiling and looking at the camera, this picture shows their personalities.
3. Speaking of personalities... here the kids are definitely showing their uniqueness.
4. This is the best picture that had from the morning. At least Kathleen is smiling! And I have my eyes open, unlike most of the other pictures. This was the best we could get from Ian after threats like, you won't be allowed to play your Nintendo today. (He was making all sorts of funny faces before.)
Oh, well. Maybe we can try again next week!

Sunday Pictures

On Sunday morning, we tried to do some group shots, and I was reminded how hard it is to get everyone to look at the camera. Stephen was trying out the timer function, so that we could get everyone in the shot.
Just in case you are wondering what is on Ian's forehead, it is a batman tattoo. We had batman and superman tattoos at Halloween, and Ian and Isabelle stuck them on their arms, legs, chests, and one on Ian's forehead. Ian had school pictures today, so I took his off last night.
The first picture was a test picture to make sure that everything was set up right. You can tell that Kathleen was the only one actually sitting still.
The second one is good, except that someone has their eyes closed-- Oh, that was me. We took a couple more after that and I closed my eyes in all of them. So in the last one, I made sure to open my eyes really wide-- Can you tell? Caleb and Kathleen were squirming to get down, I'm not sure what Isabelle was doing, and Ian just got lost in the background. Well, at least Stephen was smiling and looking at the camera.
Maybe next time, we'll do better!

The last picture is from church. I wish I could say that I had the children's attention that well while I was teaching Sunday School. But they were watching a movie. Some of the children were dropped off early for Sunday School, and the pastor put on a movie for them. When we got there our kids automatically sat quietly, and watched it with them. That was such a rare moment, I had to document it!

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day! These are pictures we took before church this morning. We planned to go hiking this afternoon, but the weather was too rainy and cold.

Animal Kingdom

On Sunday night (Easter) we went to a hotel, so that we would be close to Disney world on Monday morning. We went to the Animal Kingdom first. Our hotel had a shuttle that we were able to take instead of driving. After all the excitement of waking up in the hotel, getting ready, waiting for the shuttle, riding the shuttle, Caleb was ready for a nap. He fell asleep as soon as we put him in the stroller. Of course, I had to get a picture of that.

We spent the first part of the morning in Dino-Land. One of the things that Ian and Isabelle enjoyed the most was an area where they could dig for dinosaur bones and explore. At first Isabelle was afraid to go in, and Stephen and Ian went in without her. It only took about 3 minutes for her to change her mind, and then she had alot of fun!

There was a shaded walkway with this dinosaur that the kids climbed all over. It was nice to be out of the crowds for a few minutes, and then we were all ready to go again.

Florida Vacation

I have been wanting to keep in better touch with people and not doing it successfully. I thought maybe starting a blog would help. (Time will tell.)
We enjoyed our vacation to Florida, and are now back at home. These pictures are of us on Sunday morning. I didn't think to get any of the pictures outside. I wish I had. I will post more picures when I see how this goes.
This morning I looked out the window and saw SNOW! Fortunately, it was just flurries and none of it stuck. We're still waiting for spring!