Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Sarah and Jason's new baby, Wade Nathanael, was born on March 3rd. He's so sweet and tiny!
Caleb likes the new baby!
As we waited for new baby Wade to arrive, Caleb settled nicely into the couch potato position with a box of Cheez-its!
Ashlyn put her artistic talents to work and painted her own horse. She keeps hoping for a real one to show up at the doorstep :)
Auntie Leah spent the weekend here and was a great sport as the kids played dentist on her!
Auntie Julie got some bonding time in with Cody... zzzzzzzz......! Such a warm sunny afternoon made everybody sleepy.
Grandpa Sanderson and Cody
Grandma Sanderson and Ashlyn
Auntie Leah having a group snuggle :) Cody is displaying his latest wound - he tripped and fell into the corner of a metal bed frame sticking out, and he managed to get pretty lucky with it barely missing his eye.
Ashlyn and her friend, Molly
Spring is coming! It was so nice to dig the 4-wheeler back out and have a good place to ride it now (at the new rental house).
Ashlyn was entertaining the boys with a suitcase ride....then of course dumping them out

Grandma Danell came for a short visit and she helped Ashlyn make a mini-scrapbook

caterpillar crawlers - I love the way kids find new inventive ways to use playground equipment!
We never seem to tire of looking at the beautiful lake and surrounding hills.
We had a treat visit to Starbuck's while grandma D. was here

Caleb and his favorite toys!



Grandpa Danell got this replica pedal car as a present from grandma, so I "tried" to set up a photo op while the kids were dressed up.....but most of you know how that goes. This is what I came up with :)


Ashlyn trying out her cross-country skis from Leah. She spent alot of time on her bottom, but enjoyed it still.
Our 3 lil' valentines! Shawn and I got a dinner date out that night while uncle Eric babysat. It was so cute, because the kids all had a "pamper mommy" session before we got ready and put lotion on me, rubbed my feet, combed my hair (that part was more painful than relaxing!) and spritzed me with several flavors of sprays! I probably smelled like a walking fruit and flower basket, but it was fun for them (and me!)



The kids enjoyed Nadene and Muriel's stay with us and had no problem entertaining them! Nadene will be leaving shortly to go back to Taiwan.
Shawn and Jason rented a forklift to unload the rock for the speck house, so daddy's lil' helpers got to....help!

4 comments:

Nesting Instincts said...

What fun pictures. Your family is so cute doing their everyday things. Can you imagine if anyone took pictures of us doing our everyday things....booooring!! I love checking your blog! Love, Beth

Randy and Amy said...

Uh, DeAnne, last month all your kids had black eyes. Now this month Cody...oh it was only Cody, well then, all is normal!! We can't wait to see your horse trainer, forklift operators, valentines, street brawler, coffee drinking, monkey bar crawlers little munchkins this weekend.

the homestead girl said...

Wow! How could the kids have grown so much in the 4 months since we've last seen them! I love the picture of Caleb asleep on bed reading a book...so adorable! Whew! I'm learning how fast these precious moments fly-Eli will be 6 months old on the 21st!! Can't wait to see you this weekend!

Jason and Sue said...

Ashlyn brushing Leah's teeth is just hilarious!