Kindergarten!

Kobie is now a Manzanita Mustang. WOO-HOO! He really enjoyed his first week of school. I signed up to be a "room mother" and am looking forward to seeing him in action.

Marine World!

Last week we took the kids to Marine World. They had a really good time. It was so fun to see Kobie and Bella go on all of the rides together. We also saw the Shuka (whale) show and the dolphin show. It gave us flashbacks from when Kobie was two, and we went to see Shuka. He stuck his head through the bars at the stadium seating and got it stuck. Silly kid! Dave was a little dissapointed because we missed seeing all of the animals. We did not realize that they close that part up a few hours before the rest of the park closes. Lilly would have loved to see them! She was excited to see the camels. We also saw the flamingos, and made it just before the butterfly exibit closed. That was cool. If it were not for the kids dislike for long car rides, we would go again soon. Oh well, I'm sure Dave would'nt mind if we never went again!

FINALLY.....Here's Lilly!

Okay, so I'm still trying to figure stuff out on this thing. I meant to add pics and info on Lilly on the last blog, but things were not working out. Here we go again. Well, she's 10 months old-going on 11 at the end of the month. She super sweet and fun. She just took her first steps the other day, so I'm sure she will be running around the house in no time. She loves watching her brother and sister play, and often joins in the fun. She's a good little girl, but also has a lot of her mamma in her. Stubborn old oak tree!

To start our blogging off right, we thought that updating everyone on our kids would be the best thing. Especially when we've had requests for pictures of Lilly since she's been born. And sad to say that many of you have only seen her in our X-mas card. Sorry about that. She does not really look like an Ewok-she's actually very cute. We have'nt been hiding her from you all, just a bit busy.

We'll start of with Kobie, who is now 5. Big brother is going to be starting kintergarten this year. WOW-time flies! He had 2 years of pre-school and did very well. He's a smart little bugger, did'nt get it from me though (this is Jessica bloggin'!) His latest love is for transformers and legos. He loves his sisters very much- torturing them that is! No, he's actually a great brother and has lots of fun with them. We had him take swim lessons this summer and he did great. He likes his dive sticks, and loves to go in Grandma Bowling's "hot pool". He's a great kid with a great sense of humor. We love ya bro!

And then there's Bella. So much to say about Bella, so little time. She sure is something all right. When she's sweet, she's the sweetest. Her hugs and kisses are the best. She takes after her mother- a little on the bossy side. She's very independent and knows what she wants. She's into the "girly" things, such as purses, dresses, shoes and whatnot. Her favorite things by far, are the disney princesses. She also loves duckies of any kind. She's a great bike rider (training wheels) and dancer.