Late night pillow jumping

Maren decided that jumping off the carseat onto pillows was fun! Listen to her talk. Just too cute!


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Maija's new hair

We got Maija's hair cut. I swear I will never take her to a hair cutter again. NO ONE can cut it right. I should just pay myself since I have to recut it anyways. And yes, I do straighten her hair. I think its darling.

4th of July, a little late

We had a busy day. We went swimming at the Seward public pool, which totally rocks. Then we had a barbeque at Sarah and Kevin's house. Next was the parade! After that we all trekked over to MomMom's house to do fireworks. The weather was so nice this year. Mid 80's and a nice breeze.

Preston's teeth

Sorry for the delay! Preston got his braces off July 3rd. He's been doing his Phase One orthodontic treatment since April 2007. They started out with the upper jaw expansion and then braces on the front four teeth to close the gaps. He will wear a retainer until he gets the rest of his adult teeth in and then get full braces on top and bottom. OY!

A fun new (old) toy!

Maren got a new (old) toy yesterday. Its a little swingset, slide, climber combo thingy that Preston actually received for his first birthday. We had it for a few years, gave it away and somehow its made its way back to us. Maren is quite happy with it and slides down it all day and night. Even the baby dolls get to go down the slide.

And about Preston's braces. He was supposed to get them off yesterday but one of his teeth shifted and that meant the retainer would not fit, so a new power chain was put on and we'll go back on Thursday to get his braces off. Poor kid was so excited to get them off.


Swingset from Ahnah Lingard on Vimeo.

Fun with frogs

We find frogs big and small all over Jesa's neighborhood. The kids love it, except Maren. She has decided that if it moves, its no good. This was a big frog they found back in May.

End of June update

June is over??? The year is half over???

Its been a busy month. LOTS of swimming for the kids. A trip to Texas for Adam to get his braces off and to close on the sale of our house, which ended up being delayed. The sale of our house should happen today sometime. It better work! We took 2 of our nephews on the trip with us. We had lots of fun. We stayed in a hotel with a pool and visited family and friends.

Today Preston gets his braces off. I'll post pictures later today when its all done. Maybe some pictures of Adam too!


Maija, Sydney, Maren, and Ethen dancing at Chuck E Cheese

Maija, Preston, Cohen, Ethen, and Sydney at Chuck E. Cheese

Maija and her best bud Sydney. We miss you Sydney!!

Maren wanted pizza.


Maren was not happy to be on the ride.

Adam and his 2 Texas wives! We miss you Lauren and Barbara!! (totally joking about the wives....)

Maren loves her baby and is learning the proper way to feed it!

The usual attacking of daddy in the morning.

Hanging out with baby doll and daddy at the hotel.

Ethen and Maren watching some TV before we all hit the sack at the hotel.

Maija, Preston and Cohen watching TV before bed.

Two of our nephews, Ethen and Cohen. They came to Texas with us!

More messing around at the hotel.

Maren wanted to go swimming. She had 2 pairs of goggles.


Video of part of our ride home. The kids were dancing to the end of The Pink Panther movie. Sorry the quality is bad. I don't know what happened during the upload.