Playing catch up

Woa. Its been a while since I've posted on this blog. Here's a cute video of Jonas that I think you'll enjoy!

Kids are Funny

Lucy helped me yesterday as I cleaned the fish we caught Thursday night. Our conversation went something like this:

Lucy:
It's sad that fish have to die so we can eat them.

Mama:
Yes, it's sad, but we eat lots of different animals. We eat cows and chickens and-

Lucy:
-But not pigs. We would NEVER eat pigs.

I didn't have the heart to tell her that, if given the choice, I would eat pigs every day!



Also, we had the pleasure of having Gavin over at our house tonight. Stomping around the house, his one-sided conversation went something like this:

"Mom"

"Mom"

"Mom"

"Mom"

"Dennis"

"Mom"


:)

Welcome Claire!

I'm sure Richy and Kari have a picture with her eyes open, but Dave took this one today and I couldn't resist posting it. She was 7 lb 13 oz, 22" long (going to give Paige a run for her money in height!), and hurried here, giving her mama a relatively short labor (yay!). She also has dark hair like Porter.

Apparently she also has a little attitude-check out the tongue!

Picture Time

Hey Family!
Just a friendly reminder to order your family pics (if you plan on ordering)! I don't think anyone has ordered yet except for us. I just feel a little bad because I know Ivy put in a lot of hard work to take our family pictures. I think she did a fantastic job. The family pics all look great ( I realize this is not solely because of the photographer, but also because of the great Holliday, Pfeiffer, Hanks, and Woodbury genes ;) The group pics of the grandkids are priceless (I ordered a couple of those so that my kids will remember the great fun they had with thier cousins when we move away).
Thanks all! Don't forget to visit : smile4ivy.com!
Love you all!

Waaah

Just wanted to let you all know I miss you all, a lot. I don't know how we're going to survive until next summer... You're the best family ever! And I love you!

Guess I better borrow those exercise videos!

Today while Dave was working on our tub (blech!) Dalton commented on my pink hammer (don't ask). I said it was a wimpy tool (because it is-the whole set was terrible!) and he said, "no, it's just a hammer." I said I needed tougher tools and asked him,

"Dalton, who's the toughest chick you know?"

And without the slightest pause, he answered...

"Kari."

I have just been outdone by a woman who is 8 months pregnant. And so, may I borrow the P90X? I guess I better do the strength training!

Sorry this is so long. Apparently, I'm kind of incompetent at blogging.

This is Sean striking an awkward pose along the Chicago River Walk. If you go to www.awkwardfamilyphotos.com you'll understand better the humor of this pic.

Thanks to wonderful family and friends, the kids seemed to have suvived the ordeal w/o any noticible emotional scars. Plus, they got treats.

This is the Hard Rock Hotel where we stayed. It was built in the 1930's during the Prohibition era. It was designed to look like a champagne bottle, so people could remember what one looked like. Consequently, there was no Champagne in our little mini fridge in our hotel room. It was stocked, however, with Heiniken, pop, juice and an $8 bottle of Figi water which I accidently drank. $8 water never tasted so good!....or, at least, I told myself.