So many great pics...don't know which ones to display. Hope you enjoy them.

At the port where we were waiting to board our boat to go to
Isla Mijares (can't remember the spelling), we saw these pretty awesome looking Pirate Ships that they use to go out on cruises at night.

These two Mayan Indian women would walk up and down the beach with their little papooses on their backs all day in the hot sun. The lady with the white sling, had her little one sleeping often. It always looked like he couldn't breathe, but it could or she wouldn't carry him. They were selling their handcrafted belts that were woven with different color threads. Here they are admiring each others goods and taking a break. The other lady had a two year old too that she sometimes had with her that would walk beside her and one day he even found some ice cream that some one had set down on their table. He just picked up and started eating it with a grin on his face. His mom didn't even care that he had just randomly picked up this sweet treat with out asking.

Scott and I went to Cancun with my parents and stayed in a 2 bedroom condo of their time-share. We had a great time walking and hunting out some unique restaurants. I loved eating all the fresh tropical fruit and fresh fish and seafood!! Yum!

Cancun

Scott and I got to have some alone time away from the kids that is for a whole 8 days! It was great. We went to Cancun and relaxed....and relaxed....nothing much else. No kids, no cleaning the kitchen floor for a whole 8 days!!!!! And then it hits you like a brick wall on the 9th day when you go back to reality and you have 3 kids again and 2 of them spill there milk on the floor with in 3 minutes of each other. I just smile (not really) and bend down to wipe it all up. At least since I have been gone for awhile my patience isn't running on low and I can actually deal with 2 spills at once. Whew!!!!

So you think you are doing an ok job of parenting...brushing teeth for example. Then your kid one day screams in pain as he goes to bed saying that his mouth hurts....you say, "you'll be fine....go to bed." But they aren't fine and you find yourself at the oral surgeon's office waiting in the waiting room with two squirrely kids chasing each other around the room squealing with delight and your oldest son screaming at the top of his lungs from behind the dreaded door as they are yanking his molar out. Yes that was one of my latest parenting moments. And then look at the size of the rotting whole! So now we try to keep up with the flossing too! Oh the joys of parenting.

and one other builder...

Isaac's creation!

more builders

I forgot to post Jack's sculpture along with the others.

Grandpa, hold me

Molly loves sitting with her grandpas!

Here let me help you....

Karinne getting all dolled up with her fairy costume!

Future Architect

Drew had a lot of fun building with his knew Keva blocks....and so did everyone else!

Laura, what are you up to here? I love this pic because Laura looks like she is up to something and totally in love:)

Molly loves to dress up...here she got a fairy costume complete with wings and a wand!






Molly also loves her new "jammies" with monkeys and bananas on them. She refused to take them off the other day (well, I didn't fight her to much). She really wants to wear them a lot. Oooo! my favorite thing to share with everyone is that she is officially potty trained. We have moved on. With all of our travelling over the holidays she kept dry at night....Yeah!!!! It feels really weird not to have someone in diapers.

Drew loves to build! He loves legos, blocks, and tinker toys. He made a crane with my help...yes I like to build to. It's fun to have kids because then you get to play all over again:)

Kittys

Molly was very interested in the kittys outside and kept going to the window to check them out.

The Kipfer Boys

Awwww! Aren't they cute! Luke, AJ, and Isaac. Who's in charge here?

The Kipfer clan all together.

Molly and me at Grandma and Grandpa Kipfer's house

It was good to hang out with Arlo and Lisa this Christmas since we hadn't seen them since Molly was born 2 years ago. We look forward to being with them again this summer.

Princess

Molly received a parasol and Chinese silk dress from Arlo and Lisa. Molly loved modeling her outfit and parasol that night. It was so cute. I can't wait for her to wear it this spring.

Traditions

One of our family traditions is to make some sort of gingerbread creation. This year the kids constructed a gingerbread Christmas tree. Yummmm! Candy........icing....gingerbread....what's not to love?

Dad and Mom

My mom and dad in Cancun. Aren't they cute:)