Big kids

Wow, Jeffrey and Ella look so big. I think it is amazing how fast your kids grow!

Christmas 2008

Merry Christmas!
We got the best smiles out of Jeffrey Christmas morning when he got some Playmobile toys and candy.

















Ella was sure happy to get a Dora doll. She, like many other kids her age, love the Dora the Explorer television show.

Ella is 2!

Ella was so excited to get her first stroller!
She spent all day pushing her new baby around the house.







Ella did a great job blowing out the candles. It was hard to restrain Jeffrey from trying to help her out.

Jeffrey is 4!

For Jeffrey's 4th birthday, we decided to play it low-key. His preschool class had a field trip scheduled to the pumpkin farm, so Dave and I went with Jeffrey. Afterward, we got to have chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting at the preschool. It was a great birthday!

Jeffrey was so excited to get a fireman costume to dress up in.

Playing around

One of the best pictures we have of Jeffrey smiling!








Silly faces!




















Jeffrey and Ella playing ring-around-the-rosie.

Jeffrey's 1st day of Preschool

Jeffrey's started preschool on September 2, 2008 this year. The Grinnell College Preschool is wonderful with great teachers and lots of learning toys. Jeffrey loves it!

Iowa State Fair

This year we decided to go to the Iowa State Fair. It is suppose to be one of the best, so we went to check it out.








Jeffrey eating a foot-long corndog....at 9am per Dave's request for one.








Ella loves seeing all of the farm animals.








Check out the huge cabbage!









Dave and Jeffrey going for a ride high in the sky.








There were miles of vendors selling everything from pork on a stick, to fried candy bars, and of course the 1/2 lb fried pork tenderloin sandwich.

What a fun day!