MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU FROM US!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!! WE WISH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY THE MOST OF GOD'S BLESSINGS THIS YEAR. MAY THIS BIRTH DATE REMIND YOU OF ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS YOU HAVE AND THE RICHES YOU ARE STORING.

QUINTUPLE YOUR FUN WITH TRIPLETS!!!!

Believe it or not! Here are 5 sets of triplets!
We celebrated our friends the Ragsdale Triplets 3rd birthday party with five sets under 4 years old! These were the best pictures the desperate mommies could get. We're missing 1 or 2 kids in every picture as they liked running away.

4TH OF JULY!!!!!!!!!!!

The Powel clan spent 4th of July with old college friends. Shar & Ryan had a bunch of us over for some yummy food and casual hang out. I think all our friends were more excited about the fireworks than my kids! The last picture is our Uncle Michael as he relaxes with the babies.

excited!

This was Alannah's reaction when she saw Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Abby kadaby & Bert perform a spur of the moment show live!

SIBLING LOVE!

Here's for the love! They now like to hug each other at a moments notice. The "kissing game" is played most frequently by Anthony and Leilani! oh to be so cute!

BAY OF PLAY

This is a fun zone at Sea World in Elmo's World called Bay of Play.....and boy did they play! I wish we lived closer! This place would definitely be a play date kinda place!

WHEN YOUR KIDS ARE COOLER THAN YOU!

It was a sad yet proud day for daddy when he realized his son surpassed his coolness!

Meeting your hero's- Sea World

The kids screamed soooo loud when they saw Elmo and Big Bird! They were screaming and dancing around. Here's a pic of little Anthony trying to kiss Big Bird. Alannah kept telling him to "sit dow" because he was so tall! hahahaha! Leilani was too busy making out with Cookie Monster to care and Alannah kept dancing around to Elmo's World. It was the best memory of that day ever!

Sea World June 2008

We took the kiddies to Sea World last week. Neither Anthony nor I had been there since we were 6 or 7 so it was a treat for the entire family. We didn't know what to expect but we knew it would be fun! The Powell clan always makes things silly and exciting. They loved Shamu or better known as the "phishhhh" and when he would flip in the air people around us would laugh because all you could hear from our section was three monkeys saying "oh no! the wow wow" Wow Wow in our house means dog! hahahahaha! any animal these days is "wow wow." If you haven't been to Sea World in a while it's so worth going. The shows are great and it's even more family friendly than Disneyland. We had a blast!

FIRST DAY OF HEADSTART

My babies are now old enough to get bored with mommy at home. So alas, we tried a mommy and me school and they really loved it and learned so much. Now it's time to move on and we've enrolled them in a Head Start program at a local church.

We visited the school twice with Daddy and they got to see all the cool kids. So a week later off we went to our first day. THEY LOVE IT!!!!!!! This is them running in on their first day. Notice the adorable backpacks Daddy bought with their names stitched in each one?

Anthony cried the entire first day. Leilani cried the second day and nobody cried on the third day!!!! wooohooo! It's only 3 days a week as that's all i can stand to be away from them.

On the third day we did get a "talk" from the Director. Turns out our little angel boy likes to bite! ugh! Can I just bite him back to teach him that it's wrong??? New challenges every day!

FINGER PAINTING FUN

Our Aunti Carmella came over today and taught us how to finger paint!

ok, so my kids are neurotic like their momma. I've been so paranoid about germs since they were preemies that they do not like to have their hands dirty at all! So explaining that it was fun to have dirty colorful hands was very interesting. we'll be getting paint brushes next time!

Hansen Dam

We woke up today and decided we needed to do something fun in the 110 degree weather!!!!!!! So off to Hansen Dam we went. I forgot all about my camera until we were walking out! hahahaha! sometimes you just need to enjoy the moment. Here are my two ladybugs and my dragonfly on their way out. They really think they're super heros in these towells.

WE'RE 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was our babies 2nd birthday! I can't believe how big they are. I look back at pictures of them in the NICU and it really takes my breath away!These two years have been the most fulfilled of my life. Busy and crazy but also the most fun! From here on my babies will go from cribs to beds, diapers to potty and start asking questions. Though I hate to see this stage of their lives go I know it's only about to get better! Happy birthday to my miracle babies!

Day at our Aunts

We had a fun day at my Aunti Luz's house. We just hung out and played on Cassie's old baby toys! it was fun in the sun!

POOL DAY FUN

Summer is in full force in California. Here are some fun pool pictures. Notice how proud my daughters are of their bellies.....ahhhh to be two!

WHEN ELMO GROWS UP!

As part of their birthday gift we took the babies to see ELMO GROWS UP at the Nokia Theater. This was their first time at an actual theater with lights down and a show. They did sooooooooooo good. However, what the heck with an intermission???????? have you every seen 1,500 toddlers sit for 15 minutes with nothing happening!!!!

FATHERS DAY AT THE GROVE

THIS IS MY BEAUTIFUL FAMILY ON FATHERS DAY! WE ENJOYED TIME WITH GOD IN THE MORNING AND THEN WENT TO THE GROVE FOR LUNCH. OF COURSE......FOLLOWED BY A FRUIT SMOOTHIE WHICH IS THE CURRENT TREND UPON OUR FAMILY!

Jamba Juice

Where's our juice??????????? They are addicted to this stuff!!!!!