Landry Dance Class

Landry is taking ballet class this fall. All of the practices have been closed session, but they finally had a parent observation class last week. It was super cute.

From 2008-10 (Oct) Landry Dance Class

Here is a video of their dance.

Landry "bouncing" Ian - literally

This one just makes me laugh.

Landry's 3rd Brithday Party

Landry had her 3rd brithday on May 25th. We had a big party at our house.

Landry's Imaginary Friend

Landry's imagination is kicking into high gear. She now has an imaginary friend named Kurla. (this is spelled with a "K" as I was told very emphatically by my daughter).

We continue to find out more and more things about Kurla:
- She has pink hair (which is Landry's favorite color)
- She is Landry's sister, but they do not have have the same Mommy or Daddy
- She has a baby brother
- She likes to swing and go down the slide
- She has a doggy that has been sick lately

Landry's New Swingset

Landry's birthday present came a little early. I somehow conned my Dad into helping put together the Trailblazer Adventure Playset that we bought at Walmart for $299. Overall, I am very happy with it. The wood is good quality and the instructions were very detailed. Overall, it took us about 8 hours to put it all together with a couple of breaks for lunch, etc. The holes were all in place and the parts seemed to all be there. The overall swingset is very sturdy once you put the anchors in the ground.

And, as you can see, Landry is thrilled with the swingset. She keeps telling us how much she "Loves" her playground. She will literally swing for a hour straight if you let her.

Ian's Baby Dedication

Ian was dedicated at Hillside Christian Church this Sunday. There were probably 25 or so new babies at the service that we went to, at least double the number that were there at Landry's dedication. It is mostly a ceremony for the parents, our promise to raise our children with Godly principals, with a love of Jesus Christ and an open request for prayer from the congregation. I personally thought is was very well done and we got a little plaque and the end of it the says "Ian, Precious Gift of God Dedicated this 4th day of May, 2008"" It quotes James 1:7, "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights."

The family:

Momma and Ian:
The Kids:

Shannon locked out of house

I don't have any pictures but it is too funny of a story to pass up. Landry has recently taken to acting like a "doggy", which basically involves, crawling around on her hands and knees, barking, rolling over, etc. Pretty much acting a fool. As part of acting like a "doggy" you of course have to use the doggy door at every opportunity. So she thinks it is hilarious to go in and out the the doggy door. So, Landry and Shannon are outside on the the patio this morning. Landry decides to go back into the house via the doggy door. She comes back around to the back door, pulls it closed and locks it - leaving Shannon locked out of the house, with no keys, or way back in the house. Apparently, it took some serious coaxing to get Landry to unlock the door and let her back in the house!

I will also add this video from a few nights ago with Landry blowing a horn and making Ian belly laugh. Ian thinks that his sister is the funniest thing ever, and just beams when she is around. Landry continues to pay little to no attention to him, but seems to be getting better - especially when she gets a reaction like this one!

Landry reading to Ian

Landry is turning into a great big sister. She really wanted to read him a book last night. So we loaded him up on her lap and she tried to "read" him a story. She got very disappointed when he wriggled out of her arms.

First day of preschool

Landry started preschool this week at First Baptist. She was very excited and it was all she could talk about. She had a big time and we think it will be really good for her to interact with the other kids. They actually already moved her into a little bit older class because she is ahead of the curve - can we say prodigy?

Christmas pics

These are some pics from Christmas day (and around) . I am putting htem in a slideshow but had to pull out my favorite pic from Christmas morning.

Some Pre-Christmas Pics

Joann Kolodejcak Pics

Shannon had a family friend and photographer take some pics of Landry and Ian while they were home over the holidays. There were some great ones out of the bunch these are some of our favorites.

You you ever have picture needs please give Joann a call - we can get you her number. She is super talented and did a great job.