Happy Birthday Rachel!

Rachel turned 11 today. We went to her favorite restaurant for dinner tonight (a Japanese Steakhouse)...

... then we came home and she opened her presents. Her big gift was an ipod touch!

Finally we enjoyed Grandma Jeane's homemade German Chocolate Cake - YUMMM! (notice the beautiful roses that Rachel's primary teachers brought her)

A Teenager!!!

Julia turned 13 today! I cannot believe we have a teenager in the house ... yikes!
She received some birthday money from her grandparents and needed to spend it right away so we headed to the mall to get that taken care of.

Then we came home and had a fashion show ... what a lovely little lady...



Grace and Tessa provided a birthday massage while Julia made a wish and blew out the candles.

Jack enjoyed every last bite.

Oh Yeah!

A Serious Little Ballerina

Tessa is a rule follower. She takes everything she does very seriously and makes sure she does it right.

Enjoying Christmas Vacation!

Christmas Morning

A garage and some cars for Jack.

A DSi for Tessa.

Another DSi for Grace.

A camera for Rachel.

Clothes for Julia (boring).

Santa Came ...

I guess the kids made it on to the nice list. It could have gone either way!