Outnumbered and Overjoyed

2009 Zion Trip from Nicole Eliason on Vimeo .

I can't. I'm very aware of that. And the truth is, these kids hear EVERYTHING I say. I'm not worried that they'll hear me sw...

Maddie started gymnastics this morning. As a dancer, all I want to do is introduce my kids to the wonderful world of dance. However, Eli is ...

While Lehr and I were in Utah, Grandma Cathie and Grandpa Jim stayed with the kids. Before I left I painted Maddie's toe nails for the f...

While the blog sat idly, Lehr and I were on our first sans-kids trip. We went to Zion National Park in Utah where we hiked and mountain bike...

Ahh, Thumbkin. Who doesn't love that song from their childhood? Eli's music teacher reminded him of that tune this week and he has b...

Maddux loves to sing. She also loves to talk. And yell. And shout. And anything else that allows her, and EVERYONE, to hear her voice. As of...

Maddux is reading. Yes, I know she's only two, but to hear her flip through books, you'd think she could really read. She loves love...

I finally broke down and did something 'girlie' with Mad Dog. While Eli was at school this morning, Maddux and I were attempting to ...

This morning Eli and Maddux hopped in the car with Daddy to attend Faith In Action . (Mommy was running.) Since Eli is old enough, he stayed...

Eli's game was at 4PM today. He had the opportunity to get a full night's sleep, suffer a few lack-of-toy/privilege consequences, an...

Whoa. Meltdown city. Obviously Eli had a busy day yesterday with school and the Braves game, and today was also busy with the field trip and...

Before our eyes Eli is growing up SO quickly! Last night he and Daddy went to a Braves game with another father-son duo. The boys had a grea...

Busy busy week = no blogs. At least I got pictures and video out though, right? :) Maddux is still enjoying school BIG time. She talks about...

Finally...video from our trip! 2009 09 Watercolor from Nicole Eliason on Vimeo .

So while we were at the beach, Eli's mug was being plastered across the 'big screen' at our church. Check out the video they put...

All 100+ of them!

Our last full day...so sad. We went back to the beach right after breakfast (what else!) .Maddux did better with the waves today, but she wa...

Wow...great morning! The kids sleep until at least 730am (830am their time)! After a leisurely breakfast (more dutch babies), we packed up t...

The kids were up early again, but not quite as early as yesterday. We had a great breakfast of Dutch Babies (oh so yummy) before heading to ...