And the results are IN . . .

Just thought I'd share the results of our ultrasound from last night. Here's a picture of it's cute little head. Does it look like any of our other children? We think it looks like Micaiah. We won't show you the picture of its other parts :) - but we'll put it this way . . . Micaiah's going to have a BROTHER.

4th of July

4th of July was celebrated as usual with the families from Pathway Bible Church at Heritage Park. Just like all Santa Clarita days in July it was HOT, but this year was at least bearable (approx. 100F degrees). This year, Kari celebrated her first 4th of July as a US Citizen, but I think she was mostly interested in the bag of Chexmix someone brought. She wasn't keen at all about getting her face painted - it took me about five tries to get a decent looking star on her cheek. Micaiah, of course celebrated by getting himself into a water-fight and ended up completely drenched, which he loved. That evening, the 3 older kids and Mike climbed the hill and stayed to watch the nearby fireworks, but I got smart (and I was still weak from morning sickness) and took Kari home early for a bath and bedtime. I forgot my camera at home that day, but thankfully my sister brought her new fancy Nikon to take picts. Thanks Cheryl!

Happy Birthday Mimi + Mimi's Blog

It's hard to believe Mimi turned seven last week. Unfortunately she was sick on her actual birthday, but thankfully she was well for her party that she planned to celebrate a few friends for school. Mimi's only seven, but she's a girl after my own heart - she loves LISTS! She made a list for the food she wanted at her party, the crafts she wanted to make, the games she wanted to play, etc. She is really into art and making crafts this year, so the theme of her party was crafts. The girls enjoyed decorating their own aprons, making party hats and painting cute buckets.

After crafts, snacks, playing games, ice cream decorated in the shape of a paint palette (Mimi hates cake), and presents, this was what the party girl looked like.

BTW- not to be outdone by her brother, Mimi has started her own blog :). You can find it at http://mimichausjournal.blogspot.com .