Just another day at the Finley's!!

LUNCH TIME!

Is it a bad sign when your 1 year old is embarassed to be seen with you?

Elijah Loves to Color...

So, I let him!

We get a babysitter for 3 hours....

So, I don't know where we go wrong- but if something is going to happen, it's going to happen to us. The babysitters didn't even tell us about Isaac and Elijah's "mishaps". We noticed when we made Isaac take off his hat for bed. Okay, so the top left is the next morning "after the haircut" picture.... (Jordan did it) We didn't make him go in public like that, don't worry. But, it's just as bad for him to be completely bald. When we were done he said, "I don't look like Dad, do I?"

My pretty, pretty princess!!

Elijah fell asleep in the car while playing with my headband... so precious!!

EEEWWWWWWW!!!

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Ever wonder what your kids do before you wake up?

Well, I found out. This is what I woke up to one morning. I was just walking down the hall to find the kids some breakfast, I heard a noise in the hall closet, and looked to find Dallin apparently doing one of his favorite early morning past-times...

mirror lake

Last weekend we went camping at Mirror Lake. We had a lot of fun. We caught around 60 fish on the first day, and the boys loved it! Elijah thinks he's catching that fish in the 2nd picture. He loved to catch them in his net after we had them on the hook. He would also pet them as they were dangling from the line. That is, until the time he got too close and one slapped him on the face with it's tail. That wasn't so fun.

We Got a New Pool!!

The kids are so excited for our new pool. I snapped a few pictures of their first time in... check it out.

I think we're growing out of our house...

What do you think?

Elijah loves taking showers!!

Elijah is the funniest kiddo. He LOVES taking showers. Every morning when he gets up, he waltzes right in to our bathroom and waits by the tub for Jordan to get ready for his shower. And every night when Jordan walks in the door, Elijah yells "Dad" and runs to the bathtub trying to pull his shirt off on the way. So, needless to say, he figured out how to get in the bathtub by his self, but can't get out on his own, so we'll hear him whining, and find him sitting in an empty bathtub with his clothes on. I wonder what he's trying to tell me when he does that. Hmmm?
This is the most recent time.

Elijah in the Toilet

I only looked away for a split second, okay, maybe a few minutes, and this is what I come across after realizing it was way too quiet.
I walked into my bathroom to find Elijah standing in the toilet, 2 (new, packaged) tampons hanging out of his mouth, and a dozen panty liners stuck on the wall. Now, he has gotten into my feminine stash before, but this one definitely topped them all. I couldn't let him out until I got a quick picture...

Our house plans!!!

We got our house plans back! Here is a rough draft of what we're doing! It'll be roughly 4200 square ft.

Family Pictures

Here's our boys:

Isaac 5 1/2, Xander 7, Elijah 14 months, Dallin 4.

Hollie came up this weekend and took some family pictures for us. It's so hard to get everyone looking at the camera!! But, there were a few that turned out okay. I can't believe how big the boys are getting!

Dallin's Birthday!

Elijah didn't care for Dallin's new "Cars" remote control chasing after him. He'd be laughing so hard one minute and almost crying when it would catch up to him. It was cute!

Dallin's Birthday!

Here's a few pictures of him opening his presents...

Dallin's 4th Birthday!!

Dallin chose a Pirates of the Carribean Cake...

Pumpkin Patch in WA!

Elijah and I went to Washington a couple weeks back. Alecia and I and the kids went to a Pumpkin Patch! It was great! We had a fun time.

Here's a good one of Elijah in bed... sleeping... like he was supposed to have been doing for the last hour before this picture was taken...

He has his 2 bottom teeth!!

Fishing

Jordan took the boys fishing the other day. Here's Xander and Dallin with their fish. (I heard from a little birdie that Xander was afraid of the fish AND the worms!! Hee Hee)
And Dallin wouldn't let anyone help him. He did his all by himself!! It was a good day. Probably because Elijah and I went SHOPPING!!


Isaac got bored after 1 fish, and went back and played some X-box.



And, by the way, that IS a fish on the end of Dallin's line. Isn't that teeny?