sanders family old blog

exercising

kissing herself (webcam fun)

bedtime story

writing a book

world cup, brazil game

the "mia monster" as van calls her, is sometimes not very nice to van (not on purpose, just baby stuff). she screams in his ear, pinches him, grabs him, hits him, takes things from him, slimes him, falls on him, messes up his video games, rips his books, and is just pretty much a pain in his side most of the time. not to mention she's been threatening his territory as the youngest child ever since she got here.
he's usually a good sport about it, but it's hard for him to understand that she's not doing these things on purpose and he gets annoyed at her a lot.
lately though, every once in a while, she'll show van her good side. smiles, hugs, cuddles, cuteness, non-annoying things.
it lasts just long enough to reel him in and make him like her again...before the mia monster emerges:)

money doesn't grow on trees. if you want a video game, and don't have the money- you gotta earn it.
good job guys, the complaining was minimal.

the other day we were itching to get out, so  we decided to go check out the live band that plays on friday nights at a nearby park.

as we were jammin' to the music and eating our popcorn, we noticed a bunch of kids across the way going down the hill in cardboard boxes.

well that caught van's attention, so dad ran home to get a box for him to try it out

he was instantly hooked, and spent the good part of an hour "sledding" down the hill

it was even cool enough for the "almost teenager"

meanwhile, the little toddler was walking around like she owned the place. mia walking = no rest for the parents

and as we were leaving, van noticed the beautiful sky and wanted me to get a picture so he could remember how the sun looked shining through the clouds. i must admit, texas skies are beautiful, and their alternative for sledding isn't half bad either.

back to father's day..

breakfast in bed and presents

great day at church

special father's day dinner

van insisted we do a toast to our awesome dad. good call buddy.

we're the luckiest. our dad loves being a dad.

yes. she did. she celebrated edward's 109th birthday (yesterday). she made a cake, displayed all the books, and even hung up a sign- "edward you're so fine, you're one hundred and nine"
yeah. we couldn't believe it either.
turns out it was a pretty dang good cake and this morning when she asked where all the cake went, i told her that edward came over last night when she was asleep and ate it. the funny part was, she argued the authenticity of my story by informing me that if he ate it, then he would have had to regurgitate it later and that wasn't very likely.
what am i going to do with that girl?

in celebration of Father's day, here's a little shout out to our amazing dad who loves us so much, and takes care of us in every way, who we couldn't live without...

date with dad

ice cream at mutual

bird lip

nerd sleep over

new job celebration!

crazy hair

top secret password (hhhh)

new pose (??)

coolest screen saver ever stake dance chaperone

glow sticks baby!

late night swimming with the girls

slushies with kc

passed out!

hair cut

rock on!