This was our summer '07 family vacation to beautiful McCall Idaho with our good friends, the Stimmels. So it was sunscreen and sore muscles, good food and good company. We always try and invite ourselves somehow, but I mean how can they resist us....they can't....cause we are the ones with the boat!

Halloween '07

Al-righty then, if I were to come clean I would have to admit to not being the Martha Stewart of home projects BUT, I can make a mean felt costume (wait a minute while I pat myself on the back a few times). So Miranda had decided she wanted to be a Christmas tree for Halloween this year and I had to scratch my head a few times before I figured it out. But with a few yards of felt and some glitter glue...PRESTO...suddenly I feel like the greatest mom in the universe! If that's all it took right?! Savannah wanted to be Tinkerbell and Chloe needed a turn at rock stardom, and Christian wasn't holding his clubs but he was our Tiger Woods. Noah, our little cow, is also wearing another felt creation of mine. I originally made it for Miranda at that age and I loved it so much that every one of our kids has worn it for one Halloween or another. I have so few masterpieces that I have to show them off when I can. And who can blame me with such great models!!!

Christmas '07 at the Sessions' house brought lots of family, lots of kids running around and lots of pajamas!!! We have a tradition at our house on Christmas Eve that the kids open one present, which is always pajamas, so that we have new PJ pictures on Christmas morning. Both sets of Grandparents and Rich and Shar's kids were with us for the Eve festivities and it was a PJ feeding frenzy!!! And since it was the last holiday we had with Rich, Shar and crew before they moved back to Utah, was a very special memory for all of us. We love and miss you guys like crazy!

Easter '08 brought a very fast and fun weekend trip to Stan's parents' house for a Sessions family gathering and missionary farewell for Stan's Mother and Father. They left a couple of weeks after that and flew off to a little place called Africa!!! I think his Mom was terrified (who wouldn't be!!) but they have since settled in and are lost in the work. We hear from them often and pray for them even more! And on a little side note, I am hiding a little behind Christian but I have been losing weight and as of that weekend I was down 30 pounds! Yeah me!!! My total so far is down 45 pounds and counting! I will post my progress over the summer. Half way to my goal then Stan can tell everyone that I'm his trophy wife!! heehee!

Okay, so how cute is this? Do I even need to say more...well I'm gonna! Whenever we are going on a family ski trip, lots of ski gear is bound to be laying around before, during and after a trip and Noah cannot help himself to try whatever he can gets his little grubbies on. The thing on his melon is actually a neck muffler but he thought it was a beanie. Sure makes for a cute Kodak moment! Well, I hope you enjoyed our Zoo and you didn't sleep through too much of it! Lots of love to all!

Love,

The Sessions