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I'm sorry that pretty much all the pic's I post on here are extremely candid shots. Please try to appreciate what is good and right about them and don't dwell on our misfortunes. That being said, I encourage you to chuckle a little bit, at least, at Sterling's face in this pic. Oh dear. Buster and Marlowe, too. Just makes me giggle. At least the background is gorgeous...

Marlowe has a weight problem. She's definitely our chunkiest. Sterling calls her 2-3 chins her 'beef turkey'. What? Yeah, I don't know where he came up with that. And sadly, Uncle Jason was christened with a 'garlicky beef turkey' last time he was here, as Sterling was cradling his uncle's chin in his hand.

Marlowe and Her Thumb

Well, it's official. Marlowe sucks her thumb. Our first thumb sucker. She has no interest in pacifiers at all anymore. I can't see it as a bad thing right now but I fear for her in the future. It's so nice that she can self-soothe and she's such an excellent sleeper and peaceful baby. And, boy oh boy, is it ever precious when she does it...for now.

Happiness

Here are some recent pics of the wee ones. Marlowe is seriously thee sweetest, happiest, most mellow baby girl in this here universe, if I do say so myself. She is just a joy to have around. Her current obsessions are smiling and sleeping which makes for a happy mommy! She doesn't get grumpy very often...maybe that's because I love to hold her and make her smile when she is awake, I'm not sure!

Oh, and Marlowe is also working on adding a third chin by being a wonderful eater! Do you love the Elmo slippers? I think they add so much pizazz to this pic!

Awww, happy baby.

Buster took this pic of Sterling and some sort of albino alligator dragon(?). I thought it was thought provoking.

And here's little Ace man...purveyor of trouble, happy go lucky boy, fit thrower extraordinaire, non-compliant sleeper, hilarious dude, whiner and diner, happy helper, and a man of few words but much pointing and uhhhhhh-ing. Love him!

Candid Shots of the Kids

Ahhhh, my kids crack me up. Especially Sterling, when I pull the camera out, he's such a ham. I took these after church today because they all looked so stinkin' cute!

Ace really wanted to take all these trucks to naptime with him. I didn't think it looked too comfortable but I let him cuddle them and go to sleep. I hope he had some sweet trucking dreams.

Shredding It Up At The Canyons pt. 2

Yay! Phil made it off the lift!Caught Phil smiling!
Linds and I and Grace in the background doing some sort of snowboard shimmy?
Cute Grace!
Grace and Phil on the gondola.

Shredding It Up At The Canyons

One of our Christmas presents was to go snowboarding the day after Christmas with Lindsey and Jason and Joe's cousin, Phil and his girlfriend, Grace. It turned out to be a beeautiful day and we had such a blast! Joe and Jason have been snowboarding since high school so they took off on their own while the rest of us went to ski school. It was Lindsey's first time and only my third so we learned a lot and got a good work out from our instructor, Baz, who liked to make us climb hills all day long! Somehow me and Lindsey ended up as The Matching Princess Sisters in all our borrowed gear and special needs, haaa (Linds ;)).
Us on the gondola ride from the parking lot to the lodge.
My kids goggles were really helpful - NOT. I will need to invest in some stylish and necessary duds that actually fit if I plan on pursuing this Holly hobby. Maybe Santa will bring me some next Christmas! I had to wear Abby's coat, a little snug.
Jason Jesse and Lindsey Grace Howell of Provo, Utah 84606.
Twinners!

Our Jolly Good Christmas Morning 2009 part two

The aftermath! Whoa.Big kids helping babies open presents!
Marlowe couldn't take all the excitement...
Buster's cute little happy face!
All the boys reading a book from Ace's stocking, so cute!