Our trip to Florida

Emily and Dad worked hard to build a sandcastle.

David did not like the waves coming up to him so he spent all his time throwing rocks and sand at the water from a distance.

This summer we went to Florida to visit my Grandpa and Uncle. The girls went body surfing.

We also went to Seaworld and Disneyworld but we had a camera malfunction and lost ALL our pictures. We are so bummed about that!

I guess that we will have to go again!!

2 peas in a pod

These two snuggle up together all the time!

Now THAT'S a sandwhich!!

Everything always taste better on a stick!

Grandpa and olives

David hanging with Grandpa eating olives.

David in the Snow

David's first walk in the snow. Of course he heads straight for the puddle.

Scout Sunday Feb 11, 2008

Scout Sunday is always a "fun" church day for the kids. They get to wear their scout uniform for the whole church to see. (Sarah is a Brownie, Emily is a Daisy) The girls are on the bottom left side of the picture.

Feb 10th 2008 F/D Dance

Emily & Grandpa

Dad & Sarah

This is the annual Father Daughter Dance at the kid's school/church. Dad was supposed to take both of the girls, but Emily decided that she did not want to share a date and invited Grandpa.

*******ALL CAUGHT UP*********

it is not exactly in the right order, but is is a good look at what we have been up to for the past year. now that i am all caught up i can start posting CURRENT events!

Andy is home

This is the area we had the actual homecoming reunion. it sure was hard to find Andy in that sea of people!

Pike Market, Seattle WA

I couldn't wait to go here. I was craving foccacia bread from my favorite little stand, but it was GONE!! Oh the heartbreak!

The girls did find the moonscape booth, where they got to help add color to a couple of them. the guys that worked that booth were a little coo-coo, but it was fun.

Childrens Museum

This is one of the favorite places for the kids to go when in Seattle. If you ever get the chance to go DO IT, it is money WELL spent. Give yourself a couple of hours to do it though to be able to enjoy EVERYTHING.

Picture #1 - Sarah and Emily in the old fashioned theatre, they have lighting, and music you can play with.

Pic #2 - Sarah and Emily serving David and I mexican food, it is a kid sized restaurant.

Pic #3 - Sarah and Em working in a Sushi restaurant.

Pic #4 - A working display of how the piers work. You pick boxes up out of the ships and put them in the places they go. The girls loved it!

A visit for the family team!

We could not go to Seattle without stopping at Safeco Field! Since it wasn't open when we got there, we could only get pics outside the field...........

Woodland Park Zoo -- WA

I don't know how we got so lucky with such great weather that day. All the animals were out, we even got a shot of the elusive white wolf, which the zoo ambassador said was the first time she has seen it since she has been volunteering there. These are our favorite pics.

(I am sure that there is some halitosis going on in the hippo picture)

Point Defiance Zooquarium -- WA

HELLO! Those flippers are bigger than Sarah's head!! (That is a Walrus)

Sharks AND Tuna?? The sharks must be WELL fed!!

David wants an aquarium like this at home!

When the girls and I had our adventure in WA, when Andy came home, we hit every zoo and aquarium we could find in the Seattle area. Here are some great pics from Point Defiance. (These pictures kinda creep me out! You don't often see animals this big underwater!)

New Years Eve

For New Years Eve, we went to a friends birthday party at the Nampa Rod and Gun club. They had childrens gun safety, and shooting, and we found out that the Monkey just might turn out to be the sniper in the family! Seriously, Scott said that if Andy works with her she should be able to do competition shoots. I think that this is a big boost to her self esteem in the "eye" area. in watching for famous people with only one eye, I have come across an olympic gold medal winner in the biathlon that only has one eye. That could be the Monkey's sport.

Mama mia! Pizzaria!

One way I have found to get the girls to eat a good dinner is to let them make it themselves.

Welcome to pizza night..................

A night at the roller derby

The first picture is Andy and I with Josh. He lives in Utah and came down to hang with the boys for a weekend.
The second picture is Laura, myself, and "Skylar".
The third picture is of the roller derby.

After Andy got back from Iraq, we had alot of activities to go to with the men in his platoon. One night they had this great idea to go to the roller derby. We thought that would be different, and so we went along.

THAT is a great sport! I had no idea that there was actually rules to the game, and it wasn't just girls on skates knocking each other around!

We had so much fun.

Happy 1st Birthday David!

From eating to wearing in 2.3 minutes!

I think that this was in fact the quickest year that I have experienced in a long time! David has grown so fast, and he is learning so much!

Instead of a cake we got him cupcakes, which he ate two of!

FINALLY!

This has been a long time coming! Emily and David snuggled up watching a movie. It has taken Emily a full year to finally accept David into the family. I will never forget taking the girls with me to the ultrasound to find out the sex of the baby. When they told us it would be a boy, Emily did not hesitate as she told us, "THAT is not MY baby, MY baby is a GIRL!"

I could not ask her to get me diapers for the baby, or to throw a diaper away. She wanted nothing to do with David. She would emphatically tell me that she did not like babies, especially boy babyies.

Since her Dad has come home she has grown used to the idea, and her and David play well together. She is quick to tell Andy and I that we need to be nice to David he is JUST a baby.

She is also quick to point the finger at David if someone is about to get in trouble for something! :)

Away in a manger.........

I used to have the coolest nativity set. Andy got it in Panama, it was made out of soapstone. It was carved by one of the little villagers that lived in the area that he was working in. Eventually Sarah would break the heads off of all of the people by the time she was 3. So no more nativity!

Every year around Chirstmas time I go out and look for the perfect nativity. Still not finding one, Andy and I decided to make one together. He made the manger, and I made the people. We are awfully proud of it!

November 25, 2007 David's Baptism

We dressed David up in a cute little white tuxedo and had him baptized. In the usual Paulin fashion he entertained the entire church!

Godfather: Jeff & Suzy MacDonald

Godmother: Jessica Brandt

P.S. he also had a nice little shiner to go with the tux!

Snow Ball Fight

In the 3 years that Andy was gone we got one good snowstorm in the winter. The girls and I built one snowman.

We were lucky enough to get snow just before Christmas this year, and the girls and Andy had a great snowball fight that morning.

David and I watched from the warm house!

My Favorite Picture

This picture was taken when Andy was home on leave from Iraq, David was 4 months old, so this was nearly 9 months after he had left.

The kids look so relaxed.

Elizabeth

Busy girl, hard to catch up with. Doing AWESOME in school, drives a car (eeek!), and rides horses at her Mom's house.

She plays Volleyball, and LaCrosse.

Elizabeth Graduates high school this year and is looking forward to going to college to study large animal medcine.

Bailey AKA "Slick"

Slick has been a busy boy this year so far.

This fall he played football, and did wrestling. the coaches both said that Bailey had a natural aptitude for the sports, and with work he can hone his skills to be great in both sports. He is talking about lacrosse or baseball this spring.

He scored both a deer and an antelope hunting with his Dad. They go duck hunting alot so he is a pretty good shot there too.

He is 12 now, turning 13 in June.

Sarah AKA "The Monkey"

The Monkey is 6 years old in this picture. We were at Camp Alice Pittenger during Memorial day weekend doing clean up so things would be ready for that summers campers.

Monkey is a self proclaimed animal rescuer like her sister. She is a horse lover, and would love to have one of her very own.

She is 7 now, and still wants a horse!

Emily AKA "The Weasel"

The Weasel calls herself an "Animal Rescuer". Now I don't know for sure if she rescues them or not, but she got her hands on this bird in our backyard.

She is 5 years old, turning 6 in April this year.

She is, as she says, smart enough to not have to eat any salmon.

Introducing David Henry Guy

This is the newest member of our family. David turned 1 this past November.

He is walking, and saying some words now. He loves to empty the trash piece by piece onto the floor. I think he is aspiring to be a dumpster diver.

Thanks for the Great Idea Dianne!

My friend Dianne, has a sister that keeps her family up to date with their on goings via a blog. How great is that? So I am going to try it.

This picture is of me and the kids (minus Bailey & Elizabeth) in Pike Market in Seattle. the girls are sitting on the big piggy bank, Emily and David obviously more interested in the pigeons on the ground then they are of looking at the camera!