You ain't nothing but a HOUND DOG!!!!

The girls had a dance concert. They danced to "Hound Dog" and "Cinderella". It was very cute! It was BB's first dance performance. Now anytime anyone says anything about dancing BB jumps up and starts to sing and dance to "Hound Dog".

After we decided to go to a 50's diner and get burgers and milkshakes!

They had fun showing off to the other customers in there little poodle skirts.

These are some pictures we took in our back yard a few months ago of the girls we thought we would share.

MM is so funny! She has the cutest expressions.

There's a smile!

Cute Girls!

This is a blog entry I started a long time ago and something happened and I had to go and I never posted it! Silly me! Oh well! Better late than never!

In March, during spring break, we took a trip to Utah to see our family. We always have so much fun when we go! Here are a few of our favorite pictures and memories from our trip.

Our girls were so excited to wear their new Easter dresses to church in Grandma and Grandpa's ward and this is a picture of them right after church. They are so cute!

Our girls had so much fun getting reacquainted with their cousins. Here is the line up of grand kids! It is practically a miracle that we were able to line them all up and get them to stay still long enough to get the pictures. It always amazes me how quickly families grow!

Since BB turned 4 a couple of days after we got home from Utah, our wonderful family threw BB a birthday party while we were there. This was the first of THREE birthday parties for this lucky girl! She had so much fun! It was good for her. MM kicked her off of her baby throne and she really needed a little extra attention.

After cake and presents, the adults played Beatles Rock Band, while the kids ran amok in Em's basement. They had so much fun and so did we! Hopefully Em lets us come back again! : )

The whole time we were driving to Utah the girls kept saying they were going to build a snowman. At first we were trying to tell them that there wasn't going to be any snow. Then we hit a small blizzard halfway through Utah on the drive up and we started to wonder if they would be able to. By the time we got to Grandma and Grandpa's home the snow was gone. The girls were still undetoured. They really wanted to build a snowman. So one afternoon we drove up to Grandma and Grandpa Mimi's to try and find some snow. What we found was a lot of ice. That didn't matter to the girls they were thrilled to see the white stuff. So Steve did his best and this was the result. We called him "Lumpy." Very pathetic, but the girls were so happy! Then, go figure, we drove home in a snow storm.

While in Utah we went to a really cool park that looked like a castle! The girls were so excited and had a great time pretending to be princesses.

BB at the park. This was just a cute picture of BB.

The girls making cake with Grandma. Baking with Grandma always means . . .

You get to lick the beaters!!! Hurray!!

We had a huge bash at Grandma and Grandpa Mimi's clubhouse with all of the cousins and family! It was great to see Mark and Sandy's kids and their children. They are all so sweet and kind. The kids got to go on an Easter egg hunt and color pictures and we all got to eat great food! It was great fun!!

GG and her finds!

We had so much fun in Utah! On the way home we always pass the Hoover Dam but we have never gotten out to look. We were so sick of riding in the car at that point so we said lets get out and see the Hoover Dam! It is pretty amazing and was totally worth the stop. I keep looking at that bridge they are building and thinking to myself, "It will be faster and more convienent to drive over that bridge once it is done, but I am definately going to have butterflies in my stomach!" Have you seen how big and how high it is!! Scary! (The picture doesn't do it justice!)

And of course the dam itself. We were just a small spec on that walkway at the top!

We had a great spring break! We love you all and can't wait to come again!

Perfectly Patriotic

GG had a patriotic program at school. She volunteered for a part that she spent a lot of time memorizing. She did a great job!!

The program was about Abraham Lincoln and George Washington.

I'm taking over!!

We realize that us having a blog has been kind of a joke lately! Steve has been so busy with his new calling and never has time to sit down and blog, so I have decided to take it over for him. He and I really want those of you far away from us to hear about and see what we are doing as a family. I don't promise to be as clever as Steve was with his comments, or perfect about blogging all of the time but I do promise to blog more than Steve did!! I guess that's not saying much. : ) I am going to go back to the beginning of the year in the next few blogs and catch you all up on what we have been doing. So you will all be surprised next time you look us up!! We love you all so much!!

Visit to the Temple Grounds

Back in February, we received a paper doll from our adorable niece Abbie in Tennessee. We were assigned to take this cute doll "Roobie" on an adventure. One of the places we went was to the Mesa Temple grounds. If you look close you can see "Roobie" in GG's hands. And of course the beautiful temple!!


On the temple grounds, there is a big cactus garden with every kind of cacti.

More Cacti!!

This was just a cute picture we took on the temple lawn!

We had a lot of fun with "Roobie." We went to the Scottsdale train park, to Grandma Grabers', and got some great souvenirs, one being a real scorpion in a paper weight.

Exciting Changes!

This was just the cutest picture of BB I've taken in a long time - despite the fact that her hair is a mess - Corinne was very concerned about that.

If you look close you will see that GG has lost a tooth - tooth P to be precise. And it just made her that much more cute! She was pretty excited about the whole thing, and actually took the tooth out on her own. She and Corinne had been racing to see whether GG would lose her tooth first or Corinne would have her baby. GG won by a long shot and felt pretty proud about it.

The Tooth Fairy paid GG big for her first tooth!


Sunday Sept 20th - The girls giving Baby M her last good night kiss before she was born.

Corinne showing off her impressive pregnant belly. GG is really awestruck.

This is Corinne in labor sometime after midnight. We had gone into the hospital at 8:00 PM and they started her on some prophylactic antibiotics. Then at around 11:00 PM the doctor broke her water. She started having contractions pretty soon thereafter. They still started her on some Pitocin to progress the labor. She had some trouble with the epidural - her right leg was totally numb, but her left was just tingling a little. So she was still pretty uncomfortable during the contractions. Anyways - long story short - the nurses came to check her for the first time since before breaking her water, and she was already dilated to 10 cm and ready to deliver!

Baby M was born September 21, 2009 at 2:38 AM, weighed 8 lbs, 2.5 oz, and was 21.5 in long, and was crying within about a second of being born.

The proud father.

The worn-out mother.

The baby - still in shock.

She sleeps a lot - thank goodness! Actually for the first two nights Corinne and I were absolutely exhausted. She would sleep, but then wake up every hour or so. We feared the worst, but from the third night on she has slept very well at night - only waking up 1-2 times during our sleeping hours - pretty good for a newborn baby.

GG and BB like their new sister a lot - sometimes too much, and we have to shoo them away without hurting their feelings too badly when they're crowding her or she's upset.

Pretty in pink.

I'm not asleep - I'm just looking at her. This is one of her favorite ways to be held, and it calms her down pretty effectively when she's upset - for a few minutes at least.

Anyways, we're all very excited to have Baby M in the family. It was a real answer to our prayers and many of yours that she was born so healthy and without any of the complications for mother or child that we had been so worried about. Thank you to everyone who prayed for us, put Corinne's and the baby's names into the Temple, and helped with expressions of support, love, and concern. You are the best and we love you.