Mallory Mieko Silver

Here is Madison with her new baby sister. She is sooo excited to finally have a sister. She has just loved being my little helper. She is so comfortable taking care of her.

Madison and I have so much fun dressing Mallory up each day... don't forget the bow!

Mallory is just a few days old here. She is just a perfect little girl!

Happy Easter

I love this picture. At the last minute Landon threw his arms around his brothers. He has become a little rascal lately and will do anything to get your attention.
So I figured I don't have too many more holidays to have the kids in matching outfits. I don't know why, but I think it's so cute. Maybe cuz my mom used to have Cara and I match. And so it was so fun to have Mallory join the group. Madison was just thrilled to have a sister to match. Surprisingly, this picture turned out pretty good.

Snowball Fight!!!

The kids just love making these videos. Landon is especially impressed by the video. I put it on DVD and he watches it over and over.

Landon is a funny kid. I think he is the only 3 yr. old that thinks the dentist is AWESOME! He has watched his older brothers and sister go to the dentist for years. And everytime he asks "When is it my turn?"

Well he finally got his turn. When they called his name he just said "Bye mom" and left. I didn't even go with him. (when you have 4 kids at the office at the same time you kinda take over)

So I stayed and waited for everyone to finish. This is a funny photo! This is happiness for Landon, doing what the older kids get to do!

What am I doing wrong???

Today I thought I would test Landon on his shapes. I got out a toy doodle pad and drew a circle and asked him what shape it was. I was very proud as he yelled "circle". Then I drew at square and showed Landon. He very proudly yelled out "T.V."
I guess better start giving that boy some of my attention!

Summertime Fun!
Our last few days of summer went quickly. We went to Lake Havasu with the Williams. It was great to hang out on the lake and go fishing. Unfortunately, Ethan ended up with strep throat and Madi got pneumonia. But illnesses aside, we had fun!

Scott got aggressive on the wake. He says he's a much better wake boarder but I just take bad pictures. I think this one shows his skills!

We went out for a night ride. It was very cool being on the lake in the dark. We tried a little fishing too. One of the kids took this picture- future photographer.

Caleb is always smiling!

This is Landon's version of wake boarding. Someday this little guy will tear it up!

I got a some video of Madison wake boarding. She is really getting good. I love her confidence. She'll bend down and touch the water with this look of "Yeah, I'm bad!" (Just like her mom)

Happy Birthday DAD!!!

What a treat to go out to celebrate Dad's birthday. With 12 grand kids and a couple on the way... it's HARD to plan an evening out to dinner with the adults. So for Dad's birthday we went out to Panda Inn. We had our own little room (baptismal font included haha) with a huge round table. We had so much fun laughing and enjoying great Chinese food. It was a real special evening. I snapped a few pics of the couples... Gary substituted for Kandice since she and the girls didn't make it. It was a real treat to be together. We just enjoy every moment we have together.

Chad and Chad jr.'s big day!! What a special day for the Wakumoto family. Chad had the opportunity to bless his baby boy. It was so sweet. We are all so happy for Chad and his sweet family.