Thankful for cousins

We got to see Trinity and off course Todd and Lisa for Thanksgiving. Here is Kirra playing with the large stuffed dog at Grandma and Grandpa's house.

Here is Trinity (16 months) with the babydoll.


Here is our best attempt to get the kids all in one picture. We'll keep trying. :)

5th Pumpkin Pie Bowl

The Pumpkin Pie Bowl (flag-football) turned into soccer this year. With a small turnout we integrated our smaller family members into the game. The kids had tons of fun too! Each year we have been at FPU we've played flag-football on Thanksgiving Day morning with whoever wants to join.

Growing Girl

You are supposed to be in this apparatice but Jenna likes to crawl under it. Silly girl.
Jenna has jumped into the Obwald world of shakes for breakfast. Don't worry it a Juice Plus shake. She loves the straw.

Kobe turns 3

You gotta have friends...

Kobe (3), Kirra (almost 3), Cohl (4) and James (2 1/2) at Kobe's birthday party.

1 Little 2 Little 3 Little Indians

Kirra decided to be an Indian with Cohl and we had a poncho from Dave Aston that Jenna was able to wear to complete the family of Indian children. It was lots of fun.

This is Cohl's preschool class on costume day. They were all so cute!

Cohl's favorite friend at preschool, Maiya.

Each year at FPU we Trick-or-Treat around campus to the offices. This is the kids saying "How".

Hannah and Kirra love to Trick-or-Treat together. Kirra said to Hannah,"Hannah, wanna hold hands? Let's walk together." It was too cute!

After Trick-or-Treating we went back to the Hergenrader's house and the kids got to pick a few candies. Cohl picked a sucker...oh well :) Then with Hannah all dressed like a princess Kirra wanted to join in. So she got to be Belle.

It's been FOREVER!

We are here at Fresno Pacific University, all is calm and all is bright! The students have gone home for the holiday break but we are here soaking up the cool air and quietness. Ahhhh. I will just appoligize now for the delay in updates from us. With all of students busy on the internet it has been near impossible for me to upload pictures to our blog. So this holiday WATCH OUT there will be many updates and many photos.

The Sound of Music

I got the movie The Sound of Music for my birthday from a dear friend. Of course for those of you who know me well know that it is definitely one of my favorite movies of all time! Anyhow I made the kids watch with me. Here are a few of their comments.

(All of the nuns were walking in at the beginning of the movie.)
Cohl asked what they were called. I said, "They are called nuns." Cohl came back with, "So they are nuns and they do nuthing." I laughed of course.

Kirra looked up at me when Maria broke out into song for the third time, "There she goes to singing again."