Sarah and Emma's dates

Because of a bout of sickness at our house, Sarah's date was a little different. With her sisters sleeping upstairs, we told Sarah she could pick any lunch and we would make it together. So we cranked up the music and make chili dogs!!! I think she had fun, even though we were stuck at home! More fun dates to come, I promise, little Sarah!

The next week, Emma chose to go to the library with us for her date. She picked whatever books she wanted and we read stories and played games and spent time together.

On Daddy's shoulders on the way in!!!

Playing horsie with the provided horsey! Thanks for the ride, Daddy!

Laying down on the horsey together! We sure love ya, little Emma!

Date day with Miss Rachel!

There just isn't anything like having mom and dad all to yourself, right!!?!?!
So Richard and I made it a goal to spend some alone time with each girl, at least once a month.

Yesterday was Rachel's Date Day!!!
She was so excited about it all week. It was the last thing she talked about Friday night before falling asleep and then Saturday morning she asked if it was Sunday. No, it's Saturday, Richard told her. "Good, I didn't want to miss my date!"
Rachel chose to go to the zoo for her date! We asked her to pick 3 animals that she wanted to see.
So here was our little adventure!

Rachel so happy and singing along to "Fire Flies", "Blue", along with some Chris Brown and Shakira in the car! We let her pick the songs from the iPod. The very last song she picked was "I am a Child of God" and she asked if she could listen to it 11 times!


Rachel holding the 3 tickets to ride the train around the zoo.

Rachel's #1 choice for the zoo was THE GIRAFFES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There was a new baby that she really wanted to see! And she decided to name it Ann the Little.

Rachel (with her 80s glasses) and Richard! What a fun day!

Another animal of choice was a rhino. Well, I think the closest the zoo has is this statue so we took a picture of her with it! Rachel seemed happy with the substitute!

The third animal that she picked was a camel, but we didn't get a picture of them. I asked her why she picked the camel and she said, "Because it is Egyptian!" They are learning about Egypt this year in school (see fieldtrip to see the mummies). Funny girl!

Whenever we go to the zoo, we have to mesure our arms to see how big we are compared to birds around us! Rachel was a Peregrine Falcon and Richard was a Bald Eagle.

We love you Rachel!!!!!!

We are blessed to have you in our lives!

Thank you for being who you are and loving us, too!!!

You are a wonderful daughter and sister!

Always remember you are a Daughter of God who loves you!

Adventures in Dinning!

7/18/07 Here we are at The Melting Pot with Katie and John! We have been working on trying new kinds of food and they were willing to try with us! We were there for 3 hours and had a blast! The waitress laughed and laughed with us! Fondue was so much fun! And there is nothing that compares to the amazing chocolate dipping dessert! WOW! Where will we go next! Stay tuned for future adventures!