Dance Rectial 2010 I am trying to get caught up on some stuff so some of the posts are going to be old, but it is stuff that I wanted to have. Olivia had her first dance recital in June 2010. She took dance at Luv 2 Dance and she danced to "Dig a Little Deeper" from Princess and the Frog. She did a great job and had so much fun. She said she wasn't even nervous at all. I loved watching her dance on the side of the stage before it was time to go on. She was just so happy to be there and get flowers from Grandma & Grandpa and from Dad.

Olivia has started her spring soccer season and she loves it. Spring is not as fun,as fall because of the weather, but she is having so much fun. My favorite moment this season has been when her and the other girls on the field were just giggling and running even though the other team was scoring left and right on them. She scored 10 goals during the fall season and it is so fun to watch her play. I have a feeling I will love being a soccer mom! Her team name is the Purple Princesses. She really wanted their name to be Purple Power but the other girls really wanted to be princesses!

Goodbye 1994 Ford Taurus

It was a good run and you served us well, but it was time to say goodbye. Robb's car died. I mean literally. He was driving down the freeway on the way to work and he started smelling something horrible. He just kept getting over into different lanes because he thought he was just driving behind some stinky semi trucks. That is when he noticed the smoke was billowing out of his car. He barely made it into the parking lot at work. When he got out of the car he noticed oil everywhere. He towed it home and we ended up getting $100 for it for parts. Ethan is beside himself in these pictures as is saying goodbye. For days after he would get choked up if he thought about it. As they were loading it on the truck to haul away I snapped these pictures. Classic.

Kendal's First Month

Looking through my pictures I just can't believe she was that little not too long ago. Her hair looks so great too! She had a nice thick head of red hair, instead of the little whispy hair she has going on now. It was a busy first month, her first Christmas and New Year's and all the crazy family time that goes with that.


Kendal's middle name is Dixie after my Grandma that passed away last year. My Grandpa is holding her for the first time.

Under the lights just like Olivia and Ethan had to be. I always cry the first time I see them in there.

Ethan is 3! I love this picture of him. He is such a funny little guy. He wanted to have a spiderman birthday party, even though I have no idea how he even knows who spiderman is. He was so excited to have his cousins come and counted down the days until his birthday. Here are some of my favorite things about him:

He is so cuddly and loves to give kisses
He has the cutest little voice
He loves to play with fire trucks and police cars
He loves to build forts with pillows
He LOVES both his "sissys"

Kendal Dixie Lifferth

Kendal Dixie Lifferth

December 16, 2011
8 lbs 3 oz

19.5 inches

She is our little redheaded beauty. We love her so much and are so happy to have her here. My water broke at 8:00 am and I got the kids out of the bath and dropped them off at Robb's sister's house. Robb was driving very quickly back from work where he had just arrived when I called him. I met him on the way to the hospital and we arrived just as the contractions were really starting to hurt around 9:00 am. I received my epidural and started pushing around 11:00. It was a good labor and delivery. She is a good natured baby and I love to just hold her and kiss her.

Henry's Lake

My dad loves to go fishing in Island Park on opening fishing day. We decided to make it a family vacation this year and we all went. It was sooooo cold. It was raining and snowing practically the whole time we were there, but that didn't stop us from going out in the boat to catch some fish. We had a good time, despite the cold and the kids had a lot of fun being on Grandpa's boat.


Ethan was a little grumpy about wearing his life jacket.


Olivia fishing with Uncle Jake.

Olivia with her 1st Fish Ever! She was so excited. When Uncle Jake was taking the hook out of its mouth it slipped back into the lake and Olivia was really upset that she didn't get to keep her fish. She felt like she hadn't really caught one because she couldn't keep looking at it in the cooler.