This is Dave:

"Jensen can I play with you and your trains?"

"NoooooOOOOOOoooo!"

"Danica I think I've terrorized him so much with the threat of eating his trains that he will never play with me........I've burned my bridges!"

Jensen runs over:

"Dad, what did you do to my train bridge?"

me: /facepalm

Happy Halloween!
Here is my teaser for what we did for costumes. We cut pumpkins and what did Jensen have Dave carve? Thomas the train. SURPRISE!

And what did Lily have me carve. Cinderella. Another not so big Surprise. We didn't get anymore pumpkin pictures because 30 second later the "I'll do it myself" Jensen picked up his pumpkin to move it out side and dropped it. Oh well.

Okay so our costumes were? You guessed it Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

I made the shells out of paper mache.

At the ward Halloween party. I have high hopes every year to take home a prize. But this ward is tough competition and we haven't grabbed the prize yet.

So here is the break down. Dave- Donatello, Me- Michealangelo, Jensen -Leo, Lily- Raphael, and Charley- Little Master Splinter

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARLEY!
One year ago today little Charlene Hazel joined our little family. Oh how we love this beautiful little girl. She is sweet and patient and full of energy. Happy birthday little one.

Angelina gave her this lollipop the size of her head!

Happy October!
I haven't updated in a while. So here is a lot of pics to get up to speed.
Grandma McDonald sent some AWESOME Halloween stuff. So we had fun decorating with it.

Lily made her ghost have a pretty dress on it:)

Our exchange students had a day off so we went on a little hike at Roxburough state park. It was beautiful.

Do you know how hard it it to get a 4yr old and a 3yr old and a 1 yr old to hold still and look at the camera when there is wilderness to look at?

We went to the zoo with some friends.

When Lily wasn't pushing this little boy Brody she was holding hand with Brylee

The moms with the strollers and the three babies.

In between conference sessions we had an awesome little picnic with my parent at a cool park with a river to play in.

And finally we babysat for our back door neighbor. This baby Sofia is ADORABLE!

Day out with Thomas!
Dave took the kids (and Jensen's friend Landon) to see Thomas. We went two years ago and thought Jensen would grow out of it by now. But he is STILL in love with trains and Thomas. He started asking in June if he could go see the big Thomas.

On the bus on the way to Thomas


On Thomas

The kids LOVED the mini trains

The kids playing with trains JJ acted out scenes.

While Lily played with the only little person she could find

Happy Thomas kids

Move over Danica Patrick

Danica and Dave McDonald coming through.

Dave's work sponsored a food drive so a couple of people from his office got to ride super fast go carts. Mom and Dad took the kids to the circus and we took to the carts. Normal go carts go about 10-15 miles per hour. We figured the leaders were going 40 and Dave and I were about 35. It was super fun!

Happy Birthday
Lily is 3!
Okay so I have a story to tell. When I was pregnant with my first, before I knew what sex the baby was, I saw a little girl in a tutu at the store. I broke down and cried. I was SO scared to have a little girl that was girly and needed to wear a dress to the grocery store. Pink, and dresses, and little bling outfits were petrifying to me.
And here comes Lily. She is the best little sparkly pink princess EVER. She has converted me to the world of being a mom of a true girl. When she was barley a year old she would wake up from her nap and point to her closet demanding to wear a dress. Everyday at bedtime or just to go to the library she frequently has a dress on over her clothes. I LOVE and ADORE my princess Lily. She is so very special and I'll go pink for her any day.

Anyway so when it came time for her birthday there was no question. We had a princess dress up tea party.

She had a couple of her little friends over to be princesses.


Angelina and Marti LOVED decorating the castle cake with hearts and sprinkles all over the pink frosting.

We painted their nails.

We put make-up on.

They completed their outfit with earrings and tiaras. We sat down to milk and cookies.

And talked about how COOL it is to be a princess.

Lily loved her little princess party.