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Baby Girl Ella would like to say hi! We were so excited that we could (after much prodding) get the baby to show us it's gender! Our perfect little girl. Ultrasound is showing the due date now as Dec. 26th. Aaahh, my holidays may get a little stressful! :-) Here is a 3D picture. Pretty cool.

Hunter got a game called Hyper Dash for his birthday & we've all been enjoying it. Today Dawson got to join in the fun & I thought he was just too cute. Of course at the beginning of the video he sees the camera & stops to smile, but then he continues on. The hand held device tells you which color target to hit. As the levels go on they say the number that is on each target or how many times to hit each one. It's pretty fun and you can set the targets up close together or all over the house & yard, etc.

1. Absolutely no monkeying around! 2. It's okay to be a little wild at a party! 3. Act your age! 4. Everyone's presents & presence makes the party better. 5. Let loose & live a little! 6. Create memories together. 7. Show those birthday boy muscles off to the world! 8. Don't take yourself (or the carousel) to seriously. 9. Don't judge others on how they have fun! 10. Make your wish count!

So Cold Stone has become part of our families birthday traditions. The birthday person gets a free ice cream so we all take advantage of it! Tim especially! :-) He does love his ice cream...but yes him & I shared that big bowl of yumminess ! My 3 kids are such goofballs! I just love them to bits! I love to see the boys getting along & sharing tastes with each other. We took my parents along with us & they enjoyed watching the kids & Hunter's crown that was too big for him, seemed to fit Grandpa well. This was before the ice cream when Hunter opened some presents. Tomorrow it's off to Jeepers for more Birthday fun so I'm sure that will be another exciting post.

Okay so maybe all 10 years haven't always been full of bliss, but I still get to experience it now & then which is what counts and makes it all worth it! 10 Pictures to Celebrate 10 years of marriage! 1998 - The year I met Tim. He actually came to the homeschool prom (though not as my date). That night I started to see how much there was to love about him (including how good he looked in a Tux). July 17 th , 1999 - The happiest day of my life! I love this picture because one of the first things that drew me to Tim was how much he made me laugh. And still to this day he keeps me in stitches! 2000 - Our First year as Counselors together at Awana camp. We made a great team working together (and we still do)! 2002 - Proud parents as we dote on our first child! 2004 - My how we doubled the joy in such a short time! 2005 - This is Christmas, the day we told Tim's parents that we were expecting our third child! What fun. 2006 - The Family picture just keeps getting bigger. 2007 ...

July 31st is when we get to have the ultrasound to find out if we're having a boy or a girl! So for us I think the votes go: Tim - Doesn't really care, but would totally be fine having more boys Me - Ready for pink again! Savannah - REALLY wants a sister! Hunter - Goes back & forth, but usually will say a girl Dawson - Boy! So I put up a poll on the sidebar of my blog so everyone can have a little fun guessing. Here's what we've seen of the baby so far....(Tim took the picture & is a goofball for it!)

We spent the weekend at my parents 1 room cabin with 11 people. The 7 kids slept in the 1 room & us 4 adults slept on pull-out couches in the living room. The Weather was pretty nice up in Show Low. We even had a storm roll in Friday night with loud thunder & pouring rain. We did get a family walk in the forest. The kids loved exploring everything. I enjoyed relaxing on the porch more than the walking through the forest. The kids all had a good time going to the pond. On Saturday Tim took my sisters kids & 1 of ours all the way to the Mogollon Rim .