"Mr. Easter Bunny"-Family Circus Movie Song:)

Here is Jane's first Easter, she was about 4 months old. All eyes! Sooooo cute!



Here is Denny's first Easter, he is about 8 months. Sooooo adorable! Look at those teeth!

"Tiny Dancer"

When Jane was about four months old we got her this adorable poofy pink dress to wear. She was uncomfortable in all that itchy tulle, but absolutely lovely.






So Friday night I was going through all the baby clothes, sorting, getting rid of some things, seeing what we had for boys and girls, etc. I found the poofy pink dress, but it was really stained in front, so I thought I should launder it before putting it back in storage....

...Jane found it the next day and decided that was what she wanted to wear.:)







I must say she is still gorgeous in it....in a Shirley Temple kind of way.:)

"A stick. A stone. The end of the road..."

Those song lyrics have been stuck in my head since last night when we were listening to the song. Anyone who can NAME that song and who is the most famous for performing it WINS.:)

So last week we FINALLY got to go to Disneyland!!! It was a BLAST! Absolutely what we needed durring our hectic times lately.
~Right before we left we purchased a new minivan (Details to follow in a post soonish:))~

We met Grandpop Mike and Grandma Becky in CA and spent a wonderful day at Disneyland. Eating the yummiest ice creambars EVER, riding rides(Jane especially liked the Winnie-the-Pooh ride. Denny just loved looking at EVERYTHING.:)), meeting prncesses(JANE LOVED THAT PART THE MOST), dancing in a street parade(Jane actually got pulled INTO the parade by some of the cast members and loved dancing with them:), oh everything was just lovely.

Here are some pix from Disneyland(well, the ones I took on my camera, Grandma took loads more:)).


Waiting in line to see the princesses took a VERY long time, but who cares so long as we are having fun together!



Jane didn't know who Mulan was, all she knew was that there were OTHER princesses to see down the line.:) Poor Mulan.



All the princesses were so kind to Jane, and loved her, and hugged her, and made her feel really special.:)



Of course, Aurora was the favorite.:) Jane could not get enough of her and how AWESOME it was to meet her in person.:)



We have family pix of my baby sister, Elizabeth, at Disneyland trying to open the Rabbit's door from Alice in Wonderland. It was fun trying to recreate that with my Jane.:)



Grandpop and Grandma!



We love those Disneyland fireworks!




Thursday we went to the LA Zoo. It was also very awesome.:) I refuse to go to the one in Las Vegas...can we say absolute cruelty to animals!? I can't even talk about it. Anyways, the LA zoo was fun. It was a perfect way to end our too short vacation. Jane and Denny loved the animals and I loved hanging out with my sweet family in a lovely and peaceful setting.:) I got to hold hands with BJ a lot too, and that was marvelous.:) Here are some pix.



Jane loved the flamingos, Denny loved the bush.:) Oh my darling nature lovers!



My kids are pretty good at sharing, can you tell?:)



This is a mei tai in action(The carrier Jane is in). Ohmygator my husband sooooo rocks!



Denny is my HANDSOME MAN!!!!XOXOXOXO!



I took this picture WITHOUT a zoom, the giraffe was THAT close!



I'm gonna get you!



Everytime I look at this picture I am reminded of how INSANELY HOT this man I have married is. A serious INFERNO of HOTTNESS. Whoo!


So we had the loveliest time. Which is awesome because it is probably our only vacation this year besides MAYBE WA for Christmas.:)
NEXT YEAR though we have a million reunions to attend! Family camp in CA with BJ's folks, Clair's Ya-ya reunion with beloved college chums, Steininger reunion if it is in CO, Christmas in WA, and I think we are going to plan a BJ, Clair, Jane, Denny, and Alice trip to Sandiego next April. We are soooo excited! Hope you all have lovely plans to look forward to in YOUR families!
xoxoxo!
HamakerLove

"Stairway to Heaven"

So yesterday BJ and I went to a church social they were callin' a Hoe Down. They had themselves this here little ol' dessert contest and this was MY entry.









The inside of my possum surprise was BLOOD RED. Totally gross AND awesome.
AND I WON A BLUE RIBBON. We went as "hicks", and called ourselves Beauford and Daisy Mae Hamaker, both first and second cousins married together because it is legal in this state.;) It was really really fun.

"You Can't Always Get What You Want...If You Try Sometimes You Find You Get What You Need"

Holy cow I was stalking our friend SArah Lynn's blog and found this HI-LARIOUS post.
So you go to a search engine and type "(Your name) needs", and list the first ten things that pops up. We are going to do the first five because it is faster. And five is the best number ever. This is what "we need."

BJ needs:
-to get real stoned
-a sports psychologist
-go back under water and carry the rock some place deeper this time.
- to talk a lot its a way to relieve his stress and make him confident
- Hawkeye to break him before he can know how to put himself back together

Clair needs:
-a booking agent.
-no encouragement.
-to be approved by groups immediately or she feels left out.
-more Italian places.
-to be dug up again - fun!(I quoted that exactly)

Jane needs:
-YOU!
-a break
-a home
-to be nailed to a railroad tie and left for the buzzards.
-Your Help On January 19th

Denny needs:
-to get on with it and let Izzy love Alex
-a new crew
-to throw a Republicrook out of Congress
-Your Vote
-to get a better handle on the whole experiance and he'll prove to be better then the twink in the #18.

Alice needs:
-more work
-a new true love
-a room next year!!
-counselling (It has been quite 'turbulent' lately, so counselling might just be the thing I need) (Again, quoted axactly)
-to learn to become a Permanent Fairy

I tag everyone who reads this because it is such a funny idea. You will laugh your pants off.

"On the Road Again"

Change is in the air, I can feel it! We have been living in Henderson, NV since September 2005. That is the longest me and BJ have lived anywhere together.:)(We moved 4 times the first year we were married.) We have made so many friends, but they are mostly young, like us;), and with the young couple comes change...often...too often. With graduations and so forth in the air for some of our friends, "where do you want to end up" is a question that comes up a lot. We too do not want to stay in NV forever. Sooooo it reminded me of this great website called:

www.findyourspot.com

You take this fun quiz and it makes a list of places that you could be happy living in.:) We always get a lot of CA, WA, and OR hits. Though when I took it again today there were several cities in the South(which surprised me) and several in Virginia. The South has definitely been in the air lately(that sounds weird, but it is true:). We have no idea where we will end up. All our family is on the West Coast mostly. BJ also needs to be near a University with a Japanese program, since that is where he wants his career to be.:)

Anwyays, if you want to find out some interesting things about yourself take the quiz. AND THEN you should leave a comment with a few of your top picks. Just because I am curious.:)

"Life is a Highway...."

FRIENDS!
We just got our taxes done, and our tax return was VERY generous. We are soooo feeling blessed because we really needed it to be generous as we are trying madly to pay off all debt, and baby bills(midwife, doula, third car seat, etc...). We also have grown out of our car with this third darling baby coming so we are now looking for a minivan.

THE POINT I AM TRYING TO MAKE:
We have about $5000.00 to buy a minivan, if anyone hears of a minivan going for that or less PLEASE EMAIL US! Or leave a comment on this post.:)

Our tax return probably won't be here until the end of March. We are soooo excited!
Thanks for your help chums!