Happy Valentine's Day!

Becca-Roo

Trip to Colorado - NO KIDS!!

I finally did it! I flew out to Colorado on January 22-26th to visit Amanda and Gary -- with NO KIDS! I had told her I'd go out to visit when my baby nursing days were over. Well, that was back in August! 5 months later I finally made it to Castle Rock, CO.

Daniel took time off of work to watch the girls -- he had them all to himself for 4 1/2 days! What a guy! What a dad!! They had a slumber party on the living room floor one night (even Rebecca!), they went to Legoland at the MOA (Lillian even got to ride the "big" swings at the amusement park!), Daniel got all three ready for church and Sunday school (hair and all!), and when they picked me up at the MSP Airport at 10:00pm the girls were in their pajamas! They were in good hands while I was gone! I wish they had had a camera ...

They didn't have the camera because I took it with me. Though, I think I've come to find out that when there aren't any kids around to take pictures of, I just don't take many pictures!! I have about 10 pictures from my 4 1/2 day CO trip -- only one picture of Amanda and me (which isn't very good), none of Amanda and Gary together, and none of their home! These are some pictures that I did happen to get:

This is Castle Rock in Castle Rock, CO -- the city where Gary and Amanda live.

Amanda and I stayed at this cabin which is about 12,000 ft up in the mountains by Breckenridge, CO. It is owned by a family from their church and they let us stay for free! It was snowing a LOT so you can't see the mountains in the background.

These were the mountains that we got to see for about 30 minutes until the clouds moved in again. It was really beautiful. This was the view from the back of the cabin.

Here's my only picture of the two of us. We took it inside the cabin infront of the big picture window. Not sure why we just didn't go outside and take it!

Me at the cabin showing what an altitude of about 12,000 ft. can do to a bag of chips. That's about what I look like in the picture, too -- pregnant and puffy! HA! :)

All in all it was a GREAT trip! It was so good to see Amanda again (Gary, too!). I miss having her around but now after visiting Colorado, I can see why they like it out there! Thank you for everything, Gary and Amanda!! I can't wait until next time!!!

Fun Random Pictures

Baby, it's cooold outside!! Brrr...

I've recently started watching our neighbor girl, Vayda, about 4x's a week. She's only a few days younger than Rebecca... they could really be twins because they look so much alike! I'll be watching her until July, right up to the arrival of Baby Birx #4.

Eating lunch on Vayda's first day with us. Vayda looks like she's thinking, "What is wrong with these girls? They're so crazy!"

Rub-a-dub-dub, three giggling girls in the tub!

Singing in the tub...

Here's Abigail showing Curious George what a handsome young monkey he is in the vanity mirror.

Christmas (last Saturday) at my parent's house in Minnesota.



Not the best picture... my grandma Haglin and brother, Dan with daughter, Delaney.

Left to Right: Dad (always with camera in hand!), Serena, brother Mike, Mikayla the Indian Chief, and Susann holding Lydia.

Dan and Delaney, very cute.

Sorry to Mom, Beth and Alan... I'm not sure why I didn't get you in any pictures!

A Message from Lillian and Abigail

That's right! We're going to have a baby! YIPPEE!! I'm a little over 12 weeks along and I'm due on July 17th. The girls are very excited! Lillian's latest thing is kissing the baby (well, actually my growing belly). I'm sure they will be big helpers!

We were excited to find out over Christmas that Daniel's brother, Enoch, and wife, Sarah, are expecting their first baby come June! We're only about 4 weeks apart! Daniel's oldest brother, Nathan, and wife, Sharon, are also expecting #4 next month! Tim and Phyllis are going from 8 to 11 grandkids in a span of about 5 months! Ooftah!! :)

Anyway, we are very excited and thought you'd enjoy hearing the news too!

White House Pictures

Alisha's friend, Elise, took these pictures with her cell phone. You could bring your phone into The White House, but not your camera. Go figure. Anyway, I just thought I'd post them being I had them. Elise is the one who made it possible to get this tour of The White House. She knows people, who know people... I think that's about the only way you can get into The White House these days! She also reserved the tickets to The Washington Monument.

So, THANK YOU, ELISE! We had such a great time!!!

Sarah & Enoch, Alisha & Josh, Laura & Daniel

This is the actual front of The White House even though you always see the other side, with the rounded area in the middle, as the front in pictures. We left The White House in the big middle doors under the pavilion/canopy behind us. That's where you see the president sometimes walk down a long hallway to make a speech. We walked down that same hallway! :)