Sophie is 6!

Sophie is our princess so naturally she had to have a princess make over party.

Big sisters Hannah, Eliza and a few of their friends helped with the make overs.

Hannah and Eliza even made the cake. It's got a princess crown, and jewelry on it.

Aren't they beautiful!

After the make overs the girls settled down with pillows and blankets to watch a barbie movie. Then cousins Abby, Lindsay and Nora got to stay for a sleep over.

Happy Birthday Sophie!

Happy New Year!

2009 is quickly becoming a memory as we race into the new year 2010! Here is a short update on the Lindsay family in 2009...



Bill:

• Survived layoffs and still has a job for which we are VERY grateful
  
• Loves photography but drives so much for work that he doesn't have the time for it. If you are ever interested you can see some of his pictures on flicker: http://www.flickr.com/photos/solostandfound/
  
• Wishes he could get out on his bike more often
• Loves his garage
  

Kathryn:

• Can't believe all her kids are in school and wonders why she doesn't have all the free time she thought she would have.
• Works with the YW at church and loves it.
• Plans on eating less and running more in 2010.
• Took over Bill's office and is making it into her sewing room.
  

Hannah:

• 11 years old and in 6th grade.
  
• On student leadership at school and has LOTs of friends.
• Gets along great with everybody (except when she torments her little sisters!)
• Surprised her parents by cleaning the whole house while they were out Christmas shopping! She is shaping into an EXCELLENT babysitter.
  

Eliza:

• 9 years old and in 4th grade.
• Started an acting class with her sister Hannah
• Thinks she should be allowed to wear make up
• When her Achievement Day class went ice skating last month she made her mother proud by skating with one of the girls who was having a hard time. She was patient and kind when the other girls couldn't be bothered to slow down and skate with the friend.
  

Sophia:

• 5 years old and in Kindergarten
  
• According to her teacher, she is the most popular girl in her class
• Scared her mom when she said, "All the boys in my class are hot!" Mom asked her what that means and Sophie said, "It means you want to date them!" Then Sophie got very upset when her mother told her that she is not allowed to date until she turns 16!
• Lives to play barbies, dress up and be with her friends
  

Our Garage

A few of you may know about Bill and his garage. He loves his garage. Since moving into this house 5 years ago he has been working on his dream and now *drum roll* he has finally achieved it! Here are a few pictures of his many hours of hard work - organizing, cleaning, painting etc. I wish I had a before picture because if I did you would ask, "where did all the stuff go?" Well, the stuff went to the trash, D.I., Ebay, filled two sheds in side yard and the attic.

The best part of the garage is... add a disco ball, fog machine, music and it is also a disco. (disclaimer: much cooler in dark but I couldn't video in the dark. Eliza was grumpy because she wanted it dark with the lights on the disco ball. You'll have to use your imagination to get the full effect or better yet, come over and see it for yourself!
Oh, and the little boy in the video is my nephew, Matthew.)

Happy Halloween!

Ready to go Trick or Treating!

Taking a quick photo break...

...and finally time to check out the candy and make trades!

Utah

We've been talking about going to Utah for conference ever since Hannah turned 8. It's only taken us 3 years to actually go. The trip was too short but we had a great time.

On the way we stopped at Zion. It was a BEAUTIFUL day and although it was crowded because of the St. George Marathon and Conference we had a wonderful day. Here are a few pictures:

Then we continued the rest of the way up to Salt Lake City. Saturday morning we traveled back down to Provo for a little breakfast reunion with my BYU freshman year friends. After losing touch for many years we have reconnected on Facebook. It was so fun to catch up and meet everyone's spouses and kids. A picture of the group:

After the reunion we walked around BYU campus and went to visit Aunt Missy, Uncle Dan, and cousins Lindsay and Ryan. Uncle Drew joined us for dinner at Spaghetti Factory.

We had tickets to the Sunday afternoon conference session. Bill stayed with Sophie while Hannah, Eliza and I attended conference. Eliza was worried she wouldn't be able to sit through the entire session but we were all amazed at how quickly the two hours passed. We felt so lucky to be in the beautiful conference center listening to the words of our prophets. If only I had pictures!

We can't wait for our next trip back to Utah!

1st Day of School

School started on Monday. The girls were all ready and excited to go back and see all their friends. Sophie is now a big kindergartner and mommy is home all alone (token sad face followed by a big smile) . Here are a few pictures of the big day.

Gotta get a picture of the new school shoes...

Ready to go.

Walking to school.

Big sisters pose again with Sophie
before taking her to the kindergarten classroom.

Sophie gets to write her name on the white board.

Eliza is ready for 4th grade.


Hannah, a 6th grader, and smiling even though she claims to be the
ONLY girl without a cell phone.

Then mom and dad went home all alone...

We need a bigger couch

We now have TWO dogs. Yes really. We have TWO dogs that hog our couch. We added Figaro to our family a few weeks ago and he is great dog. We are all in love with him already. We thought Ashes was lonely so when we had to board Ashes while we were up visiting Family in No Cal we mentioned getting another dog. This was the same place we got Ashes and guess what... they happened to have Figaro who was looking for a new home. He is another whippet, 7 1/2 years old and a retired champion racer. Here are a few pictures of him.

Here is a picture of Figaro racing. He's the one out in front.