The Joy that Eva Brings

Eva is a funny, funny little girl. There is not an hour that goes by without her cuteness exploding in some goofy way. Here are a few pictures that make me laugh and bring me joy.

The Playhouse!!!

Oh the playhouse! Every winter it is necessary for Shane to have a project to keep his mind busy so this winter it became the playhouse. Now this is no ordinary playhouse, it is like a guest suite for miniature people complete with crown molding, can lights, a ceiling fan, flat screen T.V. and of course a whole bunch of toys. It is the best playhouse ever, it even has its own backyard, which we have dubbed "Fairyland". It has been a very fun winter project for Daddy, Grandpa Dick, Lily, Eva and Mommy alike. It is just further proof that my girls have the best Daddy around!!

We're Back

Well after some special encouragement from my super creative friend Jenn we have decided to re-enter the world of the blog. Our goal is to update once a week, so stay tuned!

Life is good in the Bell household. The newest development is that Shane has decided that it is time for a new TV, damn those trips to Costco! So the next week will be a whirlwind of moving furniture, fishing wires and redecorating because we have to find something to do with the old TV. We hope it snows again soon so we don't come have to come up with more projects to stop the boredom.

It's A Girl!!

The little being living within me is a female! I would include a picture of the ultrasound but I don't know if my little one would appreciate having her whoo whoo shown on the internet. Lily was not at all surprised that it was a girl, she knew all along, but Daddy was quite shocked, he was sure it was a boy. His dreams of teaching him baseball and having someone to rough house with are now gone but I assured him that girls are better at these things anyway, he did not agree. At any rate Lily and I are excited to have another little girl to play with and love. I hope this one will be more like her Mommy, we are hoping for blue eyes and big ears!

Happy 3rd Birthday Lily Kate

My little Lily turned three. We had a little party at our house with the family which was very fun. It had a pink theme, Lily's most favorite color, and a special princess cake made by the very talented Grandma Bean. One of my porcelain dolls was injured in the process of creating said cake but the result was worth it. The highlights of the party were all about the cake one of which was the princesses arm dangling from a piece of cake while it was being served and all the kids screaming at the site and Dad wondering who got to lick the frosting off the dolls chest. It was quite the entertaining party and we were so happy everyone could come and participate. WE LOVE YOU ALL!

New Bathroom

Shane decided one day that he wanted to redo the guest bathroom and this is the result. It came together very well and we are thoroughly enjoying it while we remodel the master bathroom. I think Shane might be a little bored between snow storms, luckily the Maintenance season is starting in a week so he won't try and remodel anything else.

San Diego

Imagine if you will four Beans together in San Diego for 4 days...mayhem may be to mild of a word...it starts with a Cross-word puzzle party at the airport food court in which it was discovered that Dad, Emily and I are horrible spellers and just downright suck at cross-words, we then move on to picking up Susie and convince her that the "Vacation House" that we are staying in is a small cottage behind a large beach house and to access our cottage with have to walk through the "main house" in the middle of the night while other people are staying there. Susie of course believes us and is in shock while we stand on the front porch in the dark trying to open the front door by force because it sticks. She soon discovers that we are messing with her and that we are staying in the large beach house. Shocked and dismayed by our foolery she vows to get us back, which to her delight in 3 days time we get ours, as upon our return from a day of shopping the tenants that were supposed to be staying in the large house arrive. To our dismay we are in fact supposed to be staying in the tiny cottage behind the big house. The pictures above are of the big house in all its beauty and our reaction to getting kicked out. Do these things happen to other people, I think not.
Some other events that peppered our adventure with excitement were as follows; Susie getting yelled at in a church gift shop for attacking me with a very expensive praying-mantis statue. Dad stealing a large ring of keys with a wallet attached from the same gift shop with the idea of "tricking" Susie and I into thinking we lost our keys...luckily he realized that the keys might not be ours as neither of us had a car and or house in San Diego, so why would we be carrying a large wad of keys? Too bad he didn't realize this before we left the store...
The best memories I have are of the adventures that I have with my family...I am so lucky to have such a wonderfully exciting family to have adventures with.