Holbrook Family

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Visitors

My sister Lisa came to visit on July 18th. We had dinner at my mom's that night so we could all see her and so the latest additions could meet. Molly (middle) is 3 months older than Carston (right) and Carston is 3 months older than Liza. It's been so fun to have kids all together! And it was so fun to finally meet Carston. He is SO cute and we had so much fun playing with him.

Of course with Carston in town it meant we had to attempt a picture of all the grand kids since there have been 4 new ones since the last picture. My amazing friend Jessica was willing to sacrifice a Friday night to wrestle 13 kids (11 of which are 6 and under) and take one for the team by standing in Liberty Park's pond to get the right angle.

After my family returned from Powell (we stayed behind not wanting to camp with a 2 month old) we met up at a splash pad on August 1st for a picnic.

We enjoyed the several days that Lisa & Carston stayed with us and can't wait till they return. And hopefully Spencer can come next time too. It was a lot harder to have Lisa leave this time around knowing that Carston is going to be so grown up next time we see him!

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

24th of July

We spent the 24th with Jeff's sister. We went swimming at Mike & Niki's pool and than had yummy hamburgers and homemade root beer ice cream. No fireworks, but it was still fun.

Yes Liza was there (and me for that matter). The water was too cold for her so we sat on the side and watched and took pictures.

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Wedding

Monday, July 16, 2012

Chip off the ol' Block

Once upon a time I was young and naive and thought that I could change Jeff. Shortly after we were married though I realized that no matter how hard I tried, begged, or shopped, Jeff just didn't care to wear anything but a t-shirt and shorts. I took consolation in the thought that I'd some day have a son I could dress up. Last Sunday I realized Jacob is more like his dad than I thought.

And yes, he went to church like that. Socks with his sandals and all. This was just one battle I wasn't fighting that morning and at least it wasn't his pajamas or his skate board shirt.

Friday, July 6, 2012

Eliza One Month

Thursday, July 5, 2012

4th of July

After a pretty relaxing day we went to my parents for a BBQ. The kids played on the water slide with Nick's kids and then enjoyed ice cream cones.

Eliza spent most of the night sleeping on daddy. (I don't think he minded).

Once it was late enough we headed over for fireworks. It was a great show and Jacob absolutely loved them. As soon as it was over he turned to Jeff with a big grin on his face and said, "Again!"

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Modeling

Jeff's cousin Emily is an amazing artist - you can see some of her great works here. Em needed a model for one of her projects, a painting of Mary & baby Jesus, and Eliza fit the bill. So we spent a bit of time on the morning of the 4th over at Em's snapping a few pics. Even though she's the wrong gender, I still thought she made a pretty cute baby Jesus.

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

This One's For You Grandpa!

Monday, July 2, 2012

3 Little Frogs

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Cousins & Popsicles

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Emilyisms

2.22.13 ~ "Ahh! You exasperate me!"

3.06.13 ~ “This has been a horrible day! I didn't want to get up early. I didn't want to go to school. I didn't want to go to gymnastics. And Jacob just ate my goldfish!"

5.18.13 ~ Em: "What's that noise?" Jeff:"It's to let you know you're drifting and driving off the road.” Bec: "Or to wake you up if you're starting to fall asleep." Em: "But what if you're a deep sleeper?"

5.24.13 ~ Looking at a treasure map: "This is puzzling."

6.01.13 ~ To Gma H: "Will you be lonely when we move?"

6.01.13 ~ Em: "Do I have to get married?" Bec: "No. You don't have to. Why? Do you not want to?" Em: *sigh* "I like my last name."

7.28.13 ~ Em: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. Jinks! You owe me a soda!" Jeff: "Em, do you know what a soda is?" Em: "Yup. Like Sprite, Root Beer, and Dr. Coke."

8.21.13 ~ "Jacob, you need to listen in school or you won't be smart like I am."

9.03.13 ~ Bec: "You have gum. I can smell it." Em: "Yup. And I can taste it."

9.10.13 ~ Em: "Are we going to Red Robin?" Jeff: "Why would we want to go there?" Em: "Oh! I know that voice!" Then as Jeff turned into RR parking lot Em said, "Ha! I knew it!"

9.29.13 ~ Em: "Oh Yummy!" Jeff: "I thought you didn't like potato chips." Em: "Apparently I do now."

10.09.13 ~ Bec: "You're a smart boy Jacob." Em: "Maybe he'll be like me!"

2.18.14 ~ While eating a cupcake: "I love frosting. It just tickles the roof of my mouth."

Jacobisms

3.04.13 ~ Bec:"Brrr! Your hands are freezing! Were you cold while we were outside?" J:"Yup." Bec: "Why didn't you tell me?"J: "Cause me couldn't find my pockets. They were hiding."

3.05.13 ~ Talking about missions: Bec: "Matthew went to England. Daddy went to Brazil. Where do you want to go?" J: "On a hike."

3.17.13 ~ Bec:"Whoa! You have a messy face. We need to wash you off." J:"No. My tongue's washing me off."

3.21.13 ~ Bec:"Jacob, please don't. You're not supposed to climb on that." J:"Emily does." Bec:"Uh-oh, we better spank her bum." J:"Yeah! Two times!"

8.22.13 ~ On the 2nd day of school:"Mommy, we lost Emily. we need to find her."

9.01.13 "Mom, my toot left a mark in my underwear."

9.04.13 ~ Bec: "You have preschool tomorrow." J: "Yup. All by myself!" Bec:"All by yourself?! Are you big enough for that?" J: "Yup. I have a big boy bed so I'm big."

9.07.13 ~ Eating breakfast burritos:"Mom, my wrap around is undoing."

9.18.13 ~ Eliza was jumping in her crib:"Mom! Liza's a kangaroo!"

9.18.13 ~ "I'm super angry right now."

9.21.13 ~ "You're the best-est mommy in the whole world."

9.25.13 ~ "Mom, you're the wicked king. And I'm Liza's dad."

10.01.13 ~ "I have a song stuck in my head. I don't want anyone to hear it so I'm going to leave it there."

10.13.13 ~ "It's raining cats & dogs. ... Lots of cats & dogs."

10.14.13 ~ "Mommy, me & Liza love you."

11.11.13 ~ "Mom! Did you see my awesome strength!? I can lift heavy things!"

11.16.13 ~ Bec:"You're pretty smart." Jeff: "No, you're super smart."Jacob: "Yup! Daddy got it right!"

12.08.13 ~ J: "I'm not going to be a kid." Jeff: "You're not?" J: "Nope. I'm going to grow up and be a dad."

12.15.13 ~ Jeff:"Have you been playing with Batman?" J: "Yep. And Robin Hood. Why isn't his name Red Robin?"

12.24.13 ~ Em & J had eye infections and needed drops.Jeff: "Ok, who's first?" J: "Emily because she's brave. Not me because I cry."

12.28.13 ~ "Liza, I'm glad I have a baby sister."

12.29.13 ~ Bec:"Jacob, why are you still wearing your jacket?" J: "Because if you want to you can."

1.06.14 ~ After listening to a Mozart song for a few minutes: "Mom? Who's being chased?"

1.08.14 ~ "Mom!" *sigh* "That's terrible!"

1.13.14 ~ Bec: "You get what you get..."J: "And you not cry."

1.13.14 ~ "Mom, mmm-ini wheats starts with cow?"

1.27.14 ~ After 'reading' something: Bec: "Hey! How did you know that's what that said?" J:"I don't know. Cause I'm super smart."

2.02.14 ~ While playing with Little People: ~ J: "Mom, where's the mom & baby?" Bec: "I don't know." J: "Maybe they're missing. Maybe when we were at Grandma & Grandpa's a monster came to our house & took them."

2.18.14 ~ J: "Mom, I'm never going to sell Liza." Bec:"You're not?" J:"Nope. Cause she makes me happy."

2.19.14 ~ After Jacob farted: Jeff:"Toot bum." J with a quizzical look, "Dad, why did you just call me tuba?"

2.20.14 ~ Bec: "What sports do you want to do?" J: "Baseball, soccer, basketball, football, ... and skeleton. But not fast skeleton. Slow skeleton. Because fast skeleton makes my tummy hurt."