Little Grey

This year we spade Baby Bunny and got a new bunny whose name is Little Grey. I got to name him this time and you can see why he is named that.

Easter this Year

We colored our own eggs and bought plastic ones that were pre-filled because Lowell is lazy. We took "Little Grey" around and took pictures of him hiding the eggs so Danika would have to know where the picture was taken to find the next egg. She had loads of fun.

The starting point was the eggs in the basket with Little Grey on top. He is about to jump off the bucket so it's not a very good picture. Now he is on the potty. Next to the blocks bag.

In the drum set upstairs. In the tub in Danika's bathroom upstairs. In the laundry room. On the bongo drum.

Theses are the eggs we colored in water and vinegar.

Danika decided that we should color them with our markers as well.

So here is an egg starting out being colored and hiding Danika's face.These are the finished products of the egg coloring and dying.And the finished product of Danika's hands and face. Isn't she so sweet to show me how messy she can get?

New Skates for Danika

A neighbor down the street saw Danika eyeballing her daughters old Dora the Explorer skates. You know the kind, the ones you have to wear shoes and then you put your foot in and tighten them with that one strap in the front. Anyway she said her daughter no longer used them because they were too small for her and she gave them to us. We went to the exchange and got her some pads and gloves and a helmet at the thrift store. She forgets about them and then remembers them and has a real hard time so we don't wear them much.

Baby Bunny

We got a new bunny last year and her name is "Baby Bunny". Can you tell who chose her name? You guest it Danika did. Anyway this is her then, isn't she the cutest. Newer pictures to come when I tell you about the other bunny!!

My Birthday

Lowell got me a lei for my birthday to wear to church and show off how much he loves me. Unfortunately we are in the car on the way home and I am trying to drive so my faces are a little funky. :P

Danika got a hair cut

In January Danika got a hair cut by mommy and a little help from daddy. Since she would never sit still to let me brush it or to let me put it up out of the way we decided to cut it off. This is the only picture we have of the event. The one where she is holding the stuffed animals is a before photo.

Christmas time at the Bentleys this year

This is the wreath I got when Lowell deployed back in '07, I put the bows on, but in the old house they were right side up, so next year I will have to remember to flip them. The bows came separately and they twist on in the back. Lowell watched as Danika and I did most of the decorating so Danika said to take a picture of daddy and this is what I got This is an Angel made out of Tea Leafs or something and then I decorated it with a halo of seashells and a necklace that will probably get shortened next year. This is our wonderful small and just the right size tree for our small family. We don't have very many ornaments on it, but we are going to get more real soon I'm sure. These are the stockings, Danika's is in the middle with the bear. I made 2 of these and when I took them to Texas 3 years ago I lost one at the inlaws house or something like that. The outer 2 our Lowell's and mine. His is the snowman and I chose the elf. This year we got a fake tree so that we wouldn't have to deal with Danika playing with the water in the bowl. We put up Stockings, decorated the tree, put up lights outside and also had a wreath on the door, it's my favorite, but Danika had a blast helping me decorate everything. Lowell did the lights since he is so tall and I am so short.

Sorry it's been so long

So it has been almost a year and so I will catch you up one event at a time starting with Christmas. and ending with Danika's Birthday Party at Chuck E Cheese.

So the first photo is of Danika being on the computer. She is really good at moving the mouse and pushing the buttons to go to games and on Netflix to go to the next episode.

The next picture is of a frame I made with pictures of Jesus Christ's life on the earth.

The Flowers I got because Lowell was thinking of me and he bought them because they are yellow.

The other 2 pictures are of Danika in her Halloween costume last year. She loved being a bumble bee. These are actually the day after, because I am so forgetful. She was just as cute on Halloween night.