Atkinson Family: March 2010

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Dressin' up for Easter

I got the kids all dresssed up this Sunday since Conference is on Easter this year. I was fortunate enough to have a wonderful sister-in-law who let me borrow her girls darling matching dresses for the occasion. Thanks so much Kalani! Everybody loved them and said how beautiful the girls looked. I have to agree. Vinny looks pretty stunningly handsome himself.

It is amazing how difficult it can be to get three children to look at the camera at the same time and have a normal expression on their face. This one was best.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Piglet

So, I mentioned before that Lolin has a little Piglet that she absolutely LOVES. She sleeps with it every night and nap and hugs and kisses it. But lately this is the reaction Piglet gets whenever Lolin sees him...

I wish i got that kind of a reaction.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Lolin 7 months

Lolin learned to clap a few weeks ago, and since I can't figure out yet how to put video online (I will soon hopefully) you'll just have to look at all the pictures really fast and maybe it will look like she's clapping!

Vinny's 4th B-day!

I promised Vinny I would take him to Disneyland for his birthday, so just he and I and Lolin spent the day doing whatever Vinny wanted to do. He has really loved Peter Pan lately and his favorite ride is the Peter Pan ride. I thought that would be the first thing we would do, but he wanted to meet Tinker Bell because he said she would think he was the real Peter Pan.

He was right, she did.

Then he had a knife fight with Fawn-

THEN we went on Peter Pan-

He loves the Finding Nemo ride too.

He wanted to go into Tarzan's Tree. He's my little crazy jungle man.

finally at the end of the day he got to open his presents

Ahoy Captain Vinny!

He got some cool GI Joes

and a really awesome Storm Trooper costume.

Then he got to have a little party with a few of his friends. Do you see Peter, Captain Hook, Mr. Smee, Tinker Bell and Wendy?

I made a crocodile cake out of cupcakes. Not as cute as the picture online, but I think it works and he loved it!

Happy birthday my sweet little buddy! You are the joy of our lives and make me smile every minute of the day.

About us

We moved to Los Angeles, California in December 2007 and love it here! Tyler pursued his dream to work at a major motion picture studio and all his hard work and determination paid off. He currently works for 20th Century Fox as a post production coordinator.

I stay home with our four kids, but I also have a medical transcription job that I do from home. We keep very busy with school, work, church callings and just being together. We are so grateful for all the love and support our family and friends have shown us over the last year. We are so happy here and know that this is where we are meant to be right now. We are discovering our strengths and weaknesses and growing more than we ever have. We know that we are meant to be here and that our Father in Heaven knows what is best for us and will lead and guide us to where He needs us.

About Halle

Halle is ten years old and loves being in the fifth grade. She loves reading, cooking, playing board games, and basically having fun and making others laugh. She is also a very good artist and loves to color, paint, draw and create. One of her very favorite activities is "popcorn movie night" when we all watch a movie together and... eat popcorn. She is at an amazing age where she is learning and mastering so many new skills. She is a kind and loving friend. She is also an amazing big sister to her little brothers and sister. She is very outspoken and outgoing, and not afraid to meet new people and try new things and she is an amazing missionary who loves to share her beliefs and faith with others. She has really grown to love music and started playing the flute this year and is in the Mar Vista choir. We are so blessed to have her in our family.

About Lolin

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