Random Pictures

So, I've been taking pictures, but there's not really a theme to them. Some are new, some a little older. I hope you enjoy them all.

Here is Emily sitting INSIDE the bathroom stool. Apparently it's a ton of fun. I should have tried it out myself. :)

Here is Emily learning to use the computer. She sees her brother at it all the time. I think she'll pick it up as quickly as he did. Such smart kiddos.

One Sunday, before church, I made French Bread for dinner. Josh is such a big help. He can clean out a bowl much faster than the dishwasher.

Emily and Daddy. She must be concentrating hard. Look how far she's got that tongue sticking out.

Emily's first encounter with Santa Clause. The ward arranged to have Santa stop by at the Christmas party in December. Someone got a picture of Josh with him also, but I'm not sure where that one is. I'll have to locate it.

KC joined us for Thanksgiving. We were very happy to have him here to visit with for a few days.

Here's our most recent family picture. KC took it for us back in November when he was here. We actually had several good ones that he took of us at a park here in town. I was so excited to look at them when we got home that I managed to delete ALL of them off of the camera before saving it to the computer. KC was kind enough to head over to the complex's playground for another round of pictures. I think this one turned out great. Thanks KC!

New Train Set

Josh's favorite new toy is probably the new train set with the waterfall. It's pretty cool. And with all the other pieces we have, Peter and Josh can make some really neat tracks.


Here are a couple examples of what we've been filling up our front room with lately. Josh is so proud of them. He wants a picture of all of them. In the bottom right corner, you can even see him taking a picture of his own on his own new camera.

Christmas Morning

For Christmas, we travelled. First, we went to Texas for a couple days to visit Doug and Jill and their girls. Then we headed to Louisiana to Heather and Travis' house where my family was congregating for the big day. We loved every minute we spent outside of the car. : )

Since we had to squish so much into the car, we opened our presents to each other the Saturday before Christmas instead of taking them with us. Here are a couple of the pictures of them opening gifts.

At the top, you can see Emily getting her second doll ever... she got her first one the Sunday before from a wonderful sister at church... She was so excited, she started saying "oooo" which is what the next picture is.

At the bottom, you can see Josh opening his first present. We managed to convince him it was a big piece of candy... until he opened it and found a soccer ball. He was not disappointed at all. He also got a new Curious George book. As you can see, he absolutely loves Curious George.

Here are the pictures from Christmas morning. We were at Heather's house. They got new robes that blink when they move with their new pajamas. (New PJs are a Barker family tradition) The kids had a blast playing with Josh's new Thomas Waterfall set. In the bottom right picture is Josh with his Aunt Robyn and cousin Kaity. This picture was too cute to pass up.

As much fun as the gifts were, we really enjoyed the opportunity to teach the kids about Christ's birth during this season. Someday, that will make an impression. We hope everyone had as wonderful a Christmas as we did. And wish you all a joyful year to come.

Josh's Artistic Side

I always knew Josh was talented. But I never knew he was so artistic. One day, I was checking email and then I looked over at the kids and they just smiled back at me... Josh with pen in hand, and Emily with his handywork all over her face. That'll teach me to look away for 2 seconds ever again. :D


So proud of his work.

Emily obviously thought this was such a special chance to be his canvas. She enjoyed it every bit as he did.

Breakfast

Emily has a thing for feeding her hair. I guess it's hungry and she wants to make sure it doesn't stay too thin... I don't know.
Here she is on a morning with french toast. Yummm...


Did I get caught??? Oops!

The Kids

I just really love this picture of the kids. So, I thought I'd share it.
Enjoy!

Break Through!

Take a look at the outfit Josh is wearing. Nothing spectacular, but it is important.


Did you know that getting dressing by yourself is a VERY hard thing to learn? Well, apparently it is. Normally, when I ask him to try to put on his shirt, or take it off or whatever, his response is "that's hard to do." Not today! Today, he did it all by himself!

So, the importance of this outfit is, it is the first one he ever put on completely on his own. Yeah for Josh! He's such a big boy.