Emmi and her very good friend Braden share a birthday! Braden turned 5 years old today. Here they are with their cake. 

Emmi and Braden blowing out their 11 collective candles. :) 

Emmi and Braden shared a Build-A-Bear party. (Just add siblings... instant party!)  

Here's Emmi pressing the pedal to fill her bear with stuffing. 

Abbi with her finished bear "Keshia." 

Kezzi hard at work on her bear. 

Emmi and Braden in the "fluffing" stage of building their bears. 

Tori and Erin fluffing their bears. 

Okay, for all of you out there asking for a family picture with Josh and I in it... Here's a photo taken back in January when Grandmother and Pop came for a visit. 

The girls and I had a hair-straightening party tonight. It wasn't that big a deal for Tori, since her hair is pretty straight in the first place, but Emmi and Abbi look quite different! 

Tori playing dress-up, admiring herself in the mirror. 

Notice the Kezzi-inflicted scratch under Abbi's right eye. 

This is a picture of Kezzi I should have posted last week.  

Emmi enjoying her Thanksgiving dinner 

Uncle Jesse came to visit us for Thanksgiving.