My newest Sister in law...

Not to long ago, January 16th Sam married Nikki. This is his second marriage and hers. She has two cute girls, Taylen and Ryah. The Wedding was so pretty at a cute chapel in Santa Ana and the Reception was off the hook! Reception... or dance party?

Nikki and Sam with her family.

Nikki getting ready with Ryah, Ruby's new cousin. Ruby and Ryah are a lot alike... they play really well together- off by their-selves, avoiding the crowds.

Ainsley and Taylen are best friends, it is so cute how much they love each other.

Pretty Bright, but this is a Schultz siblings pic.

Our family pic

Gus' sweater

For Christmas we did a gift exchange on the Hill side, and Basil... Cody and Berkeley's dog had Gus' name. Gus got some really good presents.

He feels so special in his sweater

He loved his huge bone, he gently took the red ribbon off before going at it.

Gus kept posing for the camera.

Louise on her Birthday

Pics from her actual birthday.

Geesh, how cute are those leg warmers, from aunt Nanette

I put up some decorations, not that Lulu cares. Ruby was a little jealous of Lulu's special attention, mostly just jealous of her presents.

Didn't love the hat

Ben loves to make birthdays special, by making mickey mouse pancakes

Potty Trainingism

remember when it rained and rained and rained

Ruby loved it

Gus didn't love it

Last July I decided to potty train ruby, seeing that all the other kids her age were potty trained and wanting to save money on diapers. I was all ready with the potty training boot camp book and the underwear. The only drawback, Ruby was not ready. I was so frustrated and I gave up. A few months later she stared to show interest in potty training, so again I went all out to get her to potty train. She was not ready, so I gave up. This has been going on for half a year. Ruby's 3rd birthday came and went, and she would not potty train. IT SUCKED. The moms (Nancy and Gail) kept gently telling us that it is better to wait until they are ready, usually 3. Well moms are always right, and on her own she decided to potty train... sorta. Still poop in the underwear. Ben and Ruby are a lot alike, so he know how to speak her language, when he wisely told her that if she went poop in the toilet he would take her out for ice cream. That is all it took and she was pooping in the toilet. Best $0.96 ever spent. She still has the occasional pee accident, but never poop.

1. Monday playing outside with the girls, when Ruby tells me she had an accident, but not to worry her underwear was still dry. I asked her where she had the accident and she took me over to Gus' water dish and points to a wet spot on the ground. I asked her why she didn't go in the toilet. She told me she did it like Gussy does. However she took her underwear off first to do so.

2. Wednesday my mom was watching the girls and told me this story: Ruby went #2 and my mom asked her if she could flush the toilet and Ruby said, "not yet, we need to put a blanket on them." She tore off a piece of toilet paper and dropped it in the toilet.