Snow and Santa...all in one week

Yep! It snowed here in Vegas. My dad says that it is the most snow Las Vegas has seen since 1929. The kids had so much fun watching it all day and then playing in it. If you ask Elizabeth what happens when it snows she will tell you that Santa is coming. I think this Christmas is going to be alot of fun with them understanding more about Christmas and what it all means. We took the kids to see Santa this year and I was sure that they would never sit on his lap let alone have a full on conversation with him...my son told him,"just bring presents, Santa." Elijah, oh course, smiled for these pictures but Elizabeth refused. She did not seem to care for it all that much but did as she was asked. Here are some pictures of their fun.

This is the tree in our front yard...all the branches were buried under the snow.

It is offical...

So the poll is closed and the results are in. Sarah is the winner of this years thanksgiving throwdown. Thanks to everyone who voted. We will also now reveal who's was who's if you did not already know. #1-mom,#2-Sarah,#3-Jordan, #4-Sammi,#5-Jeremy.

We had the twins birthday party last Saturday. I still can not believe they are 3. Elijah wanted "Lightning Mcqueen" and Elizabeth is all about Cinderella so that is what we did. We also did gingerbread houses for the kids to decorate. Here are some pictures.

Thanksgiving Throwdown 2008

Directions: Alright here is the name of the game. You will all participate in one of the most important decisions that will be made this year. Starting today you will decide who will be washing the dishes in the Perkowski household during Christmas. Below you will see a number of houses built by various members of our family. All you have to do is look at the pictures and vote for the best house. The voting will take place 11-28 until 12-12. Thank you for your time and remember, The Choice is Yours!Invite your friends to participate.

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A Quick Update

Just a quick little update. I tried to get a few cute pictures of the kids together but Elijah was not being very cooperative. However, I did get some cute ones of them individually. Enjoy.

6 weeks old...

Weekend with Gramma and Dza-dza

This past weekend the kids went on their first trip away from home without mommy and daddy. They spent four days with Gramma and Dza-dza. They had a blast and are still talking about all the fun things they did. They went to the park every day I think, they carved pumpkins, went trick or treating and just had some quality time with their grandparents. Mom dressed them up as Raggedy Ann and Andy for Halloween but we did not get any clear pictures of them but I think Nicole may have gotten a few so hopefully they will post those...(hint, hint). It was really great for Jeremy and I to have some time with Joshua but we missed the twins alot. Here are a couple really great pictures of their fun.
So the twins are not looking at the camera but I wanted you to see the talent that is the Perkowski's pumpkin carving. I was impressed anyway.

My happy little boy.

This is a huge accomplishment for my two. This is the first time that they have been able to do this on their own. Thanks Gramma for teaching them to do this...finally.

How cute are the three of them?

Beautiful girl!

And here is a quick one of my littlest angel. He does not do this so well in the evening but I thought he looked so cute a curled up. It reminds of the good times.

The Family That Rocks Together, Stays Together

The Haircut: Things have been moving so quickly around here sometimes I forget how amazingly cute my twins are. Today we took Elizabeth to get her first hair cut. I may be out of line here, but after looking at the photos that Sarah took I am pretty sure that the hairdresser is a part time stripper. I mean who owns a leopard print smock. Those things are called smocks right? Anyways Elizabeth's hair had been looking a little rough so we decided to get her hair cleaned up a little bit. As she was leaving, the hair technician asked Elizabeth if she would like a sucker... which brings us to....

The Hard Candy: Elizabeth had a puzzled look on her face when the stylist asked her if she wanted a sucker. After Sarah explained that it was candy, she was all over it. Not only was she all over it but she grabbed some loot for Elijah. Needless to say they loved them. They didn't finish them, but they loved them none the less. While Sarah and Elizabeth were gone, Elijah and I decided to play around. Which leads to...

The Hard Rock: Rock Band 2. Sarah bought Rock Band 2 for me a little while ago and we just haven't had lots of time to mess around with it. So Joshua was asleep and a light bulb lit up in my brain. I whipped out my Wii Guitar Hero guitar and strapped it on my son. Needless to say tears welled up in my eyes. He looks like a natural, and no I did not put his hands in that position. Many hours of studying my Dad playing his acoustic lead to the near perfect hand hold on his instrument. I love being a Dad sometimes.

More Cuteness

Just a little update with some really cute pictures of my kids. We are doing really great. Joshua is sleeping through the night and the twins are getting used to having a little brother. Nicole and Jason stayed with us for a few days this week and took some really great pictures of Joshua. Nicole posted them on their blog so be sure to check those out as well.

5 a.m. Feedings and Fountains of Pee

Joshua has finally arrived!

Born October 1, 2008

Weight: 7lbs 9oz

Length: 20in

The newest addition to our family is here. Joshua was born about three days ago and has already changed our entire world. The entire birth went without a hitch, except for Sarah's drug induced haze on Wednesday. We came home on Friday from the hospital and are settling into a routine here at home. Elizabeth and Elijah are adjusting to their baby brother and have been a little mopey, but they are excited to interact with him as much as possible. Sarah is being a real trooper and is already more mobile than I was the day after we moved. Everything is going great and we would like to thank everyone that has been praying for us and wanting news about the birth. Everyone said that since we had twins having one more baby would be a breeze. I used to think the same thing...except for the fact that we still have the twins and now we have three babies instead of two. I think this was just an oversight on some peoples parts, or maybe they were just trying to make us feel better. He is amazing and has peed on me almost everytime that I have changed his diaper. We love him and we can't wait to show him off to the world.

New Beginnings

Wow, it really is amazing how much can happen in such a short amount of time. This picture below is of our new house! We are going to be moving into it on September 13th. It has 5 bedrooms and 2 3/4 bath. We are so excited to move into a place that will comfortably fit our growing family. My dad is going to be living with us as well, which we could not be happier about. Speaking of our growing family, we also found out last Friday that I am scheduled for a c-section on October 1st. So, needless to say this will be a very busy couple of weeks for the Perkowski family.

It has been way too long

I went to change our templet and realized that it has been like 2 months since I have updated. Not a whole lot has been going on, we have just been enjoying our summer vacation together which is ending too soon. Here are just some random pictures from this summer.
Daddy snuggling with his babies watching a show before night night time. Sorry for the red eye, it would not come out.

Daddy taught them to do somersaults. Elijah is really good but Elizabeth only likes to look between her legs at you. It is still really cute. I think Grandma was working on this with them this weekend.

Jeremy took this while I was in Ohio. They were watching a show and Elijah wanted to sit on Elizabeth's lap. I love that his little hand is on her shoulder.

This is Elizabeth with her potato head family. If you can see in the right corner, the potato head that is Elizabeth fell over and she could not get it to stand up. This is her being very upset about that.

Our Cali Trip

We went to California over the weekend to see baby Jane and take a small family vacation because it is going to be a while until we can get out of the house again. We had so much fun. The twins were so good in the car and behaved themselves for the most part at the house. We got there really late on Wednesday night so on Thursday we took the kids to the Zoo. We left at about 9:30 in the morning and by noon we were ready to go home. It was so hot and if it was not a giraffe, elephant or a turtle, they did not really care. But they were very well behaved. Devyn warned me that this is not a great place for pictures because you can either not see the kids faces or what they are looking at and she was right. Here is really the only good picture that I got.:(
On the way home from the zoo we picked up Uncle Michael so that he could go with Devyn and Jane to the doctor. Poor little thing had to get 4 shots. Here is a picture of Uncle Jeremy trying to make it all better... Isn't she so adorable.

Then on Friday DeEtte took us to Legoland. I was really afraid that the kids would again want to only be there for about 2 hours and everyone else would want to stay but we were there for almost 5 hours. They LOVED it. There were rides, and a water park and so many fun things to see. Here are some pictures of that fun day.

I loved this next picture so much because Connor was Elizabeth's little buddy all day. He was such a huge help with pushing the stroller, or holding onto hands, or anything we asked of him really. He is a great kid. So is Lily and you will see her cuteness in a minute.

Here they are at the water park.

DeEtte was so awesome to take Elizabeth on the rides because I was afraid the bars would hit my belly in a bad spot. These were the first rides they had ever been on. They went on an airplane, helicopter,boat,and safari ride. They loved every single one of them.

Lily taught Elizabeth how to be a beautiful princess. Aren't they adorable.

And here is the most adorable little baby on the planet next to my daughter. Jane is the happiest, smiliest(is that a word), most precious little angel. Here are a couple of pictures of her.

Thank you guys again for having us and for such a great vacation.