Look who’s turning ONE tomorrow… The kids are fighting over which kind of cake “she” likes best (meaning which one they want the most). I can’t believe last year at this time I was absolutely DYING of anticipation waiting for this little arrival. I was counting contractions and hoping with all my heart to meet…
Lucy is busy. She’s in the crawl-into-the-dishwasher- empty-all-the-trashcans-wrestle-against a diaper change-as-if-your-life-depends-on-it climb-up-huge-stairs-and-not-know-how-to-get-back-down stage. She’s also growing a little feisty. And I’m in love even more with that humongous smile. those are some serious blue eyes…
My house is quiet. Everyone’s in bed…even Dave. Here I sit trying to do something productive with the minutes before I should head to bed too…before all too soon the alarm will go off and it’s the race to get the kids ready for school, practicing done, lunches packed, hair done, breakfast made and cleared,…
Ok, the final great things about the summer….(although I could go on and on I’ve got to stop at some point). That “baby” in the title is my sister-in-law’s new baby, not ours, darn it! My “baby” dwarfs her. We were so lucky to be in Utah when little Ella arrived. She is so tiny…
Raspberry PickingSo after our reunion some of us stayed on. Hmmmm, let me see…120 degree weather in Phoenix or hanging on the beach at Bear Lake. Tough decision. I’m just mad that school starts so early here so we couldn’t stay into August. But we lived it up while we were there. On Saren’s birthday…
We are at Bear Lake, which, in my opinion, is one of the most gorgeous spots on earth. We’re tucked away in this beautiful place with very little connection to the outside world…kinda hard to get Internet or phone service. Makes for good long days of concentrating on kids and extended family, building sand castles,…