little celebrations

Right now I feel like I am in a dead-run to the finish line. And that finish line is when that last school bell rings.  Oh man, I just can’t wait. Until then, I just keep having these little celebrations inside my mind: Last soccer practice with following team party and awards: Check. Last choir…

little things

This is how much room we have on the edges of our car to back out of our garage:I think Max is officially better at it than I am. This is how Max feels about my picture taking:…but I had to send that pic. to Dave in China to let him know his son was…

little things

Boy howdy I’m behind on documenting all that’s going on around here. It was 80s day at school.  I was mad we didn’t have any Forenza sweaters or big belts… Claire went to a cheerleading camp with her cousin and a friend.She thought she died and went to Heaven with those HUNDREDS  of other girls…

my six-year-old baby

Although Lucy is defiant about the fact that she is not a baby, even when she is throwing a giant-sized tantrum or bawling about her lack of squinkies (the bane of my existence right now), she is quick to admit that she is “the baby of our family.”  For some reason that makes the word…

Elle photos

Elle has been keeping up her photography skills by getting a job here and there. …which is really lucky for her since she pays for half the clothes she needs…and pays for all for anything extra…and she really likes clothes these days:) And it’s also lucky because she gets to practice on pretty cute kids. …