Visiting the frontier

a few pictures from the wild frontier

HaPpY BiRtHdAy KaTe!!!!

Kate is awesome. She's funny, beautiful, smart and just fun. She has a loving heart and oodles of compassion. I admire Kate's quiet confidence and her heart of gold! Love you Kate!

TO CUT OR NOT TO CUT?

Here's my dilema. A few well meaning 'older' folks have recently commented on how adorable my daughter is. They weren't talking about Audrey however. It's the curls. I realize they are getting a bit long....but oh, they are so wonderful! I want Alex to stay little. I think that's the core of the problem. A haircut means he's moving on. Getting older. Leaving babyhood. Or as I like to call it, turning to the Dark Side. He's just so innocent. There's no sassy talk, no potty talk, there's not a defiant bone in his body! Yet. I have enjoyed him so much, he's always been so pleasant. There's no going back after the cut. The soft baby hair will soon be gone, the curly tendrils (maybe a boy should never have tendrils...) will not come back. Troy thinks it's time. I think I'll have to think it over for at least a few months.... what do you think?

Tendrils anyone?

Office Fix

Angela: I can't do this. I can't be with you. Every time I look in your eyes I see Sprinkles's stiff, lifeless body.
Dwight: Then don't look in my eyes. Look right here at my forehead. It's an old sales trick.

Happy Birthday Lizzie!!

Lizzie LOVED celebrating her birthday! She went to the park with some friends, loved the phone calls from Aunt Kate and Grandma. She loved the book you sent her Brooke, and the stickers from mom! She got your card today in the mail, Kate, and was really excited for the stickers (that are now ALL over our house!) and opening her very own mail! Some pictures of her birthday:

This is Lizzie licking the bowl (literally) after I finished making her cake. She came to me after awhile of going at it with her spoon and said, "I don't need my spoon anymore,"....and this is apparently why. She did this for a good 10 minutes. But what's a birthday without chocolate matted in your hair anyway?

Rod enjoyed the birthday dinner....Brooke tell your kiddos that this is what happens when you eat too much veggies and fruits- it starts growing out your ears and oozing out your mouth!

We succombed to princess stuff and Lizzie has been strutting around as the Island Princess all day today...

Isn't this birthday banner so cute? I made it after seeing it on a website, except I didn't finish it for Lizzie's birthday yesterday, so we hung it in Caitlin's room today to cheer her up while she gets better (we have a sick house currently- but at least it didn't start till after Lizzie's birthday)

I think Lizzie's favorite present were the helium balloons Rod brought home from work yesterday. She has been toting around with them ever since. They also felt very special when he brought home flowers (even though I know they're for ME, he said they were for all his girls...) I'm often amazed how little girls are so GIRLY!! They see flowers and feel special already!

AZ

here's some pics from my trip to phoenix this weekend. it was so good to see brittani and the weather was WONDERFUL!


me and britt!


i was excited to see a cactus!


of course i had to have in n out!! yummmmm

We've been enjoying some atypical January weather lately, which has been beautiful, but also has us worrying about how hot it might get this summer! Today after church the girls had a little harvest of carrots that I had to share pictures of. They each have their own pot, and a few months ago we planted carrot and lettuce seeds in them. Today they dug up their carrots and we had them at dinnertime. They were delicious! And the girls were so proud of their little bounty!