a little catch up

 A few weeks ago we spent a lovely afternoon at my Mother's House.

We went to a nearby pond to feed the ducks, and pick some weeds...

 

Here's Emily with some beautiful weeds in her hair....

 

This is Guin...she is our soon to be cousin. We love her soooo much! We are all so glad that Lincoln found her awesome Mommy, Fontanna! We love her soooo much too!

 

Katie with the "flowers" in her hair...so GLAMOROUS!

After our walk to the pond...we stopped to visit the bird eggs in Grandma's Flower Garden Patio.

Jules and Katie love to look at the eggs, which my Mom found in the middle of her yard one day...after a bad wind storm. It's a little sad, but they do make for a cute decoration.

Ashton, Logan and Guin...looking at the eggs.

 The Eggs

 Peek-a-boo, eggs! We see you!

We really enjoyed our day...and I got some great pictures! 

So glad I have so much fun taking pictures...maybe I should do this as a profession! Tee-Hee!

Emily Turned 6

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Happy Birthday Lilli!

 Here's a look at her 10th year of life... to one of her favorite songs!

Maggie's 8th year....

Happy 9th Birthday, sweet girl!

some soccer pictures

 Emily

 Maggie

 Lilli

 All my Soccer Girls!

 

New Camera Test

I think I love my new camera....

What to Blog?

Lilli's Choir sang at the Capital Building

So, we, of course, took pictures.

 It's so much fun to watch your kid doing her best....

I don't know if it's just a mother's trained ear, or if she just sings loud, but I could hear her above all the rest! It was AWESOME!

She is the perfect Chorale performer. She was poised. She never took her eyes off her director. She never fussed with her hair or slouched....she stayed soooo focused! 

I was so proud!

We decided it was time to trade in "Bigger Red" and  get this little number.

It is Chevy Uplander. We love it! I didn't think I would ever like driving a van.... but it is a V6, and it is a 2007, and it drives like a dream....so smooth.... we hardly ever drive the Subaru any more. Silly!

Joe named the van, "The Unscripted White Van" but that's no name for a car. Who likes my name better? "The Stay-Puff Marshmallow Van" or "Marshmallow" for short.

I took some cute "test" pictures of Katie before my photography shoot with my good, then pregnant, friend. I had to test the light....

 So cute!

We were invited to attend a Tea Party...so we had to dress up...and take pictures.

 It's so much fun to be a picture takin momma....so many visual memories! 

Get your camera's out ladies....it's important!

I got a new camera, and had to test it out...and I caught my big girls actually playing nice with each other! Don't faint! It happens occasionally.

I'm just glad I got proof!

Life is good. Life is busy! I wouldn't have it any other way!