First Day of School

Molly goes to mom's day out every Thursday, Gracen's at Central Christian Academy Preschool every afternoon. It's our first experience of show and tell, bringing snack, and field trips!

Molly's 1st haircut

Now where were we? Right after she turned 2, I asked Brian's mom to get rid of the she-mullet. Molly looks like a boy, huh! Taken at the lake in Arkansas.





Took the kids fishing for the first time...Gracen's little catch!

Dear Blog,

Its been a while. I think of you often, usually in the middle of the night. If we were to reconnect, what would I say? I think a renewed committment would do me some good, but I am afraid to fail. So. What do you say we give it another shot and just see what happens? Lets pick up from July of 2009!

big TWO

CAMP - YoungLives

I had the privilege of taking 4 of our YoungLives girls to camp this year at Frontier Ranch in Colorado. It was out of this world! Food was amazing, we repelled down a mountain, climbed up a mountain, played in the pool, relaxed in the hot tub, just to mention a few. The camp speaker was amazing, and it was a time of renewal for all of us.

One more!

Meredith's birthday - bees and hives on a stick!

Baking projects so far this year...

Pink cupcakes made with the princesses. They did the sprinkles.

Monkeys for a boy baby shower

YoungLives graduation cookies in May


Marjorie's birthday cookies, on St. Patty's Day

Baby Emma's baby shower


Steelers for superbowl 2009

4th of July

A few of my favorites. Such a great time, just the 4 of us. The weekend included a trip to the zoo and a trip to home depot...

Summertime blues

Learning to ride a bike...she asked Daddy to take off the training wheels. He gives her a "you're gonna fall down a whole lot" talk.

Sandbox = a fancy name for the giant litter box used by a not-so-potty-trained 2-year-old.

Molly's favorites! Her "simsoups" (swimsuits), "clop-clops" (flip-flops), costumes, and tap shoes. Even better when all worn at the same time. Gracen prefers blue dress, blue tiara, blue shoes, blue lei. All blues match, right???

And poor biscuit just couldn't take it anymore. Guess he had enough of being drug around on his "leash," barking on demand, getting sat on, kicked, and being forced to attend tea parties. You'd think the constant fighting over him would have been flattering.

(Yeah, he's been there for over a week.)

"Stars of tomorrow"

Gracen's 1st dance recital!

Sorry about the bad quality...I had to lower it so much to post on the blog. Thanks Dad, for the great editing software and lessons!