Much prettier...

OK. I needed to get something better on the top of my page rather quickly, and these pictures are just the ticket. I have never made it to get the girls' pictures taken since either of their birthdays this year, and since we have our very own Sacred Grove in the back yard I just decided to do it myself. Too bad I'm not a great photographer and don't have a nice camera. But they are beautiful girls anyway.

Wow, I bet you can't top this bad hair day!

If I had any sense I would be way too embarrassed to post something like this, but it's just so funny I can't help it. Sometimes you just have to laugh at yourself. Hannah could hardly hold the camera still she was laughing so hard at me.

When Nate came home the day this was taken I noticed he was a little quiet at first. He was hesitantly asking about our day, and I was telling all about it. Then I finished with, "So, it was a pretty good day even if I didn't do my hair." He kind of had this sigh of relief and said, "Well, I didn't want to say anything about it." Ha Ha Ha! He was so worried from looking at me that he was walking into a war zone! Brigette posted a while ago how her kids could tell her mood from the state of her hair, and that is true with me too!

Good Things to Come

I absolutely love this!

Good Things to Come

We Love this Baby!

Success!

The beach was perfect! Ryan slept on the way there, and Ryan and Hannah both slept on the way back! Nikki reminded me of the time when she was about three years old and saw a spider on her pillow one day -- she refused to lay down to go to sleep for almost a week, most of those nights lasting until around 11 pm before she collapsed at the foot of her bed. No napping for her in the car if she doesn't want to.

The beach was beautiful, we all loved every minute of it, but I forgot my camera! Oh well. I do have pictures from last Saturday when Nate woke up and decided we should go to the aquarium. It was such a last minute decision that we left completely unprepared for fun on the beach, but we had some anyway. It just left us with an appetite for a real day on the beach, which is really why we went back yesterday. I'll post those as soon as I find my memory card reader to get them off the camera!

Summer break does have its drawbacks...

Yesterday: Ryan was too interested in what his sisters were doing to take a nap, even though he was in his crib for 1 1/2 hours in the afternoon and he had circles under his eyes he was so tired.

Today: Hannah taught him how to climb out of his crib this morning. Thirty minutes into naptime he still hadn't gone to sleep, and then I heard him knocking on the door calling, "Mommy! Mommy!"

Tomorrow: I'm prescribing a day at the beach with a long drive home to knock all three of them out for a great nap!

Last Day of School...

I can't believe today is the last day my little girls will be in the first and third grades. 4th and 2nd graders just sound way too grown up. I fully intended to take some pictures of them before they headed out the door this morning, but ......... with Nikki crying because I had the audacity to brush the tangles out of her hair and Nate running to the grocery store to get the juice boxes Hannah was supposed to take to her picnic at school today, it just didn't happen. *Sigh* It seems like our days become more and more hectic all the time. We are ALL so ready for SUMMER!!!!

I have been so neglectful of the blog lately. It seems like I just don't care to spend any extra time at the computer than I have to. I also lost my camera for a while, but now I have it back and summer is here and maybe I'll do a little better job of cataloging what's going on. We'll see!