Sew cute!

Playing hopscotch on the bricks.

I made Charlotte this skirt and t-shirt last weekend out of a pair of women's pajamas I found on clearance for $3.00. I just couldn't resist the roller skate fabric! Charlotte is looking so tall and grown up these days; I forget she is only three.

Farewell summer!

A rare shot of the two of them; where no one is crying!

Olivia was not very amused. She wanted her blankie.

She tried to make a run for it. I love how she hold up her little arms.

Fall is coming. These last few days the temperature has dropped and there's a chill in the air. Last Sunday we took one last chance to get some fun summery pictures. I thought these sunflowers along our walking trail would be perfect. Flagstaff is covered in sunflowers right now. Unfortunately, it was windy and cold,but I did manage a few cute shots. Before long I'll be posting picture of our first snow storm; ugh.

1st Day of Preschool

Here is Charlotte's self-portrait. The preschool sent the blank face in the mail and asked us to decorate it for the first day of school. Charlotte drew the cute face all by herself; I helped with the hair and flower.

This is Charlotte's little buddy Draven. They are in the same preschool class.

It will be nice for them to see one familiar face.

I love this one; she is sitting so sweetly.

Charlotte was very proud to show me her beautiful necklace she made on her first day at school. What preschool day is complete without a macaroni necklace!


Charlotte had her first day of pre-school today. Saying she was excited is an understatement. There is singing time; book reading, snack time and lots of crafts-her favorite! Charlotte walked right in this morning and found the bin of dinosaurs; which she told me were "even cooler than our dinosaurs". She took them to a table and started playing with another little girl. She is going to love pre-school.

Family Reunion

On our way through Southern Utah we stopped at the coral pink sand dunes. It was pretty cool-although not coral pink if you ask me.
Coral pink (orange!) sand angels anyone?

Olivia was so fascinated by this croquet set.

My sister Andrea on her 36th Birthday. We had a joint party for all us summer Birthdays.
(note to pink ponies: if you see this lady coming; run!)

We enjoyed a really fun evening at a beautiful park.

Aunt Katy & cousin Johanna lead the little girls in a few rounds of

"ring around the rosies"

We took a lovely walk around the beautiful lake in the mountains.

Cousin Ed and Charlotte made friends during the hike.

Riding on Mommy's back; what could be more fun!

Keep in mind this photo was taken on our last reunion day after many days of

staying up late, eating junk food, and skipping showers!

Baby bonding time. Kayden is just 8 weeks older than Olivia.

A happy couple out for a drive in their convertible.


We had a wonderful time with all our family in Utah last week. These are just a few of the pictures out the the more than 200 I took. We had a girls shopping day, the guys had a night out at the go cart race track, and the kids had a day at the dinosaur museum (zoomeum as Charlotte keeps saying), as well as a tour at the Church's Welfare Square. My favorite memories include watching Andrea beat the pink pony with a stick, hot tubbing and star gazing, and who can forget playing Mad Gab with the talking Ipad! Thanks to Katy for organizing a wonderful week. I hope we'll all be recuperated by next years get together!

Little fishys

She is such a poser these days.
Charlotte is very confident in the pool. She hangs on to her little fish,kicks
her legs and swims all over the pool.

Olivia was having fun; I promise. She just didn't like it when I let go of her.

Charlotte gets out of the pool periodically to shake herself off like a dog. It is cute.

More shaking.

It's been hot here! We've been cooling off in our friends pool. On this day we swam for an hour or so and then the clouds moved in. In a matter of minutes it was thundering, lighting was flashing and then it poured. We got out just in time. That's Flagstaff in the summer time!

Red, White and Cute!

Charlotte was super proud of the windsock she made.

Happy 4th! Here are the girls decked out in thier patriotic best.

First Birthday

Olivia turned 1 year old on the 9th.

She had so much fun opening presents.

She was especially delighted with her Little People barn.

Her new dolly was a hit.

Thanks for the fun Monkey-in-the-Box Aunt Katy!

Mmm, florescent frosting.

This should make for interesting colors in the diaper.

We truly can hardly believe Olivia is a year old. What happened to the last 12 months? She is such a happy smiley baby; we just adore her. She took her first steps last weekend and has been walking short distances all week. It is so fun to watch her grow.

We love our little Olive!