Baby Doll

Clare's love of "playing babies" has resurfaced lately. Whenever she has a willing participant, she requests to take the babies to school, church, the doctor, the zoo, give them a bath or change diapers. She will gather every baby doll in this house and take them on whatever activity she has planned. She has the most vivid imagination I have ever witnessed!

Here Clare is leading her students in Bible class.

The dolls have a variety of names: Molly, Dolly, Sopapilla, Ariel, Clara, and Izzy has now morphed into doll form.

Today I watched as Clare "changed Izzy's diaper." I heard her say to her baby, "Izzy, this is disgusting."

After all the dirty diapers, trips to the doctor, and whatever else Clare dreams up, Clare puts her babies to bed every night. What a good little mommy!

Evil Knievel

This pretty much sums Sydney up in a nutshell....

Happy 30th Casey!

Reminds Me of Sherbert

Jane donning Lemon Chill.

Sydney sporting Blueberry Freeze.


Clare wearing Razzle Dazzle Raspberry.


A triple scoop sundae!!!

Must (Not) Love Dogs

We spent last weekend at the Erickson's lake house. All of Casey's high school buddies and their significant others gathered for a fun weekend in the sun.

The weekend consisted of good food, swimming in the lake, playing games, laughing a ton, and hearing my girls cry about the dogs! There were two of the best behaved dogs there and you would have thought my girls had seen Godzilla. All three of them were terrified.

Despite the canine fear, we had a great time and loved getting away for the weekend. Many thanks to Paige and Jon for the hospitality!

P.S. Here is a look back at a few pictures of these guys from high school.....

Every good fisherman needs a sequined purse and eye shadow before she hits the stream...

Colorado 2009

The trip was long...

The weather was perfect...

The girls were entertained...

The fish were plentiful...

The worms were handled....

The hammock was enjoyed...

The food was excellent...

The ATV was ridden...

The memories were made.

We had a great time in Colorado at my parents' cabin. It was the perfect mix of time with my kids, time with my husband, time away from my kids and time with my parents and grandmother. We are already looking forward to next year!