Swimmin' Party

More to come soon when I have another minute....

Walkin' Girl

These are old hat now.(no pun intended!) But Natalie girl took her first couple steps in Idaho while we were there in August.

She loved the wind there!

Picnic at the Park(in August:)

Here is a bagillion pics of our picnic, but can ya blame me?? We are so cute I just couldn't help it.





This is a rarity. We actually captured her personality.(My camera fingers gettin' quicker!) She's usually just smiling and patiently waiting for the younger kids to not be pickin their nose or somethin! What a girl!

Now our Clara buggy on the other hand is a pro at the "personality" pic. The other day I had her stand in front of a pretty fall tree and told her to smile....this is about what I got. Funny kid!


Cotton candy for all!



Those darn exciting garbage trucks can't sneak by us. T-Man can hear one a mile away!



We took this one especially for Dad so he could see what a talented climber Audrey is.

now this is what fall is really all about

I had a blast.

thanks manda

Camera #2

This is kinda fun. I always keep our old camera in the same spot in the kitchen in case I can't find the other one or it's in the van or whatever. So I catch all of these very imortant things and in a very spiratic manner ranging from June till now.

Natalie just too cute!

The girls found this new game with all of the clean laundry that I'm sure wasn't there for more than 2 weeks....


I don't really know what we were posing about but this is when Laney and Chloe came to visit.

Audrey made her own cast....

...and cup.

This is a pretty nasty picture of 2 day old makeup but would ya look at the size of that thing. Blueberries are my FAV!

This was a particularly fun summer for me. The two older girls just played all day long it seemed every day. It was warm and they just loved to be out and swimmin! We ofen missed Clara's nap, so she caught a quick one!

One of my friends(and Layne's friend) and I always have babies at the same time and these are the newest "twins". VJ and Natalie

Camera #2 con't

Fhe snack

It was hot this summer, and I mean nakey hot. Every time I turned around Buggy was naked or changin into her babin' suit!


After we went to Gretchen and Owen's wedding, the girls like to pretend that they are Gretchen, a beauty princess(bride)

Freakky red eye correcter but she has a pony tail on her head, that hasta hurt!!


One of my "best" helpers EVERY time I do the dishes!


This Cute Natalie girl just thinks she is the Queen of Sheeba when she gets herself onto the "4 wheeler". Proud as punch!

Buggy just loves to be beautiful no matter what the occasion.

On Father's Day this year Clara made Dad a cool medal in nursery. He's so lucky! He even sported the shirt from reunion last year.

Oh, how I sorta miss these days, contained and all....

I'm getting really good at coming up with fhe snacks on the fly.

This beauty is already taken, sorry. Audrey created it especially for Gretchen for her Bridal Shower in June. (Notice that it is a horse and there IS a pooper scooper just as every horse needs!)

Kindergarten....YIPEE!

Yes our first day of school was a month ago and I was planning on having more time but.......as most moms know, that's not how it goes, so I am learning. Anyhow, Audrey was asking all summer for a cute, SHORT hairdo and I said we could do it for school so here it is. She is beautiful, huh?? She was ssssoooo happy and that is most important.(Although I do think she's a doll)



The first day of school was too fun! Choosing what to wear is an exciting thing every morning. Granny stocked us up with lots of adorable garage sale finds and the Chappells took her shopping too! So she gets to pick and match and mix her "new" clothes. We all had a great day and Buggy thought(and still thinks) that it is very important to get dressed and hairdo done so that we can walk Audrey in and drop her off. She is a good sister! It's been fun to have Clara alone for a few during the day while the baby naps. And Audrey is lovin'kindergarten!