Happy Father's Day!

Chad and his girls

Artsy

We got a little artsy at our house this weekend, as we sometimes do. We got in the swing of the season and made baseball wristbands. This was really more of a "adult makes the craft for the child" project. But, Jules did help at various stages of the process. We had some friends over and it was a fun night of crafts. We were way to busy to take photos during the process so these are from the next day, finished project.

Ava enjoys a little art, too.

Cutie in pigtails.

Ava's new favorite is using my scarves as body wraps. She LOVES it! She toddles all around the house pausing to admire herself from time to time. It's just about the most adorable thing in the world.

Aunt Tesh

Aunt Tesh doing her special cha-cha.

Weeeeeeee.

We go boom.

We've been very fortunate to have many, many visitors this spring. My sister Jackie is the latest of these visitors. We had a terrific time taking the girls all around and also spending some quality sister time: going out to eat, getting pedicures, sitting by the fire discussing religion, politics, boys (Chad and Jason, that is : ), our challenges, our dreams... Oh. It was so great to have her here. I was really quite sad to take her to the shuttle. Come back soon Jacks. We miss you already. : )

Uncle Seth & Friends

Seth loves it when I climb all over him while he and daddy watch sports. And since he loves it, I do it all the time! : )

Bathing Beauty

Seth and his sidekick

I forgot to mention that Snow White has come to stay, too.

Julianna in the garden with the "hi-biscuit" we planted ; )

Uncle Seth has come to visit us for a few days and BOY is everyone excited. It took NO TIME for Ava to reacquaint herself with Seth and spent the afternoon snuggling with him. Jules wants to go everywhere with Seth and Dad. : )

Hanging at the Ranch

Somedays it's just good to stay home. Now and then I get into a driving rut where it seems I need to drive somewhere everyday. During the building process Ava took most of her morning naps in the car. Since that's over along with most of the unpacking, I am looking forward to a lot of good quality time at home. Perhaps we can even look forward to a daily schedule. ; )

Mother's Day

"The sweetest thing that you'll ever see in the whole wide world is a happy girl"

No words. Just laughter. : )

Politely filling each other's cups before dumping them on each other's heads.

Gotcha

Oh yea!? : )

Too fun!

Making soup.

Happy, happy girl.

Ava gets in on soup making.

"Let's give 'er a try."

"Mmm. Tasty. But it's missing something. Hmmm."

"Ah-ha. That's it. Feet!"