Blogging on the back-burner

Why has the blogging been so sporadic? Here are some of the reasons:

Science Projects.

Lots of Smiling.

Sleepovers in Great places.

Several colorful Slurpee's.

Fighting water snakes.

Fairy-Tale wands.

Waterfalls.

Spa time filled with laughter.

Close calls.

Balancing acts.

Sometimes a fall.

Defeating dragons!

Great times at Great places.

Bubbles.

Election posters were made.

Sisters loved.

Moms and...

Dads too!

Cousins came to play.

And we saw lots of new things.

We have monkeyed around.

And felt like we were in a jungle at times.

There has been climbing cousins.

And sliding cousins.

We have hung around.

And held together.

We've gotten dirty...

And enjoyed the view.

There has been holding hands.

We have visited high places (with cool people).

There has been kisses!

And pictures taken.

Given Science Presentations.

Speeches have been given.

Mother's have been celebrated.

Snacks have been eaten in odd places.

There has been sewing projects.

Parties have been planned and completed.

Way behind...

I am so far behind on blogging!!! In order to catch up I am going to do wordless pictures... it has been an eventful and busy few months:

If you know us - you know the many reasons we find this funny!

happenings in our home ~

We have been having lots of family time together and time with friends and family and sadly the camera has rarely found it's way off the counter. The days are flying by before us, but here are a few things that have happened in our days that are fun to share:

Sadie has been keeping up her love for art. She drew this picture and then painted it for her Great-Grandma Connie. Her inspiration:

This picture was drawn and painted by Sadie's Great-Grandfather when she was 4 (he was 68 when he made all seven dwarfs for her). I loved seeing these pictures together. I also love that although Grandpa isn't here to see her talent grow, we know that part of his talent lives on through her.

Earlier this week we were able to have breakfast with our dearest friends the Caceres. Why breakfast out (which is such a fun treat!) - to celebreate our amazing friend Katrina. What a blessing she is to each one our lives!

Syrah has been busy too! She started stitching (maybe she will love cross-stitching as much as I do). This was the very beginning stages of this project.

Here it is completed and can you see the proud look on her little face. With the last stitch she said "I did it! All by myself, I did it". I love it!

On a last note with Valentine's Day behind us: I hope you all got lots of kisses!

The girls each got big kisses from Great-Grandma Connie

Sometimes the best kisses are the messy ones!

Sometimes I miss simpler days...

I loved this ad the first time I saw it and with so much recent talk of "social networking" it came to mind.



Sometimes I wonder... what's been lost?