Hey, remember me?

I have been wanting to make my big (or not so big) blogging come back for a while now. But seriously, where do I start? It has been quite the sad story. First, our computer died. Well, actually blew up. Taking all of my precious pictures with it. My pictures are still being held captive by the big nasty monster of a computer. I'm hoping to get them off soon!!
Then enters my nice sleek sweet laptop for Christmas. It was just begging for lots of pictures to be uploaded! I was going to post about Christmas and Birthdays. Because seriously, they rocked!! But alas, I left my camera battery charger in Utah. The very heart and soul of my camera was missing for more than a month! It was tragic! But now, all is well. My camera has been brought back to life and pictures have been uploaded. So now I must share with you pictures of my little darlings on Valentines Day.

You can usually tell when we have made a trip to Utah. We come back with cute new things! We love to go out shopping with my Mom. She got the girls their cute valentines day outfits and their "Fancy Nancy" shoes. Natalie has even worn hers to bed!

We had such a fun Valentines day! I sent the girls on a scavenger hunt to find their valentines. They loved it and had so much fun. I think it just may be a new tradition!

Hopefully I will be back soon! :)

This little piggie

This Little Piggie belongs at my house!!

Kindergarten

At 8:00 this morning I put Karlie on the school bus and sent her off to Kindergarten. I seriously can't believe it! She won't be home until 2:45. That means more recess, more coloring, and even lunch at school! This year they switched to all day Kindergarten. She will be going 2 to 3 times a week, so she will still have fun full days at home with me and Natalie. Until next year. :(




I couldn't resist comparing these two pictures. It doesn't seem like long at all since I had my picture taken at my kindergarten desk. My Mom told me to sit down and take out my book and pretend like I was doing school work. I was so embarrassed!! So of course, I had to do the same thing at back-to-school night. Karlie didn't mind though! And I am now happy that my mom took that picture. Thanks Mom!

And what was baby sister doing while there was no one to shadow?

Capturing the baby stray kitty of course! And taking it for a ride.

You must read

I just finished this book today.
I didn't want to put it down.
I loved it.
Now D is reading it.
Go get it today.
Hurry.
The next one comes out September 1st.
Hooray!

Peonies

We are in Peonie heaven here at our house!

There are 6 bushes around the house and they smell delicious.

I may have to incorporate some into Karlie's wedding.

Well.... maybe it's a bit too early to start thinking about that!

Yes! Definitely too early!

Zach Morris

Wow, this takes me back. It is so hilarious! He is still such a hunk!! ;)

Bug Hospital

The other day we were out working in the garden. I came across an ant hill and stopped to watch them for a minute. (I like to watch ants work sometimes. I'm weird, I know!)
I noticed a bigger ant carrying something pretty big for it's size. My weird ant curiosity peaked and I had to get a closer look.

When I had finished my ant observation for the day, I turned to the family to let them know,

"I just saw an ant carrying a dead bug!"

The response was this, " Maybe he is taking him to the hospital."

Oh my sweet Karlie. I just love the things she comes up with!

Little Dancer

The 08-09 Dance season is now over. Karlie had a great year! She had a lot of fun little girls in her class this year. The end of year show was last week and they did great!

This is one of my favorite dances she has done. I just love it! We always find ourselves singing the song around the house. Especially Natalie.
The video is pretty bad though. I realized that I can't zoom in after I start filming.
Karlie starts off in the middle of the front row.




Karlie's class did two dances this year. This one is their Lyrical.

Dance is a family affair!

These cute girls are Karlie's cousins. And one little wannabe dancer that can't resist a photo op!

Thanks Aunt Valerie. We love you!

Easter

We had a wonderful Easter in Bear Lake as usual!

Our giant Easter egg hunt did not disappoint!

We hope you had a wonderful Easter too!

I detour for baby animals

On our way to Bear Lake we took a little detour. It was baby animal days in Logan. Since we were headed that direction I couldn't resist. We went two years ago right before we moved and I have wanted to go back ever since. The girls loved all the baby animals and had a great time!

I can't wait to go again!