Birthday

 
Avery turned 5 on Sunday. We had a party for her on Monday. I had a lot of fun planning for the party. The theme kind of happened by accident. Tradition allows them to pick a birthday cake. She picked flip flops and away we went. I just happened upon flip flop streamers and then a craft to decorate flip flops so a theme was born. We even got a helium tank to fill the balloons. We had a lot of fun. It's been quite the year for birthdays in this house.

Laughing

 
I can't remember what the girls said they were laughing about but as you can see by this picture, they were enjoying themselves.

K-9

 
We got to see K-9 trials this weekend. My cousin has been a K-9 policeman for 4 years but we have never been able to see this so we were really excited to watch. It happened all day so we were only able to catch a glimpse of the competition. We got to see his dog search for a person in a box (to catch his scent). He did a great job! The kids loved watching it and him.

Ladybug

 
I guess when things are macro, everything is, including the dust. This was inside the "White Shadow."

Dendelion

Dendelion a photo by S.Car on Flickr.

Only a Boy Named Carter

 
There's an old Sunday school song called "Only a Boy Named David." It's a catchy little song about one of David's most famous acts, when he slew the giant. Sometimes I think Carter could rival him in the rock-throwing skill. He doesn't levitate the rock "round and round" in a sling above his head but he does like to throw them. Sometime I should just get a chair, plant myself with a good book and test the longevity of this sport. I think he could go for quite a while.

Flower Power

 

Spring

 
It is absolutely the most beautiful time of the year to live around here. The blossoms are out everywhere. There are beautiful clouds in the sky. The heat is not insufferable at this point. We love spring!

I didn't get a lot of time with Kim when she visited. We tried to make the most of it. I was able to stay in Newport with her one evening. It was nice to hang out and not have anything pulling at us, her work nor my children. She finally got to meet my children and see my home. We kept joking about how we actually had a gas station (what with living in Podunk). Thanks sooo much to my loving and generous husband for allowing such things to take place. I came home to a very clean and freshly painted room.

Friday Night Lights

This was what it was like the night before I left through the snow. It was worth all the weather to get to Newport. Though it was unusually cold there too, it was a beautiful hotel and quality time with my friend.

Heard it through the grapevine

This is what it looked like on Saturday morning. It was absolutely beautiful.