It seems that the shedding of pine needles all winter long wasn't conducive to a beautiful pine tree this spring. The proportion of pine needles on the tree to the amount on the lawn was about even. We called our friend over to officially declare it dead. We are sad because it has provided much shade for us during the HOT months. The upside of things is that is has provided a lot of entertainment for us. The c-dawg has been highly entertained by the chipper, stump grinder and chain saws. R.I.P.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010
Bucket Brigade
Today was Field Day. It was a lot of fun to watch the kids compete in various events. This was probably a welcome event since it was starting to warm up. The object was to pass wet sponges over the head to the very back of the line where someone is wringing them out into a bucket. First line to reach the top wins.
Monday, May 10, 2010
don't want to get wet
Watching his sisters frolic around in the rain wasn't enticing enough to get wet.
Friday, April 30, 2010
swat team
This kid latches onto things for awhile. It began with a discarded paintbrush, moved to a couple measuring tapes, and now...a fly swatter. He even took it on our kite flying expedition.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
cloud
Today was absolutely beautiful. Since we have kites now we are in the kite-flying mood. We took a little walk down a dirt road to fly our kites and check out the sheep in a nearby orchard. There were so many little lambs. The kids kept running around with their kites yelling, "schaapies!"
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Four Amigos
Before the kite festival. I think this is a first too, all four are looking at the camera!
kite flying
We went to a kite festival. The kids were able to decorate and then fly their own kites. It was pretty neat to see. There were even professional kite flyers who flew their kites choreographed to music.
Monday, April 12, 2010
cpreserves
On Friday after visiting Jeanette in the hospital (congratulations!) we went to the oak preserve. We always love exploring there. What a great way to begin our weekend.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Avery is 4
The most precious person I know. She is so thoughtful and loving. I can't believe she is 4 years old now. What a little blessing she is!
Sunday, April 4, 2010
eggs
The kids had fun coloring eggs. Though they weren't purposefully going for the marbleized look, after numerous dunks in several colors they ended up looking pretty Martha-ish.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Candy sticks
Our tradition is to get one of these while at the beach. Carter wasn't feeling real great so he and I went for a walk while Blake played with the girls at the beach. I got to pick out all the flavors this time...and they were all yummy.
Friday, April 2, 2010
EBdrive1
A beautiful scene on our drive to the coast. Beautiful wildflowers, green hills, and puffy clouds.
Friday, March 12, 2010
A dress-up
Dressing-up doesn't seem to tire much around here. It definitely goes in phases but it has held strong over the years. The only difference that I can see is the subjects are getting older and the newer addition is male. How fun to be able to change your personality and who you are all with a change of clothing.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
3's a crowd
The blossoms were beautiful that day. I wanted to capture the moment and thought it would be nice to have the kids in the picture...despite them. First of all, Carter didn't want to have anything to do with the picture. Second, the girls had an odd assortment of clothing styles and colors which to me didn't necessarily shout out "beautiful" but then again, maybe it would complement the beauty of the flowers. What was a nice idea to start with turned exclusive in a few seconds. The "video" is a compilation of stills that I took showing the ugly scene unfold.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Miss March, April and Mr. August
We're all ready to swim. Apparently Carter thinks he swims in France somewhere along the Riviera.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Blossom Trail
On Sunday we took a nice drive looking at all the blossoms. There's an official Blossom Trail route that we drove. Amongst all the beautiful flowering orchards everywhere we encountered a few other cars blazing the trails. One common denominator we found with all the vehicles was the color of hair of the occupants. Gray. Salt-and-pepper. A crown of wisdom. Whatever you want to call it, they were older than us. Although, Blake is graying a bit so maybe we fit right in.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Man of God
"Dear God, please bless this boy. Grow him into a man of God. I pray you would put a hedge of protection around his heart and soul. Protect him from the sins of this world."
Glamour Shot
"Ahhh...moviestars", that's what they were saying when they took this picture. Who needs Glamour Shots?
Through Children's Eyes
I must say that I can learn a lot if I look through my children's eyes (eventhough Carter's eyes are actually closed). I wanted to take a picture of them. They met this girl in the park. They just enfolded her immediately and played with her and included her in on the family picture too. I wanted a picture of "just my kids" but afterwards I thought about it and realized they're doing what I tell them to do everyday when I send them off to school, "Be kind to EVERYONE". Hooray for them!
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