Baby Drake

Happy First Birthday baby Drake!  How thrilled we are that you are in this world.  We all love you so much.

Hair

I noticed that John looked at Elinor the other and day and just started giggling. I am sure this was the reason:

I just don't know what to do with her hair.  It is always sticking up. It won't stay down... so I tried this:

I think I prefer it without the ponytail. 

Happy Birthday Mom

My mom would have been 70 years old today. I wish I had a picture to post. She never liked getting her picture taken… which is unfortunate for us kids. I think that there are maybe one or two baby pictures of me with my mom. Let that be a lesson to those who don’t like their picture being taken.
I miss her. We all miss her.
Cheers to Mom!

Sometimes this is all we need.

I think about friends and their families and all the activities they do on a daily/weekly basis.  Sometimes, this is all we need:

A kitchen drawer filled with placemats and picnic supplies can be so much fun.  This is how we keep quiet and busy while dinner is being made.  It made me so happy to watch them be so busy as they explored.  They were at peace and I was at peace.  That is all we need sometimes.

Caught Red Handed!

Need I say more?

My Boys

I love this picture of my two favorite guys. Look at that smile on John John.

Andy is away this weekend spending time with his Dad. His Dad wasn't feeling well this week. 

So today, the kids and I have already been on a 3 mile walk/stroll.  They are down for a bit of a nap and we'll get out of the house to run errands when they awake. The weather is nice. I am hoping we can make it down to the Huron Riverfest later today. 

Have a great weekend!