Friday, July 9, 2010

When Are Her Blue Eyes Green?




As I was snapping some shots of Kate's pigtails, Claire decided that she wanted to pose too.
So away she went! A bit of jealousy makes for cute pictures sometimes.

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

She is...

Just...

too...

cute!

Monday, July 5, 2010

Fabulous 4th

Let's just kick off the 4th with a big scoop of home-made Oreo ice cream!

Oooh, and then we can drink some well water, yum!

Swimming Cutie

And Swimming Beauty

Kate and Palin enjoying the baby pool.

Sam playing some B-ball.

Lil' Firecracker!!

Lakin' it up again!


My good-looking boy!

Kate insisted on climbing the water slide...multiple times.

Whee! Into the water.
We had a great 4th weekend including a get-together at our house, a party with friends, and then time at the lake with family. Pretty perfect weekend!

Thursday, July 1, 2010

More Lake Fun!

Ready for more lake fun!

Watching her brudder

Claire on the tube.




Enjoying some chips on the lake.

Cuteness

Thinking about it....

Sam going for it after much thought!

Claire jumps!

BFF's jumping in.

Discovering how cold the water is at the waterfall we found.

VERY cold!




Cheesin'

Tired after a long, fun day!


Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Random Reunion/Missouri Shots

Why, hello there cutie!

Coercing a toad into a bottle

The boat we took for a ride on the Mississippi River.

Watching the "wa-der"

Humoring Auntie for a milli-second

Brad and Larry reading a boring sign about a bridge.

Enjoying a moment of not falling in this flower garden.





We climbed one bazillion steps to get to this lighthouse.
Not.Worth.It.

The view of the Mississippi River was nice but my calves are still screaming from the climb.


Kate, you may have guessed, climbed almost the entire way. Even after some adults (ahem, Brad and Betty) quit, she continued on. Goodness, that girl loves an adventure!

We enjoyed our family reunion in Hannibal, Missouri this weekend. Hannibal is the hometown of Mark Twain, and if it weren't for this fact this historic town would probably never be visited. It has hundreds of old, beautiful homes that are run-down and desperate to be renovated. It was really sad to see these historic places being forgotten. Anyway, we had a great reunion....the kids behaved, Kate slept well, and I got to visit with lots of family. I relied on Betty to do most of my picture-taking, so I will link to her blog when she gets them put up. Laziness, yes.