Just To Make Your Heart Jump...

Delaware Pictures...

I know these pictures are from last September, but I couldn't resist posting this one... and I figured I should throw in some others while I was at it, since I don't think this trip ever got a proper post. :-D

I thought this picture said a lot... what it says I'm not sure, but it is very funny! :-D

Us girls... everyone but me is beyond tan... but I'll use the excuse that they had spent 4 days on the beach and I had not... :-D


She was soooo cute and CHUBBY! :-D

I love this picture. I think it describes our personalities well. :-D

"I'm Not Doing Anything Wrong..."

It is very hard to get mad at this little girl... she always seems to worm her way out of trouble, however ornery she may be. :-D

She's really started to talk, her new words for the week being "hole" "zip" "lid" and "small" to add to her vocabulary of "animal" "milk" "up" "me," all our names, "dough" "dog" "yeah" "no" "that" and various other things.

And just when we think she can't get any cuter, she goes and proves us wrong. ;-)

GoPo's, Birthday, & Awards!

I've had several family members request I post about the following things, so here I go! :-D
For dinner tonight Emma made mashed potatoes. Occasionally they will come out just the right texture for sculpting. Tonight was one of those nights, so I just picked up my taters and rolled them into this Lockness Monster thing with a beak and a sand dollar. Emma made a seal thing with a wierd fin and Willa made a whale. Daddy however took the prize with his dragon:

*smile* He said that unless you have inspiration to mould your food, it is just called playing. Otherwise it's an art.

As we headed out on a walk, we just picked up our sculptures, rolled 'em up, and took them with us. Emma called them "GoPo's" and Daddy called them "GoTaters." :-D

Also, a VERY HAPPY (belated) 13th birthday to Rachel!!!!

And on the other side of the family, we were thrilled to hear that Uncle Scott won "Best Morning Show" and "Radio Entertainment Personality of the Year 2008" by the Colorado Broadcaster's Association!!!!!

Emma, Willa, and Mommy also went to the Symphony this morning, and we've LOVED the really nice weather today!!!!!

General Bits Of Life & Carnegie Museum

Wow... I guess I haven't posted in a while. :-D Vacation is waaaay over and we're back to life (yes, I hope to post more pictures of our trip sometime... in spare time... which really does not exist for me right now... ;-)) Music lessons, school, laundry, little kids, and plumbing has continued-- all while recovering from bugs that have traveled through the family one person at a time... :-P But with life comes fun times and we've had plenty right along with the work.

Yesterday, for instance, I helped a friend make an Easter dress. It was an 11 hour sewing lesson! :-D Elsie hung out with us for a while and was awful cute.

With sickness always comes a heavier cleaning load for those not sick. But there are little things we've realized we all can do to lighten the load and when we forget, Daddy's come up with interesting ways to remind us to do them. Putting our shoes away, for example.

(Note: those are NOT mine. :-))

Thursday we were able to visit the Carnegie Museum up in Pittsburgh with the homeschool group. Our family hung out with the Clarke's and the following pictures are courtesy of Rachel because our camera decided to rebel.

We really enjoyed the gem exhibit. His creation is AMAZING. :-D

Rachel and Emma and missing child. :-D

Aside from the millions of years stuff, the dinosaur exhibit was also really cool.

The last stop of the day was the art wing of the museum. Thankfully nearly every room had couches for our tired feet. :-D

:-D Trying to find the Cassat paintings.

Patience is a virtue, dear one. :-D

Haha, Trent Connor and I on a modern version of a "courting couch." I saw a lot of these in Europe, but they have a bit more separation between the two seats. :-D He and I were demonstrating the "no touching" rule. ;-)
Rachel and I had a fun photoshoot along this stairway... Rachel is such a great photographer!

Fun times. I'm not going to promise many posts in the near future! Lots to do, so little time. :-D

Gatorland!

On Tuesday between Magic Kingdom on Monday and Epcot on Wednesday, we visited Gatorland, a park Daddy had visited when he was young.














Some people enjoyed it more than others...












There was also a petting zoo there with goats and cows and things. But of course there were lots of ALLIGATORS.






yeah, I know there's a bar in the way, but just imagine having your jaw on a gator like that...


Speaking of Gators and jaws, we had some alligator for lunch while we were there. Even vegetarian Emma ate it. And no, it doesn't taste like chicken. :-P


We enjoyed our time there!

Freebies on Behemoth.com

FYI- Two freebies listed here, both albums of which I have listened to and can recommend highly. To get them, (in keeping with the spirit of the promotion), be sure to visit the sponsoring website and poke around. These are much more than the usual freebie of the day- these are entire albums. The second one I paid full price for a couple of years ago. Note these are downloadable MP3s.
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