Faces

Liberty

Esther

Avigail

Mama (yikes)...feeling bold enough to share my flawed self all UP CLOSE and personal.

Our Little Seamstress

Avi cut out and sewed this little shirt for Esther all on her own. I think she did a pretty good job for her first ever designing/sewing job! :-) The fabric is a groovy vintage print I bought a LONG time ago and recently found again!

Grandmother Maxine

Had a difficult time getting everyone to look. Imagine that!

Grandmother and wee Esther! Grandma is in her jammies because she'd fallen recently and fractured a vertebrate. She's recovering slowly but is in a lot of pain. Mom's been down there for a few weeks helping her out. Thankfully Auntie Lou lives nearby! WE LOVE YOU GRANDMOTHER and were SO VERY BLESSED to have been able to come down and spend some time with you this year! Thank you for being such a wonderful woman of God!

Trip to Grandma's

The amount of orange in these two pictures is rather disturbing! Anyhow, here's cousin Toby and his boy, Jude. Jude's not wanting to have a picture taken. :-)

Libby, wet as usual.

Auntie Lou and baby Esther.

Snapshots of Auntie LouLou's Backyard

The shed that Uncle John built!

Posing at Auntie LouLou's House

Because they're just SO cute...

When they're sleeping!

Cuddly Sleepers at the Hotel

Az isn't asleep, obviously...and below he's pretending!

Grandma Mac's Backyard

Grandpa Ron, Esther, and Cousin Toby

Grandpa Ron making a Mama nervous!

The kids, minus Avi.

Az and Libby.

Trip to Grandmother Maxine's Home

We were able to make a weekend trip to Springfield, Oregon to see Grandma (great grandma to the kids)! She'd never seen Esther in person and hadn't seen Libby since she was a few months old. It had been FAR too long since we'd been to Grandma's house!

Esther doing some "tummy time" on Grandma's floor.

Grandpa Ron and Esther doing floor time together. Mom and Dad were there also so it was a doubly fun visit!

Auntie LouLou out in the backyard with the kids.

Kids at the pool

The kids got to jump off the diving board their last day of swimming lessons. This was level 2 lessons and they are currently in level 3. They'll probably retake level 3 next summer then move on to level 4. They're doing GREAT and having lots of fun!!!