Sunday, May 29, 2011
Sunday, October 10, 2010
New and Improved Front Yard
Finally, after living here for a little more that two years, Sarah is a step closer to the front yard she wants.
My nephew, Cory, is a "strapping young man" that works construction. He was able, in two days, to remove the concrete circular drive way that we had and replace it with dirt.
Sarah and I then went and bought some fruit trees. One Fuji apple and on apricot. We'll be getting an almond tree soon.
Here is a slide show of various stages of the project:
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Lauren's 2nd Birthday
We've been late posting this, but you know how it is.
Here is a slideshow from the various birthday events.
Helium tank and balloons for Wal-Mart: $20.00
Joy in 2 year old's eye seeing all the balloons: Priceless
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Summer fun
Here are a few fun and extraneous pictures of what Lauren's been up to this summer.
Playing in the sandbox:
Playing on the patio:
Playing at the park and rolling down the hill:
Playing in the sink:
Playing in her pool:
Playing in puddles when daddy washed the truck (notice how often water seems to be involved...):
Eating spaghetti and making a mess:
Playing on momma and daddy's bed:
Sitting with daddy in the big chair:
Playing in the sandbox:
Playing on the patio:
Playing at the park and rolling down the hill:
Playing in the sink:
Playing in her pool:
Playing in puddles when daddy washed the truck (notice how often water seems to be involved...):
Eating spaghetti and making a mess:
Playing on momma and daddy's bed:
Sitting with daddy in the big chair:
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Old pictures, new text
So, I've had these pictures here waiting for text for months, meaning to get to it on Sunday, but somehow that never happens - meetings, visiting Jim's dad at the care center, vegging with the munchkin, whatever. So miraculously Lauren is taking a reasonably long nap and my brains are tired of school stuff, so here I am creating some text so I can post the thing!
This is our new truck. Wahoo! Jim's Jimmy was getting old, and we weren't sure if it was worth the money to fix it, so he started looking into alternatives. He fell in love with the Chevy Avalanche, and hunted up one that was old enough that we could actually afford it. Here 'tis. Note the big smile on my honey's face.
I can't believe we are posting Christmas pictures in June, but here they are. Hopefully it will become a tradition (taking a Christmas picture, not posting them in June...)
Right around Christmas, Lauren got into the tub of popcorn, with predictable results. She ate, threw on the floor, and stomped in much popcorn, and also got in the way as I was trying to sweep it up. She had much fun though. Hey, at least it wasn't sticky.
Lauren also discovered drawing. This was the first (and only) time she got to do it with pens.
I tried the ColorWonder pens that only write on the special paper, but there is too much of a time delay between writing and appearance of color, and she didn't make the connection between what she was drawing and what showed up. I tried colored pencils, which don't write too well on everything else in sight, but they were rather pointy and not very bright. Then I hit the jackpot with these roll out crayons that have a plastic case through which a crayon stick rolls up, like a glue stick. These are the greatest! She doesn't break them, and they don't write on her skin or clothes, and she can make quite a lot of color with them. They are a staple of creative time on Momma's lap, and church. I actually retired the first notebook we filled together as a keepsake. I'm not really too great at drawing, but I can make flowers, butterflies, hearts, squares, circles, triangles, sheep, snowmen, balloon letters spelling Lauren, moons, stars, smiley faces, grass, cacti, hexagons, apple trees, stick Lauren's, and rainbows (if she will let me get to all of the colors. She has now gotten to the point where she tries to color in spaces, not by any prompting of mine, except perhaps by example. Her favorite thing lately is a page full of shapes to color in.
There, at least that's something. Now I'll have to see what other pictures I should upload to comment on.
Sarah
This is our new truck. Wahoo! Jim's Jimmy was getting old, and we weren't sure if it was worth the money to fix it, so he started looking into alternatives. He fell in love with the Chevy Avalanche, and hunted up one that was old enough that we could actually afford it. Here 'tis. Note the big smile on my honey's face.
I can't believe we are posting Christmas pictures in June, but here they are. Hopefully it will become a tradition (taking a Christmas picture, not posting them in June...)
Right around Christmas, Lauren got into the tub of popcorn, with predictable results. She ate, threw on the floor, and stomped in much popcorn, and also got in the way as I was trying to sweep it up. She had much fun though. Hey, at least it wasn't sticky.
Lauren also discovered drawing. This was the first (and only) time she got to do it with pens.
I tried the ColorWonder pens that only write on the special paper, but there is too much of a time delay between writing and appearance of color, and she didn't make the connection between what she was drawing and what showed up. I tried colored pencils, which don't write too well on everything else in sight, but they were rather pointy and not very bright. Then I hit the jackpot with these roll out crayons that have a plastic case through which a crayon stick rolls up, like a glue stick. These are the greatest! She doesn't break them, and they don't write on her skin or clothes, and she can make quite a lot of color with them. They are a staple of creative time on Momma's lap, and church. I actually retired the first notebook we filled together as a keepsake. I'm not really too great at drawing, but I can make flowers, butterflies, hearts, squares, circles, triangles, sheep, snowmen, balloon letters spelling Lauren, moons, stars, smiley faces, grass, cacti, hexagons, apple trees, stick Lauren's, and rainbows (if she will let me get to all of the colors. She has now gotten to the point where she tries to color in spaces, not by any prompting of mine, except perhaps by example. Her favorite thing lately is a page full of shapes to color in.
There, at least that's something. Now I'll have to see what other pictures I should upload to comment on.
Sarah
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Lauren's 2nd Christmas
We had a nice, laid back Christmas as home. Momma, Daddy, Lauren, and a few presents. We put on the Christmas music and waited for her to wake up, which she did around 9 am. Momma sat with her under the tree and helped her open a present, one we knew she'd like - a basketball (she loves balls of all sizes). Then a colorful necklace (another favorite). We let her play with each one before getting her interested in another one. However, it wasn't long till she caught on - the packages in pretty paper under the tree had good stuff in them! Then she got a bit excited. The biggest squeals of delight came from the soccer ball. Mom and Dad had a few for each other as well. Then we cooked and ate the breakfast casserole, and played around with toys , and went to visit Gerald (Jim's dad) in the care center. We ate leftovers, and called it a day.
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