The impossible photo shoot

Here are the photos I talked about in my last post. It took me forever to get a good photo of Lydia because she was either giggling, frowning, or had her eyes closed. Annie (our cat) didn't help matters by wanting to be petted at that very moment either. I may not have gotten a good photo but we had fun doing it!

February in one very long post

Eek...it's the last day of February and I haven't posted anything in the last three weeks. I am uploading all my photos from the month because this blog helps me to keep track of what happened and when. Hopefully some day I will find time to scrapbook again and I will have this blog to remind me of what happened during the year.
So, here are the last three weeks in one very long post. I would suggest starting at the bottom and working your way up. That is the correct order of events. But on the other hand, it is written from top to bottom. Oh well..you decide. :-)



Maddie wants me to take every one's picture lately. She likes to have her picture taken.
Lydia finished the dress she was sewing with Brigette Christopher (boy that was weird writing..I wanted to say Knapp) so I took a few pictures to commemorate the moment. She did an excellent job!
I may make another post titled The Adventure of Taking Lydia's photo. I have an array of pictures that I could use. She is harder to get a photo of than Maddie.
up close front view.
up close back view
This is where Nathan spent the last week. He cleaned out 5 stalls for our neighbor.
and dumped it on his grape vines.
The he spread it neatly under the vines.
We spent a fun day with the Christophers last week. While we were there, Brigette invited the girls over for a sewing lesson. This is the first phase of a dress they are putting together.
The children really enjoyed spending the day with their friends.
And of course, so did I!
I was blessed to be able to hangout with two of my dearest friends this week. Gia and I went to breakfast the first part of the week but I don't have pictures of that. I really appreciate her letting me tag along to Costco with her.
We celebrated Teddy's birthday. OK, so maybe this is just an excuse for Samantha to buy a cookie cake but who is complaining.
Maddie learned to steer her car.
Field Trip to Burritt Museum










heart waffles for Valentines breakfast.
It's so hard to get a picture of a busy little girl who doesn't stay still for more than a second.
Minnie Mouse chocolates and Minnie Mouse sucker.
Maddie's second driving lesson. She thinks it's like a coin ride and she will only press the gas and enjoy the ride. Gotta work on the steering process :-)
Lydia packed all her dolls nice and neat in her wagon...
And away they go for a nice drive
Molly was not happy about this...
William and I took a joy ride to the Dam and sat and enjoyed a nice warm day. A barge happened to come through while we were there.
the birds flocked behind the boat. we assume the churning of the water brought the fish to the surface and they were diving to get them.
such a huge tugboat
it snowed AGAIN!
Lily Ann celebrated her third birthday with a princess party. The focus on my camera went a bit crazy so my pictures from the party are limited.
Cinderella cake made by Ginny
Princess Aurora cake made by Ginny. She did such a womderful jon on them.
a great book I found at NH library.
tea party with scones and tea.

Christmas in February

The Missionettes Christmas skating party was originally scheduled for Dec. 15th. We just happened to get bad weather that night and so it was re-scheduled for this past Wed. night. Lydia was so excited! This is a picture of her and her friend, Natalie.

Streaking in the House...

...blue streaks, that is.
I bought a small tube of blue hair coloring and the kids all wanted a blue streak. We actually colored Nathan's black first with the spray on color we had left over from Halloween. It was pretty funny.
Maddie had to get in on the action too.
It washes right out so don't fear. They will be back to normal soon.