Yellowstone Reunion 1 of 3

My sister and I had our first babies a week apart. Now they are almost eight!

Flashback to the reunion in 2005


Here are the big sisters giving their little 2 year old sisters piggyback rides.


She kept asking to go to the blue "sone". We didn't understand, until she said I don't want to go to yellowstone, BLUE is my favorite color. Blue Stone.

Swift Creek Canyon Hike

This is where my Grandma and Grandpa got engaged. This year we are celebrating my Grandmas 100th birthday. Pictures are of my kids and my brother.

Spain Wins World Cup!

I've been cheering for Spain since I met my husband, really fun to see them win what many consider the most prestigious single sporting event in the world.

One Year Old Birthday

Gears, Gadgets, and Electrical Outlet Cake

As always he went straight for the plug, even if it was just frosting...

That was a pretty yummy chocolate cake...

This little toy was regifted to baby D, but he didn't care, all those buttons were fascinating.


When I blogged my last one year old birthday I included a long list of all the horrible things my one year old had eaten so far. I am glad to say that this time there is no list. Every baby is different and D isn't inclined to eat pencil erasers and sequins and such. Rather he loves turning off the compouter when you're halfway through a blog post, he loves plastic bags, electrical outlets, toilets, vacuums, cell phones, remote controls, and daddy's grill tongs.

D is a great eater, he likes pretty much everything unless it is bland like toast or plain pasta. His favorite thing is green smoothie, (not to push an agenda, it really is). We decided hawaiian haystacks seemed like his favorite dinner, so that is what we had on his birthday. He got a little baby couch for his gift which is the traditional gift for a one year old in our family.

D has 9 teeth, he says mama, dada, more, and tickle. He has attempted saying the names of his siblings, fan, and love. He learned how to crawl at 11 months and now he walks around holding on to walls all day long. This kid wants to walk.

World Cup Party

Corner flags, soccer shoes, and soccer balls, why not? That was what greeted friends who came to our World Cup Soccer Party last week. The U.S. is out, but we're cheering for Spain and they're still in. Lots of fun.

LEGO art

Every year our city does an arts festival for kids 3-18 yrs old. It lasts two weeks and kids can be in a musical, show choir, dance class, creative writing, arts and crafts, photography, or even a LEGO art class.

The LEGO teacher was having a baby this year and since they didn't want to cancel it, I got to teach it!

I have nearly 1000 pictures and in LEGO everything is good, but I have to put up a few to share.

A project by AJ on the "Things that Fly" day, she had named her bird Tucie.


When I was planning the class J said, "mommy, the class should have rubber bands" boy was he right. I had quite a few projects over the two weeks feature rubber bands.

a mosaic planned with LEGO brick artist paper



"things with wheels"


"hole punch and card", a huge thanks to the author of filth wizardry blog for helping me out on this one. She pioneered hole punch and card and she was kind enough to write a note I could share in class that encouraged the kids to make one of a kind projects which they really took to heart and kept referring to throughout the rest of the festival.


a most creative interpretation of "things that fly".


a marble maze, these were a huge hit...


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Go team USA

Soccer has always been my favorite, now I'm passing the tradition on to my kids...