may 2011

my favorite thing about this picture is her outfit compared to the line behind her. my own little pinkalicious.

may 3 we had daffodils! the fall before we'd had a bunch of landscaping/planting done so this was so exciting! even more this year. I can't wait. though I'll have to because they're covered in a pile of snow.

lulu with her best girl. second cousins even.

tres cheers for the cinco de mayo festival in evanston. it's so fun and bright and delicious and happy. hanna was in the little dancing club.

lily's kindergarten program. she sang twinkle twinkle little star as a special duet and wore her most twinklie outfit. afterwards we went to treehouse museum in ogden and played.

my current favorite almost-crawling little friend girl.

more cute girl time for the big girls.

oh man. perfect rainy morning. we'd just dropped lily off at school or something so it was still all grey and wonderful. this was at MY second cousin's dentist office lot. what a good wall, huh?

anniversary party for my parents. (more photos via the link)

fun with kids' faces.

then we adopted a couple of crazy cereal-eating puppies. my kids still love playing puppies (or babies) frequently. lily says woof. max says wooss.

three weeks later and we had these!

one day after school I grabbed a couple of friends and convinced them we were going on a dinosaur hunting adventure. we came up with about 5 different places in town that had dinosaurs. jumped out to take a picture and be crazy.

this one was the highlight. inside is a rock shop with quartz and fossils and other rocky stuff.

morning bed snuggling. we still have a mom/dad's bed sleepover every friday.

plants for the porch.

april 2011

working my way through 2011 pictures. sorting, editing, backing up...and blogging as I go.

made this delicious baby cake (filled with diapers) for a friend.

when friends are at my house and the light is good and they're happy...they usually get their picture taken. they may or may not be happy when I'm done with them. but we end up with some cute pictures and that's all the matters. jk.

brody (or shall we say, brody's mom) has impeccable taste in head attire.

I became all shop sweet lulu addicted. they are the BEST boxes to open in the mail. see?

made for the same baby. (the cake wasn't just from me..I just put it together). have you ever made a rag quilt? the edges were always the only thing that bugged me. don't mean the chopped up frayed edges. I'm okay with that after a few washes/dries. I mean how all through the quilt there are 2 patterns of fabric bumping up against each other and on the edges there is only one pitiful thin layer. so here's me problem solving. it's a kind-of binding made of minky strips. I think the edges are tucked under on the front and back but honestly can't remember and it honestly wouldn't matter because it won't fray.

we got all bountiful basketed up in here. p.s. did you know I was just in the uinta county herald for bountiful baskets :) i'm a local celebrity now.

playing in the backyard. lily planting seeds. ha ha they didn't live I'm pretty sure. I'm surprised we weren't wearing shorts and running in the sprinklers, the way wyoming people get crazy and think it's spring in april.

max is a scrub.

crafted my most awesome easter craft ever.

Lily's adorable. this was a picture for her beloved kindergarten teacher.

spring break road trip! with sister hanna and my parents! to st. george, ut!

here we are at in-n-out in provo, probably. hanna hearts burgers. just kidding she hates them.

backseat dance party.

shopping for a promotional (from 8th grade dress). it was hot.

zion's.

the creepy animal museum in st. george.

lily was in an artist trading card swap. these are what she sent all over the world. i love her big-butted unicorns.

easter.

I don't know. a random blurry picture of this box of vintage children's records. I'm awesome.

my kids win for the best present-opening or in this case easter-basket-seeing faces.

color-organized books AND easter eggs.

ready for church. sure are cute.

sunday tradition: dinner with my family. usually dad makes sourdough pancakes. both kids always get plenty of grandma ipad time. she doesn't mine the sticky screen.

best nacho libre craft ever. only because i haven't forced one of my children to be nacho for halloween.

yet.