Pretty, Pretty, Princess!

I'm not much for really fu,fu dresses. But I bought this for my hope chest a long time ago, so Fern wore it to church yesterday. I also got a barrett in her hair, I had to replace it often, but it was too cute!




Here is my princess coming after my camera again! :) She is too cute!!

Just thought you all needed a dose of pretty pretty princess this morning!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAN!!

Well my lover is another year older! What an ole foger! :)
Here he is really thinking about his wish over his Vegan German Chocolate Cake! (I used this frosting recipe) Super yummy! It got good reviews! We had this after we got back from dinner at Johnny Rebs, next best thing to being back in Virginia at Ruthie & Craig's table! We had the gang tonight, Daddy, Mary & Ryan and our crew. It was a rowdy night! :)



After everyone who could have taken our picture left, we decided to get a family picture. Every one was dressed pretty good, Fern being the absolute cutest wearing a pink striped jean overall dress (think rail road stripes). Too cute! So we tried out the timer, and it worked pretty good. The picture came out a bit dark so I lightened it, but it is not quite as clear as I hoped! Oh well. So how dose our 32 year old look!

Sweet Fern!

We tuckered her out the other evening, and she just crashed sitting with Dan. Isn't she too cute! She was a bit under the weather with a fever, then a rash. I think she may have had Roseola, Jake had it a few months back, fun fun!



And here is silly Fern last night. She was gnawing on a carrot, and so I was taking a few pictures, this one happened when she discovered me and over took Mama and the camera! She was laughing so hard! :)

Backwards, but here is when she noticed me!

Here she is being cute, the reason I grabbed the camera! She is moving her body more and more like a toddler vs. a baby! Sigh... too fast!

Snip! Snip!

Well here is my new hair cut, but don't expect it to look like this ever again. I don't even own a straitening iron, and I rarely even pull out the hair dryer. But it looked good yesterday, and still pretty good today! I used the other shot Dan took for my new profile picture, Dan did not like the other one. :)

Riley!

hello!!!! Here is my ham! Dad was taking cute bath pictures (for teenage black mail of course) and Riley was being silly. Your really surprised hu! :)





Riley just completely idolizes his dad (which is a great thing!), can you see his shoes? They are Dan's work shoes. Riley is a hard worker, when he wants to be, he unfortunately inherited my lazy streak!




He always seems to find his way in front of the camera. Hard to believe he is 5 1/2 years old. Seems like not that long ago I was pinching all his baby rolls, but alas they are no more. He has inherited his other favorite persons facade, Grandpa M. , long and lanky! :)

Jake!

Jake was hard at work in our back yard the other day. He loves dirt! :)







We had an adventure too, the wind knocked down this palm fron (which fell on my cloths line and snapped it, sending my clean laundry into the dirt)! Jake thought it was great fun!





Jake is still young enough that he dose not pose every time he sees a camera (unlike his brother) but I got him to look up for a moment and snapped this cute one. You have to click on it so it enlarges to see Jake's amazing eyes!

Jake is quite a handful, but is super sweet and really funny!

Beach Babes!

Yesterday we spent the day as a family with friends at the beach. We went all the way to Laguna because our friends wanted to... We were NOT disappointed! It was beautiful!
It took Jake a while to get use to the water. But he IS still dressed!





We filled Fern's bucket up with water, it was much more her speed. IT didn't come at her! :)







Here is Jake just before he dropped his trunks, chucked them, and ran to the water!






Fern did take a couple dips in the ocean, she looked so sweet in her not really a bathing suit, but it worked quite well! Thanks Grandma J.!






A man after my own heart! Riley wore his tshirt and hat the entire time, and was the only member of our family to evade a sunburn! I think I will next invest in ether UV shirts or rash guards for our bunch, so maybe we could stave off more lobster-ness!
Love ya all!

Sooo BIG!

This was a week or so ago, but it is cute, and things have been crazy so I have not been the prolific picture taker I usually am. But Fern is getting entirely too big too fast! She is 9 1/2 mo. old now. She has been getting close to actual walking lately, she actually tries occationaly, tonight she took a step and a half. She is just so cute! :) Yea the gloating mama, if you don't like it, I don't think this is a web site for you! :) Love ya all!

Dan's neue Haarschnitt!

Hier sind meine Zwei Schaetze. Dies ist Dan's neue Haarschnitt, ich denke mir es sieht kommish aus, aber Michael wird es moegen. Fern hat eine Schlecte Laune und wollte iher Vater haben. Im momment ist Dan am fagen nur mit ein Arm, die ander Arm ist bescheftig, weil er versucht Fern im Arm zu halten. Ihr sollt es sehen. Dan hat dies auf Deutsch fuer mich ubersets worden. Weil Riley's Deutsch ist viel besser als meins. Mindstens er spricht Deutsch ohne ein Spanich Akcent. Ich habe dies fuer Michael getan. Ich hoffe das du dieses geneiss, und ab November wird dein bild darauf sein! Bis bald, Tschuss..

English Translation- Here are my two cutie loves. This is Dan's new haircut,I think it looks weird on top, but I know Michael will enjoy it. Fern was a little grumpy this evening all she wanted was her Daddy.. Right now her dad is trying to sweep the kitchen floor with Fern in one hand and the broom in the other. Quite a sight. I am sure everyone is wondering what all the other weird text says. Don't worry my German is not this good. I think Riley's German is better, at least he does not speak German with a Spanish accent. But I thought I would be silly and put this all in German ( thanks to Dan) for Michael, since he is the one who will enjoy the photo the most. You all will get a picture of Michael this November after his visit.. Bye :)

All 5 of Us!

Well not all together, but at least we are all here! :)

Fern Was making googly eyes at Dad the other night, so he snapped a couple shots of our cutie!





Here are my 3 awesome guys, ready to be squeezed! The boys love to wear these shirts and have Dad wear his so they are "matchy matchy"!





Dad caught me loven my babe last night and captured proof! (it's really not hard, it happens a lot!) I love how she is looking right at the camera! So sweet!