More Socks

I finished Bailey's second sock.

Rachel Again

Rachel took some more pictures of herself today.

Spar Wars Champion

Joseph won this cool camoflague belt at Spar Wars, the weekly sparring tournament at Tae Kwon Do. He's been trying to win for about 6 months. He was very excited when he won.

Fun with Plastic Bubbles

Taylor and Bailey has some plastic bubble stuff the other day. They had fun making this bubble baby.

The bubble baby

The bubble baby's name is Chrissy. Isn't she cute?

One sock for Bailey

This sock took me about a week to make. I just need to finish the other one before the first day of school. I think I can make it.

I couldn't resist.

Natalie made me take her picture. Really!

Happy 3rd Birthday to Natalie!!!

Natalie turned 3 today! My baby is getting so big! She got this nice book about numbers from Grandpa. Thanks!!!

New Train for Natalie

Natalie got this cool chunky train and animals for her birthday. It sings a song which she likes to dance to. We looked at many different toys at Target for almost an hour before we found something she looked at for more than 30 seconds.

The train came with a giraffe

Natalie and a closeup of one of the train's engine and giraffe.

Natalie and JoJo!

Natalie seemed to like this JoJo the Clown doll.

Mom made Sweater

I made this summer sweater for Natalie out of cotton yarn by myself by knitting it on a knitting rake. If you want to know what a knitting rake is, look it up on the Internet. I worked on this sweater on and off for about 2 weeks. I think that it would have taken me about 8-10 hours if I had worked on it non-stop. It fits Natalie perfectly and she seems to love it.

Back of Sweater

A rear view of the sweater.

Bailey and Natalie

Bailey and Natalie show off Natalie's new sweater.

Kilroy?

Another brown eyed girl in this family.

Chilling after DInner

Mallory and Natalie are just chilling out at the table after dinner.

Bailey with her Big Brown Eyes!

I thought that Bailey was very cute looking in this picture. She wore her bathing suit all day waiting for someone to go swimming with her. Finally about 4:00, Natalie went swimming with her. Bailey can't wait for school to start in 2.5 weeks. She is very excited about going to first grade.

Natalie and Bailey - Too Cute!

Natalie and Bailey were showing off for the camera. Mallory made the orange duct tape sign that Natalie is wearing.

Luis and Rachel

Rachel and her boyfriend of almost 2 months. His name is Luis and he seems very nice.

Mallory ready for Volleyball

Mallory is playing volleyball for the HS again this year. They had their first scrimmage tonight. They won the first match, 3 games to 0, they lost the second match, 0 games to 3, and they won the thrid match, 2 games to 0. It was a good evening of volleyball for them.

Mallory At the Net

Mallory is learning to play middle blocker/hitter this year. Here you can see how far she is getting over the net.

Powerhouse Server

Mallory had some awesome serves tonight. One stretch she served 5-6 in a row.

Ready to Pass

Mallory getting ready to pass.

Fuzzy Rachel

Rachel looks a little fuzzy in her pink fuzzy hat.

Freckles and Natalie

This railing for our deck is Freckles favorite place to sit and watch what's going on around him. Natalie decided to join him today.

Lovely Hats

Joseph and Natalie wear pull-ups as hats. Whenever someone changes Natalie she wants to wear one on her head too.

Peek-a-Boo

Who's hiding behind the wall?

I See You

It's Natalie!

Our Little Monkey

Natalie was most insistent that I take her pictures. Then she made all kinds of faces and played Peek-a-Boo with me and the camera. She is such a goofy kid.

Sock for Natalie

This is the first of a pair of socks I am knitting for Natalie. It's a perfect fit. Yeah! 

Lots of Impatients

These impatients are located on the right side of the house. I have put impatients in this box for the last 5-6 years and they always do great. This side of the house is shady most of the day.

Left Side of Door

Most of the flowers on this side of the front door have died from the heat. Looks like I'll have lots of room to try and plant some pansies this fall.

Right side of Door

The flowers on this side of the front door are doing much better. Most of the flowers are new guinea impatients and vincas. 

Natalie loves the Computer

Natalie using the computer as her seat and she's pivoted the screen around so she can see it. 

Back to Brown

Rachel must have gotten tired of having orange hair because she changed it back to brown.

A flash from my past

Mallory got some cool new socks and shoes. The scary part is that I wore striped tube socks and red converse high tops when I was in high school. When did that fashion trend come back? 

Black Eye

Natalie fell one day last week and hit the corner of her eye on a small table. It's starting to look a little better now. 

Family Photo

My Dad and sister came to visit for the weekend. My Dad spent a week in CA with my sister and then she flew home with him for a week. They drove down here for a few days of fun. We all had a great time. Thanks for coming!!! 

Joseph got his Red belt

Joseph has worked hard at Tae Kwon Do the last 2 months to earn his red belt. Next is red advance and then Jr. black belt. He should be able to earn his Jr. black belt by the end of the year. Way to go Joseph! 

Bailey get her Green belt

Bailey was so excited to get her green belt in Tae Kwon Do. She has been working hard for the last 2 months to earn her green belt because her reward for earning her green belt is sparing gear. She can't wait to start contact sparing as soon as possible.