Tap shoes and Sushi

Did you know that Ryan knows how to tap?  Quite well, actually.  Neeley begged him to dust them off and show her a few moves.  She is still chanting...shuffle, step, shuffle, step, heel, ball change.....

Hattie and I went to a fun mother daughter "Minute to Win It" activity and had to dress as a pair.  I found the cutest little pattern and voila! Sushi complete with ginger, wasabi, and sushi grass and soy sauce! Fun activity and even more fun to watch her laugh at herself even with much older girls around.  May I just brag and say that we even tied for second place!  I know, that's just how we "roll."  Get it? 

Escaping the heat!

Labor day is way too hot in Phoenix so we escaped to beautiful, cool LaJolla! 

We even wore sweaters...okay, sweaters with swimsuits underneath, but still.  

How many photos can your phone take?

Mine can take 391. Wanna know how I know this?

I have about 3 pictures of this.

380-something pictures of something like this.

And about 7 pictures of this.

All this was a result of being shut in a super tiny piano studio for an hour for the girls weekly lessons and desperately needing Westy to stay quiet. Was it worth using all my phone's camera space for an hours worth of quiet? You better believe it. (The tire sticker on his forehead is how we spent the first few minutes before he found the phone.)

Channeling our inner Corban

My little nephew, Corban is such an animal lover. I have never seen a little boy quite like him. He constantly carries around frogs, lizards, snakes, anything creepy and crawly. He loves them and has absolutely NO fear. When we were camping together a few weeks ago he said to his mom, "mom, I just want to kiss a feeog" (I love the way he says Frog) Not long ago, we were outside talking to some neighbors and Hattie came with this little guy. The pictures are less than great but you get the idea. A lizard!

Good thing he was a slow baby because we would otherwise need Corbie to get it for us.

Pink Flamingo

I love summer forts. They really set up shop with the dvd player, food and even a secret password. Okay, not so secret...

To Ryan

On Monday, we celebrated 11 years since we got on this crazy train ride.

We've had some incredible climbs

Some devastating drops

And we still hang on

You have a good eye for design

Because you are just creative like that

You can paint the hell out of a chalkboard

Or a wall

Or a toenail

These are all the things on your someday list

That I could not get you this year

What did I get you?

It is (ahem)

unbloggable

Love you babe

First Day of School

Hattie is in third grade, Neeley is in first and Westy is just hanging with mom.