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Can They Get Any Cuter?!

Family Pictures at Stinson Beach (Aug 2012)

My Cuties!

Father's Day!

Celebrating Father's Day was so much fun! The kids are blessed to have such a wonderful daddy and I am glad he is theirs. We love you Adam.

My Iris

I got these iris' from my Grandma's yard last summer and she got them from her Mother-in-law's garden long ago. So they are from my Great Grandma! They are beautiful and I love to see them blooming.

New News!

We mailed these cards out for Father's Day. I was so happy with how they turned out! We can't wait for this little one to come!

11 years!

Adam and I just celebrated our 11th Anniversary on June 9th! I am such a lucky girl and I love him more than words can say! We had yummy waffles for breakfast and then a delicious chocolate pb dessert instead of dinner. We went out Saturday for dinner and then rode the Ferris Wheel at Scheel's. Adam bought me a beautiful vase and painting, but I don't have pictures of them yet. He is such a great man and I am so happy to have been able to be with him for the last 11 years! Oh and he bought me two dozen roses!

Silly Scottorn

He loves to eat markers.

He loves to wear shoes!

He loves the girl's hats!

And their shoes too!

He loves pulling up the covers and snuggling in my bed.

Lily's First Tooth Gone! (Finally)

So Lily finally lost her first tooth! It was A few weeks ago, the middle of April. It hadn't been loose for long and it didn't even seem very loose. She came and told me it was wiggly and wanted me to pull it out. I said she needed to wait until it was ready so that it wouldn't hurt. I sent her back outside to finish eating her snack (a granola bar) and to play with her friend. Two minutes later her friend came running in screaming that Lily's tooth had come out! Wow that was easy! With Ammon his teeth took forever to come out once they got loose, but he lost them much earlier than Lily. He lost his front teeth by the time he was 6 1/2. Lily is seven and has now officially lost her first. She didn't want to put it under her pillow that night. She wanted to wait until we went to Grandma's for Easter so she could see it. Thankfully the tooth fairy knew where Grandma lived and brought Lily a dollar in quarters! Lily was very happy! It is super-cute now because sometimes when she talks she accidentally whistles and she loves to drink from a straw with her teeth closed. Oh the fun tricks you can do without a tooth!

My beautiful Anna

Sidewalk Chalk

Ammon can climb all the way to the top of this light pole, but he was so tired from having done it so many times already that this was as far as he could make it. He also climbs up the door frames in our home and we have the taller doors. He is an amazing climber. Maybe Scottorn gets it from him.

You can't see Lily's picture well, but she drew Rapunzel and the lanterns. Ammon drew a boy being run over by a car with his guts spilled out! Girl vs. Boy. It is so funny.

"The Burner"

Ammon had his first pinewood derby this year. I am really proud of him. He designed and built his car all on his own. Adam helped with the sawing, but Ammon did everything else. We made suggestions and showed him designs, but he didn't want anything but what he had in mind. I feel bad because he lost every race, but he was such a good sport. He even said after it was over, "I still got an award and I lost every race!" Talk about optimism! (I guess he didn't realize that everyone got an award). Next year I think he has a good idea about what to build so he does better. It didn't help that his car was only three ounces. He didn't like my idea of weights in it. I think he will go for it next year.
I have to admit I was a little frustrated that night. It was totally clear that many of the boys did not build their own cars. Some of them were really cool, but the dads carried them in all wrapped in cloth and in special boxes so they didn't get ruined. I think what they should do is have every boy and his father make a car and let the dads have their own race. It just isn't fair to the boys who actually do all the work on their own.
I am just glad that Ammon had a good time. He is such a great boy!