trip to the amanas

last sunday we ate breakfast and checked out shops in the amanas with grandma

Big Smiles

beans please

Katie has been so interested in my dad's garden this year. Since my dad planted his beans Katie has asked to see the beans. She loves to see how the beans change, and likes to give the beans water in the "bean's cup." Last Saturday she helped pick the beans and so she was so serious about putting the beans in the bowl, and then very carefully snapped the beans. I think we have a future gardener.

night, night with immie and dondon

Since our trip to Disney World last March Katie has been in love with Immie (mickey mouse). This past week she has started to get really into DonDon Duck (Donald) also. Last night she went to sleep with donn and immie....it was pretty cute.

Katie makes me laugh in these pictures because she as the look of "mom you're such a dork, stop taking pictures."

Playing With Our Kitchen

Contest Winner?

We just found out that Katie's 12 month photos were submitted into a photography contest. The jealous pageant mom side that I didn't know I had has come out :) We should find out the results sometime soon but here are a couple photos from her 12 month pictures.

Happy 30th Anniversary

Happy 30th Anniversary Mom/Nana and Dad/Grandpa

Chatty Girl

Katie loves to talk...and she chatters all the time. She has started to make sentences which makes me laugh. She is wonderful about knowing all the names of the puppies in her life but still has difficulty saying Aunt Megan :)

Some of my favorite words......

*bean's cup (Watering can that she uses to water the beans at grandpa's garden)
*night, night cow light (her night light has a cow on it)
*she points her finger and says: "Lucy, night night." when she wants lucy to lay down.
*no, no puppies (said to the neighborhood dogs when barking)

A quick rundown of her words:
mamma
dada (usually "my dada")
lucy
grandpa
nana
taylor (dog)
Ping (dog)
Gabby (dog)
mickey
children
cup
cheese
cow
duck
sheep
horse
kitty
puppy
home
night
mine
no
and many others...

10 year reunion

I had my 10 year reunion this weekend and had an amazing time. 40 or so students from my class of 72 participated and it was wonderful. In my class we have two working actors, one who just booked the role of Glenda in a touring production of The Wizard of Oz....we have a college professor, teachers, artists, lawyers, counselors and stay at home moms. We live in Mt. Vernon, San Fransisco, Portland, Seattle, Omaha, Georgia, Florida, and New York. I grew up with some amazing kids who have become wonderful adults. We all chatted and enjoyed each other without any "glory days" stories. It was a great time.

Hanging out...and wanting the camera from mom

Heritage Days

One of the perks of our new house is that we are on the route for the Heritage Days Parade and 5K. Heritage Days is Mt. Vernon's fun community summer festival. We all enjoyed the short walk to main street checking out the bands, art in the park, and tasty food vendors! It was also a wonderful time to see so many people including many old friends who come back for the weekend.

katie's animal sounds

this movie was taken over a month ago...but it has some animal sounds that she enjoys making.... currently we like to woof like a puppy, roar like a lion, "moo" like a cow, "quack" like a duck, and bababa like sheep.