so far

Last night Catherine and everybody got here, and I've just been taking picture after picture! Here are some of them so far. Dad of course got Alastair to smile right away!

Brenna playing the piano.

Brenna also liked the purple silk, and wore it as a dress, but, she was looking into our flourecent(?) light (we were playing doctor, and that was the light) and she all of a sudden frowned, but I loved her blue eyes in this picture.

And of course, one of Lily!
I don't post much of Lily, but this one was so comical!

perfect match.

In my opinion, hibiscus and leopard print were made for each other.

finished again

My new favorite book now is H.P.7. (Harry Potter 7) It's so good, I read it twice!

the first day of school

Our first day of school was yesterday, and it was pretty nice. Nothing especially different than your typical first day of school. Now it's the second day of school, and since I wore flip flops, I came home with dried blood on my toe. That was the highlight of the day- nothing special.

Here is the traditional first day of school picture.

cool picture

It's not the best picture, but I really like the colors.

i am a genius.

I am a complete genius. What better place to hide for hide-and-seek, then the dryer?

Kids- do not shut the door when you hide in the dryer. I'd be scared to do it. It all started when I had a friend over and she suggested playing hide-and-seek, and Alice was counting. I was originally going to hide in the hamper, but the sack of bottles-to-be recycled was hanging right over it and it made a really loud noise. Alice was almost done counting, so I jumped into the dryer and partly closed the door. It was still open about 2 or 3 inches, and I was so sure that I was going to be found first. Actually what happened was I had to show myself because everyone was stumped. I have had other genius hiding places since then, but this was the most memorable one.

more of connor and brenna

Here's more of Connor and Brenna!

Brenna at the swimming pool...

Connor with his Power Rangers phone... The funny story is, though, that Connor had been to Wal-Mart before we came, and said that he liked the P.R. phone. Then, we come to their house, and we give it to him! We also gave Brenna a Disney Princess phone. They hardly ever put them dowm!

Talking on the phone...

Brenna just poured water on herself in the kiddie pool that we brought. She was always sticking out her tongue!

And then after 15 minutes filling the kiddie pool, we spent the next hour on the swings, so here are some swing shots:

Connor also loved the swing! My guess is that we spent about 1/4 of our time there one the swings!

trip to catherines: connor and brenna and alastair- artistic shots

This post is full of pictures of Connor, Brenna, and Alastair, from our trip to Catherine's.
This post is just for the artistic shots.
One day we played with bubbles and Grandma got them this cool bubble blower.

And then of course we had to eat ice cream after going swimming!

Brenna liked to show me the necklace that I

And here's Connor with his trusty watergun- with no water.

And Connor wanting to look super fast.
And we can't forget Alastair! Here's and outdoor shot.
Don't worry- there's more!

yet another movie.

Believe me, there are more movies to come! I am actually working on a masterpiece right now. This one is of Connor dancing at the pool before his swimming lesson.

Two Videos

Here are two videos, one of Connor, and one of Brenna. I have been taking advantage of their high-speed internet connection, and it only took about ten minutes to upload one video, while at our house, it takes three- four hours and then says the internet can't comprehend the task. So, here are the two videos.