A Janie and Carli video

July so far...

July has been fun-filled so far.

Swimming with cousins, Grammie, and Aunt Aubrey.

We went hiking on an island in the Columbia River where you could see Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Rainier and Mt. Hood. (Look in the background, they look like clouds on the horizon.)

Sweet sisters!

We also went to a lavender festival with Grammie and Papa Tommy. It was beautiful!!! (You can see Mt. Hood in the background here.)

We also went to "the city" - as Carli calls it - and saw some sand castles, among other things. Carli's favorite of that day was, of course, the jam-packed toy store where she could have played for hours if we let her.

We did a few other things that we took pictures on Logan's phone, so hopefully I'll get those soon.

June 2011

Our trip to the beach started out with a sneaky seagull finding our unopened, wrapped in a grocery bag box of crackers. It did this in about 15 seconds flat.

Logan may be unhappy about this picture, but it's about the cutest thing I've ever seen.

And speaking of cute. . .

The girls at the beach.

Swimming with Dad.

Beautiful Auntie Aubrey's birthday "cake".

Carli's first artistic portrayal of people.

From Carli and Janie

* Dad: How are you doing, Carli?

Carli: I gotta tell ya, Dad, not great.

* Mom: Can I please hold the book while I read to you?

Carli: Remember how the lady at the library said for parents to let their kids hold the book and turn the pages so they can learn to read?

(Yes, days earlier the librarian at story time gave a tip to parents, while the kids "weren't paying attention".)

* Cousin H.: My horse will be the wife and your horse will be the husband.

Carli: I can't because mine's not a donkey.

* Carli: I miss the library in Texas. I miss my friends there too. Mom, I miss my other world called Texas.

*Mom: (mostly talking to myself) What else do we need at Costco?

Carli: Tilapia.

*Dad: I wanna see 5 more bites gone.

Carli: 4! (While staring down Dad.)

*Carli to Grammie: Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

*Carli: Janie is entertaining the thought of eating my shoes.

*Mom: How do you like my haircut?

Carli: What happened to your nice hair?

M: If that was my nice hair what is this hair?

C: That's your clumsily hair.

*Mom: We probably shouldn't do that.

Carli: Well, you're the expert.

Janie's list of first words: Mama, dada, Hi, Ruff (as in dog barking), ahchoo (fake sneezing), baba, ahden (Carli), papa, . . .