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Isaac

Recent pic of our Isaac. What a happy little guy he is! He just got 4 new teeth in all at once.

4th of July

Happy 4th! The girls got lots of fun comments as they wore these matching outfits. Yes, Mom made the skirts using her new serger. (I LOVE it!) We went to a ward breakfast in the morning at the park down the street, then on to a hometown parade, carnival with free (don't you just adore that word?!) kiddie games and bouncy houses, and of course, fireworks at night. This was the first time Trudy watched and ENJOYED fireworks from the outside of a car. Most of you have a memory of her hiding in our van with her hands tightly over her ears as we have watched in years past. Trish said, "They were so bootiful, huh Toody?" And we had to make homemeade ice cream as the girls' shirts said "Peace, Love and Ice-Cream." Any excuse for ice cream! Grandpa and Grandear Rolan joined us the entire day, making it all the more fun and special.

Bryan's 36th!

Bryan spent the early part of his day helping to clean up a nearby lake from the recent tornado. We all went out for dinner and then made these fun treats for his birthday dessert. They were so easy-just dip the rim of a fancy glass in fudge and crushed oreo cookies, freeze, and fill with pieces of cake, strawberries, vanilla pudding, strawberries and crushed oreos. Yum! Trisha is starting to show off her oh-so-cute smile in pictures again! Yeah!

The Boogie Monster!!!

If would have known this is what the Boogie monster looked like as a kid, I would have been more obedient to Mom in getting to bed!
If you click on the photo - it enhances the booger experience!
By the way, she loves dirt. She grabbed what was left of a potted flower ( you know the ones that have the dirt/root system in the form of a square) after ripping everything off of it and then shoves the whole chunk of dirt in her mouth and takes a bite like it was chocolate. I was about to stop her, but thought I'd watch instead. . . This picture was after she pushed open the side door and comes crawling in like a grown kid (without her brothers) would and just smiles at us.

Baby Marin at 6 weeks

Here is a recent picture of Marin. She is doing well. She still sleeps most of the day but loves to go outside. She's starting to smile, as you can see from the picture, which is so fun! In case you were wondering, she looks a lot like Vance at that age. She gets up usually just once during the night, once we finally get her down (sometimes it takes a while). She's eating great and still sleeps much of the day. Austin and Vance are slowly learning how to be gentle around her, but they get so excited when she wakes up from her nap and they can smother her with kisses and hugs. We all love and adore our baby Marin!

i forgot about this site

Well, How's everyone doing? Will we use this thing? Fun fun. Brook- can't wait to hear about the baby!!! IN fact I think I'll give you a call right now.

Anne-Marie