Oh how I love little newborns...

I took these pictures this week.  There are more, but this is all I have gotten to so far.

One of the first pictures

with a little edit

I have some better ones in the carriage, but eh. :)

and her mommy

sitting patiently and quietly (the next few she is SCREAMING-so cute)

that is all for now.
she is a doll.

all June...

Well, I have surely fallen behind in posting, so I am going to do one big catch up post.

our June included...  

1. an online class for me

2. visit from Mike's parents

3. heart attack for my Dad (2 stents later he is well and on the mends)

4. all night relay for life cancer walk in town

5. baptism for our A

6. afternoon with a house full of family and friends and food, of course

7. one of Mike's co-workers stayed with us for a week

8. open house for Mike's work (which was a HUGE success--more that 400 people came in two days to tour the new building) for which I designed and printed invitations, posters, handout cards, after photos, as well as a before and after slide show.

and we are only up to the 9th of June so far...

9. strep throat for the 2 girls

10. many extra trips to help out at school with projects and activities

11. trip to McCall, ID

12. end of school

13. strep throat for J

14. J ran in the Hersey track meet in Seattle (placed 10th in his age group for the state, with a fever and strep throat)

15. quick solo (sans any and all children) trip to check on my Dad

16. Mike's annual work family party, which I missed because...

17. an all day baseball tournament for J in Yelm.  (D and I took him)

18. start of our summer schedule (workbooks and chores)

19. going to my sister's to celebrate Ty's birthday pirate style

20. J earning his Bear in Cub scouts

21. and possible alien abduction

Needless to say, we have had a busy month...

and here are the photos...

(so not fond of how mushy blogger makes my pictures look)

we discovered that S will wear tights if I cut the feet off of them. hahahaa!

she doesn't like the restrictive feeling of tights on her feet

my mother's day flowers from J growing.

getting the guest bedroom ready for my in-laws

making sugar cookies with Grandma Clegg

A's baptism

wishing for a pedicure

the empty ink cartridges piled up, and I even had thrown some away already.

the front of Mike's building.  

There are some pretty awesome before and after pictures on my Facebook page.

some doodles I drew for my shoppe

My mother's day plant from A finally has a bud

a handful of neighborhood kids at my house.  

my girls had strep throat, otherwise they'd be out too.

I left Mike with 2 sick girls and the 2 healthy and busy boys.  

I took off for the afternoon to see my Dad.  

He is doing alright, and thought he was well enough to mow the lawn this day, a little more than a week after his heart attack.

He was teasing me and as ornery as usual. :)  love you Dad!

Spent a few hours drawing for the kids while they colored in what I drew.

random pile on my desk.

D smiling at me.

my cool new rainboots packed for our trip to ID.

Mike's fish

Our cool plane we flew home in

unpacking

Happy Father's Day!  We love Mike!

Some of the workbooks.  I have my kids do a reading, writing, and math page daily, as well as a journal entry

My mother's day flower from A with it's flower

D munching on a strawberry

A new hair cut!  She loves how easy it is to brush!

cute plate I got

The underdogs- J's traveling team, and he chose MY number! :)

D munched on these while we were at the tournament the day before

some ribbons I put in my shoppe

Our pirate family (minus Mike) for Ty's party. :)

a typical expression from my oldest once he sees the camera out. 

Hopefully it won't be a full month before I post again. :)