Leaves and bubbles

We just got back from the state fair and I am tired but I have to post these cute pics of the girl.





The weather in NC can't make up its mind. It is in the 80s one day and low 60s the next. So when it is a nice day we pounce on it.

4:06 pm

One day

many years from now

when all my babies have left home

and I am sitting in my quiet house,

I will not look back and remember the pile of dirty dishes in the sink

or the piles of laundry waiting to be attended to

or the layer of dust on my bookshelves

I will look back and remember this:



and this:


and I will know that life is really good.

Caroline's Birthday

Our squirrel turned 4! Wow!

This child got some loot.

Kevin and I made her close her eyes for our big reveal.

We got her a princess bike she had been drooling over for awhile.

By the way, Caroline now lives in her princess tent that the Brunjes and the Garcias got her. Thanks guys.

New Pictures...

Well, look what we have here...

Baby Walker is doing fine. It's a GIRL!!! She will join us in January and Caroline is beside herself with excitement, as are her mom and dad.

An Anniversary...

So 4 years ago tonight I was sitting at the movie theater watching Talladega Nights with Kevin, Laura and Donny. I thought it was strange how bad my back hurt. I kept getting up and walking around. I never really got to see the movie even though it was pretty funny. The next morning at 5am I was laying in bed and my water broke. As I got up and got my things together Kevin goes into the kitchen and eats a bowl of cereal! I am having contractions more and more and he is downing cereal. I am sure that the pain of what was happening to me made me a little frustrated with him but I doubt it. The dude was eating while I felt like I was being ripped in two. Anyway, we get to the hospital and at 1:39pm ...

I became a Mama.

If I live to be 100 I will never forget the feelings and emotions that ran through me that day. I was elated, happy, tired, excited, thrilled, scared, EVERYTHING. Even when she was just seconds old, I felt as if she had been with us forever.

So you see, it isn't just Caroline's birthday.

It is the anniversary of the day my life changed.

Happy Birthday to my squirrel!

Enough...

Caroline has made a few discoveries in her short 3 2/3 years...

Like Barbies...
This is her posse. The funny thing is some of these are mine. When I found them in my sister's attic they were still wearing the outfit I left them in 25 years ago. The Bride Barbie has a Miss Havisham vibe about her.

She has also amassed a collection of horses. I don't think she needs anymore.

But I could be wrong...

You know it's a good video...

because I am posting it and I am not a BYU fan. (PS. My brother in law worked on this!)