Our Little Fish

Here is Sophie living it up in kiddie pools in CA!

At Ariana's:

At Zavien's:

With Timmy and Ginny at Nana and Grandpa's:

She got so brave, dipping her head into the water and "swimming" on her belly and "running" from one end of the pool to the next. She also took a few tumbles, but I guess that's what happens when you get brave. These days, she takes giant cups full of water and dumps them over her head when she's in the tub here at home. Such a silly girl.

Fun with the Fam - Part 3

Sweet Ginny and Elijah:

Timmy loves Aida:

I am so, so blessed that these amazing ladies are my sisters, and I am grateful that my girls have so many wonderful aunties to love them and spoil them and teach them about what it means to be sisters. We had a blast on "Sister Day 2009" - woo-hoo!

Craft Night!!! Steph and I "learn" to "crochet" - look how far we made it! (Stepha, how's it coming?)

(P.S. Can anyone tell me how in the heck I can get more than 4 pictures in a post? I figure there must be a way but I am somewhat computer illiterate. But wouldn't it have made more sense for these 3 posts to be just 1? Seriously...)

Fun with the Fam - Part 2

We were so thankful that Jobie and Erin made it up for a little while - it was a gift to have the whole fam-damily together for a few days. Sophie loved having more people to read to her - she just can't get enough! Here with Uncle Jobie:

And again with Auntie Erin:

Uncle Gare found Aida's tickle spot:

And Sophie's, too:

Fun with the Fam - Part 1

Our favorite thing about being in Santa Barbara was getting some good family time in. Oh, how I love the noise and chaos and happy times.

Sophie loving on Grandpa (and loving that water table - she played with it constantly):

With Nana at the Zoo:

With Auntie Cat (okay, this picture is from when Cat was out here in May because how in the world did I not get any pictures of the girlies with Cat this time around? But I never blogged about Cat's visit, so here you go - we loved it (even if we are a bit squirmy):

Auntie Stepha reminds Aida of her California roots during a trip to the beach:

A little teaser...

I have a kajillion pictures from our trip to Santa Barbara that need going-through and "editing" (I put that in quotes since I'm not very good at it!). For now, here are a few photos of our lovelies:

Happy Father's Day

Snuggling up with their sweet Daddy on Father's Day...

Summer Storms

Lots of thunder and lightning outside, 2 very busy girls inside. What do we do?

Make a fort:

Try walking around in Daddy and Mommy's shoes:

Bake oatmeal bars:

So much fun!

Do we have a mind of our own, or what?

"Smile!" I said to Sophie.

So she did this:

Aida was a little more cooperative:

And Sophie eventually came around: