Monthly Archives: July 2009

sum-sum-summer

sum-sum-summer

grandan had the kids picking up sticks and pinecones.  it was fun!…for awhile. we bought a little pool and splashed a little. we built towers of sand. we …

 

sugar and spice

sugar and spice

 

snakes and snails

snakes and snails

we never see them apart, except to sleep and that only comes with tears.  attached at the hip.

 

a time for tea

a time for tea

’sweet childish days that are as long as twenty days are now.’ ~wordsworth late one afternoon while the boys were doing boy things, the girls had …

 

splash!

splash!

our church had a pool party this weekend.  it was perfectly HOT for it too.  the kids had a blast and emmi made some new …

 

here kitty, kitty, kitty…

here kitty, kitty, kitty…

elise kept going around and around changing her mind about what kind of party she wanted to have this year — dolly? strawberry shortcake? polly pocket? …

 

‘joo-lye’ first!

‘joo-lye’ first!

before the cousins big arrival came elise’s birthday.  she’d been telling every stranger for months when her birthday was, what kind of party she wanted …

 

a tea pah-ty

a tea pah-ty

sometime in june, elise, emilie and i joined our sweet girlfriends, the webbs, for a 1/2 birthday party for josie at tea leaves and thyme. …

 

a drop in the bucket

a drop in the bucket

 

independence day

independence day

for the fourth of july this year we had an all-american cookout at leah’s new house in marietta.  killer hamburgers by andrew and all the …