Our Turtle

When we were coming home from Houston one weekend we saw a lady selling live baby turtles on the side of the highway. John stopped for us to take a look and we ended up buying one. It is only the size of a silver dollar. It is very cute. It wouldn't eat when we first tried to feed it so I thought it wouldn't last long but after about a week it started eating and is doing well. We have now had it about 6 weeks. It is definitely easier to take care of than the dog!!!!

De'ja vu

When my parents came to visit in June they brought my old Barbie dream house for my girls to play with. I set it up the Saturday after they left. I couldn't believe how my parents still had EVERYTHING from the original packaging. It was kind of spooky. my girls are very excited to have a barbie house. It is kind of hard to watch them play because they aren't playing "right" with it!!!! It definitley reminds me of the hours I played with my BFF, Krissy and our little sisters, Sara, Kimee and Missy.

Harrison and Toby

The boys are 9 months old. They are 6 ounces

different in their weight and getting around pretty good. I am sure walking isn't far away.

My guys on the bike!!!!

I had to get a few shots of my favorite guys on the new toy. Aren't they handsome!!!!

The Motorcycle..............

Since gas prices have gone through the roof, driving a Land cruiser is getting pretty expensive. Decent fuel efficent cars for a good price are hard to come by so John did the next best thing. He bought a motorcycle!!!! He figures it will pay for it's self in about 8 months and he can go the same amount of miles in the 3.5 gallons of the motorcycle and he did in the 24 gallons of the land crusier. So if you can do the math we will be saving lots of money. I am a little worried about him being safe but since we live in a small town there isn't much traffic and he takes a back way to work which seldom has anyone else on it. I think he is enjoying the "recklessness" image a motorcycle has!!! Emily and Abby were really good "helpers" while he put the few pieces together.

Father's Day

For father's day the girls and I made breakfast in bed for John. He makes pancakes every weekend for the girls so I thought he deserved a little special treatment from us. We also had fun giving him gifts even though Claire was more than happy to tell him what was in the box before he opened it. I guess she can't be in the room when I am wrapping them again.

Playing Make-up

Emily and Abby love to set up a make-up shop for Claire and her friends then dress them up. One afternoon they made Claire the purple princess and Maya the pink princess with their friend Maisy. The girls are always up for a fashion show too.