Natalie's 8th birthday!

My 3rd Grader!

I can't believe my baby had her first day of school today as a 3rd grader! Where does the time go? I could lie & say this picture was taken on the way to school this morning, but truthfully, it was so humid that my camera lens fogged completely!! So I took this one when we got home after Natalie suffered in the 111 degree heat index for 40 minutes waiting for me to get thru the carline to pick her up. Oy...I'll be glad when all the "new moms" figure out how to do the carline! It is always awful the first week until everyone gets the hang of it. Anyway, I think she still looks pretty perky after the long hot day. Too bad you can't see the fab leopard print backpack she has......pure Natalie!

Friends and sisters

I want to be a cowgirl

And I have the perfect pink boots to prove it!

Anna was upset recently when Natalie started wearing her pink boots (lovely with shorts :-) everywhere.....she asked where HER boots were. So off to the store & found this ultra cute pair....she cried giant crocodile tears this morning when meanie daddy told her she couldn't wear them to school. I took pity on her and saved the day by letting her wear them. Could her smile get any bigger? I've never seen anyone so proud of the pink cowgirl boots! Yee-haw!

By popular request...

Here he is.....the short-lived saga of "Joey" the truck-undercarriage-riding kitten... cute, huh?
A little scrawny....I think he needs to eat some of the squirrels in our back yard for sustainance.
He's very playful & loves to get into trouble.
And here is trouble. AKA Simon....who is our one and only cat.

He was NOT too thrilled that I was outside taking pictures

of the scrawny kitten when I could be inside, opening a can of cat food or scratching his back.

Happily, our worry over what to do about the kitten was solved the next morning when our neighbor's wife and son saw him. They called us at work and asked if they could have him. Duh...yep! And I said I'd even throw in a bag of cat food too.

They have named him "Joey". He spends alot of time hanging around our house, but that's OK. I just hope they take good care of him.

He is pretty dang cute!

But then again, so is Simon.