A Tiny, Beautiful, Morning Treat

Last Tuesday, Allison and I had the most wonderful morning together. A friend at church, very cautiously and sensitively asked if I would tend her beautiful baby girl while she went to the dentist. I'm so glad I said "yes." (My friend Andrea said it gets better.... You know, about holding others' babies when you'd just give anything to have another one.) Anyways, this tiny baby's name is Juliet. Isn't that just soooo pretty? We fed her, changed her, played dress up with her (and Allison changed her own clothes to match Juliet) and gave her her pacifier. We hoped she would laugh, but she just smiled and smiled. She was a total doll the whole time. It was just what I needed. Thanks, Suzy.

Tanner's Photography

Those Sunday afternoons sometimes spark creativity around here.
Tanner likes to glue lollipop sticks: he made a "fort" thing and spelled out "Allison's" name.
No photo session would be complete without a picture of himself!
I love the picture of the white flowers from the backyard.

Who knows, maybe he'll be a photographer?

.....And then again, maybe he won't....

At school, he responded to the following:
"Draw a picture of what you want to be when you grow up. Explain the reasons."

I want to be a dentist so I can get a lot of money and not get poor.
Also I can by game systems, food, and clothes.

The teacher, ironically named Mrs. Prince, and a favorite teacher of ours wrote to Tanner,
"Would you like to work on people's teeth?
That might be something to think about."

"Buggy" in the Backyard

Wild Basin Hiking

Hiking at Wild Basin in the hills of Austin. It was perfect weather! Uncle Dan bought the kids a souvenir rock to keep.







Quinn hiding in his Ranger's cap.





































Allison hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa.
















Allison, Mattie and Aimee.
Quite the trio!

Glass Bottom Boats

On Friday, we had a "service project" at Grandma Goodwin's. We planted flowers and mowed and made her yard look nice. Scott and Scott washed Grandma's car. It was sweet to see the little kids picking up the leaves Eldon would trim off. We also played kickball at the school.

Saturday was the big day to go to the Glass Bottom Boats in San Marcos. (Thanks for making the reservations, Mom). You sat around a middle section that had glass along the bottom.
You could see so clearly into the water. There were underwater springs everywhere!
There were also a couple of museum-y type places we wandered.
We picnic-ed and then headed to Wild Basin to hike around.

We were glad Dan came up with George and Ben, but we missed Melissa and baby Henry.
We missed John, Melissa, Josh, Hy, Matthew, and Seth.
And it wasn't the same without the Utah crowd, either.

The girls were so funny with baby Sophie. They played and played and played with her. Stephanie is so sweet to let the girls smother her.
Allison is always in heaven with Mattie and Aimee.

We appreciated all the planning Sara and Anne did. Edd took some great pictures. We had a chili cook-off (Sara, Anne and I tied!).
We've made crepes a couple of times since the trip thanks to Sara.

The Capitol

The first Austin stop was The Capitol Building.

Spring Break 2009

Spring Break 2009

We played at the park with Teancum and Zaret, and went hiking in the "woods" there.

Quinn got his braces on!

We packed and headed to Austin....