Dress up Day!Dressing up with sisters, what a great way to learn to use the letter "D"

o.k. now for some of mommy's dress ups.
They almost look like they are 5 ft tall here as they stand on the chairs
Liel wanted to join in, she has on big sister Julia's dress, but you'd hardly know it!

Happy Father's Day well, i hope i get credit for trying to get a cute shot of the girls, 2 out of 3 faces isn't so bad, right?
Aww, now that's pretty cute of two of them
O.K. umm, very much candid but cute. how neat that they were all keeping their hats on at this point too.
yes, and now the hat comes off. love the smiles on Kelly and Julia.
Kelly enjoying the neighbors bench (with permission)

Happy 6th Birthday Katie!
Julia and I had a great time at our friends house for this special birthday event.
Here is Julia and Emily, enjoying a bowl of honey mustard pretzels together.
Julia had a blast with the squirt guns and the water balloons at the part, what a fun idea for a summer birthday party.
maybe she's a natural?

Fun with Friends Liel, Kelly and Deirdre enjoying our little pool
Julia and Deirdre seen here in a precious moment of play (adorable Lorien seen as the relaxing princess in the background)
Kelly is playing mommy here to help Liel enjoy the pool, it seems to be working.
O.K., maybe it's not working as well as I'd hoped.
Kelly and Deirdre, looking like sisters, seen here enjoying their desert on Father's Day (I just realized that for the last few years I've always made mother's day posts, but haven't made father's day posts. big oops).

Julia and napkins at the table, I'm telling you this girls is funny. the other day daddy and i noticed her eating them at dinner because she didn't like the meal! i much prefer the above picture of her creating a hat with the napkins instead.
Yes, I'm a bit dangerous sometimes. Here are my girls on week "C" of teaching Kelly the alphabet. We made blue, pink and green "Clouds" in the tub out of shaving cream. The girls loved painting each other and the walls (until someone ended up with it in their eye... can you guess who?)
Here is Liel, 14 months old and enjoying the hose. I think all kids find water fun.
My Yeps on the steps!

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Take 5

(stinkin' spatchula)

Can You Guess who visited us this week? Our visitor draws good cartoons, this one is of Julia
this cartoon is of Kelly,
and this one is of Liel.
Did you guess? It's Grandpa Eddy!

Grandpa Eddy read us stories when he visited with us.
Grandpa Eddy also took us to walmart and paid for a ride too.
He also helped us look at the camera,
and showed us how to use the squirt gun on our boggie board.
It was nice to have Grandpa Eddy visit with us.

Gearing up for a Swim
splish-splash
cutie-pie KellyJo
Liel, looking not very impressed with mom's towel picture pose
Best Buds (you'd have to be to smile with your sister on top of you)

Fun at the Hendersons Here's the whole gang (almost), on the gator going for a ride.
Julia enjoying the biggest trampoline she's ever been on
Daddy with his two big girls
Annie and Katie being the big sisters and helping Kelly Jo eat her delicious strawberry cake and ice cream.
Julia and Max. I just love this picture, it helps me imagine what Kirk and I would have looked like together had we known each other at 4.