Chef Naomi

OK, so maybe in a couple more years Naomi and Bethany will be able to cook dinner for the family. I know they sure want to. Naomi pulled out part of my old uniform from school and had a blast making the entire pot of chilli with minimal help from me. "I can do it! I want to do it!" Ninety-nine percent of the time I do not want anyone in the kitchen with me when I am preparing food. But, now that we have a newborn again and my house is a complete mess all the time, I have really let go of having to control everything all the time. I don't like the messy house, but I do like being able to relax and watch my daughters enjoy dumping a can of beans into the pot even though, God forbid, some miss the pot and land on the stove or worse yet, the floor. Ok, so i didn't let them put in the secret ingredient...sorghum molasses, but they are excited to know there is such a thing as a "secret" ingredient.

Easter Sunday

Canoe Ride

Everyone's Got A Shovel

Brian has invested in our yard. It is time for some privacy! So, he planted 80 some bushes and several trees. Our favorite has got to be the corkscrew willow. It ends up looking like a cross between a tree from Dr. Seuss and a tree you would find in the Shire. We already have one that grew super fast and the girls love to climb it. In fact Bethany can outclimb Naomi and climb until there are no more branches sturdy enough to hold her. She is very proud of this and likes to remind her big sister how easy it is. We are also planting a tulip tree, a pink and a white dogwood and hmmm, maybe that's it, I can't remember now. Uncle "Snake" and Aunt Rachel stopped by one Saturday and helped us plant the bushes. Aunt Rachel out-planted Uncle "Snake" and Brian! I love my tough sisters-in-law, everyone of them! So anyway, of course the girls love to help Mommy and Daddy, especially if there is digging and dirt involved. So everyone had to have a shovel and get dirty. That's my girls - in a dress but dirty. That's the way they like it.