Sunday, July 8, 2012

Enigma

Thoughtful and thoughtless all at the same time.
Amazing and abominable all in a day's work.
Marvelous and mischievous in as many minutes.

She's added grays to my days and wrinkles instead of dimples,
but life is more colorful and 
she makes me a smarter,
happier,
successful person,
just by being her.

Thank you Clara Belle.

Well, hello!

It's been 4 long months, here's what you've missed!

A mountain trip.  One of the best family vacations we've had.  We've decided a mountain cabin complete with outdoor hot tub and fire pit beats the sandy beach any day.  Nothing like a hike to the waterfalls and hearing cattle lowing in the cool morning air.  Amazing.

Then of course there was Easter, celebrated with an egg hunt in our completed backyard.  Lots of hard work -- showing off the wall I designed and built -- you're missing out on the firepit to the left, the beautiful stone patio, and just a general wonderful lot.  I'm so proud of all of Chris' hard work.  It looks amazing.

A quick trip to the beach.  After the mountains, it was just considered 'so-so'.

Dance recital.  Big Belle looked beautiful and did a great job...but 3 hours of dancing for a minute and a half of your child makes for a long drawn out evening.

Our 9th anniversary!

And of course amidst all of this we had the ending of first grade, the start of a new school for Clara Belle and Baby Belle, and a new ending and beginning of jobs for me!  

Hopefully I'll be better on the updates.  Plus, it's been so hot here I definitely feel that annual summer heat rant coming on, so stay tuned!