Even more pics.......

I've got even more, just can't post them all at the same time:

1st picture: Jeff

2nd picture: Syndie

3rd & 4th pictures: Ethin

More pictures.....

More pictures from this weekend's visits:

1st picture: Sarah

2nd picture: Ethin, upside down

3rd picture: Ethin, with Syndie and Riley in the background

4th picture: Sarah and Ali

Family Visits

This past weekend we were able to visit with family, both local and from "far reaching" places (like Seattle, WA and Redding, CA).

Madisen, Sarah, Ali, and Ethin

Matt's sister, Sarah, and her boyfriend, Jeff, were able to take a small break from their Seattle lives to visit for a day. Although it was a brief visit, it was great to see them. My girls, and my niece Ali, all love Sarah lots! They never leave her alone.

Riley, Aunt Nora, and Madisen

Madisen, Nana, and Riley

Matt's aunt, Nora, and his Nana also came to visit. It's always great to see them both. Aunt Nora shared secrets with the girls (Madisen, Megan, and Ryan) about Cat's Cradle. Now it's all Maddie wants to do. It was nice just to be able to hug Nana whenever the mood struck, you can never get enough grandma love.

It was nice to see everyone. We wish all of the family that's traveling for Thanksgiving happy trails and Happy Thanksgiving. For those we will see, we are excited to share this holiday with you. And Pam, I love you. I hope your Thanksgiving is fabulous!

No school

Madisen loves no school days. It gives her a chance to come up with some great creations using her fabrics and sewing machine.

This one is her overalls apron.

These are pillows that she made for Matt and myself.

She's very creative.

Project

This morning I took some pictures of the girls as a get well project for their Grammie. She's currently in the hospital, and the kids aren't allowed to visit right now. Just thought I'd post the pictures for all to see.

Riley wasn't very cooperative at first, but then she finally smiled for a few.

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Pictures

Riley and Madisen recently took Riley's camera around the house and took some pictures. Mostly they are of their art work. But I thought that I'd post some of the pictures for all to enjoy. (Riley got a Fisher Price Kid Tough Digital camera for her 4th birthday.)

Triangle Turkey-Riley

Apple-Riley

Texture Robot-Madisen

Name spread-Madisen

Painting-Riley

Back on line

We're back to being able to access everything at home. We're still trying to recover the old data, especially pictures. I'm sure someday I'll get them all back. It made me stop to think about how long it had been since I put pics in the photo albums. It's been longer than 2 years. Digital cameras are great, but they give you that instant gratification of seeing the picture right away, so then there's no need to get pictures.

I decided that I'd post a couple of my favorite pictures that I could recover:

Madisen and Riley, May 2006

Riley, 11 months old, February 2005

Madisen at swimming lessons, Summer 2006

This is my: Madisen as Aunt Sarah picture, notice the purple Docs