the Lost Havens!

i found a little pile of "lost" haven pictures. they are soo cute, because well she is, so i had to put them up before they became just part of our photo archives!
here she is watching a movie on the i-pod. the first and only time that has ever happened!


for her birthday, she got this absolutely ridiculous haven-sized dora. crazy. yes, i bought it. she loves this doll! she brushes her teeth--with toothpaste, she is sporting a white mouth now!--and she walks her around the house in this stroller that she barely fits into! but most of the time haven shares her crib with this most perfect of sleep buddies! all cuddling, and no hogging of the covers!


when haven and i went back home, we saw some family. and haven had such a fantastic time with little cousin mary scarlet. they giggled and slid down the slide. mary showed her several crazy upside-down-backwards moves! crazy girlies!


haven having a little easter egg hunt with my parents and sister and neice. no snow for this one!


this is at the zoo, and the first time haven ever walked up to nana and just grabbed her hand. my mom was thrilled!!

Tears For the Little Man (from the Little Mama)

not the best picture of our wondrous caleb, but it is official: he is a kindegartner!


here is the procession line, and when i first started crying. i really can't get used to this little man growing up. i am not certain why i never had such a hard time with ciela and toran, but for months now i have been working on this little emotion!


cabes is on the end singing. they did such a great job teaching the kids such fun songs at page 1. and caleb LOVES to sing them all the time! it is so sweet!


they read aloud what each child wanted to do with their life when they were all grown up...it took awhile! all of the kids were trying so hard to be still and polite.
caleb said: i want to live in oregon (they pronounce it o-ree-gone) because it's more fun there, i want to have a red van, i want to have 11 boys and 11 girls and marry briana (a sweet girl from his class) and have a job making transformers move! love it!


cabes and his best buddy from page 1 preschool! we are gonna miss that place!

Race For the Cure!

a few weeks ago i did something fairly amazing for me! i ran in the susan g. komen 5k. big for me seeing as how i am not a runner (although working hard to change that!) here are some of the fun ladies i ran with, before we ran...



and here we are post-run! all hot and red. or i guess pink would be a better shade, huh? i completed in just over 29 minutes. not too horrid for a first-timer. running was amazing. i ended getting in my own zone, and not really staying with my pack, but i would at times be behind a whole wall of runners wearing shirts all saying the same thing : in remembrance of...
the same person. several times i choked up, and started crying. it was really hard to run, but then i would remember my amazing aunt who beat the cancer twice, and think "there is no way i can stop when she never did!" i am truly blessed to have been able to run, and have great friends who motivated me to participate in the first place! you guys rock!!

Trying to Find the Eternal Flame

it seems like i am forever playing "catch-up" on this blog! a while ago we went to see the eternal flame, and as we were getting all bug sprayed up for the hike, a lovely monarch butterfly stopped by! a small story here: we never made it to that actual flame, because one must follow the directions at the trailhead for that to happen. we ended up going on a pioneer worthy trek up a huge steep hill, with our double stroller being our personal handcart! it was a great hike!


this precious little fluttery thing flew around all of us and landed on glenn, then quickly flew to the tall weeds growing nearby. my shots are nothing compared to my awesome sister angie's, who photos anything beautifully, but at least i am trying with my sad specimen of a camera! although, since that was donated to us, it is much better than anything we could afford! however, none of the shots with actual people turned out. i need lessons i suppose.