Family Photos

Did you notice my new title picture at the top? We finally got a photo of all four of us! Here's the story:

Mark's parents came for a visit a couple of weeks ago. While they were here, we did a photo shoot with the whole family (including grandparents) as part of our Mother's Day present to our moms (and me too, kinda). Mark's good friend took the photos for us. You can read his wife's blog here.

We just got the very first proofs. I won't share any sneak previews of the grandparent photos, since they haven't seen them yet, but we got some cute ones! Check back soon, I can't wait to show you!!

The Bar D

I wrote a post about the Bar D Wranglers the first time we took Norah to see them - so I won't totally repeat myself, but they're AWESOME! If you're ever in this area between Memorial Day and Labor Day, I highly recommend that you catch a show. You can read more about them here, too.

Last Monday was Penny's first visit. She got to see them again at lunch yesterday at Uncle Bob's work. She'll also get to see them again with us tonight. This girl just has no idea how luck she is!


I say that because this is how she spent the whole concert on Monday:



I suppose the fact that the dinner bell rings at 7:30 - a half hour past her bed time - might have had something to do with it. The actual concert doesn't usually start until 8:30 or so.

Free Lunch!

The bank my little brother works at was having their annual customer appreciation lunch today. The day includes hamburgers and hot dogs, chips, drinks, a cookie and music by the Bar D Wranglers.

Hmmm, free food, free music and a trip to Uncle Bob's work? Norah was IN! I walked over from work just in time to meet Mark, my mom and the girls. Of course Norah was so excited that I couldn't get a good photo. This is about all I managed.

*In other news: We went with Mark's family to see the Bar D Wranglers on Monday, we got to see them at lunch today, and we just found out that we'll be seeing them again tomorrow when my aunt and uncle are in town. Three times in a week!?! At the rate we're going, those guys are gonna know us all by name.*

Why I Was Almost Late for Work

I just couldn't say no when she asked me so sweetly to braid her hair for the very first time. She did such a good job holding still! Hopefully this is the first of many braid attempts - I seriously need to practice!

Sweet and Beautiful

We went to visit Uncle Frank's house on Saturday. Norah's favorite part of the visit is always seeing the horse, Dolce ("Sweet" in Spanish). Recently Dloce had a filly. Her name is Nizhona ("Beautiful" in Navajo). Katelyn managed to scrounge up two carrots. Norah couldn't wait to feed them to the horses. We managed to (barely) keep up and get some pictures.

C'mon guys! Hurry up!!

There's Nizhona in the distance.

"I'm gonna show her how fast I run!"

Feeding Nizhona. She doesn't really like carrots yet - too hard.

Dolce sidled over to take a look.

Annnnnddd...... the carrots are gone!

Hacked - Penny's First Post

Oh hello. I didn't see you there.


Just kidding! Gotcha didn't I?


I just decided to take over Mom's blog for a minute to tell you all about the coolest thing I just discovered.

They're called apples. I'm not really sure of the pronunciation, to be honest. I usually just call them, "Narlllmmmmm mrralllmmmmm!"


At first, I wasn't so sure about them.


But the more I tried them, the more excited I was about them.


Anyway, I don't know if you've tried them yet, but I highly recommend that you check them out!

Exactly the Same, Only Totally Different

Considering the sometimes clone-like appearance of my children, there's usually no doubt that they're sisters. However, before you give in to the urge to assume that Penny is simply "Norah Part Two" consider the following photos:

This is Penny today, June 4, 2011. She is five months and one week old.

This photo is Norah. Pretty dang similar, right? The only difference? This photo is dated April 22, 2009. Norah was eight months, two weeks and three days old.

Same outfit. Roughly three months different in size.

So yeah. They're exactly the same, only totally different. Just the way sisters should be.