Boots Are Made For Walkin'

Ella came out of the house tonight with two of her animals carrying them just like so:

(I ran back in for the camera. When I asked her if she wanted to walk... so that I could get some pictures of her with her animals she went and got in the stroller with them. She thought I meant let's go for a walk, not you walk and be cute so I can take pictures. She ended up doing that for me too.)

She loves to smell flowers. She stopped and bent over. It took me a second to realize what she was doing. (See the flower?) She was smelling what is left of that dandelion. MMM.

Cheeeeese

Family picture time!

Hair Do's & Don'ts

I gave Tate a haircut. The next day I glanced at his hair as he walked by and thought "I really didn't blend that too well." Then I started to sweep the kitchen floor and noticed chunks of long blond hair in the mix. It clicked... He had cut his own hair, and a few days before family pictures! I left it this way for a couple of days debating on canceling pictures, or having him wear a hat. I ended up just buzzing it all off. I didn't cry like I thought I might, but look forward to it growing back. I'm thinking prenatal vitamins with a lot of brushing his bald head!

Four

Time flies and Tate is already four. We had a little get together with family to celebrate. He is full of energy and funny remarks. We are thankful for him everyday and love the little guy!

Cabin

We had a fun weekend up at the cabin with my family and Cole's.

The kids had fun playing outside and getting dirty. And oh did they get dirty. These pictures are after the first full day of playing outside. Ashley and Alan brought up a Razor and it was a blast. The first day we drove it over to what we call the secret valley. When it was finally time to wind down and call it a day, we were all covered in dirt. (I think Tate takes the cake for the messiest face though.)

The Razor:

I think a few of these might be blurry here and I am too tired/lazy to fix it

Another day we went to Mill Hollow Reservoir for a picnic and a little dip in the water.

The wild flowers were beautiful!

What started like this:

Became this:

Turning into this:

...and you see how it went:

Everyone wanted in: