FALLING LEAVES

My girls are such good friends and I couldn't ask for anything more! They have lots of fun together as you can see. McCall seems to have a little shadow that follows her around and does/says everything she does. I hope that is always a GOOD thing -- no pressure McCall!!!

It's SCARY at our house

Claire was a bear (the costume was warm). McCall was Hermine. And Elizabeth changed her mind (of coarse) so she was the tooth fairy, a cat, and a witch -- all at various times throughout the day.

Slimy Pumpkin Gue

The girls (and I) have so much fun carving pumpkins. This year McCall picked out a big green one wanting a green witches face and Elizabeth wanted to go along with the theme and have a cat. What happened to the simple triangle eyes and nose?

Claire Bear

Now she truly fits her nickname! Or one of her nicknames... Claire Belle would probably rank no. 1, but Claire Bear would rank pretty close!

Beautiful McCall

As if we didn't know... but here's a couple shots of our beautiful McCall!

Sister we three, best friends will be...

It is fun to watch the girls grow and become friends. They are each so sweet and so good to one another. Other than a few more hours of sleep I couldn't ask for better girls. Aren't they cute?

Sleeping Beauty

We keep finding Elizabeth asleep in the funniest positions. Maybe she needs to sleep in in the mornings!!!

McCall's 7th Birthday

We had a small party with just us. McCall wanted to have Chinese Food for dinner and a small but good but ridiculously overpriced ice cream birthday cake from Coldstone Creamery. The most important thing was she was happy. She got a portable Nintendo DS Lite, so she thinks she all that.

A day at the Park

We took an afternoon to spend at the park one day before school started. Erik took the day off and it was great to spend time all together - something that seems to get harder and harder to do! Erik made a yummy picnic with fresh sliced tomato's and all. He's a great hubby!!!

All Smiles

Claire is 3 months old now and all smiles! Unfortunately, I'm not keeping up on taking photo's like I should but I've set a goal to do better!

Claire's Day of Blessing

It was special to have Erik give Claire her Name and Blessing in church. It is always great when family can be together for these special events in our lives -- we missed the rest of you and wished we could have been complete! Claire was perfect, Elizabeth all smiles and McCall as beautiful as ever. The only problem was I had made a commitment to speak to the youth in our church that evening, so I had to run off on everyone who stopped by after the blessing. I feel like I missed out on seeing everyone.

You can see Claire wasn't too happy by the time we got to the individual pictures with Elizabeth and McCall -- but they are treasures all the same.

Utah County Fair

One afternoon I headed out with the girls to the County Fair. They went on rides and had fun but it was sure hot. Luckily Claire slept in the stroller so they were able to do everything they wanted. I am so glad McCall and Elizabeth have fun together. McCall is such a good big sister and Elizabeth is happy doing whatever McCall does.

County Fair and Cotton Candy

It's just not the Fair if you don't finish off with sticky hands and faces from Cotton Candy. They sure made it look good!

Day by Day

At times I feel so overwhelmed -- I'm having to let go of the spotless house and hope that surface clean will suffice. I think our checking account hasn't been balanced for a month. I can't remember the names of my girls...and my list of things to get to keeps getting longer. But I did find time to read my book for this month's book club -- so life isn't all bad!!! I just take it day by day.

*The bows on the girls head were made by them using their napkins from lunch and clippies!

Could Time Stand Still?

It get's crazy sometimes but we wouldn't change a thing. We are so tickled with Claire... and the older girls continue to amaze us with there unique talents and personalities. We look at how much Elizabeth and McCall have grown and we wish we could slow down time -- it just seems like yesterday they were little babies like Claire.