A Million Photos of Caroline

All the various faces she pulled were so funny! I couldn't just take one and be done with it.

Having Some Lunch

Caroline now gets very excited over getting some food.

After lunch Maggie reads to her baby sis.

Pumpkin Cookies

Sugar cookie time

Getting Back To It

When we came home from Utah (beautiful weather) we found snow in our yard. Even though it was rather scant, Maggie was insistent that she play in it.

We went right back to wearing dance gear only:

We started gearing up for Halloween:

Maggie is into pointing at the thing I ask her to pose for a picture with.

One morning Maggie woke up and asked if Caroline could ride in her stroller. It was fun-ny!

High School Band

Who looks familiar here?

That's my tall drink of water husband--high school freshman.

Utah Trip

Instead of taking our chances with Wyoming weather in November we made our Thanksgiving trip to Utah early. Oh we had such a good time! Even Patrick agreed we could have stayed longer (could it possibly be that we stayed at a hotel and had actual down time while visiting my family?).

We spent one day just hanging out at my sister Charlotte's house. Grampy stopped by with a huge box of tomatoes from his garden and whipped up a fabulous bowl of salsa. Then, in typical Grampy fashion, he breezed out.

Randy made an appearance as well. For the food I'm sure.

Maggie had a crazy good time. Cousin Olivia was great at keeping her entertained.

During some of our down time at the hotel:

Caroline enjoyed a blanket swing at Julies:

I just thought this was funny. Caroline was playing with my chapstick and somehow got it stuck under her double chin. She kept trying to look on either side of her to find it.

On our way to the Art Market:

Cousin Courtney MADE the adorable dress on Caroline! Thank you SOO much, Courtney. We love it!

After all that careful planing we still had weather issues . We took the "other" way home--through the mountains. We came upon an accident that had us sitting on our car for a LONG STINKING TIME!

But...we made it home safely. Phew.

Daily Life

Maggie loves to dress up. I wonder why I buy her the nice clothes I do--they end up in a pile on the floor. Here she is having a little discussion with Caroline about her old potty chart:

Caroline really wishes she could eat some of that cake batter:

The happy pair:

Anderson Farms 2009

Last year we did our autumn farm visit much too late. It was freezing and there were hardly any pumpkins left to choose from. This year was just right. The weather was chilly but sunny and nice and there were loads of pumpkins. We had a great time.

Kids hay maze:

Daddy feeding the goats. Maggie would not even try. There were also about 4 brand new baby goats that we (me) enjoyed.

Barrel ride. Maggie took it very seriously:

Pony ride with mommy. This she took this even more seriously:

Make Up

So intent. So serious. Almost peaceful.

And a cute one of Caroline: