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This is what I've been doing for the past several weeks. It has taken the place of all other blogging, reading, and general caring for my family. No wonder I don't scrapbook! But I'm done and I think it turned out pretty well. Now I just want it to get here!

I'm back!

I know it's been a while and I have no real excuses. Just lazy.

To get myself back into the blogging world I decided to just post a few fun pictures of the family.

To start things off, here are Coleman and Anson showing off their new wall accessory.


I thought I ordered the "large" poster---Hello!!!! This is courtesy of Uncle Ryan. He works for a printing company and this was a vinyl print made to demonstrate their cool machine to a potential customer. The boys couldn't be more excited. Thanks Uncle Ryan! And thanks to Grandpa Ron for hanging that beast.

Next are a few pictures of our new pet. Sadly, the pet we had managed to keep around for the longest, Lucky the rat, died while we were on our trip in July. Coleman was very sad, but the whole family was comforted knowing that we had our new kitten, Zoe, to fill the void. She is a little more cuddly and a bit less repulsive to our friends and family.

Just awake from a nap in Ellie's doll cradle.

She was watching us eat dinner and fell asleep right on the stool.
It totally reminded me of a kid who falls asleep in their dinner plate!

She is a bit spoiled by Claire who insists that everyone leave the room when Zoe is napping and moves her to comfortable spots, like this bean bag in her room. She closes the door and turns off the light and yells at anyone who makes too much noise. I may as well have another baby! Just kidding. I didn't just say that.

She also enjoys playing pool. She actually will bat the balls around and when they go in the holes she goes in after them. Hours of entertainment--for her and the kids. The pool table also provides her with an excellent view of the TV. Yes, she really does watch TV. No picture of that yet.

We had a couple of fun visits in July. My sister Lisa and her kids came for Lisa to do a Wildtree tasting with me and also just for fun. The kids love having their cousins visit.

Ellie and her "best cousin" Abby

We also had a quick but very fun visit with our friends the Armstrongs who were driving through Fresno. They live in Mexico now and were driving to NoCal for a family visit. We were lucky enough to see them for a couple of hours. We bribed them with lunch.


It's been a fun couple of months and I really need to catch up, but for now this will have to do!