Wednesday, September 30, 2015

September little things.

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Georgia’s little personality shines so much in the pictures above—she is filled with joy!  And she fills us with joy!

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The month Elna fell in love with riding her bike!  She does laps around the backyard park and just goes and goes.

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I really should only keep one of these 3 couch pictures, but which ones would you get rid of?

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Elna really loved the socks her Grandma Fae bought her for preschool.

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Some days the dress-ups are just too much to not photograph.  The mismatched heels.  And Elna’s doubled up socks—she really loves those socks.

 

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The girls went to the Portland Aquarium with Brian and his parents.

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Brian went back to work at the beginning of September.  His high was our low that day.  He was so excited to go back to work after 3 months of being home, but man oh man, we were sad to see him go.

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“What’s on your face, Elna?”  “Nothing” she says.  The lipstick doesn’t lie, darling girl.

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My brother, David was staying in a cabin near Mt. Hood with his friends for a few days, so we went up to say hi.

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This picture makes me laugh.  This is so Hattie—she reads books aloud all the time.  And I love how Georgia so focused.

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Singing and leading music.

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Oh, just three girls smiling for the camera at the same time, that’s all.

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Georgia’s smile!

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I love how these two hug.  Elna almost always lifts Harriet off the ground like this with her legs wrapped around her.

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Heaven for Harriet will be holding Georgia all day.  Just look at that face!  This picture makes me so so happy!

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The primary kids after their primary program today.  I’m amazed at what they were able to do with a lot of practice and heart!  They are such neat kids and I love being able to see them every week!  I feel blessed every day!

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Primary program Sunday is my very favorite!  The primary kids get me every time.  Elna practiced her little heart out and delivered her part perfectly!  I’m so proud of her!

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Always reading.

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These two doing what they both love best—Elna, coloring.  And Harriet reading a “stack of books”—that’s what she says to me all day—“Mom, I’m reading a stack of books” or “Can you read me a stack of books?”

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Entertaining Georgia as I was getting stuff out of the car.

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At the children’s museum.  Such a cool place!

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Brian is a popular guy at our house.  He is doing a puzzle that Elna made.  She loves using her scissors to create puzzles, and she’s actually pretty good at making them.  They’re even challenging for us.

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Brian asked Elna to have 5 piles of pine needles raked by the end of the day as a consequence for some poor behavior—I took a picture of the girls doing it to show Brian at work.

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Happy with their green drinks.

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Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Building a fence.

I took some pictures of Elna while she was outside with Brian building a fence in our backyard.

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Jammies and disheveled hair, and just as cute as can be!

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Helping by handing dad the screws.  I love how committed our girls are to their baby dolls, packing them and taking them all over the place.  They will be fabulous real mamas someday!

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Picking up so me more boards part way through the fence building.  I was amazed at how fast Brian was able to build a fence.  I thought it would take all day, but it just took part of an afternoon.  He does so well at everything he touches!  We are so blessed to have such a handy guy around!