A visit from Gram

Gram came to visit yesterday, & brought Brooke with her. The kids had a blast! We took this pictures just before they left.

Brandon 4, Brooke 5, Olivia 3, Abbie 1

Time to add some new layouts

From our Fourth of July this year. We went to a parade in downtown Roseville & then to my parents for the rest of the afternoon & evening.

On Memorial Day we went to a local water park & had a nice picnic lunch.

A summary of Brandon's first year in preschool. This will go in his school album that I'm going to make...but first I actually have to BUY the album :)

The title page from our 2008 album. I like having a mish-mosh of photos from throughout the year. I tried to do one a month, but....I liked how it came out so it's all that matters, right?

I finally got these stitched together in Photoshop. And then it (and my computer) crashed! Fortunately nothing was lost, but I had to start over (in photoshop).

One year ago...

I can't believe Abbie is going to be one today.

One year ago tonight, I laid awake. I was enormously pregnant & it was HOT. And I was stressing over what our new baby was going to do to our perfect family of four. And whether my c-section was going to be okay. Whether everything would be okay.

And here I am, one year later. With a one year old, who blended in perfectly to our family. We were meant to be a family of five.

Where did this year go?

I hate how as I get older, the years go by so quickly. Brandon is almost four & a half! I was just pregnant with him, wasn't I? Olivia is a vivacious three year old. And Abbie is one!

Wow.

The End of Abbie's First Year

Caught!

What happens when you take the tray off the highchair to clean it?

photoshop class

My assignment: add a frame & a border.

I thought this picture of Abbie was totally "sassy"!

Happy Fourth of July

We went to the Roseville Fourth of July Parade this year, then over to my parents' for a fun afternoon. Olivia had her fingernails painted by Kathy, and we enjoyed the neighborhood fireworks after a nice dinner.