First pic of the New Year!!! Give her a pen with no paper and she will find something to write on. Let's see if I can blog more consistently in 2011.

It's been forever, but now it's my summer vacation and I have more time for fun stuff. We have expanded once again and added a boy this time. Decker T was born on April 14, 2010 at 5:02 pm. He is our biggest baby at 9 lb 2 oz and 20 inches long. We are having some adjustments (especially Zeni) but we sure love having another baby around the house.

In other news, Tash has finished his PhD in History. (cue the trumpet fanfare) He graduated from the University of Oklahoma on May 14th. We are all so very proud and can't wait to see where we end up next. For now, we have no news on the job search, but we are trying our best to be patient.

Posting some recent pics because I can't blog without pictures.

Photo shoot with a super cute little family, today. Lots of fun.

Spent part of our day at the Norman Splashpad. Kids had fun and I got some sun. I love taking them somewhere, wearing them out and then enjoying the silence when they all crash.

My Tasher got a haircut this morning. I had a rough time cutting off all those curls, but I think he looks great.

Wednesday the kids and I went to the OKC zoo. We met some friends there early in the morning before the temperature got too unbearable.

The entire group.

Happy Anniversary!!!
So, this is slightly late, but 13 years and 2 days ago (June 8th, 1996) Tash and I got hitched. Can't believe it's been that long. Looking at these pictures all I can think is we were young and didn't know better. Wouldn't change a thing.

My firstborn will officially be eight years old tomorrow. So, today we celebrated by eating at the restaurant of her choice (the new McDonald's). I think Tash was embarrassed that his wife lugged the camera into McDonald's to take pictures. Oh, well. I'm one of those crazy scrapbooking women. Here she is trying to whistle in her straw.

Here's her little sister enjoying a Happy Meal.

This is my favorite and I think I'm going to sell it to the McDonald's Corporation.

This is the gang posing for mom to take a picture, yes, in McDonald's.

And...the play area, of course.


Amos is at that lovely stage where I can't get him to stop and look at the camera for more than a split second, and...he never gives me a genuine smile.



Then, we proceeded to our next stop. This was a surprise for the kids because they have never gotten anything at Build-a-Bear. They like to look, but we've never let them get a toy. Amos chose a bear and Zeni chose a mini Jack Russell terrier.

Maren had to check her JR terrier to make sure it was stuffed properly.

Amos was very excited about his bear.

Then came the Clean & Fluff.


Birth certificates and official names.

Maren named her dog Jackie (original, huh?) and we named Zeni's puppy Jack, of course.

Amos decided to name his bear Jon.

The kids had a blast and made for a great afternoon.