Oh boy!

Luke is on the verge of crawling. He loves doing baby push-ups and rocking on his hands and knees. It's so thrilling to watch! I had to bribe my girls to get moving, and he just naturally wants to! I'm thinking he'll be off within the next few weeks. Baby-proofing, here we come....

Fireman's Breakfast

We went to the Annual Fireman's Breakfast on Saturday morning. It was really fun! The long wait in line wasn't very fun, but at least we got to see the inside of the fire station (and the very cool fire chief's office) while we waited. I couldn't believe how many people were there! I'm sure they raised a boatload of money. The food was yummy--gotta love fried ham, fried eggs, fried hash browns, and fried pancakes. Mmmmm. I wasn't hungry again until about 4:00 in the afternoon. The best part about the whole thing, though, was getting to explore the fire truck after breakfast. The girls loved it. I especially like the picture of Rachel hugging the fire extinguisher. That kid cracks me up!





Luke just hung out in the stroller the whole time. He was loving watching all the people. Doesn't he look cute in his ball cap?

I think we might make this a tradition.

Lost

If you know me well, you know how I am about TV. I'm not a big TV-watcher and I'm pretty selective about what shows I get into. Ben started watching Lost about a month ago (the first season, loaned to us from a friend) and has been trying to get me to watch it with him for weeks now. I kept saying "no, no, I don't want to get into it. It takes so much time to catch up--five seasons of episodes at 40 minutes each? Where am I going to dig up that kind of time?" Well, one bored night, I started watching it. I didn't particularly enjoy it for the first several episodes, but watching it made me want to watch more, just so I could see what happens. They leave you hanging at the end of so many episodes!!! Now that I know the characters better, I'm enjoying watching all the relationships develop. It's a very interesting show--a very intense show. My heart races sometimes while watching it--my blood pressure's probably through the roof! But I must admit, it's a good show and now Ben is happy that he has a Lost buddy.

Daddy

Some daddy/daughter time

Preschool Graduation

Emma graduated from preschool tonight. There was a program where the kids sang a bunch of songs and recited poems. It was adorable! There are so many darling kids in her class. And it was so fun to see Emma sing--it's one of my favorite things about Emma--how much she loves music.
The "doggie" song. Too cute!

Emma's teacher taught the kids how to do a special graduation walk (like a wedding march--left together, right together, etc.). It was so hilarious--I was dying laughing as I was videoing all the kids. Emma's walk was especially funny because her stride was so long. Look how far apart her feet are!

Family picture

Emma and her cute friends, Kelty and Lauren

Emma's wonderful teacher, Miss Melva

Can't believe she's off to kindergarten next year! I will miss her so much! Letting go is hard to do.

Emma's five-year-old pictures

I decided to take Emma's five-year-old pictures myself this year. We had a blast doing it together!

Ray-Ray

Wanted a picture of me and Ray-Ray today. Thought it turned out alright for taking it myself.