ART CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!! by Mya

After the track meet mom and Aunt Mindi went to vote for the school budget, we were looking for my piece of art work. Finally Aunt Mindi found my piece and got a few good pictures!!!

Memorial Day

Memorial Day

There is a famous cemetery in Buffalo New York called Forest Lawn. Thousand of men and women that died in wars and afterward are buried in this cemetery. Every Memorial Day people can come and help put flags on the tombstones of the veterans. For the past four years we have participated in this event and it has become a family tradition. We wake up early and drive for about 30 minutes. It starts at 8:00 and you can not be late or you miss the fun part of putting up the flags. It is an amazing site to see all the flags and realize the price for freedom.

Jeff's sister Ginger and her family come every year too. It is fun to share this day with them. Someday we hope Mindi and Shannon's family will come too. Ralph would come if we told him it was a BBQ and we needed a cook.

Jeff with his two helpers Clara and Grant.

All ready to go.
Just Cute!!!!

Most of the graves of the veterans are located in one area the Veteran's Field. Putting flags on their graves takes only about 15 minutes. There are so many people and the graves are in one spot. After that most people leave. We like to look for graves of veterans that are not buried in the Veterans Field. Here is Anna looking to see it the grave is a person who fought in a war. We really enjoy serving the veterans and spending time together.

Sunday Best

Sunday Best

A picture before church. Doesn't happen often as we are always running late. Behold last Sunday we were a little ahead of schedule so I took some time to snap pictures. Of course the pictures made us right, and I mean right on time for church. With every child I seem to lose 5 minutes. Before Mya I arrived everywhere 15 minutes early. Now on my fourth, I am 5 minutes late to everything. Maybe we should stop with four.

This is a little dress I sewed for Mya. It originally had a chicken hat to go with it, but I can no longer find it. Surprising what makes you sad sometimes.

Mirror image of his Dad at this age. I love it. Unfortunately he inherited his mothers neck. He can't have anything even slightly constricting on it. Usually a tie lasts 10 minutes. I hope they relax the dress standard when he is ready for a mission.


Anna has the best smile. It carries even to her eyes.

Made the mistake of commenting on Mya's brace smile. Now we are not getting real smiles, just fake brace covered smiles. Ophs.

Cutie Face and a Performance

CUTIE FACE

This is the face Nora uses when she thinks she is being cute or wants attention. We love it. We say,"Show us your cutie face." This is what we get.

This is not her cutie face. This is her, "Yes, I just fed myself yogurt and no, I am not bleeding."
Nora has been such a joy in our lives. Her only flaw if you can call it that, is she likes to scream. Jeff turned to me one day and said, "Can't you make her stop." I didn't have the heart to tell him in maybe two years.

Violin Recital

Unfortunately I opted out on this one. I didn't get to see the performance. I stayed home with Grant and Nora. Taking Nora the screamer to a recital in a small home didn't seem all that wise. I think the violin teacher was relieved as she sees our circus act every week. Jeff went with the girls. It was their second recital. Mya and Anna both had a solo piece, and then they played a duet together. It is really fun to see them being able to perform together.