The Happenings...

Everday life:

This still cracks me up. I feel like a circus, especially at the grocery store.

I love this picture because Rainey looks so tiny, and Eleanor looks huge.

Rainey asks to hold E and then take a picture almost everyday. This is a classic sequence.

First Smiles:

Sweet, smiling girls before church

I love this one

Bear Lake:

This was not staged. They were all reading at the same time. Awesome.

Rainey loved the this as long as we were going under 10 mph.

E sleeping in the back of the car -- still enjoying the sand and water.

Sweet friends.

Potty Training:

This is huge for me. I had been dreading this for a long time, but I decided one day that it was time. I knew she was ready, and we just had to do it. We're on the fourth day, and I think she's got it. We've only had a few accidents, and now she goes by herself. I'm so proud of her!

Showing me her big girl underwear by her chart. She's no longer interested in the chart. She just goes now.

I had to get an action shot. She thinks it's so funny that she's not looking at the camera.

Rainey's room:

Kevin's sister and her little boy came out for a few days, and thankfully, she helped us get started on re-doing Rainey's room. I've wanted to at least re-paint, but I just couldn't get it going. Redecorating is not one of my strengths...

Just before a walk

This is how we ran our errands -- pretty crazy at times, but I love all of these faces.

Here's the before video:

The room could not get worse..

The (almost finished) after:

I posted these now because Kevin is leaving tonight on a 10 day trip and who knows how long it will be before we hang everything and do the finishing touches. But this at least gives the idea. .