Family Pictures

We did our family pictures in September, just after Sydney cut her hair.  I think we made it work.  It always helps to have a good photographer, like Wendy Parrish, to make us all feel beautiful.  

Syd's Hair and Labor Day Hike

About a week after I trimmed everyone's hair, Sydney did a trim job herself.  It looked like a mullet from one side.  I got to try out my skills trying to turn it into a bob.  

Labor Day was our last day before school started, so we squeezed one more hike in at the Sluice Boxes.  

You can't see it, but there's a big cliff just a little ways away from us.  I decided against trying to herd them like sheep along the side of the mountain and we went back to the other end of the trail.  

The girls love playing "cheetah" in any tall grass they find.  

 What would an outing be for them without water?  

More of the Last Summer Hike

We have so much fun outside, and these girls love to pose.  

 Pele made it with us.  After finding a different carsick medication for her that's not so hard on her she's been a happy travel companion.   

 I don't know if the world is big enough for her.  She loves to explore everything and everywhere.  

 They thought it was so funny to sit in the water.  It was a little chilly!

The End of Summer

We had to get these pictures in from the State Fair.

 Maybe the happiest picture I've ever seen of Cora and Sydney.  

 Syd and Cora each found themselves a pair of sunglasses.  

 We needed to get rid of our boxes at some point in time.  Those are the same boxes we had when we moved from Salt Lake to Spokane.  Spokane to New Hampshire.  New Hampshire to here in Montana.  They've met the measure of their creation.  Especially at this point when the girls decided to make themselves a shelter from the rain with them.  

 Katie had her 6th birthday this August.  We were supposed to have a couple of friends over, but she started telling me she felt to sick so we canceled.  I don't think she even ate any of the cake.  

 At least she got the candles blown out.  

 We got a couple of trips to Holter Lake in before school.  

 I love how the pictures make it look like we're super outdoorsy and know what we're doing.  While I wish we lived outside all the time, we rarely have a clue about what we're doing.  

 Katie was asked to speak in Primary, so she set up her animals and the white thing sticking up on the stool was her microphone on the podium so she could practice.  

 We continued my tradition of getting in as many "let's get lost" hikes as we could before school started.  This was at the end of a dirt road in the Highwoods.  All they really want is to play in the water.  

 Sydney is not bashful about showing off her panties.  

 Katie loves wandering from rock to rock.  

 Cora just couldn't smile enough at me.  We were glad we went.