All the grandkids

My parents with all their grandkids. I think a lot of personalities really come out in this photo.

Birthday celebration #1

The girls got to celebrate their second birthday three times. This was the first celebration when we were visiting my parents about a week before their actual birthday.

The Whole Family

This is the first time my whole family has been together since Ray and I got married. Derek was finally able to meet the twins.

Cousins and a dog

Changing diapers

My favorite hairstyle (so far)

I think this is my favorite style I've tried on the girls. I just love the way it turns out and how well it keeps their hair contained. So I thought I'd share.

Playing outside

We've been having an extremely mild November, following a record-cold October.
We've been taking advantage of the nice weather and been getting out as much as possible.

These are just some random, cute photos for you to enjoy.

Playing with Shalon

Ruby and Shalon were looking at the neighbor's cat through the fence. I'm not sure what Cora and Shalon were looking at, but I loved this photo:
They were both giggling away and pointing at something.

She's been watching Daddy

Four Generation Photo

Or would it be five if we count the bunnies?

Lil ran a 10k

Here she comes around the corner, almost done:

She tried to pose for the camera while running:

She made it in an hour, I was impressed.
If you notice the very black clouds in the background, minutes after Lil made it in, it started to pour. The rain was coming down hard AND it was blowing bad. We (Ray's mom and the girls were with me) took refuge under the canopy you can see behind Lil in the last picture. It was semi-effective, aside from the fact that the wind kept blowing it over. Just as the rain started, Ray and his grandma got to the park. They joined us under the canopy. Before the rain started the park was packed with people. It was kind-of entertaining to watch the crowds scatter. The rain only lasted about five minutes, then the sun came out and it was a fairly nice day. But all the people were gone so the line for food was much shorter.

Making the birthday cake

This was how the girls helped.

Gotta see what's going on

We had a tree cut down that was leaning badly over our house. The girls were entranced by the whole procedure. There was no way I was going to let them watch from outside and this was the only window they could see it from. They spent most of the morning standing there.

My children know what horses are for:

The girls have a stick horse. But I removed the stick because I had visions of it breaking many things in my house (you would, too, if you saw the way my girls played with it). But that doesn't stop the girls from riding it:
Since Cora was riding a horse, Ruby had to find one to ride, too: