Shark Fan

This stuffed shark is by far Cora's favorite toy. She got it from a fish pond at Ray's work party. She drags it all over the house with her. She gets very excited when she finds it. And she gets far more upset when Ruby steals her shark than any other toy. When I told my mom about Cora's shark she said, "Derek should be happy, there's another shark fan in the family."

Ray's Birthday

This was a very hard card to make. The girls weren't very cooperative when it came to tracing their hands.

Ray's dam cake.
In the picture on the right you can see that there are fish swimming IN the lake, not just on top.









We had a few friends over for dinner.

Ray

"25" pictures to show why I love you.

You shaved.

You work hard.





















Family is important to you.





















You're such a wonderful dad. Remember how tiny the girls used to be?







































You like to have fun.


















You play along.












You're willing to help. Even if you do put the girls' clothes on backwards. I know, why would anyone put buttons in the back?












You're resourceful.









You get better looking every day. ;-)












I love you!!

July Visitors

I think this post will basically catch me up to the end of July. Then I'm only behind by a month again. Good thing we didn't do much in August or I'd never get caught up.

Lynn, Julie, Kimilynn, and Kareena stopped by to visit me and the girls for a few minutes. Ray was at work. They got to check out our house and see how amazing Ray is at building things. It was fun to visit with them, even if they couldn't stay very long.

Julie and Cora

Lynn

Kimilynn, Cora, and Kareena