Quilt 1980

Jenni & Anna 1980

First quilt finished. . .



. . .and a big thanks to my activities days girls for helping tie it!

29 to go.

Under Construction

"Keep Out. Under Construction"

This morning Hailey informed me that the concrete in our kitchen was cracking and that new concrete would have to be laid immediately. I hate it when that happens.

Hailey got right to work and spent over an hour making construction cones to put around the site.

And three minutes laying the new concrete.

Luckily it was quick drying concrete and I was able to get in there in time to make lunch.

and the cake.

She gasped when she saw what she wanted: a 28 layer rainbow cake from a picture off a some blog I was looking at. I tried talking her out of it, but I was kind of intrigued by the idea myself. It was pretty straight-forward to make, and we cut the layers down to only 12. The only issue is that I did not anticipate that it would take three batches of frosting to frost it.








Only for you Hailey.

She is six.

I have a six year old? I cannot say how delighted and honored I am to be entrusted to raise Hailey. She is beyond her years in maturity, vocabulary, and height. She goes through reams of paper plastering our house with love notes, cards, pictures from stories in her head; crayon glimpses into her amazing mind and heart. Over the last year she has turned into my second pair of hands and feet and has a budding mother's heart. She cares for her little brother and sister and makes sure our house is full of happiness at [almost] all times.

Happy Birthday Hailey!



(Nora had a hard birthday week.)



Hailey had a Rainbow Birthday Party with her friends and loved every second of it.



We played "Pin the Cloud on the Rainbow."







John and Charlie enjoying the party.



Hailey: Proof that your Dad loves you. He spend over three hours making that pinata



which was a huge success.



We painted popcorn with edible paint.



(food colored sweetened condensed milk.)



We love you Hailey!!

Three. of. them.