Birthday Party

Playing with Baby Claire. She loves her uncle. And books, look at all her books. We love her.
Tim and Jordan were a little tired when my sisters and I were finishing up the dinner. How cute.
Yum Yum Yum Yum
Harrison is eating a tomato. He is doing really well using his tooth to chew up adult food.

On Friday we had a birthday party for Cat and I at Emily's house. Em made a yummy dinner and Annie made me my favorite cake. Chocolate Cake with Chocolate frosting with strawberries on top! There was present opening, game playing and picture taking! Thanks girls, I had so much fun.

Spring? Are you here yet?

Apparently it is spring. That is what the calendar tells me at least. Hmmm, I wonder why then has it just snowed, our why I am still wearing a coat when I go outside? When I grew up, and spring came, there were endless amounts of gorgeous flowers in my parent's yard, the grass was a dark soft green, and the weather was just perfect-no need to be hot (which I find very uncomfortable, when there is no way to cool myself down) and no need to be cold. Being Oregon, it would rain sometimes, but when it stopped you could smell that crisp and sweet sent of the earth and everything would glisten in the sunlight afterwards. Spring meant flowers, birds singing, garden planting, sports, intense house cleaning with mom ("Time to get rid of stuff. If you haven't used it in six months, throw it away"). I love home in the spring; who wouldn't love perfection?