September Happenins

Kylie has been after me to put more pictures on my blog. The truth is, we don't have very many good ones. I'm not very pleased with our camera. But to appease her (I think she looks at it like a scrapbook more than anyone I intended it for), here are some pictures of what the kids have been up to.

Five kids squishing on a bench at the table I meant to throw out 4 years ago. Occasionally we look at dining room tables but never find one we like or feel the time is right. Meanwhile, it serves its pupose. If I remember right, the kids were having fun and asked me to take a picture of them, although Alexis looks like she is not having fun.

Eating ice cream cones after Kylie and Madalyn leave for activity days.

Four girls playing in the rain. After Irene it seemed like it would never stop raining.

Kylie turning 11. She put peanut butter cups all around her cake and Reeses on the top. She sure knows how to make a tasty cake.

The kids catching and playing with tiny frogs. They were all the rage for a week or two. Whenever a child could, he would escape outside to look for frogs.

The four girls wore all white one Sunday. I'm not sure why they didn't think to have Kaitlyn in the picture; maybe she was napping. They had fun trying different poses with their parasols and feeling pretty.

Making donuts for General Conference.

(Oops. This is an October happening. Oh well.)

Kaitlyn taking notes during the session.

Kylie with her pack of dogs. When we went outside to say good bye to Nathan who had to go to work after the last session on Sunday, they spied jumpropes and somehow thought of being dogs. We've never been fond of dogs, but this quickly became a favorite game of the week. Even Kaitlyn begs to wear a leash and play and bark alongside them.