Dandelion bouquets....

Ahh, one of the simple pleasures of life! I love picking all the pretty yellow flowers out of the neighbors' yards. You, of course, don't find any in Daddy's pretty lawn but everywhere else there are plenty to pick.

Jamestowne...

Whitney: We went to Jamestown today with Grammy and Pops. This year is the 400th anniversary of the founding of the first English colony. Here's a couple pictures of me grinding corn, guarding the fort, and giving Pocahantas a hug.

Maren: All I have to say is it was sunny and HOT!

Smiles....

Maren: Mom says we should post a picture of my cute smile. I love to smile now and all the attention it gets me. I also have many great stories to tell, but nobody seems to quite understand them yet. Here's me and sister goofing around.

The other name....

Whitney: It's so confusing everybody has more than one name. I just can't keep them all straight especially when other people are calling them different names. Grammy=Dianne=Mom, Mom=Katie, etc. However, when I say "Jim" instead of "Daddy" he seems to respond sooner.

Not my mother's daughter...

Whitney: Mom has decided that I must not be her daughter since I love to dress-up so much. I've even started to thank Heavenly Father in my prayers for all my pretty dresses.

I even insisted on wearing the pictured outfit that I put together to church one Sunday. Watch out Hollywood, here I come!

More snow!

Whitney: It snowed again this week. Luckily it snowed much harder and for a longer period of time. It even stuck in some places. Unfortunately not enough to do anything fun with it.

Maren: I even got to catch of few flakes on my tongue while we were out running errands!

Whitney: Since there wasn't much snow to play with, my friend Mackenzie and I decided to make our own snow with powdered sugar. We dumped the entire container of it on the kitchen floor and had a grand time playing in it and getting covered with it. It was a lot sweeter tasting than real snow! Mom and Dad weren't real excited to clean up that mess.

Extreme Sports!

Maren: She looks so innocent and loving in the picture but let me tell you the truth about my big sister. Whitney has decided that I need to be an adrenaline junkie like her and has decided to initiate me into the realm of extreme sports. Her favorites for me to participate in (by no choice of my own!) are extreme swinging and rocking. Luckily for me they make these great 5 point harnesses so I don't go flying out on my head! The other problem is she always chooses to do this while I'm SLEEPING. I tell you what, it is so hard to get some shut eye around here!

Whitney: Stop your whining. I'm just getting you ready for when these crazy parents of ours take you climbing and hang you off the side of a cliff and call it fun.

Maren: Speaking of getting no shut eye, Whitney decided while I was yet again trying to sleep that I wanted to suck on her finger. So she proceeded to shove it half way down my throat. That was a rude way to be woken up!