Thursday before swimming...

6/21/12

Another cousin day! Mimi gave boat rides, which I missed getting pics of... but the kids were promised there would be more, so I'll have another chance ;)

I like this picture because of the two different 'scenes'... Lydia in action & Elle showing Lauren & Lindsay Buddy's grave in the background. Buddy was Donnie & Ashley's chocolate lab who just passed away earlier this spring.

Asking Smallsy to smile :) Like her dress? Lauren wore it when she was 2-1/2 for Lacy & Kelly Short's rehearsal dinner.

She was a flower girl in their wedding :)
July 28, 2007 - Lauren 2-3mo & Lindsay 11-mo

Got a little carried away ;)

 I always adored this picture of her... and I remember picking the flowers so she would have something to carry :)

 Back to the present... Mimi said, "I love  how she holds her dress out"

Lydia & I brought down carrots to feed the miniature donkeys...

They are adorable. Love Lydia petting & donkey 'smiling' .. and I'm talking to childhood/4H/fair/horse-friend Sam Zins and her daughter! Amazing... they live in Montana! But she attested that the winters aren't 'that bad,' nothing like the mid-west. ;)  She said the one time they drove through Iowa in February, she thought they were going to die b/c the roads/weather were so bad! Made me feel a little better ;)

Trudging up the hill :) always a work-out...

Lydia 2-7mo, Lindsay 5-10mo, Elle 7-1/2, Lauren 7-2mo & Carson 5-5mo

They said holding hands helped them climb it faster! Regardless, it makes for really cute pictures ;) Maybe we'll attempt to get LeaAnn in there, see if they'll walk slow enough for her. :D

Had to throw in the b/w versions...

I think I like this one better?