Life as it is now:

Okay....all done catching up on 3 months worth of blogging. Thanks for all your patience everyone. I am finding a place for blogging again and with some good intentions I will keep it up.

I snapped this picture on Saturday. Pat was "elephanty" for Syd and Sara. The picture hardly does this goofy situation any justice. Pat is a wonderful pachyderm!

I snapped this picture while goofing around with my old new camera. My digital camera has vanished. I have asked the girls,s repeatedly if they have taken it and they swear innocence. See...these girls have a habit of every now and then picking up things that don't belong to them and sticking them in "secret" places. Luckily I know where these hideouts are and every couple weeks I check them over. I usually find one of my earrings, something I told the girls to put in the garbage or a piece of pretty junk mail. So, I have reason to think that little hands have done away with my camera. Still they seem pretty sincere when they say they didn't take it. Anyway I am back to learning how to use my old one. I liked this picture of Sara.

The girls LOVE playing with each other. Honestly they play prentend for hours. I am so glad they like being around each other and really have fun together. This is what I hoped for when I had them less than two years apart. I find myself knocking on the playroom door and asking if I can play. Syd is usually willing but Sara is often brutally honest and says "not right now Mom...maybe later". Funny. Here they are just playing away:

Ruby is sleeping by my side right now as I type this. She is such a wonderful dog when she is sleeping....so peaceful. Is it bad that I hope she doesn't wake up till after dinner? This is her and my first self portrait. She is really cute!