Happy 4th! (The Chinese Way)

BBQ at the neighbor's house. Hotdogs, hamburgers and potato salad. Fireworks on my dress.

Abbey was just learning to crawl. Look how happy she is...."Here I Come!" And, "Look I still have a mohawk." I want to be like my Uncle Joe. If only my name was Josephine...



China gave us amazing fireworks and amazing shoes 

Fence Me In

 

Rob's Party was Awesome!

Our neighbor Rob had a party last weekend to celebrate the opening of his new Photography studio. It is really his garage rebuilt into an amazing art studio. It was great to see the neighbors who had been hibernating all winter come out of thier caves to celebrate summer and Rob. Abbey was the only baby there so she was playing hard to get.
Can you tell by the photos our other neighbor Tim took?

This one says, "this party is so borring"

Here she is deep in conversation about the hot new book Ben is reading for his Book Club, "Book Club for Men" that is.... The guys at church want to change the name Ben picked out. They are afraid it implies something non-churchy. That's beside the point- Abbey was debunking the "all people are cheaters at heart" argument from "Freakonomics." She flings her hands around when she talks just like her father.

So serious! We think she was posing for the old fashion style photos.
Get with the times Abigail! 

Cry Babies

One sad baby



Two sad babies



"I wasn't sad, were you?" 

Mother's Day

My two favorite mommas after a mom's day haircut and pedicure.



Is that my sister hugging me?



Abbey, giving herself a pedicure.

Just in Time For Dad's Birthday!

Abbey got upset about not being allowed to use the phone anymore. Her favorite thing is to listen to the ring tones. Well, she was sucking on the phone, so I took it away! She was mad and threatened to run away with the circus to follow in the foot steps of her Great Grandma Nagy....


Luckily we caught her just in time! Close one. She was dressed and ready to go when I found her at the door talking about the hottie snake charmer. That would have totally ruined Dad's birthday!


Her dad came home and distracted her. Here he is teaching her how to make up songs on the piano. It changed her mind and she stayed for some cake. Best birthday gift Ben ever got. Besides the cake.



Danielle's first attempt at following her MOTHER's footsteps in cake decorating. She is also thinking of running away to the circus. Notice the bright colors and slight tilt to the front.

Happy Birthday Ben! 

Baby with "Sister Felsted"