Let's make Apple Crisp!

The girls help grandpa peel apples for the crisp. Their job - taste tasting. Maddy learns how to work the apple, peeler, corer, slicer. What a great tool.

ISABELLA turns ONE

Princess Isabella on her birthday

Isabella with her beautiful Mama...

Having fun with her papa. Just look at those little toes!

Isabella's birthday card for her memory book. The rosebud print dress with eyelet pinafore.

Christmas Snow

We LOVED having snow this winter, especially Christmas Day.

Our Very Own Table

Grandpa and I painted the little table and chairs that have been in our family for 25 years. They belonged first to the girls' daddy and aunt Tracie. Then uncles Jon and Gabe used them for a long time. Now it's Maddy and Trinity's turn. Not only did they get a fresh coat of paint, I painted some roses on them in January. They enjoyed playing with it Christmas day, having tea with their babies but on the day when we told her they could take it home, Maddy was excited. She said, "Oh, my good-NESS!"

A close-up view of the painted roses.