A Day in the Life...

 These two hooligans are now eleven! I can't believe it. They are pretty fantastic in every single way. Eleven words that describe Dakota: Playful, fun, charismatic, determined, witty, friendly, energetic, proud, comical, confident, bold Things she loves right now: ALL animals but especially goats, pigs, and dogs, the color green, being with any friends, ice cream and tacos (and ice-cream tacos), and family games. Eleven words that describe Micah: Adventure seeking, shy, sensitive, thoughtful, quiet, hopeful, imaginative, forgiving, easy-going, caring, peaceful Things she loves right now: Tigers, old-school scary movies like Jaws, Jurassic Park, and Gremlins, turquoise, BBQ ribs, and karate. Both of them are much more... these just stick out.  We've celebrated lots of times over the past week, starting with having a bunch of friends over. We played minute-to-win-it games, ate pizza, and watched a movie. In between, the bunch of them just ran around the house and yard while scr...

If we had to narrow it down to which parent is fun... this guy wins... He and Kota are two peas in a pod. This is them playing baseball in our house with a broom... And throwing food at her... And, even though he says he hates the dog... the dog loves him... Kota being a dork, or, as she calls it, Awesome.  Tim says the same thing about himself.  

 We've been celebrating Copper's #13 birthday all week! We think she's pretty remarkable. 13 words that describe her: Determined Spiritual Good natured Intelligent Independent Insightful Calm Protective Curious Accepting Joyful Patient Peaceful Things she loves right now: Lilo & Stitch Space & Astronomy Cats Math & Science Her BF Emily The color pink Crepes/Pancakes Non-stop reading Copper's the gal I have to continually remind myself to get out of her way. Sometimes (nearly all the time) when we ask her to make a decision, she just shrugs her shoulders and says she doesn't know.  Or, she takes f-o-r-e-v-e-r to decide on really simple things in life, like when we choose books at the library and she takes as long as it would take as if her life depended on it.  What I have to remind myself of though, is that she isn't just indecisive- she's really contemplative and when she finally does decide on something, it's pretty meaningful. About a mont...

Chances of us living at the pool this summer: 100% Slow motion Kota Slow motion Micah Slow motion Copper .