RC & Me

this littliest girl of mine...

she loves to take pictures with her mama.

love the iPhone for being able to switch it so we can see oursleves. 

1) anxious face

2) excited face

3) sad face

4) super duper happy face

5) like we smell something (totally her idea & i love it)

6) grumpy face

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pre-school starts for my girl the week after labor day. she is super pumped. after some dramz at the daycare center over the summer, the number of kids attending has reduced. so now rachey is the only little girly in her class. everyday when i drop her it's just her & 6 boys. i have heard this won't last long though. a new girl is starting with pre-school & rachey is super pumped to have another girl to play with. in the meantime, she is enjoying having the pink & purple crayons & markers all to herself. (i didn't just make that up. she seriously told me that was the best part of being the only girl.)

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labor day weekend is upon us. i'm super excited to have monday off work. olivia is excited to have the day off school already. because, you know, 2 weeks of school is exhausting.

happy friday, friends!

rain is a good thang

after months of no rain at all. (i'm looking at you, june & july.) we got our 2nd really decent rain fall of august.

last i checked it was really just sprinking. so i resumed my lazy day of watching smokey & the bandit in bed. then the dish lost signal. upon further inspection it was absolutely pouring. just sheets & sheets of rain. no wind just straight down.

and i found someone was outside playing in the rain.

that someone enjoyed a natural slip n slide.

Photos from the Phone Friday



ryan lochte keeps me company at work

my lou's baby pic collage

day 1 - smile picture



breakfast of champions

time-out on saturday afternoon is a tough place to be

trying out a new lipstick

jump around

really, hurt my foot again...

snooks loves me

my favorite meal

rachey slightly concussed



awesome

know what i think is awesome???

these pictures, right here.

straight out of the camera. no editing. i died a little. love daddy & rachey girl looking at the beautiful water.



my favorite sassy girl & myself. i.love.her.a.lot.



both of my sassy girls & myself. rarely do i get a picture of the 3 of us. love it. ps, that is a storm rolling in that you see.

this girl & how she loves shopping. and says the cutest things like "Liv, this is to die for" -- when talking about back to school supplies. I think it was a ruler. 

or my personal favorite "Oh my MG" when seeing the little $3 bracelets at wal-mart.



1st day of 3rd Grade

Olivia started her 1st day of 3rd Grade today.

And as you can see, she was 100% thrilled.

Seriously, she was a little foul this morning. She loves summer - who doesn't?

But don't let her fool ya, she is excited that her BFF is in her class again this year.

And I gave her $1 to get her to smile.



that's 3 for 3rd grade.

maybe the promise of not having to ride the bus to school will make her a little happier. and once she gets back into the groove of things, she will be ok.

Rachel was a little bit out of sorts today. going to daycare without your big sis for the first time in about 3 months is hard for a 4 year old, evidently. she cried & cried.

and here are all of her 1st day pics. I told her to just get used to it because I fully intend on taking a picture of her on every single 1st day of school for the rest of her life.

wisconsin 2012

we went back to door county wisconsin last week. it was just as wonderful as last year.

we went to peninsula state park. it was gorgeous. we will definitely go back there again. we climbed eagle tower. surprisingly, jarrett did too. (he's scared of heights.) he only freaked out a couple of times when we were at the top. particularly when i picked rachel up for the picture. he thought i was going to toss her over the side or something. 

we saw & did alot of the same things we did last year. ellison bluffs was far too beautiful to not go back again.

we also visited cave point again. 

 this time, we were better prepared. jar & liv swam in the caves. rachel & i just enjoyed the view.

 we did mini-golf again at pirate cove. 

these pretty sisters got along famously during our trip. gosh, i love them.

 i kinda love this guy too.

a random passer-by asked if he could take our family picture for us. and what do you know, this is one of the best ones we have had. 

photos from the phone