Time to catch up: A Summary of June

One day in June we got together with my friend Carolyn and her three little ones and headed to the Rose Garden.  I guess since I've lived here ten years it's probably about time I went!  These are just some shots of the kids waiting for Carolyn to get there.  

Here they are all piled into Carolyn's van.  I like to take the pictures at the beginning when they're all still awake and smiling!

I guess I didn't take many pictures there, and of course not a single picture with a rose in it, but this arbor was way more fun for the kids than the boring old flowers anyway!  And I love this mid-dance shot of Esther.  She and Isaiah play together a lot (we used to live down the street from them) and she's delightful!

Also in June:

It was hard to get a good shot, but we had a bee infestation that was a bit of a hassle.  After taking apart the column in the front of our (brand new!) house, the few thousand bees were vacuumed up and safely relocated to a loving hive.

So here's an adorable dress I made for Eliza.  It has fabulous tuck-pleats on the bodice and the sash and bottom of the skirt are accented with a chevron print.  Jerel said it's "pioneerish."  What?!  C'mon, it's totally not.  Pioneers didn't have CHEVRON for heaven's sake....well, maybe they did, but back then they probably still called it zig-zag.

 After I took Eliza's picture Isaiah wanted to get in on the action and show off some of his dance moves.

Oh, but first, here he is practicing his favorite new facial expression:  the eye roll.  He looks just like Jerel when he does it.  In fact one of my friends saw him do it and commented that she's never even seen Jerel roll his eyes, but that Zay looks so much like him when he does it.  Apparently it's Jerel's signature look?