Wednesday, December 28, 2011

mini boden pose

this is a pose we borrowed from the mb catalog


quiet, i'm meditating in the japanese friendship garden


Christmas Break

.This is my christmas break. i had so much fun going on all of the adventures we went on. we went to Monterey wich was so fun!we also went to Dennis the Menace park(wich was also in Monterey). we went to a resturaunt called Crabby jims. i took lots of pictures in monterey.
gwen is rock climbing!

this is a super odd sighn my mom took a picture of.

i am posig in a train.

gwen is on a lion!


me and gwen were playing on a fake train at dennis the mennace park


this is my dads dinner

this is a seagul i took a picture of.

me and my sister posed like dennise

me and gwen went on a really fun slide head first


this is our family picture.

   i also went to a really fun park called happy hallow. there was also a really really  pretty garden called the friendship garden. it was absolutly amazing! after that we went to a gigantic mall called valley fair. it was so fun but the only problom was we couldn't find our car in the big parking lot( i also got a really cute pair of sombas at j.crew! now i can show you some pictures of our adventures! enjoy!

Sunday, August 28, 2011

harriet tubman, hoops, tea parties, baking, macys

 lily as harriet tubman (school report)



 lily and her bff kaitlin
 with oreo, the bunny

 a formal tea party at margaret's (neighbor)
 Rachael loves to babysit. This is Calumn, her first love.
 Baking mini gallettes, yum!
 Gwen on her first day of kinder (had to sneak a picture)
 Gwen and lily looking at bentley's baby pics. (he was so small he fit in a coffee mug)
 Some husbands go crazy at sporting good stores...or home depot. My darling man LOVES Macys! they were having a sale and he brought home this $5 waffle cone maker (fhe!) Giant glasses (does anyone have extra cupboard space??) and the softest towels ever....i can never have too many white towels.

 Sunday afternoon, board games on the deck.

Monday, May 9, 2011

hottie



my name is olivia, my goal in life is to be a "hottie" can someone please save me from my nature-lovin', tree-huggin mommy? 

hope your mother's day was as good as mine

i hope you woke up to a farm fresh omelette and fresh strawberries and mango
I hope your husband took the kids to church early with him so you could get ready a la carte
I hope you were surprised with a pot full of flowers, lavender shortbread, and a red pepper plant that didn't survive
I hope your fridge is plastered with crayon drawings with hearts and love all over them
I hope you didn't have to cook a thing all day and ate fish tacos for dinner and fresh fruit galette for dessert!
I hope you got to read 22 bedtime stories while someone else did the dishes
I hope you got to read Ben's mothers day blog and laugh till you cried
(mom, don't blow a fuse...you should be honored that YOU are his muse!)
I hope you think being a mom is ohhhhh so fine,
hope your mother's day was as good as mine.

there are some things i will miss

After eight years of homeschooling, i'm frankly looking forward to next year when all four girls will be in school. There are some things i will miss...like going to Elkhorn Slough for Science Class (above) and biking on the ocean front path in monterey for PE with Gwen (below).


 here's olivia and her bff, calissa. they've been buddies since birth.

 Grandpa by the river on our angel's camp trip. you can't see the rope swing but it was there. And i was wishing i had my suit on.

 Grandma and Lily

 This lake was the treasure of our trip. New Melones Lake was crystal and gleaming and laden with running trails through meadows and wildflowers. We rented a little fishing boat to tour the lake on, Grandpa even taught me how to drive. (Don't worry, it only goes to 15mph)

lily on our way to church (lindsey, do you recognize that shirt?)

Monday, March 28, 2011

here's our rock star!

In concert

the drama captured

love this pic

gwenny with her "smoochie smooch" she says she is going to marry Bentley. When we get close to home lily and gwen ask to run down the driveway. they race into the house to get the first kisses from this perky boy.


Rachael, on Gregory the Camel in Palm Desert, CA

Lindsey Clan at Thanksgiving in Yearington Nevada



She's officially a teenager!