We had mexican for lunch the day the Arensen family had to leave, and Lucy loved her burrito...well, my burrito.
Rosie seems a little grossed out.
Lilee loved everything. She's a happy little sprite.

My children blended right in with the Arensen family, and we enjoyed a lot of time spent in my Uncle Tony and Aunt Marlene's "movie" room. I loved it. I love this kind of time, where little is expected and so much is gained.

I have a lot of pictures of Ian like this, because he loved my camera, and every time I would get a nice candid shot of him, he'd notice the camera and lunge for it. I like Ian tons- I think he's got the strongest pesonality I've ever seen in a baby...which is hard to validate, but he really is a character.

My very favorite Chinese food is found at the Vegetable Delight- a vegetarian chinese food place. Rosie loves this place too, so when we were thinking of a place to eat the night before the reception, we all ended up there.
The babies had fun, and so did the big people, but I only take baby pictures, I guess.

I drove to my mom's house on Thursday to begin the reception put-together, and it was wonderful to come in and see so many of my favorite people from Houghton. As most know, my sister had a surprise for me- flying my friend Sandy from the cold lands to Cali with her baby girl...it was really great. Lilee had a long flight, so when Snady put her in the tub, my kids couldn't resist.
Look how fun it was! Even at the beginning.
I did not take as many pictures as I wanted to...I was just too busy. But I will show the fun times around the reception...mostly with babies, because I would rather talk than shoot when surrounded with friends.

Here are our Halloween pictures. Lisa lent me her camera, since I ran out of room from the crazy weekend- I will get to that, but it's a massive project that I'm not ready for.
Lucy and Bowden were hailed as the "cutest chickens" and we had a lot of fun walking around town. We got so much candy. At one point, Bowden said, "I think we have enough candy."
That's how much we got.

Lucy getting her first lollipop...ever...
At first she wasn't so sure, but then she warmed up to the idea.