Monday, July 10, 2006

Finally...Beautiful Artwork!

On a whim I just tried posting pix to blogger, and Lo! It worked! So here are some cute pictures colored by Ally & Addie one week ago today! This masterpiece by Adddie shows Ally, Belle, & Addie sitting on lawn chairs after swimming last Saturday. To the right is the pool and the triangle thingies are our fence. Note Addie's distictive signature on the left preceeded by a heart (the artist herself explained all this to me).
I love this picture by Ally so much, I might make notecards out of it. I can't wait til she gets a tiny bit older and can come stay with us for a week or so...she is still my baby niece!!
Here are the cuties at the church during the July 1st pancake breakfast. Jack is on the ground catching ants.


I may be pushing my luck, but here are some more pix....here's our table at the breakfast: clockwisee from left, it's Ad, Al, Belle, Jill's frined Michelle, Jill, Ben, Uncle Mike, Heidi, & Jack.

Later on Saturday, Rich took the kids to play at Sacajawea Park. Ally & Addie swing...

...and Belle, Heidi, and Jack swing, too.

Sunday, July 09, 2006

Funny Girls

I have been trying to post some new pictures and some beautiful artwork created by Addie & Ally, but I haven't been able to post any images for three days! I even have some great Tucson monsoon pix for my most recent post at Framanisco , but they won't go up either. Shucks.

But I won't withhold the bits about my girls anymore--when blogger gets fixed, we'll post the images that go with this text.

Last week Addie told me what she wants to be when she grows up: "Mom, I want to be THREE things: a ballerina, a gardener, and a grandma." It made me smile, and I told her that she could very easily be all three of those things.

Heidi talks so much, and mostly she speaks very clearly. However, she has some words that are uniquely her own, so here is a sample of "HEIDI-ISMS":

zuda= soda, as in root beer, sprite, coke...
kiki car= daddy's teal Escort hoopty car...we have NO IDEA what the prefix "kiki" means!
pockiple= popsicle...for a while we tought she was saying "basketball" and wondered why she kept asking for a basketball. She finally opened the freezer and enlightened us with an Otter Pop.
libbit= a little bit, as in "Pleeeeease...Mama, gimme libbit in my hand."
sumber=thunder, as in "Hear dat, mom? Dat's sumber! It's a storm!"
Cockadoodledoo= what Heidi says in our ears when she wants us to wake up.

And, finally, a classic sentence. Last week when we stayd in Billings for our Melin Reunion, Heidi threw up for the first time. She mostly got the bed sheet and her blanket, so I just piled them at the foot of the bed, cleaned her up, and got her back to sleep. Later in the morning, she wanted her blanket, but she saw the vomit and said, "Eww, yucky! I spit poopies out my mouf, mom. Yucky! Poopies out my mouf!" I thought that was so sad, and FUNNY! I taught her the right word, but hope we don't have to use it anytime soon!

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Melin Reunion

Melin Family 2006
Sunday, July 2nd before church
Back: Jess, Kelli, Davy, Mike, Mom, Dad, Mark, Jamie, & Rich;
Front: Summer, TJay, Angie w/ Rosalie, Danny, Liana, Elena w/ Sariah, Addie & Heidi

Monday: Brothers Hike Mt. Baldy

On Monday, July 3rd, Rich & his brothers and a few friends hiked up Mt. Baldy to retrieve a plaque that Jess put up there 20 years ago.Mike, Mark, Jess, & Rich Melin with Livingston in the background
Jess found his plaque!
The boys called us from teh top and told us to watch the peak while Mike signaled us with this contraption.
All the boys chill on the ridge
The hikers: Jeff & Shaun Spalding, Jess & Rich Melin;
in front: Cliff Gray, Mike & Mark Melin

Sunday: Parade

In Livingston, Independence Day starts on July 2nd with the Parade that kicks off the 3-day Livingston Roundup. It's a MADHOUSE!Here is our parade gang sitting out on 2nd & Clark Streets.
Addie, Belle, & Ally watch as the parade begins...
...so do Jack & Heidi (from the comfort of the stroller)
We LOVE pipers!!
Uncle Jess & Summer
Five Big Kids: TJay, Danny, Ally, Isabelle, & Addie
Heidi modeling her cowgirl hat.
Here's Rosalie relaxing at the parade....




















TJay, Heidi, & Addie watch one of the last floats go by.
TJay & Addie being silly.

Sunday: Picnic

After the parade, we met at Grandma Melin's for burgers & dogs with our Kinkie cousins.Uncle Mike & TJay
Oops! This picture is from Saturday--Ally, Addie, & Belle swimming in our pool
Cousin Picnic!
Danny. Heidi, Addie, Ally, Belle, Jack, Liana, & Summer
Sweet Swingin' Sariah Melin
Summer & Heidi eat some of Grandma's Raspberry ice cream--yum!
A beautiful cloud

The Week in Pictures (finally!)

This photo was taken way back on June 21 after we got home from Missouri. While we were gone, Rich converted our totally enclosed deck (off the dining room) into a playplace with this slide (given to us by the Carter family). So now we have stairs to the back yard AND a fun slide...the girls LOVE it!
Addie waiting for cousins at the zoo.
Grandma greeting TJay, Addie, & Heidi at the zoo entrance.
My niece, Rosalie, waiting patiently in the sun.
Cousins at Zoo Montana
Summer, sariah held by Liana, Heidi, Addie, TJay, Danny, & Rosalie
Dinner at Golden Corral
Uncle Mark watches while Liana comes down the slide with Uncle Mike.
Rich & Heidi tell Addie how fun the slide is in the pool at our Billings Hotel.
(Uncle Mark & Sariah in the background)

Here we come! Me & my girls on the waterslide...
...weeee!

Pizza & Pool Party at our house on Friday

Davy, Rosalie, Mom, Mark, Sariah, Mike, Jess & Kelli--Danny's by the pool and Heidi, TJay, & ADdie are in the pool.

FAMILY LETTER 07.28.19

Dear Loved Ones,                                                                                                        We have just ...