Juni on "the farm." This is how my soul feels when I am there. A little girl, walking through the grass, without a care in the world.
Showing Juni the nests up high in the tree
My dear friend Sophie planned her trip back to Nebraska around our trip so that we could finally see each other after six years. Our daughters have skyped but never met in person, though you wouldn't have known it had you seen them together that afternoon. I know if Sophie and I were lucky enough to live in the same town, we would have play dates nearly every single day :) :) :) Her due date for baby girl number 2 is the same age difference as Lua is to Juni... perfection! Love! sigh. Now if only there weren't 48 states between us. Humph.
Juni had a very small Frozen themed birthday party with her grandparents and her Aunt Clancy, Uncle Stu, and cousins Connor and Ellie. She had so much fun spending time with all of them and doing fun birthday like activities.
We made icicle candy that Connor was karate chopping up for us :) Of course Juni wanted it to be yellow instead of blue!
Attack Grandpa! :)
Time to enjoy some melting glaciers and Olaf cake pops!
reading with Grandma!
Sweet, happy Genevieve got little chapped cheeks in all that cold wind we had in Nebraska!
...back home, stretching out with relief and relaxation
Mother's Day family time around the house
pretty pretty princess
my little roller girl started rolling onto her tummy right before we left for Nebraska. She is still mastering the art of getting her arm out, but she doesn't seem to mind too much just leaving it there most of the time. Here she was, on her way over.
Sporting her Berkshire memorabilia
Sister Love
Summer time!
"Thank you Grandma and Grandpa"
Talking to the grasshopper telling him he is cute and that he doesn't need to be scared. I love her.
and here start the "phone" pictures. My camera died early in the trip and/or wasn't alwasy around. Here is Genevieve, sound asleep in her carrier, after going through security the first time.
matchy matchy!
Benny came down from Minneapolis with his Mama Erin, my college roommate, to see us! Photographing groups of small children, especially those who don't like their picture taken, is quite difficult! Erin got pregnant with Benny right after coming out to California to visit us, so I like to pretend that Juni was such a perfect child she made Erin want one of her own :) Really though, it was so nice to see Benny in person and I'm so thankful for a friend like Erin who was willing to make that drive with such a little boy to spend time with a crazy friend like me. Having Juni, Beeny, and Genevieve all there made me realize how impossible it would be to have 3 children that close in age. I don't know how people do it!?!
We have a photo of Juni just like this from an Easter before, so I couldn't help myself :)
celebrating a late Easter with cousins
Grandpa taking Genevieve to find the last egg nobody else spotted
again, groups of small children, hard! Ellie was sad she didn't get to hold Genevieve for the photo
...but then by the time she was able to, Genevieve and Juniper were DONE :) Sweet Connor, being a trooper through it all!
Juni taking care of her baby back at home
Juni asked me to take a pic of her puzzles to show her grandmas and grandpas on the computer :)
Sister Love!
