Aunts and Uncles and Cousins...Oh my!

So precious!

This picture totally cracks me up! Like father, like son.

Isn't my little sister beautiful?! I love this picture.

E has now met all of his Aunts, Uncles and cousins. It was so fun to get together with all of my family. It gets crazier and crazier every time, but I love it. The next time we get together E will have two new cousins to meet.

Salt Lake City Sunset

It's a really good feeling when...

Someone likes your pictures enough to post them on their own blog!

Danielle was nice enough to let me practice my photography skills on her cute little boy last month. You can see the results on her blog . . .

http://thecarrinofam.blogspot.com

(Can someone tell me how you post a link with your own title for it? i.e. instead of http://thecarrinofam.blogspot.com I would like to put "Danielle's blog" and have it link to her blog.)

Grandma and Grandpa's Garden

While visiting Paul's parents my Mother-in-law asked me to take some pictures of their backyard for her. It was a fun and educational experience as Papa sheets taught me the names of the different flowers etc.

E enjoys watering the plants and exploring the garden with his Grandpa.

A few favorites from this month . . .

I sure love this kid!

I finally sent these out yesterday . . .

Woo Hoo!

Little Mr. and his Daddy

Can you tell the little guy was tired?! Paul was still looking good though.

Favorite Thing #2 - Redbox

Have you heard of this? I just found one near us and I am so excited! Check it out . . .

http://www.redbox.com/home.aspx

I LOVE SALES!

My Mom taught me to never pay full-price for anything, and it stuck!
In addition to the $3 clearance rack at Wal-Mart, I love the "Buy one clearance item, get one free," sales at Mervyn's. I got 4 shirts, 1 pair of shorts and a pair of capris for $40 today!

Favorite Thing #1

I don't enjoy cooking, which means I love these!

I like to play the piano . . . sometimes

I started taking piano lessons when I was 7 and continued on for nine (what seemed to me) very long years. I am grateful to have the skill now, but after taking piano lessons for 9 years I don't think I am nearly as good as I should be. We got our piano about a year and a half ago. I was so excited when we received it! I hate to say that I sit down and play it only about once every month or two. Not because I lack the time, but because I only like to play the piano sometimes. . This is a song I like to play. I don't play it up to speed and I skip over the harder parts.
I still hold these down for way too long when I play . . .

and I have yet to master the use of this tempo keeping gadget . . .
If you ask me to play the piano, please do not ask me to play much more than these . . .
and if you really want to make me feel comfortable while playing, request this hymn . . .
I do love the hymns and I am glad that I can play them. This was my first favorite hymn. . .
Whenever I look at that beautiful piano just sitting in my livingroom, and feel a huge amount of guilt for not playing it often enough, I just think of the many years ahead that I can force my children to sit down and play it everyday, just like my parents did to me. It makes me feel a little better.



The End!