Our Daily Life - Volume 20

More blurry cell phone pics from our day-to-day life (these were from October / November 2012):

 

I think Hope was probably responsible for this - the band aids weren't enough to keep them quiet for long.

 Ready for our fall family photo shoot - they were so cooperative beforehand that I was certain the photo shoot would be a total disaster.  It actually wasn't.

 Danny and Juliana watching Cars (as Juliana keeps an eye on "her" toy)

Our Cinderella pumpkin

 Trying on her Halloween costume

 Hope colored this - she is learning to stay in the lines (at least for small pictures - and the leaf, stem and apple are all different colors)

 Hope and Danny

 Hope and Natalie cruising in the driveway

 My sister bought these matching dresses for the girls for Christmas 2011 - I love the way they look with their blue eyes.

Hope likes to be a little helper....sometimes....

 The monkey suit is Juliana climbing into the dollhouse

 I took Hope shopping and she picked out a hat and mittens

 Hope loves to eat out at restaurants

 Hope picked out identical hats for her and Juliana

 Just a typical morning - Hope in her Sunday best with her back pack and counting her candy from Halloween trick-or-treating.  Juliana casually climbed up on the table to watch.

 We have two of these strollers and they each have miles and miles on them.

 My sweet Juliana

The expression on Hope's face is not because she is in trouble and standing in the corner - she wasn't, she just didn't want her picture taken.

 While Hope was waiting for me to finish reading books to Juliana before nap time, she dozed off.

 Hope and Juliana playing "nursing home"

 Hope drew a picture of a bird

 Her future is so bright.....this was the night the Steelers played in their throw back uniforms - maybe the shades made them look a little better?

 Hope put Juliana in the closet to play.  She didn't seem to mind at all.

 Fun painting - this is the evening Juliana's outfit became her official painting outfit.

Our Daily Life - Volume 19

It is time to get caught up on all of my cell phone pictures.  Here are some more blurry pictures of our day to day life - these were taken in September and October 2012.

 

Juliana in her first braids

Gorgeous blue eyes.

 Hope loves it when we have picnic lunches in the back yard.

 

 Hope, my niece Jenna, and me

 

Devin - seeing how he would be as a bull rider.

Leah tried it out too.

 

One day when I took Hope, Juliana, Jenna and Bailee for a walk, the girls stopped to study a rock.

 

 

Bailee - always ready with a smile for the camera.

 During our walk, Hope and Bailee had a lot of discussions over who the leader should be. A few years ago I remember taking a walk and hearing the same discussions with Jenna and Leah.

 

My beautiful Juliana 

 With Hope

 Bailee again

 Bailee and Jenna

 With Hope

Here, Hope is a little upset because Bailee has a big yellow leaf and Hope would like to hold it. 

Then, somehow, Hope ended up with it, which Bailee didn't like.

 Then Bailee got it back from Hope. 

Usually when I leave my parents, the girls are asleep with the first two miles of driving.

Hope likes to pretend she is getting married and uses one of Juliana's crib sheets.

 Sometimes she also visits my closet for what she calls a marrying dress.

 Our Hello Kitty pumpkin for Halloween 

 One day in October, I took the girls to the zoo.  It was a beautiful fall day.

 Juliana was mesmerized with the fish.

 Hope thought the chimpanzees were silly - and they had really dirty bums.

 Both girls loved the petting zoo.

 

Hope dreams of riding a real horse.