Hollan's First Pedicure

Hollan and I met Jan at Fancy Nails for pedicures today!  Hollan loved to have her feet soak in the water and kept laughing and saying, "Wahwah tickles!" 

 She was SO good when her toe nails were being painted.  She kept so still.

 This was Hollan's idea of smiling for Jan to take the picture.  I promise you she is enjoying this!

 Pretty toes.

 She was so excited to show Evan and Daddy.

Randoms

Accessorizing with napkin rings.

 Sweet girl.

 Double fisting baby food pouches.

 "Raaaaaaaaooooooaaarrrr!"

 Squeezing water balloons!

 Pop!

 We laugh every time we look at Hollan's face in this picture.  She knows what's coming!

 Here it comes!

 There it is.

 Schnuggling with Daddy.  Looks so comfy.

 Not much else to say about this face.

 Swimming at the Bergmanns.

 Daddy belly flopping.  Peer pressure still works at 34.

This Week in Pictures

Sunday movie night on Mom & Dad's bed!

 More of a native american vibe with the headband.

 Jumping.

 Hollan's new favorite...climbing into her bed with books.

 This is what happens when your brother tries to make you stop crying...with a chair.  Yep, I said STOP crying.  It backfired, needless to say.

 Breaking out the tutus...

 ...for dancing....

 ...and smoke bombs.  Totally normal, right?

 Daddy Daughter book time.  Hollan's new favorite face.  She likes to pucker her lips and then look down at them which creates a nice cross eyed effect.

Sunday brunch and pool time with the Bergmanns and the Dangs.  Hollan and her Anna.

 Chillaxing.

 Thanks to Uncle David for bringing his incredibly large and intimidating camera and lens and taking some profesh pics of us.

A Sad Loss

Today our hearts go out to the Funari and Holder families whose daughter, Ava, lost her three and a half year battle with cancer last night.
Chrisie Funari and Mike Holder introduced Brian and me on May 29, 2003 and thereby made our family possible.  They have been the definition of brave during Ava's struggle and we are keeping them in our hearts as they go through this terrible time.
To read more about Ava, please visit: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/avaholder

Memorial Day Zoo Trip

A bunch of turtles.  This was about 1/4 of the turtles in the vicinity.

 We thought this guy was real purdy.

 First stop...the big horned guys.  You can tell we didn't do much reading up on the animals.  Mainly because we were trying to corral our own.

 Ok, I got this one...zebras!

 Monkeys!  I mean, they were in the monkey enclosure.

 Transportation.

 The orangutans were the coolest exhibit by far.  This gal was just watching the kids, so cute.

 This dude was not cute.  In fact, he laid the law down with one of his youngins while we were watching and that kid hightailed it out of the enclosure REAL QUICK.

 Miming.

 How sweet is this one resting on his/her fist on the window watching the kids?

 Evan had this Komodo dragon in a leg/head lock.  Poisonous saliva is no match...

 This guy had food all over his head.

 Sweet piece of tail. Heh, heh.

 Heeby jeebies now acquired.

 Maybe this little guy is related to Pearly?

 Headed out.

 A view from Madagascar.

We've come a long, wonderful way in 6 years!  Happy anniversary to us!