North Carolina Vacation (June)

Claire, Laina, Aubrey, Ainsley and Matthew on the steps of the rental house

Me and Lia (no, not our rental house in the background)

May

We've got a lot of catching up to do, and I'm typing one handed due to a wasp bite so the text will be brief and I'll let the pictures do the talking.

Child Dedication at our church

Denver Zoo w/cousin Kylie

Rockin' the Suburbs

Laina and Lia have taken to playing music together... they've got anthems

"Zero, Zero"

and introspective tunes...

"Everybody, how you doin'?"

and many more to come...

Laina's Swimming!

Laina's been taking some swimming lessons and she is doing awesome! Here are some pics and a video of her diving (!!!) from her latest lesson.

Birthdays

Laina turned four yesterday and Lia turns one on Thursday. How did this happen?? So, we had a little party for them both last Saturday and Laina got to invite a few friends over. I made sparkly flower cupcakes and the girls played "pin the butterfly on the flower". It was much fun and I think both girls had a good time. Well, until Lia tried to extinguish the candle on her cupcake with her hand. Ouch. Here are some pics from the day.

Laina photographed this one all by herself!

Lia loves cupcakes! I think you can still see the tear in her eye.

Hosk's Kitchen

Catching Up

Well it seems we have some catching up to do. Was January really the last time we posted? Lia has been crawling around a ton and much to her delight is getting into all kinds of things. Today I found her with a small chocolate candy half eaten (still in the wrapper!). She found it in Laina's lunch pack.

Laina is looking more and more like a kid and less like a baby. I can't believe she is turning 4 this month. I have her signed up for preschool in the fall. She loves to dance and sing and make her sister laugh. 

Here are some pics from the last few months. Laina took two of the pictures - can you guess which ones?

Laina at the Stock Show

She's a race car driver!

Laina and I made a clock together

She loves to dance!

Lia's two teeth

Uncle Jeff brought In-N-Out hats

Bright eyes

Butting heads w/Uncle Jeff

Riding together

Laina's 1st swim lesson - she's doing great!

Lia loves to cook