the princess is pooped

Dear Family,

True I find the occasional thing to complain about, but as long as I have this I will be happy.  Love, Seth

Elk Ridge

In case you've missed the news, we're moving.  We're building a house in Elk Ridge, Utah, and it will be complete at the beginning of February.  Here's what it looks like:

And in case you don't care about any news other than these babies, here's what they look like:

Will update photos on both as they become available.

Unckie Trace,

could you please come home and teach my mom how to paint a REAL butterfly?  this one's crap.

thanks a million,
penny

he's just happy to be here

Go, Diego, Go!

Penny's most prized possesion (a.k.a. what we would grab if our house was going up in flames)

This girl was introduced to "loveys" when she was 3 months old as a substitute for pacifiers. Two+ years later she's still deeply attached, but her original collection of 24 has been depleted to a measly (and disgustingly dirty) handful of 5. Time for some new ones.

I took her to the baby section at Target and let her choose her favorite pack of flannel receiving blankets (this pack had an extra blanket so, hooray!, 28 new loveys). Then we brought them home, cut them to the correct size, and immediately threw them in the washing machine to produce raggedy edges; because a lovey without strings is not a lovey at all.

Then she requested we do this:

That is one pleased Penny.