Can you do this with your arms and legs?

Mikayla loves to laugh. This video was taken in her parents' car on the way home from Uncle Jake's birthday party. Nanny Jill was egging her on. (Pause music player on right then play this video)

March Hares

March 2011 brought birthdays and parties for our family. Dustin, Meagan, and Jake all had birthdays. We celebrated in classic (If not classy) style!

Mikayla helping Dustin open his present



Payson is deathly afraid of bubble wrap so Jake wrapped Toby and sent him to find poor Payson

I gave Jake some of my old boots........

Jake and his mom, Lenore

Maren feeling pressure.

Pinetop 2011.03

Toby in time out on the front porch

Elk in the Meadow in Show Low

Toby's Chair

Jill and I spent a four day weekend in Pinetop last weekend. We did all the usual exciting things: Penny's clearance rack shopping, drives in the forest, watched "The Adjustment Bureau" at the theater, tried out a new Mexican Food restaraunt, read, laughed at Jill's usual antics, (Can you believe she lost her phone?), took walks in the forest with the dogs -well I did- and took life slowly. Jill took the truck and met friends for a pedicure while the boys (Dogs Toby and Payson) went for a long Jeep ride in the '63 Willys. I went to the cinder pit and shot, etc. We saw lots and lots of elk this trip including a herd that grazed by as we were sitting at the dinner table with Hub and Karrie. Toby took the opportunity to find the biggest Ponderosas every time I let him out to pee. Funny sight with a rat dog marking a 200 year old tree. Pinetop trips are always fun.