I love to read. It is one of my passions. I feel like my life is seriously lacking if I'm not enjoying a great book. But it is not very often that I come across a book that I love as much as this one. I finished yesterday and feel like I'm mourning the loss of great friends. The characters are so endearing, funny, courageous that you can't help but love them. And the story is captivating. Easily one of my all-time favorites!
We are sure enjoying the bounty of my dad's backyard! We were juicing some citrus yesterday and when I saw the innards of this orange I just had to take a picture. It was so perfect it looked magazine-worthy to me. Grace had the honor of eating it and she tells me it tasted as good as it looked.
I asked the girls if they wanted to eat their carrots with the tops on like Bugs Bunny and Jenna said, "Who's Bugs Bunny?" Am I really that old? There's something wrong about my daughter not knowing who Bugs Bunny is. Seems un-American or something.
Thanks for all the beautiful produce Papa!
Devon's parents made a spur-of-the-moment trip to AZ this weekend. It was, as always, fun to have them here. I, as usual, didn't take as many pictures as I should have but I did snap a couple of the girls at dinner.
We miss them already. Can't wait to spend a couple of weeks with them in the summer!
For some reason my girls look forward to this breakfast all year. At our house Valentine's Day begins with pink, heart-shaped pancakes with sprinkles and pink milk. Nothing like a sugar high to start the day. This year, Claire's Valentine's breakfast included pink amoxicillin for her ear infection. :(
Tonight I went into the girls' room to read them a bedtime story. I noticed a little drawing taped onto Grace's headboard. It was a picture of a girl standing next to her bed. I saw some writing next to the girl and leaned in for a closer look. It said, "Enlargened to show details." I started laughing and Grace wondered what I was laughing at. When I told her she said, "Well, look how little her bed is. She's way bigger than her bed and I didn't know what to do so I just wrote that." Then I really started laughing.
On January 22nd my brother, Brett, and his wife, Sarah, welcomed their first baby. They named her Avery Jaye and she is one of the most beautiful babies I've ever seen. My girls think it's very cool that she was born on Claire's half birthday. They think that means they will be best friends. Let's hope so! She has gobs of black hair that we are very jealous of. We think she should have shared some with Claire. Good work Brett and Sarah! 
