Spring Cometh

Pay no attention to the time and date on these photos. They were actually taken on Sunday I just didn't realise that the time and date (which I had not set) would appear on the photos.

Winter aconite at the community garden.


Purple crocuses at the community garden.


Checking out the ducks and geese at the pond.



Dogwood twig and bud ready to go.


Lilac twig and buds also ready to go.

Seven Months And Growing

Jewel has a mind of her own when it comes to food. I gave up trying to get the spoon back by force and just waited for her to drop it. Then I give it back to her with some more food on it.




Starting her on Veggie Tales already. Of course she just wanted to eat the DVD case.




With a pilfered blow pop. She's got fast hands.

Dress Up

More birthday festivities.

The cow boy.


The chief.


The traditional blow pop and birthday cards.

Birthday 2009

Since I've been threatened with bodily harm if I don't I'm going to try to keep up with the picture blog. Someone had a birthday today.


Taking a birthday phone call.


Mr. Bling.


The cake. Mom got to playing with the frosting a can.


Decked out in birthday gear.

We made the news

(I posted this on my main blog last night. It goes well here too.)

Sophia made it into the picture of the day.


The caption reads: "Anya Burkhart, 5, center, attempts to catch some of the bubbles floating around the Upstate Cerebral Palsy's Promise Family Picnic Tuesday, April 3, 2007, to help celebrate Autism Awareness Month in April. Behind Burkhart is Sierra Larkin, and at bottom right is Sophia Pierce, 2."

This picture and a picture of me rolling up Isaiah's sleeve made it into the Utica paper today. I haven't been able to find that picture yet. We were visiting Isaiah's school for the annual family picnic.

If you're wondering why Isaiah is going to a school two counties away (two and half if you count the fact that we are in the middle of our county) it's because there were no programs for autistic children that we thought would be appropriate for Isaiah with openings any closer than that. It's a long haul out to Utica but it is the kind of environment that Isaiah needs.

Summer Memories 2

More items from the vault to reminds us of warmth and sunshine.


Riding off into the sunset.



Ethan and Peanut on the trike with Kay in the background.



Sophia sneaking off to the house.



Peanut on the trike with Sophia dancing in the background and Ethan just passing through.