Budding Photographer

For her birthday, Willow really wanted her own camera.  A good one is out of her birthday money price range, but i suddenly remembered that a family friend had given us a cheap camera while back--i put it away because i lacked the patience required for its slow shutter speed and lack of quality, but have since realized it's a perfect starter camera.  Here are a few of the results:

As you can see, the quality is rather dismal, but i think she's got some talent with composition!

Another Visit with the In-Laws

Injury Update

Today Willow saw the orthopedist.  He confirmed everything we already knew, and had a very talented nurse put on a new, better cast.

This one will stay on for three weeks.

We're very happy with this cast, because it allows much more mobility in the fingers--she can play video games again!  


I'm proud of how self-sufficient she has been throughout this whole ordeal; she will not allow anyone to help her any more than normal (which is not at all), and never complains about how difficult it is to maneuver things with one good arm.  She's my tough little gal.

Willow's 7th Birthday

Willow finally had her party!

Here is the cake she decorated all by herself!

Balloon war!

And the completely unrelated after-party broken arm

Kassi's 6th Birthday

Today we celebrated the birthday of a dear friend.  Her mother made our birthday girls matching dresses!

Blueberry Picking

I'll be honest: this was fun for about 30 minutes.  After that, it was hot, and 1.5 kids were grouchy.  The berries are delicious though!

Family Reunion

The Sollars side of the family had a reunion this weekend, so my mom and i hopped into dad's truck with the kids, and spent the weekend in Northwest Missouri. 

There were a lot more little kids there than i thought there would be!  Here's about half of them: