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Here is a picture of Claire eating breakfast. She really wanted her picture taken. She is a cute girl. So, these are all the pictures I have for now. We are going to Las Vegas in a week to visit the Fords. We are all looking forward to seeing them and to having a vacation. Claire is probably the most excited. We told her where we are going 2 weeks ago. I think it is feeling like forever to her. Every night she talks about visiting Grandma and Grandpa and going to Circus Circus. I know it will be a fun trip and we'll have more pictures to post then. I also included a picture of her first trip to Las Vegas. It's hard to remember her so small.

Best Friends

I think all of us have enjoyed living by the animals. It's like living on a farm without the hassle of taking care of the animals. There are four goats, four dogs, and there were three cows. One day the custom meats truck came and then there were two cows. Claire spends every afternoon out with the goats. They have come to where they will run to the fence when she comes out, which is funny because they are pygmis and have short legs. She talks to them and feeds them the tall green grass from our yard. It must be a good treat. The largest goat likes to headbutt the others, but we try to be equal with our feedings. Sometimes the cows come over to eat, too. Once in awhile I will look out the backdoor to see a cow staring in at me. Kind of weird! In the night picture you can see the back of Claire's new hair cut. It's really cute and she felt very grown up to go to the salon.

New Fun

These are some of the fun things Claire is into. Anytime the sprinkler is on, she is in it. She is figuring out how to take off and put on her clothes, so a favorite thing to do is leave the shirt on like a hat. "I'm Sir Topham Hatt" is what she usually says. There were a couple mornings after she learned how to take off her shirt that I found her in bed in the morning without a shirt on. It was pretty funny. Another fun thing is to make a "castle" out of the pillows on our bed (we never have less than six). She sits in the middle of her castle, but sometimes it is a tent.

New Dress and Birds

This is a cute new dress from the Morrells. These are lots of birds. A few days in July really felt like we were in the movie The Birds. The neighbors had been doing something in their field that really kicked up all the many, many grasshoppers there. The birds thought it was a great feast. It was kind of fun to see, but our house, patio, swing set, driveway, and cars were all polka dotted in white.

4th of July

It has been a long time since I have posted any pictures. So, I start with the 4th of July. We road on the Platt truck in the Tooele parade. Claire really liked it, but she did not like the fireworks. I tried to pick out the most benign ones I could. I do have to say that we finished off our stack of fireworks in the 24th of July and she liked those a lot better.

Paperdoll Frock GIVEAWAY!!!!

Paperdoll Frock GIVEAWAY!!!!

Early Evening Gown GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!

Early Evening Gown GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!