kids say the funniest things...

this is random. but its cute.:)
Mary has been overly protective of her "baby pinkie toes." she absolutely refuses to let me trim them and informs me to just wait until she is asleep to clip her toe nails.
so i finally asked her why she fusses so over her lil toes. she answered in her matter of fact way "Well, moms are just protective about their babies! I just dont want my babies to get hurt. I worry about 'em."

~Tonight she was "helping" me do my homework which translates into sitting on my lap and using every highlighter she can to decorate my papers. :) she is in the phase of writing lowercase letters. "Momma give me your hard words to write! I love hard stuff. I just want to LEARN!"
i'm so proud of her and hope her desire perseveres.

Oh to Aunt Tootie & the Cute Cutes!!

My sis Jenni Toot has been living w/ us this summer. She just left this a.m. to go back up to BYU-I. I miss her somethun fierce! There is no like her on the planet. She is so beautifully and perfectly free. She has absolutely saved me this semester by taking care of Mary, doing all my grocery shopping, cleaning my room, etc! Mary and I were just discussing Toot's coolness. "Momma, Toot just kills me! She can do ANYTHING... except get out of a tree and her eye is her bathroom." (The "eye bathroom" is in reference to a favorite Jenni story) This is true. Jenni is more musically & physically talented than anyone I know. But she did get stuck in our backyard tree one day.

Note to self: If Toot gets a hold of your camera you get lots of brilliant "self photos."
She is quite the photographer. It is one of her many, many aspirations.

Toot even got the idea of doing a "Rat Calendar" of Parker's dashing pet rat ZoZo.

Jenni has become my clone this summer. Wearing my skirts, magic Jonny bracelets, and our new favorite nail color - BLACK!

Her 24th Birthday Party. My dad had the sweet idea of surprising her. But for the first time since I have known Toot she was EARLY and spoiled the surprise. So funny! :)

Miko is just bein funny..

We decided (well, the Mom didn't know, of course!) to match: pink & white for Renny & Cindy's wedding reception. I tell ya I cant get over how gorgeous the women in mi familia are! I'm just saying. Toot is my Mom. Lucky, lucky girl.

The mustache was Mary's idea. :)

Horseback riding w/ Aunt Tootie and our sweetest Dorothy.

After riding we went swimming in the TMNT pool. Toot, of course, was the only one to catch a full shot of "Tyler" jumping into the pool- we tried for like an hour and Toot got it in minutes!

Mary & I love to play in any fountain we can. We haven't gotten kicked out yet. :)


Aunt Tootie & Mary have enjoyed many "cricket hunts'"this summer. Its so funny! Mary names 'em and keeps 'em as pets. They are all girls, of course.

Mary's Latest "Love"

Its seems that for a few weeks now Mary is just CrAZy about a handsome boy named Isaiah in her class. I'm surprised one boy has been her favorite for so long. :) So I ask her"What do you like about him?" She answers joyfully "Oh its definitely his smile!"


I have been sick w/ the gunk for a week. Mary has taken wonderful care of me. One day while I was trying to nap she came in and said "Momma I know you dont feel good but youre going to look Fantastic!"
After a short nap I woke up to find Mary holding a mirror. "Look Momma!" She had made me look "Fantastic" indeed. I had a dozen barretts and clips in my hair and plenty of "sparkle princess." She kills me! :)