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.