As Said by Lorna

Every day is a great day to wear a dress! I love how EXCITED she gets over a pretty dress that she gets to wear and how she has to wear cute shoes that match and assessorize with bracelets, hair bands and over course- her dora glasses. I don't think any of us could forget her cinderella dress, her red christmas dress, or her many pink dresses that are all so pretty. Some of the choice memories I've had with Lorna this visit:

"Don't do that Sam, you're the best friend I've got"

Singing "Some Day My Prince Will Come" while taking a bath

Whenever we've been more than 10 minutes apart: "Oh Karen, I missed you!"

"Can I have the purple? Purple pees!" (purple ice cream.)

Telling mom that I'm really her sister, not aunt.

Running out on the deck naked... ha ha

When she wakes up and wants to snuggle with you, with her head in your neck.

"Silly Karen!"

Admiring the pretty maniquins at Maceys

The many many many kisses and hugs

A Couple of Good Farm Hands

After Austin's birthday party these two cousins were just playing around on the four wheelers and barn. It was such a good photo opportunity! My favorite was when Spencer stopped walking to remove a large rock from the ground. After pulling it out he started to dig in the dirt where it had been. I asked him what he was doing and he said, "working!"



If you're going to visit Vale(and I only do because my amazing sister lives there,) you need to visit during the spring. This visit I was there to witness the first signs of spring and it was beautiful. The temperatures reached 70 degrees and the cool wind was blowing strong. Trees started to show buds of green instead of the dry brown that characterized them all winter long. The farms started to turn a lime color reminding me of the neon green rice fields in Vietnam. Upclose they're a wet mess but from the road the fields look like you could lay in them. It really is beautiful around this time of year when the sun comes out and everything starts to grow! It makes me just want to write all the time!

A Visit in Vale

Vale is to desolate as pumkin is to dead.
Austin is to reading as Rachel is to clogging.
Emma is to princesses as Karen is to facebook.
Ruth is to sleeping as the Romans are to car trips.
Rachel is to scrapbooking as Karen is to boys.
Spencer is to pot belly as Karen is to weak arms.
Emma's hair is to static as Karen's clothes are to pajamas.
Rachel is to amazing mom as Karen is to aunt-who-lets-them-get-away-with-too-much. ha ha
Karen is to journal writing as Rachel is to laundry.
Rachel is to popcorn as Spencer, Emma and Austy are to popcorn too.