Lady and the Tramp

Sutton and her buddy Andrew got creative eating their ramen noodles.

These two are best buddies and have lots of fun together. The especially love taking Cocoa Carrot for a walk on her leash. Yep- you read that correctly.

Mine!!!

Camden wants to be a volleyball star. Ok- not really. She mainly just wants to make all of her serves over.

She is playing on a club team, Sierra Gold, which means twice a week practices and tournaments that last all day on Saturday. She is loving it!

I want to be a dentist

Taitum's fourth tooth was to the ugly, nasty stage just hanging from her gums. She has been so eager in the past to let me pull her teeth early that I might have scarred her with some pain. She was not eager this time and had to be threatened (she couldn't be bought) into it.

Best part, when Sutton saw the floss tied around her tooth she came up and said "When I grow up I want to be a dentist. I should pull her tooth." I completely agreed. Taitum did not!

Taitum was a semi- good sport, but she really didn't want anyone pulling on her tooth. We had two people video-ing the whole thing. But when Sutton got her patient a sip of water, and when that patient started choking on said water, videos stopped, and I saw my chance.

In between all the choking and confusion, I grabbed those string and pulled. Pop! The tooth was out! Hurrah!

Vitalicious!

Say it ain't so.... January meant time for our 5th daughter and my sanity to go back to school. We never like to say goodbye, but are thankful for Skype and FaceTime.

Where's the Snow

As hard as I tried to stay home for most of the Christmas break, I couldn't resist an offer from my friend to use her cabin for a couple of nights in Tahoe.

Usually a stay in Tahoe in January would include all kinds of winter sports, but not this year. The lack of snow and freezing temperatures had us splashing in the pool and slipping down the waterslide.

It felt like June- not January.

Some of us had more fun at the cabin than others. Poor Ian!

Ok- so we did eventually enjoy some winter sporting activity. But it still felt like June!

Oh- and there was some playing in the snow too....

California post-Christmas part 1

December 26th = trip south to Hollister to party with the big ol' Carter family. My bro Dave and his girls came along.

I unfortunately only for a few photos with my phone.

California post-Christmas- part 2

Gotta love Nor Cal and amazing weather two days after Christmas. Spent hours on the beautiful beach at the end of Ocean Avenue in Carmel.

Sometimes pictures are better than words. See below: