Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Jake is 30!

Jake turned 30 this year. We celebrated with a fantastic cheesecake. Unfortunately, this is the only picture that wasn't blurry, but you get the idea.
One of the many many things that I love about Jake is that he's always 2 years older than me, so I can regularly remark about how old he is.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Dear Saylers...

Ahhh. Summer has basically come and gone without any blogging. It has been, by far, THE most PERFECT summer, EVER! - only 1 or 2 weeks of 90+ degree days (7 of which I was gone for.) Here are some of the cute pics that I found right away. I have more, and maybe I'll post them.

You know that a kid is sleepy when she chooses to snuggle up with a water bottle on the kitchen floor.

2/3 of the McClure cousins.

Cleya turned 6! This is her snuggling up to her ladybug cake.

This is Lirah every morning. Her hair is always a little messed up.

This is Lirah's birds' nest. It was particularly awesome this day, so I took a picture of it.

Lake Michigan! We've taken 2 trips up North this year and are planning a 3rd. Cleya could live one the beach - it's the one place that she doesn't get bored.

Lirah was less impressed by the beach. She preferred to sit on the towel and eat sandy food. If she was to venture near the water, she had to be held.

And finally, this is Cleya and her snake, Snakey. He's been around since we moved here and our cat catches him occasionally. Cleya rescues him and snuggles him for a while before reluctantly setting him free until next time.