A Bunch of Pictures from the Last Month

We've been negligent bloggers. To make amends, here are a bunch of photos from the last four weeks.

To start, we have Emma, in hat and goofy glasses, at the beginning of the Newcastle School spring program. It was a "Silly Songs" program. But Emma wasn't feeling very silly that day, if I remember right, thus the pensive expression. ("Pensive?" "Nah, just thinking.")

Emma now knows the words to classics like "On Top of Spaghetti," "Yakkety Yak" ("Take out the papers and the trash...or you won't get no spending cash"), "Octopus' Garden," and "Do Your Ears Hang Low." (And let me tell you, the both of us have been singing "Do Your Ears Hang Low" a LOT in the last two months. We have singing contests while we drive around. Who can sing it the fastest, loudest, slowest, softest, goofiest. For a while Em would sing, "Do your ears hang low do they waddle to and fro," and I didn't tell her it was "wobble" because I thought "waddle" was cuter. But then she learned it the right way, darn it.)

The Newcastle School is really a great preschool and Emma had a wonderful year there. Lots of art, lots of music, just enough academic stuff, great teachers and staff. Em's teacher, Miss Jeri, was delightful. She adored Emma and the feeling was myooochal.

Oh, how we'll miss Miss Jeri.

Had a lot of rainy days in early June. It was kind of a drag, but the lawns were so lush and green. Now they're getting crusty and dry. Emma went for a walk between the raindrops one soggy Saturday.

Went to the Wasatch International Adoptions annual picnic last week. Saw lots of old friends from all parts of the valley. Most of them we only see once a year now.

Sumi and Emma

Lily Mae

Lindsay

Brianne

"Salud!"

And this weekend Emma's Arizona cousins came to visit. Yippee...we hardly ever get to see these guys. Here are Aunt Suzette, Uncle Mike, and cousin Mary.

Emma and Sarah at the Kaysville Parade

Mary and Em (Mary is the cousin closest in age to Emma; they're only 9 months apart)

Elizabeth

During the parade, Cousin Josh got to ride in a truck with his Kaysville All Stars baseball team. He was such an enthusiastic candy thrower! (He's the one holding the candy bag)

Joe took this great shot of some of the kids on the team. They're all 7 and 8 years old. We went to one of their games last night and they were amazingly good (especially Josh).

Okay...so we're caught up a little bit. Hope you all are having a loverly Farth o' July.