Memory Monday :Black and White

Self Portrait


















Sams new look.


















Molly the peasant girl









My favorite dress!

Swimming in the Verde River at Dead Horse Ranch State Park.

Storm

Yesterday we had a real storm. It started suddenly with hail and lots of it coming fast and furious with driving wind. The hail and wind broke up our tomato plants and some of the flowers in the front yard. Sadly the sunflowers took quite the beating too. The kids thought it was wonderful, and truthfully so did I. Summer rains always make me feel like dancing in the streets like I did as a kid. I did do some dancing, but mostly inside where it was dry. The time has come to pass on the dripping to the next generation and become the one holding the warm towel and dry clothes when playtime is done. Which means I had some time to take a couple of pictures.

The hail was small but plentiful.

This wash runs along the street below us and often runs during a storm. Although not always with this much water.

Memory Monday:RED

Watermelon

Red Wine and Red Grapes

Tomatoes

Red Onion(it looks kind of purple but they call it red)

Red dress

and an appetite.

Then I saw what every child should have an...

Hope you enjoyed looking at these half as much as I enjoyed taking these.

Next week
BLACK & WHITE

2 Years Old

Memory Monday on Wednesday

So my friend Tara has a photography blog and on her blog she posts with a theme every week.

http://tarascreativeye.blogspot.com/

This weeks theme is water and yesterday we had our first "real" monsoon storm so I thought these quick shots from the storm were a decent contribution. I had to be careful because the wind was blowing so hard we were getting wet even under the cover of our front porch. My new camera got sprinkled and we had to run inside FAST!!

Vada's New Camera

Peek-a-boo!

Tomatoes On The Way

A few more weeks and it's salsa time!

New Stuff is Fun

This has been an exciting week at the Taylor house. Matt came home the other day with this organ that is in excellent condition. It came with some books that even I can figure out how to play a couple of tunes. This picture is of Sam trying to tap out a tune after my rendition of Feelings.

I just love little hands!!

Matt also came home with some other things, including a set of dinnerware that goes really well in our kitchen. Now if I can find a tablecloth that matches and is big enough for our table.......then I will find something else that we need, I am good at that. I just really like to shop!


While our household acquired some stuff Anna has acquired a new skill. READING!!!! This week she began her BOB books for beginning readers and has finished the first three as of today!! It was so amazing to watch her put words together from the sounds that she has been working on. Especially since half of the time she acts like she can't remember what a letter is, much less what sound it might make. As you can tell I am mighty proud of my little girl and can't wait to see what she will do next!!

Aunt Lizz Is Famous!

Heidi's new hair cut.

Thank you aunt Leah!