the rest of the visit

Doing hair. Dani did lots of hair. She cut 27 people in the ward's hair, plus our whole family. She wanted a working vacation, and she got it :)

Crafting. We made seasonal blocks that turned out so cute. Dani is a knitter and H is a recent knitter, with a loom, so that was fun :)

Sonic runs, lunch out, hanging out, the good stuff :)

We also tried to take pictures for our Christmas card. Frankly, it didn't go so well. This is not a winner.

Neither is this one. This weekend we went to the park, camera in hand. My main purpose, besides some outdoor fun, was to shoot some pictures and hopefully one would be great and it could be a Christmas card. Beloved's main purpose was to hike as quickly as possible to the lake and look at it. We were not one in purpose. After a short time B2 (beloved, brother) took off a head of us; the girls and I continued on, sometimes carrying Lucy, sometimes cajoling H to keep going, sometimes stopping for some cute photos (I have lots of cute ones of the girls only) Our next try was Monday night, at the mall, in the pouring rain. Nuff said.

Finally in a last ditch effort I orchestrated one more try. Everyone was tired of it but indulged me. We got some okay shots, brother was a picture turkey and couldn't smile nicely to save his life. H hops around a lot trying to "help" others. Beloved lost his temper. Oh well, the trip was soooo fun and too quick and we have lots of crazy photos to look at and laugh at.