Family pictures from the Reunion

My cousin Maria is one of my favorite photographers. She took our family pictures while we were together for our family reunion. Here are a few of them.

The three silly amigos

My man and I

We don't really take pictures of ourselves, but I know I'm going to look back someday and wish I had just one picture. Here they are. My man and I. (Not in the same picture, that would be way too rare!)

Gotta love the big belly - three months more and its really going to be big!

Waaayyyy too many books

I LOVE BOOKS! Lately, I have been blessed to have many delicious books cross my path through birthday, discount section of the LDS bookstore, and the best one - good friends who are downsizing their immense library. The only problem - no bookshelf. That and I just want to read everything all at once. The combination of the two equals:

Anyone up for a little reading before bed?

Just Heidi and Joe

The other day I took some pictures of Heidi and Joe while Aubrey was at school. As you can see, they both have "personality".

The most persistent thing on two wheels

Heidi is the newest member of the Critchfield two wheeler crew. After Aubrey learned to ride a two wheeler, Heidi just had to do it as well. She was the most persistent learner I have ever seen. Falling down with an, "I'm ok." every ten seconds (really), she learned how to stay up longer and longer every time. She still runs over people occasionally, and my van shows signs of wear from her running into it, but she still goes. She rides fast and wild. Still falling every few minutes, but I suppose its just part of a normal ride for her. I adore this little person. She is amazing!

First day of Kindergarten

Today is Aubrey's first day of Kindergarden! She was excited and not a bit scared this morning when I took her to school and dropped her off. We've been practicing getting up and getting to school for a month, so it should have been easy. No tears, no fears... Thank goodness. Only after we dropped off Aubrey did I realize the nature of Heidi's Aubrey withdrawals. I am back to the job of full time entertainer for the time being. No one really knew what to do with themselves at first without Aubrey, but already things are getting more normal.

PM Update: Aubrey had a great first day of school. She loves her teacher and she has learned all the rules... JJ got in trouble because he was naughty, but all the girls were good. She doesn't know the rest of the kids names. She got chocolate milk without money today at lunch. She ate about half the lunch mommy packed for her. Mrs. Courtney had a lot of kids to help out during lunch - she was so busy! Aubrey got three recesses! They played with playdough, sat on the rug for story time, colored a picture of themselves, learned all the rules and raised their hands to answer questions.

The rest of us missed her... But we are all doing fine!