Our Trip to Texas

 

 These are just a bunch of random pictures that I took while we were in Texas. Claire loved to climb on Grandpa and pretend that he was mountain. Camille wanted in the fun as well.

 

 

 Our sweet girls! Being grandparents is the best!

 

 

 

Claire and Camille are such great sisters! Claire loves to hold Camille, sing to her, play with her, show her toys, and make her laugh. Camille loves to watch Claire run around and is always keeping a close eye on what she is doing.

 

 

 Camille has grown a lot since we saw her at Thanksgiving. She can now sit up by herself.

 

 

 She rolls a lot and isn't very far away from crawling.

 

 

 She is a happy baby.

 

 

 I couldn't resist taking lots of pictures.

 

 

 Austin only worked a half day on Friday and the girls were so happy to see him when he got home.

 

 

 

 

 

Austin is making a board with some hooks to hang things on and he let Claire help him paint. She was very careful not to get paint on her hands or her clothes. 

 

 

Claire is taking Valentines to church on Sunday to give to the kids in her class. She was so excited about "my balentines!" as she called them. She spent a lot of time working on them. She put heart stickers on them and scribbled where you write your name. She carried them around all day on Saturday and took such good care of them. 

Pretty as a princess! 

 

 

 Ready for church on Sunday.

 

 

 I think this is Camille's favorite toy. I am surprised she can shut the tops down already. I remember my kids playing with this toy, but it seems like they were closer to a year old before they could shut them and a few more months after that before they could open them. Maybe she is going to be a detail person and have great hand-eye coordination.

 

 

 Melissa and I spent some time doing embroidery. She wanted to learn how to do French knots. She is making some really cute dish towels. I am so happy that Melissa enjoys different kinds of sewing. It's fun to have someone to talk about it with and compare the projects that we are working on. Denya and Britta's interest in sewing comes and goes. Denya did make aprons for her roommates for Christmas and Britta does work on some dish towels every now and them.

 

 

 

Claire wanted to sew with us, and so she did her sewing cards. 

 

 

 We gave this jewelry to Claire when she was a baby. She hasn't worn it too much yet. Denya and Britta both had turquoise jewelry when they were babies. I grew up in a town bordering a Ute Indian reservation and there are a couple of shops that sell Indian items, such as turquoise jewelry, mocasins, and beaded things.

 

 

 

 

Claire showed us her Simba piggy bank. Grandpa gave her a handful of coins to put in it, and that made her so happy!

 

 

 Her bank is almost full! It was heavy! That's a lot of money for a little girl. Maybe she needs to open a bank account. We sure had a fun trip and the days passed by quickly.