Memories!

Lee Ann is going through a lot of old pictures so that we can actually print them out and put them in physical albums. Needless to say, it is incredible to be reminded of the sweet life we have had with these little girls. Here are two of our favorite pictures...

This picture was taken when Jennalee was two and Adeline was brand new. If you look closely, you'll see that they have on the same outfit. A friend gave Adeline these gowns as a shower gift but Jennalee could, and did, wear them all the time. Jennalee has always been so tiny. Even now she and her younger sister are the exact same weight (35 pounds at 5 1/2).This picture is vintage Adeline. She, like her sister in the picture above, is about two years old. However sweet Jennalee was at two, that is how mischievous Adeline was at that age. As she is growing up, it is fun to watch her use that fun-loving spirit for good rather than ill.
We are so blessed.

Growing Up

Every now and then you get overwhelmed at how much your children are growing up. Jennalee is in one of those stages where she looks older every day. How can this be the same little girl that burst into our lives during our second year of seminary? Wasn't that just a few months ago?

Mountain View

Another Dunn family vacation in our favorite little town - Mountain View, AR. It was a short trip this time; about three days. But it was really fun. You may get tired of seeing pictures from this place but we never get tired of going there.

For the first time, I (Reed) felt confident enough with my banjo skills to join one of the nightly jams. These sorts of jams happen all over the downtown square almost every evening. The girls' love their ice-cream... and in Mountain View it's cheap and good.

One fun thing we did was go on a trail ride. Tarik stayed with the grandparents and we took the two older girls out for some special time.

The ranch not only did trail rides, we got to hang out at their petting "zoo" as well.

We should mention that this was Tarik's first camping trip and she did great. She loved it!
Of course, we love that town, but the best part of any vacation is the time we get to spend as a family. Nothing beats that.

Pets: Number 12 & 13

We have some new additions to our family! But before we get too far into this we should say that we took these with the express stipulation that we will return them when/if the girls lose interest. Our eleven pets over seven years of marriage demand that disclaimer.

We have a friend who has a farm and on that farm she had 5 ducks... our girls fell in love and have brought two of them home to shower with affection.

Here is Adeline with her duck - named Duckers. Duckers is a prolific pooper and seems to prefer Adeline's shirts to just about any other medium for her artwork. Duckers also carries the burden of being loved by Adeline, which makes her pretty susceptible to injury.

Here is Jennalee with her duck - named Gloria. Gloria has more social graces and has yet to defecate on our eldest daughter. She loves people and is much more adventurous than Duckers. We should also mention that Jennalee is fantastic with this little duck. Gloria even follows Jennalee around the yard!!!!

Here is the "temporary" lodging. We know it's ghetto... but it's our ghetto. And yes, that is "duck" tape you see holding the thing together.

Frank's Labrador bells were ringing pretty hard at first and it was all he could do to not kick into Retriever mode.

But by the end, his Labradoodle genes took over and he mellowed to the idea of having roommates.

Painful Realism

We have a friend in our church who recently broke his arm. The girls wanted to draw him pictures to cheer him up, and the following is Adeline's work.

Adeline's picture, as you can tell, is quite literal; he has both tears and a broken arm!
Jennalee colored a picture of a turtle - a bit more appropriate but a little less poignant.

Surprise Behind Door #1

This is a funny little video clip - it is only 30 seconds but well worth it. It really needs no introduction, just make sure you watch it till the very end... that is the pay-off. We rarely get moments like this on camera so we had to share it with you when we finally did. Enjoy!

Frogger

Hope you weren't eating breakfast while reading our blog!

Apparently, this frog was in need of some kind of rectal examination.