Dancing with daddy

Rachel has really good taste in music and men.

This video is of Joel dancing with her to the classics

in our kitchen and she cannot take her eyes off him.

Grow Too Fast

Rachel is already 7 weeks old. Here are some pictures of her at 6 weeks. She is smiling and cooing all the time and already filling out all her 0-3 month old clothes. They grow too fast at this stage! :-(

Spirit Week

Last week was fun since Elena got to dress up for spirit week. This is what we threw together for hippie day:

Annual Family Reunion at Bissig Ranch

Every April the family gets together at Louie's ranch in Raymond CA. We usually camp there for the weekend and though Joel has gone several times without me, this time I was able to go. Camping with a 5 week old was not too bad.....but I definitely see the advantages of a trailor. I have already put the request in for one. The girls had a blast as usual and got filthy dirty ( and loved it). Activities: catching and terrorizing bullfrogs, 4 wheeling, fishing, shooting off rockets, chasing cows and bunnies, campfire, eating constantly foods not allowed at home, etc.

This poor frog hanging by its rear-end. Hannah is not as gung-ho as Elena is about touching wild things but since her sister did it she had to do it too.Elena is really into putting rabbit ears behind people in pictures. Apparently she thought the frog was worthy of them too.
Hannah is our climber. She found this big rock and then got a kick out of sliding down it on her butt.
Taking a break on the porch swing after running around in 90 degree weather.
Elena's bass. She's a great fisher-woman like her mommy. :-)
This is how Joel caught the frog. It chased the bobber right out of the water, put the bobber in its mouth, then spit it out. What it didn't know was there was a hook on it so Joel was able to nab it.
Another catch of the day.

Crazy Day

Fun times! This week is Spirit Week at the girls' school and the theme on Tuesday was Crazy Day for Elena and Crazy Hat Day for Hannah.

Do you like Hannah's "straw hat"? She is the ultimate party girl.
And we're not quite sure what Elena is. Her class asked her if she was a mad scientist or a crazy hunter. Though she looked psycho that fur hat came all the way from Russia and kept Joel's head warm many-a-days while he was over there.

Just for Jodie

Jodie....how did you know??????? :-)

Gobble, Gobble

Joel started out the turkey season right. It wasn't the biggest one but it was legal and edible.