A dozen years old!!

Happy day to this lovely young woman - who is officially a Young Woman now!!

I vividly remember her birth - the other Bolander beauties were staying with me - and we were waiting for Bruce to call with the news - we did not know the gender ahead of time!  

He finally called, asked for Ara, and informed her that they had a new little sister!

And Ara said, "Now we are our own Little Women!!"

They are the best "Little Women" in the world - and Annika rounded out the group nicely.

Have a great year ahead!!

Happy 6th Birthday to Sully the Monkey!!

As I scrolled through my file of photos, I kept thinking I'd found a photo of Sully, only to discover it was a photo of Calvin!!

Love this little guy - he is truly "Sully the Monkey" but the cutest little monkey ever!

And charming, and entertaining, and endearing, and lovable!

And we are so glad he's in our family!

May the sixth year be a good year!

happy day to agnes mae!

Happy 9th birthday today to the lovely Agnes!!  I vividly remember her birth - I was at the house with Henry and Calvin - waiting to hear from David!!  Everyone was contacting me and wanting to know the news - but I hadn't heard yet from David!

She was worth the wait though - and just keeps getting more endearing each year!!

Have a great 9th year sweet Agnes!

We love Robbie!!

Not sure what's surprising Hannah here - but we are not surprised at how wonderful Robbie is - and we bless the day he found Hannah!!

 

And we love Miss Rhoda - they are a great little family - we wish you all the best for a happy day Robbie!  And glad we are spending it with you!!

Happy Birthday Joan!

Happy day to my sister Joan - shown here with my mom.  There is a baby pic of me with my dad, but not with my mom  - so this is a real treasure - there are only two pics of my mom holding one of her babies - Lyn and Joan!!  Seems like a woman with 12 kids would have more - maybe she was too busy taking care of those kids!!

 

We were headed for the Radioplane Company Picnic at Pop's Willow Lake - and we'd gotten new bathing suits at Ruby's Department Store on Chatsworth!!

 

Happy day today to Joan - 75 years young - and off in Chile serving a mission with her husband Fred!!

Hope the year ahead is a great one!!