Father's Day 2010

It's Father's Day today and I hope everyone has a blast on Father's Day.

And for my dad, here are a few things I love about you:

Baby Kitties - 2010

What can you say when 2 new kittens just appear?!  And when you have a 6-year-old little girl smitten with them?

DJ [black face] and JJ [grey face]

Clearly, nothing.  Even if the little guys - yes, boys! - are wrapped in pink feather boas!  :-))

A little bit of catch-up here

I (mom) have taken a bit of a break from working on Natalie's blog because she let me know that she doesn't like it when I write it from my perspective.  Well, I gave her a chance to write and well, she hasn't kept up.  At all.  So I'm back with a few pictures and updates!

First up, the new puppy, Sig - named for Captain Sig Hansen of the F/V Northwestern on the Discovery show, "Deadliest Catch"

A fun day of ice skating.  Why the tutu, who knows - but she rocked the outfit pretty well ... and did great on the ice!

We stopped by the Founder's Plaza park at DFW Airport ... Looking at these pictures just makes me think of the Gary Allan song with the line "I'm just sittin' out here watchin' airplane ... take off ... and flyyyyy"

At the beginning of May, we took an 11-day road trip - 10 states - many sights!  We had a great time!!

The TX Roadside park ... we were there on a cool morning, but Natalie wanted to go FIND a rattlesnake to take a picture of.  I opted to stick to the sign!

Scotts Bluff - NE

Natalie's favorite of the trip - Mt. Rushmore.  She was so excited to see it.  I'm not completely sure WHY, but it was fun to see her excitement!

Craters of the Moon lava flow - ID

Collecting petrified wood - OR

I just included this one because it's so .... her.  Just chilling at her Great Gram's.

My favorite of the trip - Arches National Park - UT

The last part of the Cliff Palace Tour - Mesa Verde - CO

And now we're back home!  This is her first swim meet ... she ended up swimming freestyle, backstroke, and breaststroke ~ She did really well and had a great time!  

And our entire spring was spent at the softball fields.  We all loved it!!  Natalie played great and can't wait for the fall season to start!

And this is basically the highlight video :-))