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Sweet, sweet pictures!
Posted on May 25th, 2008 at 8:11 pmLovely pictures
Posted on May 25th, 2008 at 10:34 pmYour flowers are beautiful. The kids aren’t too shaby, either!
Posted on May 26th, 2008 at 4:23 amAwesome pictures!
Posted on May 26th, 2008 at 4:24 amThey’re adorable and you have such gorgeous flowers!!
Posted on May 26th, 2008 at 8:14 amYour baby’s face, oh my goodness.
Posted on May 27th, 2008 at 6:09 amshe’s gotten so big, lissa!!! both of them! (oh, and yena’s got the same exact shirt/blouse!)
Posted on May 27th, 2008 at 5:34 pmI’ve always wanted one of those cow creamers! It looks so pretty filled with flowers.
Your kids are so darn cute.
Posted on May 27th, 2008 at 7:09 pmGreat photos! That first one reminds me of a PG Wodehouse novel.
Posted on May 29th, 2008 at 11:46 amWonderful photos!!
Shauna, cow creamers always make me think of Wodehouse and Jeeves Saves the Cow Creamer (I think that’s the name of the book any way). I have an identical one to Melissa’s that I got after first being introduced to Wodehouse and becoming a bit obsessed
Posted on May 29th, 2008 at 5:15 pm