Going Public (sort of)

Admittedly, I have not been the best blogger. I have been feeling bad that you may check my blog here and there (or hardly at all) only to find out there are no new postings. I am finding that the popular thing to do these days is to have two blogs, one private, and the other (public) that states when there is a new posting on the private blog. So for all those who care... I created a public blog: ssmossfamily.blogspot.com that can be subscribed to on your google reader. Whenever I update this (private) blog, I will let you know through the public blog.

I hope this works out better for everyone.

Over the Hump

Scott has made it through the first half of graduate school!! Wahoo!! There are rumors that the first year is the hardest, but in reality the whole thing is pretty stinkin' hard. Finally over the hump. Deep breath. Gear up for one more year. (*sigh*)

Reminiscing

The other day I went through a few boxes in my closet. Inside one box was a stack of pictures, mostly of my best friend growing up (Lisa) and me. I sat there reminiscing and chuckling to myself. Yes, I admit, I was a dork. But I had good friends. I thought I would post a few that made me laugh. I only have hard copies of the pictures, and I don't have a scanner, so the quality of the pictures are poor... but still funny.

I'm sure I am in for some payback pictures. Haha. Miss you Lisa!

4 Months

Olivia had her four (and a half) month check-up today. Time sure does fly. Here are her stats:

13.6 pounds (35%)

26 inches (92%)

Head circumference 39%

I love this picture Kayla took with her phone:

She is a fun, easy-going, smiley baby. We love her.

Marshmallow Fun

Oh, how we love summer. Especially the sticky, gooey, messiness of it all.

Trip to Washington

My sister and I packed up our kids, crammed as much as we could in my car, and drove up to Washington for two weeks. We had an awesome time, and I am missing it already. We stayed busy but also got to relax a lot. Addie had so much fun, she would be exhausted by the end of the day. She got to play in the mud, sand, and dirt as much as she wanted.

She also got to ride horses, finger paint, and play in the water. Seriously, how much more fun could you have?

We took an interesting hike up to the old Franklin Cemetery. Franklin used to be a mining city. All that is left now is the cemetery, a covered mining shaft (going 1500 ft straight down), and some old rail tracks. It was hard to read the engravings on the headstones, but it appeared that those buried there died young. The area is seriously overgrown and eroded. I was afraid that we might see a casket, or worse, a body. Luckily we didn't but it was a beautiful hike.

Summer Fun

It is getting hot around here, so today we spent a good portion of the day outside. We had a good time coloring, riding bikes, playing with bubbles, water, and taking turns playing under the baby toys. Before we know it the weather will be too hot to play outside, so we had to take advantage while it lasted.