Memphis Summers

One of the things we love about summer in Memphis are the lightning bugs. It's very sad that this is our last summer here. I will definitely miss the fireflies. I grew up in New Jersey and had a backyard filled with lightning bugs. Yesterday Rob kept the kids up a little later so that they could catch some. We had to get some pictures of our last Lampyridae Hunt. Sorry for the blur, my cameras kept dieing on me, so I'm pretty sure these three pictures are from three different cameras.

Sean was having a blast. The kids are actually pretty adept at catching those flying flashlights. I remember when I was a kid catching a whole bunch and we were allowed to keep them over night in our jars. That was so magical to have them light up my dark room. Who else did this as a kid, or is this your first time seeing them?

Sean thinks he is SOOO funny!

Sean was sitting on my lap and making me laugh so hard because he kept changing the word "Care bear" to different things. Care bear=kayda fear, Care bear=bearda clear. I was laughing and he was laughing it was so much fun. I asked him if I could make a movie of it, he agreed but didn't follow the script. He just thinks he is too funny, I'm pretty sure he was mocking me. I wonder where he picked that up from???? If you don't know what he is talking about it was this particular incident . Definitely watch it, it'll make you smile. Oh, and sorry about the giant Pop Tart.

Kaelin's update

Kaelin made an update to her blog for anyone that is interested. She LOVES comments so please leave one for her.

Whew!

On Friday we had a F1 tornado visit our little neighborhood. This is a picture of a beautiful tree that was blown down, and yes that is our new truck just a few feet away. Yikes!




The tornado knocked down some choice powers lines and left us without power for 49.5 hours (to be exact). The kids actually missed the candle light tonight at bed time.There is a lot that I could write about this whole situation. About, how humble I feel after just two days without power; how VERY soon we will have much better 72 hours kits; how thankful we all are for our safety and the safety of friends, but right now I just want to go take a hot shower.

Sew much fun!

I know, I know really corny but I couldn't help myself. I sewed myself an apron! It wasn't that hard either. I didn't follow the pattern exact though. I didn't see the point in hand basting and then sewing, so I didn't. I had enough left over material to make Kaelin one too. It's not perfect because I didn't have an exact pattern to follow but hey it works. I'm so excited!


Yeah for a new outlet for creativity!!! And the kids do really well with it, so I don't have to wait for them to go to sleep. Bonus!

10 months

"I'm gonna get you!"

Savanna in now ten months old. One of her favorite things to do is EAT! She is an great crawler, and cruiser. She also can regularly take two steps on her own. Soon she'll be walking and getting into even more trouble. She is a joy to have in our family...etc, etc, etc

. WE LOVE HER!!!

I was making a very high-pitched trilling noise, that's why she looking so startled/scared/confused

This is her new trick, that she does when she wants to get a laugh.
We think its pretty cute.

New Family Member!

Here is the latest edition to the Carlsen Family.

2007 Toyota Tacoma

It will help us take our stuff to Utah!

It will be Rob's commuting car for externs.

It's pretty even on the inside.

It's sure to see many fishing trips and one day it will pull our boat (that we'll have someday).

Welcome to the Family!