April - June 2009

Not surprisingly, Dad is late updating our blog again. It is August, and he's putting up pictures from April...

We made a few trips to Cincinnati, our friends from Michigan visited us, and Grandpa Be-bap visited us, too. Kate keeps getting big and bigger, and Jack and Anna try to help out whenever they can.

Crossley children before bedtime

Kate relaxing on the floor

cowgirl Anna

Jack on a John Deere

gathering dandelions

nap time

ambulance driver

moving sand

Anna at the "big pool"

getting crowded in the bassinet

Jack's splash

Anna's splash

Kate in her bikini

January - March 2009

Well, we had our fourth birthday in March. We visited Tucson for New Years and celebrated Christmas there, too. Not much else exciting happened... Oh, yeah, our baby sister, Kate, was born on January 25th. Maybe that's a big deal; Mom and Dad sure seem to think so.

Is this one for me?

Turtle riding seems less dangerous than bull riding, so Dad said "Okay"

No visit to Tucson is complete without sitting on the peacock at Reid Park Zoo

Jack feeds the giraffe at the Zoo

Anna's turn to feed the giraffe

Here she comes

watercolor painting

At a special dance class in Tucson

Twins under the F-107 at Pima Air Museum

Sure, I can fly a DC-8. Can't everyone?

Entomologist at work (butterflies don't bite, do they?)

Practicing Zen

Here's baby Kate, almost seven weeks early, but doing just fine, thank you very much.

S T R E T C H

Kate looking up

Ready to go home after a few days at the hospital

Kate at home with Jack and Anna

This is my big brother

Kate contentment

Big yawn (is there a family resemblance to anyone?)

Grandma came all the way from Tucson just to build a snowman with us!
(maybe she wanted to see Kate, we're not really sure...)

ready to travel

a nice close-up of Anna

Kate discovers the mirror with some help from Daddy

Anna with her strawberry end of the birthday cake

Jack with his blueberry end of the birthday cake

artist at work

Kate watching the action

These may be the best s'mores ever!
(thanks Anna, Sarah, Kathleen and Kurt!)

Really, these are the best s'mores ever!

October - December 2008

October included a trip to visit our friends in Vermont. We got our first real snow at the end of November, so we bothered Dad so much that he went up in the attic to get our sleds out. When December rolled around, we visited Granny and Grandpa in Cincinnati for Christmas.

Lost in the corn maze

Anna is out standing in her field

Mommy with Anna and Jack at the Zoo Boo.
We'll have outgrown these costumes by next year.

Has this girl had too much Halloween candy?

Once our snowman fell over, he made a great snow horse!

Jack ready for snow!

First sledding of the season. Dad! I didn't go far enough!
Push me harder next time!

The Princess Bride dress-up set was a popular gift with Princess Anna

Engineer Jack keeping the train running on time

Uncovering dinosaur bones
(This was pretty cool. Our friends sent us little hammers, child size goggles, and cups filled with plaster of paris. After some banging with the hammer, we found little dinosaur toys inside the plaster. Then, Mom and Dad had to get out the vacuum cleaner...)

July - September 2008

Well, as we get older, Mommy and Daddy don't seem to take as many pictures. No worries, though; the photos for July through September include some good ones.

meeting Frankie, the Frankfort High School mascot, before Daddy runs in the "Bun Run"

Jack thinking hard (note the tongue, we think that's an inherited trait)

If I were 15, I'd be saying "No duh, Daddy..."

Jack sitting on the deck

Anna sitting outside, too

gathering the early fall raspberries, which is best done when wearing a dress like a princess would wear

croquet - the sport of gentlemen
(you get to whack stuff with a really big hammer)