3 is a charm

Newest addition to the cousin troupe! Delia Elizabeth Carlson was born on Sept 28!

 While waiting for all these cousins to arrive, Annabelle has been busy snapping many photos on her camera.....some worth a laugh or two.....here's a tiny kitty,

 eating toast, 

 pepper with a wig,

and misaligned mustache.

hi and bye

 Fall is upon us! 

 Good-bye to soccer season,

 and hello to funny eggplant guys and other post-harvest produce creations. 

 BIG hellos to our two newest family members! 

Very proud cousins ooh and aah at Jonah Elliot Watson, born on Sept 17!

And far away oohs and aahs at another new cousin born on Sept 25....Leila Delphine Khalil!!

happy b-day and school

Happy #5 Annabelle!

Squeezing new baby,

and playing "office" with the big box of office gear.

A special birthday hike with just Daddy...

Annabelle snaps a pic of the waterfall with her camera.

They made it to the top!

Then the next day....1st day of school!

a's camera

A very small sampling of the many pictures taken by many little hands over the weekend with Annabelle's new camera.....

Birthday girl....with cool crown effect.

Cousin Will!

Mama looking...lovely?

Boating girls.

Lucy!

Looking stunning in a wig.

Mateo and Leo!

Ya-hoo on the boat!

Annabelle and Grandma on the tube!

Emma and Lucy on the tube!

Mariner Louis

Back at home....kitty.

scenes

Scenes from the weekend, cousins abound...

Pre-birthday party for Annabelle...

her very own sleek camera!

Wrapping up summer with the slip-n-slide.

Peanut gallery at the rousing family soccer game.

Speaking of Labor Day, check out these babes! Pinky is on deck!

summer days

July was a blur, and how is August nearly over??

We revel in the last days of summer, often at the beach....

Tube twins.

Tending to life and laundry.

Loving up kitty friend Snowball.

Lingering in PJ's well into the morning....

Learning to use the camera...

that's better!

And soaking up all of the delicious August harvest. This is only a tiny fraction of the giant pepper crop we have this year!

slim pickins

Summer has found us quite busy....much of which hasn't been captured in photos....

Here we are post-garlic-harvest trimming stems and roots with cousin Will.

It was a mighty harvest this year!

Bookworm takes to the trail -- reading atop Mt. Baldy before we hike back down.

And of course the kittens are always keeping busy, here learning how to play soccer.