Note from Jada's (and Jordan's) teacher on her first day at AMS

Storyteller at Austin PowWow

Jada dancing

Exploring in the arena

drummers and singers

cirle drum, dance, sing

the circle closes in

the drumming went on for a long time, and was very cool

Grand Entry begins - eagle dancers

little Eagle

one feather dancers

arena filling up with different dancers

'fancy' dancers

women dancers with bangles

fancy shawls

really filling up now!

everyone in

polymer clay dinosaurs by Steve and Jordan

and a tree and a ball for them to play with

duck billed dinosaur eating a tree

Oh no! Here comes the comet!

more dino-snacks (chocolate chip cookies)

Jordan bonked into a chair and got her first black eye

Jada is getting very good at jumping

everybody jump (the couch is trashed, anyway)

Jordan always has been a daredevil

all the girls snuggling

a prototype for our new vegetable garden

I marked it with paint, and then weed-whacked it to see it better

The Whole Garden

Jada wearing her hat outfit

Jordan always looks away from the camera as I take the picture!

Yup, swimming at Thanksgiving

Papa takes a photo of Grandpa taking a photo

Papa in his shiny shirt

the water was a BIT chilly

they never got in much more than this

Jada splashing

Jordan playing ball

another use for the ball game

Thanksgiving table

SERIOUS bubbles

look at my belly!

full people after the feast

Great Grandma Donie

Cleanup crew

Uncle Scott doing a little cleanup work

Scott's scary self-portrait

Playing in the back yard

Pretending the balls are fruit

You can tell Grandpa took these because Steve is in them

Jada standing

Jada sitting

Jada working

Lunchtime!

Papa always looks so serious

girls having a snack during the golf tournament

Jordan takes a picture of Papa making a funny face

I put the camera on a tripod

so Jordan took some pictures that all look

about the same

Jada, take out that pacifier so we can see your pretty smile!

That's much better!

another couple of pictures on the tripod

same shot, 2 seconds later

self timer family portrait

we made a mud pit!

muddy footprints everywhere

standing in the pit, and rinsing in the bucket

Jada knee deep in the pit

Jada's muddy feet