Granny and the kids

We were recently in Phoenix for less than 24hrs but we did find time to stop briefly and visit my Granny.  She is 90 yrs. old and quite amazing, I hope that when I'm 90 I am as sharp and active as she is.  The sad look on McKinna's face is because Granny's bird Pecker would not get on her arm, and as you can tell Liam and Pecker got along great

PB&J Cupcake

I don't know how appealing this is to anyone but it is the cupcake Kade picked for me to make him for Valentine's Day.  He has come to expect some unique desserts for V-Day and this one did not seem to disappoint  (although I am not sure Kade would tell me if I made him something he didn't like).  It is a peanut butter cupcake with a peanut butter and jelly frosting.  I came across the recipe because Mckinna and I were shopping and while I was looking at something she filled my cart with magazines.  I insisted that she put them all back but then she insisted that I had to keep the Feb. issue of Martha Stewart Living  because the cover was all cupcakes.  And I must admit, Mckinna did not steer me wrong that issue is FULL of wonderful cupcake recipes.

These are some pictures that we took the last time we went to Montana but I had to show them because the other thing that I loved about my trip this summer was just being in Montana.  I truly love it there I think it is one of the greatest places on earth.  I am so grateful to have grown up in such an amazing environment  and I think no matter where I live Montana will always be home to me.

One of the highlights of my summer was our trip to Montana for my high school reunion.  It was so great to see everyone and I am kicking myself for not taking a lot more pictures but here are a few.  The expectations of a reunion are kind of weird but I have to say that everyone exceeded any expectations I may have had (in good ways).  It seemed that everyone was still the same good and fun people that they always were just now with more life experience.  I don't like to get sappy but I have to say that I felt so lucky to have such great people as my friends.  I think that they are an exceptional group of people.  And these pictures are of just a few of the many and great ones.

So on Aug. 8th 2008 Liam graduated from Kindergarten, it was a big day for him and he was excitedly looking forward to being a "grader".

His first day of 1st grade started on Aug. 25th.  That morning after getting ready to go I said that we would leave in 5 minutes and Liam said "Mom can we go now?  I have been waiting for this day my whole life!"  So what was I to say to that,  so we headed to for the car and on the way Liam said "I have worked so hard for this."  He is such a great and funny kid he always makes me smile. 

Summer Fun

Okay so I am not very good at keeping my blog updated but it has been a crazy summer.  I am hoping now that school has started I might have a little more time.

So I wanted to give a quick update on recent events at the Darrington-Baird home.  We got our pool done and the kids seemed to quickly take to the water (well McKinna did but her brother and his competitive spirit will not be outdone so he worked at it until he too was swimming like a fish).  Liam was actually just looking over my shoulder at some pictures of himself and said "Hey, is that Michael Phelps?".