from the lil camera

Hey this is something that I didn't post a while ago. Some pics that must have been taken last summer or something. I figure I will post it now in honor of losing the photos from the hard drive. A few more salvaged right here on blogspot. :)

More from the phone

Carmel and Johari got outfits sent from Grandma Sistah in Togo

Admiring a golden dress and her beautiful self

Random writings of Johari's while were playing at a mall... no guidance, no instruction, no involvement on my part.

Johari and Luke-y kissin'

After watching a video of NYC Ballet performance of "Swan Lake" many times and Twitney's house, Johari had to have a dress that went all the way to the floor so that she could be the queen. I put this together one day. Beautiful cloth brought back from Indonesia by Alfonso. Thank you.

Hiding out in a Joanne Fabric shopping cart doing self-portraits underneath layers of cloth

Stacy and I at 3D movie showing of Avatar

Hugs...Jordan and Johari

Playing with the dog, Sonya

Fun times....

Johari and Jordan having smiles and dippin' dots at the zoo

Johari and Jordan sitting on the porch

Girl...bike...sun...smiles

A sparkle in the mud

Mama and baby monsters that I knitted. Daphne and Delilah. (Danger Crafts)

Wearing a hair net and working at a vegetable processing plant to help make Communi-tea Kombucha

She couldn't help but get her shoes and socks off and get in the cold cold stream after working on kombucha making. But she suffered when the coldness sank in and warmth couldn't come quick enough.

Playin at the mall

Found her these awesome high heels thrifting in Wooster, Ohio

Fall time at the beach

In a sense, getting all of these photos off my phone and lil camera has been a trip down memory lane taking us up into the present.

Joy and Love

When we had just gotten our $13 couch delivered and we were taking care of Lyra. Smiling. Cuddling on our new couch. I see love and joy in this picture.

Phone pics

My lil camera and my newish computer don't communicate. I finally got a card reader and was able to take all the pictures of the lil camera as well as my phone which is something I usually have handy even when I have forgotten one of my cameras. These pictures may go back a year or so. I just thought I would post a few of the gems.

Ishmael and Johari climbing together

Johari and Ibrahim testing driving a car shopping cart and sunglasses

Listening to the New Age stuff at Bastyr Dispensary

Googly-goggled eyes.

Wigged out!

Too long away.....

I have been thinking about the blog so often and never getting to it. And then when I stay away too long it starts to seem overwhelming. Like I won't be able to catch up. Then I try to remind myself that although it would be nice to catch up. It would be wonderful to remember all of the awesome moments in the past few months like visiting family in Montana for Thanksgiving and seeing the Nutcracker ballet and watching "Miracle on 34th Street" over and over in Ohio over the holidays and playing with friends and stomping in mud and starting to ride a big bike with training wheels .... AND it is ok to just jump off from where we are right now.

I am in a rare situation right now. Johari is napping at home in our bed (typically we only catch naps these days in the car if any nap at all). My easiest way to jump in is to at least post some photos.

Her new bike. She really likes riding it in the neighborhood.

Doing a little BBQ on one of our many sunny winter days.

Feeding Eleanor while out for a stroll

Johari woke up one morning and decided she wanted to learn to use the sewing machine on her own. So that's what we did! She made a little quilt scarf and gave it to her grandma.

A little quilt blanket for her baby dolls that she made....with some unwanted help. She has the hang of the steps to working the sewing machine!

A drawing of people in her family if I am remembering right.

More projects!!!!

Her own version of Punky Brewster. She got a DVD with 8 episodes of the 80's TV show Punky Brewster. She likes to act out being Punky Brewster who is an awesome character!