my oldest

is getting old!! Yesterday we looked back on pictures of Annikah when she was Evy's age and to put it bluntly: we feel OLD! We cannot believe how much she has changed, grown, and is becoming her unique little version of herself. Complete with emotional meltdowns and all I would not change a thing (ok, maybe the whining :) Some days I think how busy life is, how I move from one tragedy to another, how one of my children seem to always NEED something, and how tiring that all is. And then I remember the day will soon come when I will long for these days. Then I smile.

Yesterday after spending a good chunk of our Sunday trying to track down a used bike that was A. not broken beyond repair and was B. a good price and that C. Miss A could ride (harder than you think on dirt and rocks) we accepted defeat. At least momentary defeat as we will continue the search for a 4th Bday present bike (we still have a month). The upside was we found a little local restaurant that just opened that sells smoothies made with ice cream for super cheap!! It was a welcome break from our search and I tried out some new setting on my camera and I LOVE these shots of Anni. How beautiful is my oldest? I just want to freeze these moments.....