My Max

Corinne had dance camp last week and absolutely loved it. She came home after the first day though and said, "I don't want to be the star of the show." To which I replied a.) Uh, that's crazy talk. Who DOESN'T want to be the star of the show?! and b.) What on earth are you referring to??

As it turns out, part of the camp show was a play of "Where the Wild Things Are," and Corinne was to be Max. Corinne takes after me in the anxiety department, so as usual I had to bribe the poor kid into doing it. She did great and had a smile on her face the whole time.


20150717_120540.mp4 from Nikki Pollard on Vimeo.

My audio is horrible because we were in a giant room and I was on the opposite side of Corinne. I was so proud of her though for having her lines memorized and being a trooper despite her nerves.



Shopping with Tay. She likes a good pun.

Swimming with daddy.

I ordered an espresso!

I was starting to feel like this summer has been really rough, and in some regards it has. Wes' side of the family has had three major losses with Ma passing in February, his Uncle passing in June, and then Pa on the 4th of July. (I've learned I'm not very good at crying and singing at the same time during funerals.) But when I loaded all of my pictures to my laptop I saw that we've actually had a pretty wonderful summer, considering. We've spent a lot of time with family and friends, and still have four more weeks to go. 

The cousins

Hume Lake

Taylor said, "How much will you give me if I swim across the lake?" Twenty dollars later, she was pretty proud of herself. Thanks, Uncle Garrett.

Hunting for Pirate treasure

This is what car sickness looks like.

Volunteering on Tuesdays at the shelter

Corinne taking roll.

Crazy kids at the museum

Corinne made me breakfast. 

4th of July

Taylor, the face painter.

Taught Robby how to say "KILL SHOT!"

Swimming with Nana

First Day of Zookeeper camp

Art Class

Taylor, giving us the tour. She was SO proud of herself, and we were proud of her too.

At the Hat, in honor of Pa.

Taylor's zoo show. She introduced the Black Throated Monitor.

BFFs