Family Photos

These are casual photos that my dad took of us when we were in CA. I love the green in my parent's backyard. It looks so lush. Imagine how heart-wrenching it was to come back to the snow after that.

I have failed to mention so far how Hallie is an orange monster! She probably consumed 40 mandarin oranges from Dad's tree in the two weeks we were there. No joke-- she ate at least three a day. Every time she neared the backyard she would sign "more" and say it out loud over and over. Grandpa was so patient with her-- he would pick them off the tree and peel every one. Sometimes when she was overzealous she would try to eat the peel too! If Hallie was whiney Grandpa would ask her if she wanted an orange and for the most part she would stop and say "Moe?!" After we came home, we were talking to my dad on the web cam. He picked an orange for Hallie and peeled it. She kept trying to retrieve it from the computer screen. Her love for oranges knows no end. We should have let her hold oranges in these family pictures. Maybe then she would have actually smiled!