all seven

it's not very often that all seven rollins' grandkids are together so we thought we'd try to capture a picture of them. this was about the best that our camera got.

amelia

who would have thought that a one year old would want to be so much like her sister. i am constantly amazed at how much she strives to do what kate is doing, but also by how vastly different she is. for example, at train town, the little train take you for a ride, then stops at a "town" where you can get off and explore and also feed some farm animals. both times we've gone (this being the second) kate has had no interest in feeding the animals due to fear. amelia, on the other hand, walks right up to the HUGE sheep, sticks out her hand, and lets him eat right out of her hand without a second thought. amelia, also unlike kate, will climb on ANYTHING. she can get herself on almost any chair, bench, table, you name it. kate just doesn't have any interest in being high up. i'm just always so amazed at how different my girls are, but also think that it is so fun to see them starting to interact and wondering what they will be like in 5 years, and ten. what will they like, what will they dislike, who will be their friends? we haven't done anything differently with the two of them, and yet they are completely different. i guess it's God's way of making sure we trust instead of getting comfortable in what we are doing:) the picture of amelia dressing up was all her idea. she "asked" me to help her put the shoes on and would bring them to me if they fell off. i think we have another princess on our hands:) (please don't think we let her hang out like this all the time-it was 104 degrees at our house and she was hot).

train town

this last week was busy, once again, trying to spend as much time with tim's brother and family as possible. we had the whole rollins crew over for dinner one night, then met everyone at train town in sonoma for a day of rides, trains, and a picnic in the park. here are a few pictures of the outings.

happy mother's day

to all you hard-working mommies. i think it's the hardest job a woman could ever have, and i thankful that i have you all along for the support. happy mother's day!

(below is a picture of my birthday/mother's day present from tim-the umbrella, not the playhouse:)

fun-filled week

we have had a busy week. andy and katie (tim's younger brother) and their boys spencer and parker flew in from n.c. last week to spend some time here with family. they are staying with family in napa, so every chance we have had, we've packed up the car and headed up to see them. this weekend was particularly busy with a "celebration of life" for spencer (most of you know that he has a serious heart condition that has almost killed him several time)-it was a great time to give glory to God for what he has done through this little guy. tim let me spend the day with his mom and my two sister's-in-law at a home and garden tour yesterday, then we had a graduation party last night. today was spent home with my sick kids playing in the backyard and riding our bikes to ice cream. all in all a great weekend (but boy, am i tired!). here are some pictures of the weekend.