Imaginings

The Queen of the Golden River

Letting the edges on our imaginations blur a bit...

She finds something there....

Pausing for a glance

What might he find there?

She waits serenely

July moments

Kaia

Brennan in one of the shirts I made him while I was in Houston

Me with OnE Eskimo-the opening band for the Tori Amos show on July 20

Elise holds her first sparkler on the 4th in Vernal

I just loved this expression of concern on her face :)

She's got a tad more comfortable. She kept asking for more "stars".

Ben & Elise getting ready to swim in the river

Kaia turns 6!!

Kaia turned 6 years old on July 22!

To celebrate, we had some of her favorite foods in a picnic, played some games, opened a few gifts, made mini ice cream pies & then did a special balloon activity...Ben, Elise & Kaia enjoy the picnic (Kaia is eating off the heart placemat...Brennan was a tad jealous...)

Kaia opens one of her gifts

Ben feeds Elise some grapes

For the final part of the evening, we each wrote down a wish we had for Kaia in the coming year. Then, we each read Kaia the wish we had for her. Finally, we attached our wishes to five balloons (one for each year of life that she has lived now) and let those five years and five wishes head into the stars and space.

Kaia gets gift-y

Brennan shows off the craft he made for Kaia

while I was primping Kaia and getting her ready for the evening.

Kaia descends the stairs after her primping time

(in the dress I made her when I was in Houston with Jennifer)

Kaia mugs for the camera

First things first: I took Kaia and she picked a dress to wear, I washed her feet and rubbed lotion on them, I painted her nails and toenails, I put lotion on her arms and hands, I did her make-up and hair, we listened to music and danced, and then we took a few photos of her.

It's fun to be a girl!

Happy Birthday, Sweet Kaia!!