Reincarnated As A Mother: Ice, Ice Baby

Monday, September 15, 2008

Ice, Ice Baby

There's no better way to escape the heat then to hit the ice rink. Especially when the cousins are in town. Byron took the day off to take his sister Korri and her girls-- Addison and CeCe skating with our girls.

Reese and I watched from the sidelines... sigh....

The girls all did great!! No ice packs for the Barkers. In fact, Holland was doing shaky spins by the end of the session.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...: Hurray! Now when I'm sitting here in LA wondering "I wonder what Lonni is doing?" I can find out. :); September 15, 2008 at 10:24 PM
gramyflys said...: Love your blog, Lonnie! It will be so great to watch your girls grow up on your blog! Thanks for sharing...Lori Emig; September 15, 2008 at 11:17 PM
Hey it's Amy Benson said...: What fun memories the girls are going to have! Ice skating is the best!!
Thanks for inviting me to your cute blog ♥; September 16, 2008 at 8:30 AM
Kristen said...: Hey Guys! I just found you from Elizabeth and Mitch's blog. It's fun to see your beautiful family Byron. Congratulations on everything - Kristen Bradshaw Danielson; September 20, 2008 at 12:29 AM
karen said...: Well, well, well. Look who has cute kids online FINALLY. Broken ribs for Byron? OMW, that's gotta be painful... miss ya, karen; September 23, 2008 at 1:03 AM

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