Toone Family

Ah, autumn -- my favorite season! Actually, it wasn't a very typical autumn, weather-wise. It stayed warm for so long. Would you believe that we picked the last of our tomatoes yesterday...right before going trick-or-treating?! We've never done that before! Hopefully we'll get a little taste of autumn before winter sets in. When autumn comes, it means that Lily's birthday can't be far behind. We sure have a cute four-year-old! (I must say that three-year-old Lily was such a hoot, it was rather difficult to say goodbye to her. However, I'm sure four-year-old Lily comes with her own set of perks; I can't wait to see what they are). We had a little party for her at Logan's parents' house where she received a jewelry box with some "fancy" accessories in it. The next day, I happened upon this scene in her bedroom: It's like Noah's Ark meets the Academy Awards. Like I said, four-year-old Lily will do just fine. She requested a Cinderella-...

And here we are again! I hope to re-cap a bit of the summer here. It was a great one! Let me first apologize for the small size of the photos. I have a default setting in Photoshop that imports the photos in a very high resolution (for printing). If I don't change that setting before editing the photos for the web, the photos end up small because there's so much file information attached. I usually don't realize my mistake until it's too late (such as today, for instance). I'm not about to go back and re-import and re-compress all these photos, so I guess you'll just have to get out your magnifying glasses. Ooops! Here's a photo of the kiddos making homemade raspberry ice cream with their great-grandparents (you can't see Granddad in this photo, but he's the muscles behind the operation; that is, he gets to crank the ice cream freezer). Not long after this photo was taken, I decided that I couldn't live out the rest of my life without my...

I have a few photos I've wanted to post for a while...but my hands have felt a little bit full! Thanks to everyone for welcoming baby Max so warmly; he's already an irreplaceable part of our family. Here are a few photos that were taken around Easter, before Max arrived... And here's the man himself at about a week old. What a sweetheart! Here is Max on his one month birthday. Already done a lot of changing, don't you think? Since this photo was taken, Max has developed the WORST case of baby acne I have ever seen. Hopefully this is not an indication of how his teenage years will progress... My parents gifted each of their children with a family vacation to Park City this past Christmas. We eagerly anticipated the dates of June 4-11 -- and finally, the time arrived! We had a great time. The swimming pool was a highlight for the kids, if you couldn't tell... And here we all are...almost. My sister Lisa and her family moved to Pennsylvania for her husband...