In DisDress

After trying on every dress in Eastern Washington, I got this dress at Kohl's. It was very cute. Until I wore it to church on Sunday and my G's kept peeking out the bottom. Very annoying problem. So I bought some capri-tights to wear with it the next time, but it felt like I was wearing pants. Then I had to take it back.

I continued my quest for a modest (reasonably priced) dress online and found this pretty number.

But I accidentally ordered this...
Which would've been fine because it's cute, only it came with no sleeves. In the picture it clearly has cap sleeves. I called customer service and asked where the sleeves were. Turns out that "the product pictured may be different than the actual product." Huh? It's like ordering a dress and receiving a toaster. I have religious issues, I need sleeves! Is that so hard to ask?

If you know a good place to get a modest dress let me know. Preferably a dress that I won't have to wear a cardigan over, or shirt under, and definitely not a dress that turns out to be a kitchen appliance. Thanks.

Strawberry River

I thought that these videos were kinda funny. The strawberry is bigger than both of River's hands and she was eating it like an apple. Looks scrumptious, doesn't it? I also love how River is kicked back, got her feet up on the counter and is enjoying a lazy morning in her pj's.

A Few Firsts

River got her first big owie yesterday. She tripped off a tiny 2 inch cement step and caught herself with her head. I felt so bad, she got two big bumps and a couple of scrapes. She recovered quickly, and was soon back to her smiling self.

River was invited to her first birthday party. I'm pretty sure she accepted just for the cupcakes and juice.

I love this next picture because Olivia and River have the same look on their faces. Mainly, "Mom, why are we out here on the wet grass when the party is inside?"

Also, we had our first day over 70 degrees this week! Pretty amazing, eh?

A Day in the Life Of

Cameron has finally turned in his thesis paper! It has been wonderful because we have had unprecedented family time together this whole week. We are trying to make the most of it while we can. ( Cameron still has to prepare for his defence on the 16th) We took River on her first trip bowling. She actually got a strike and a better score than Cameron. (thank you bumpers!)

She did great. Other than when she tried to run down the lane after the bowling ball.... repeatedly...
and Cameron had to chase after her.

We also went to the library and picked out some good books. Cameron has much better story voices than I do. River loves to read. Sometimes she'll want to read for 40 minutes straight, but we get sick of reading 'Fox in Socks' and 'Chicka-

Chicka Boom Boom' over and over again.

And we made pumpkin chocolate chip cookies and coconut macaroons. River even helped.

Don't worry, the dough doesn't have raw eggs in it!
Hope your week has been as good as ours!