Ami won a great deal on a photography session and decided to use it on the kids.  I think the photos turned out so cute, and we are doing a family session with the same photographer on Wednesday night.

Here's to her getting more photos of all the kids looking and smiling!

                         

 Aspen looking waaaay too grown up!  She's had a growth spurt lately; makes me sad. sniff.

 Lindsay, who took the photos, was so awesome with getting the kids to cooperate.  I was blown away. 

 Okay, this one.  Can this baby scrunch his little face any more than he is right here?  I die!

Well we are on fish number three, just got him yesterday. Aspen picked him out, and then talked Oakley into naming him Purpey, since he's purple. Definitely a pretty fish! I think it's really helped Aspen to forgive me after last week. I felt so horrible I didn't mind forking out the $13 for Purpey. I didn't know beta could cost that much!

Last Tuesday morning I got up early and went downstairs to find our blessed fish Funny Junior floating vertical in his bowl. My heart started to pound and I started saying "no no no no" over and over again. I had bought a new purifier for his bowl a few days before, and didn't realize it may not be the right stuff until I got home. But he had ended up being fine. So I'm guessing that was it but I don't know for sure.

Anyway I looked really closely and Junior still had a twitching fin so I knew there was still a chance to save him!

I bagged my plan to workout and headed to Walgreens but it wasn't open yet so I headed to Fred Meyer, tears running down my face. Poor Junior, suffering all night! Was all I could think about.

By the time I got home he was gone; it was terrible. Aspen and I had a good cry later. Oakley, ever so positive, started talking about how he was going to get Aspen a fish for Christmas. 

Good old Junior, such a good little fish, we will miss you!

How can I own a dog when I get so teared up about losing a fish??