YM Walks

My baby is taking steps! He is nearly walking.
I caught a few steps on my camera while we were waiting for his sister to
finish her activity Wednesday at church. He is so very adorable!

Merry Christmas!

Through the Eyes of a child

We all have a visual picture of ourselves.

I see myself as a pre-kid size and
keep trying to fit pre-kid clothes in my closet LOL.


So the other day the girls are designing Miis on our Wii
So we are making one for me. I'm
thinking long reddish hair, green eyes
dimples, rosy cheeks or freckles
My Mii is lookin' good....

Then I hear "NOoooooo Ma-om
You HAVE to put on GLASSES
and HAVE to PICK the BUN hair
Poof I'm a Old Lady!

There you have it the truth about how I look each day...
I need to stop putting my hair up in those buns
and start wearing my contacts more LOL!

Woah snow!

Yep it snowed today
and more is coming tomorrow.
It is November after all.
But just two days ago it was 80 degrees
and we went to the Zoo.

Here we all are!
(Poor YM is burried under Juju)

Mickey and a posing seal.

Polar bear fright!

Lil holding her breath under water!
Don'tcha love her hat?

7 month grins

check out those lashes

I don't know why but he was really making some funny faces that night

huh?

Oh are you cute or what?

wink

whatch out baby girls

eat your heart out

It's witching hour

Witchy-poo

Princess Peepers

pink Belle
ready for a snowball fight with the Beast
little cow

joining up with vampire, allien, and a waitress
ready to get treatsvampire having a cow
from the "crash down" in Roswell

pretty princess one cute cow

time to go
and time to play at the ward party at the farm

cupcakes

hayride

doughnuts

tunnels
lots of fun!

la la la Lovely Lily

pulling up pictures and practicing on picasa to see what I can put together
I just love my girls and their smiley faces!

Know when to hold 'em

Today I was rejoicing that my daughter is finally potty trained.
Then I noticed I was singing a song to her in my mind.
"... you gotta know when to hold it
Know when to walk away and
Know when to RUN!"

I started giggling, yep potty training is sorta a gamble.
And she sure does need to know when to RUN!

.............Halfy Birfday!

I absolutely love this little guy!

~~~~ for time & eternity

Some days we don't remember but others stick in our minds so clear and don't really fade.
The day this picture was taken was one of those days for me. I remember exactly how I felt.
Engagement Photos on the north Fort Collins Bridge over the Poudre river.

Reflecting on the last 9 years I am so glad L proposed to me.

oh........What a day....

Lets start with a nice bit

our chickens are laying eggs
here are some eggs to compare
a new little brown one a nice size white one

and then a huge double yolk on on the right

Then here are the scary stories

at first glance I didn't know why my kitchen was so warm
came home to find my water warmer a.k.a. teapot

had been left for 13 hours on the stove top with the burner on

the bottom glaze was melting and the inside of the pot was bubbled up and blackened
just really glad my house is still here

Here another scary thing
caught Juju about to step on this fellow

these are post mortem pictures ( L crushed his head)

yep its a rattle snake on the sidewalk in front of our house

This last set of pictures is just exactly why we were outside the morning of the rattle snake...

L found a really big moth

this guy was about the length of his palm
and hiw wings span was wider than his palm

don't know why he didn't fly away

maybe he was too big?
anyway.... we thought he was neat
What an exciting life

mother daughter chat

today for social studies M and I talked about Urban, and Rural communities
in her text book the urban community was Chicago

I told her I had been there
saw the Sears tower and had dinner with her dad in downtown.

Then I told her that in Chicago her dad had proposed.

It also is our 9th anniversary today.
I asked her, "aren't you glad dad asked to marry me?"

Then she says to me
"now you have 4 kids and its nine years later,
what a success!"

I loved it! She's right we are a success.

sweet baptism