Sunday, March 13, 2011

Happy Birthday, Pook!


My baby is already 2!


He's so stinkin' cute, but he REALLY turned on the charm today! Of course, when you start the day off with powdered donuts and cake batter....you're bound to be H-A-P-P-Y :) Seriously though, I wish I could just bottle up everything about him right now & save it. Forever. His beaming smile. His kisses (he finally learned to pucker!). His silliness. Even the way he yells (and I mean yells) "Mom....mama.....mamom" everytime he wants to show me something or needs anything.

All of his birthday charm made for some precious memories & adorable photos.

I didn't want the day to end!




I don't know if we have a future chef on our hands, or if it was my imitation of Dana Carvey's SNL skit, "choppin' brocco-lay", but he LOVED helping chop!

Mema's number cookies are always a hit! And Luke hit them....hard.



His little party was a bit of a camping theme.....had to test out his new camp chair.
He'll be happier in it once he learns how to get out of it!



It may have taken him 2 years to get the hang of the present opening thing....but he's already a pro! The sweetest thing was the way he kept lining up his lantern, water bottle, and bubble tumbler just perfectly before he'd move on to opening the next gift.



See.....checking to make sure they're lined up!




The $2 bubble tumbler from walmart may have been his favorite gift! He was so proud of himself for learning to blow bubbles.....and he was practicing his new-found bubble blowing skills between almost every gift!



So excited about his first wheels!





Luke, we're s'more in love with you each year!


Our "real" group photos ;)


Well, like I said, I didn't want the day to end....so we kept the little man up until almost 10:30!
By 10:30 Friday morning, he just couldn't keep going & absolutely passed out on me...for the 1st time in months.

He may be 2, but he's still my baby!

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Buddies.



They are.

It is one of the sweetest things. Luke will call for me in the morning....and when I don't respond fast enough, he quickly changes to yelling "El-waa....El-waaaa....El-waaaaaa". She gets a huge smile on her face, kind of rolls her eyes(to fake annoyance), then goes RUNNING to him with all the excitement of a new Mommy:)

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The Snowy Day(s)










Saturday, February 12, 2011

Christmas memories

Didn't exactly plan on taking this long to post these, but I have met my lofty goal of getting them up before Valentine's Day......wooohoooo!
This is how Luke spent Christmas morning....sitting on the hearth, pounding the candy that Santa left piled there. He didn't have much interest in presents, just candy....LOTS of it!

Ahhh....Ty and Tractors...a match made in heaven.

The girls were saving for their American Girl dolls, & thought they couldn't even ask for them for Christmas because they were too much.....so they were shocked & amazed when they opened them Christmas morning! Any reservations we had on splurging for these dolls went out the window the second we saw their excitement.......they LOVE them!!!!



Ty's favorite jingle of the season, "It's a pillow, it's a pet, it's a pillow pet"!



Happily modeling the matching pj's from Mema & Pappy!

Luke started smiling like this and giving me REAL kisses....my two favorite gifts of the season.
Until next year....Merry Christmas!



Wednesday, February 02, 2011

Fa la la la la la la la.......LATE!


They found the one!


A family favorite at lights on the lake.


Whispering sweet nothings to Santa.


On their best behavior for the big guy :)
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Gobble Gobble!

What fun we had, this past Saturday, at the local Turkey Trot! I had decided to run the 10k...but imagine my excitement when it became a family affair...as my girls decided they wanted to run the 1 mile wingding!!! They loved that they had numbers....it was an
"official" race :)


The only bummer was that we all ran at the same time...so I had to rely on Jed to snap some photos! He got some priceless shots at the finish :) Here they are....in the order they finished....and some cute things they had to say about the race! I am SO SO proud of them for doing it all by themselves :) They loved it....look at those smiling faces!

Emma: "Mom, I'm so proud of myself for winning a blue ribbon!"

Ella: "I didn't talk to anyone...I wanted to win!"



Anna: "This is the best day ever!"

They were so excited to tell me that they ran the WHOLE way!!! And that they saw a dead cat, a baby shoe, and a dead squirrel...this was big news. They were thrilled with their ribbons too :)

I don't know how long their enthusiasm will last....

But I'm savoring every minute of it!!!


Monday, November 01, 2010

Happy Halloween!

Our wild animals & their hunter...

"Only YOU can prevent forest fires!"



Hoot! Hoot!


My lil' stinker.


This deer was sure NOT to be caught in headlights...or camera flashes.


Don't moose with me.


Trick or treating with family & friends was fun for all! So cute to watch all of the kids go to it...some were exceedingly shy (Ty), while some were surprisingly into it (Sophia)....some slept all warm & cozy in their snugglies (Sammy & Ryan), while some preferred all the comforts of the barn (Grant)......some tried in vain to control their over-sized antlers which kept slowing them down (Luke), while all the others raced door to door in search of MORE CANDY!!!


Of course, we LOVED all of the costumes!!!

Already looking forward to it next year!