Happy 4th of July!

Neil and I had an amazing time with the girls in Crescent City over the 4th. The town does a parade every year in the morning and Neil and I went to that. A lot of the floats through out candy and prizes to the kids. Most kids were ready with buckets in hand to take home their loot! It was so cute! Anna waved her little hand and yelled "Happy 4" as cars went by. There was a group of veterans driving go carts up and down the street, racing one another. That was really fun to watch! Anna scored a beach ball, some pretty necklaces, and pockets full of candy.
After the parade we drove around and went sight seeing. We found a Whale watching platform and took a family picture. We had such a nice relaxing time. And I think it helped me with my packing for next weeks trip! I don't NEED to take everything, even though I WANT to!!!! And it's not like they don't have stores in Arkansas. I hear they even have a Wal.Mart!! :)

Fair 2009

I just laughed out loud when I read this sign! I had to share it!

I love the fair, but I especially love going with my dad. It is fun to be spoiled and to spend time with him that is just for hanging out. Brenda couldn't go this year, so I thought Anna might have a good time going with us. My Dad and I just like to walk around and look at all the exibits and eat a lot of health food (as my dad would call it). Anna loved trying the food. And she loved all the things to look at. She is such an observer, maybe she gets that from my dad.

There was one vendor that was selling a ton of hats and I found the cutest little cowgirl hat for Anna. She looked so cute. We didn't get it though because she doesn't keep hats on very well. Here are a few pictures from our evening. We had a GREAT time! Thanks Dad!

Park It!

On Saturday Brenda, Zachary, Emily, Neil, the girls and I drove up to Dunsmir on Sunday to have a picnic at the City Park. It was beautiful. And the weather was nice and breezy. It was so fun to watch the girls run around and squeal with each other. Anna LOVED the swings! Emily had a great time on the slide . . . going UP them! I just love this little family!

Talk to me!

Anna is always wanting to play with my cellphone (like every little kid and big kid wants!) But I'm not really cool with the random long distance call thing . . . so I dug out my old cell phone a few weeks ago and gave it to Anna. She calls it her "hello" or her "comb".
My dad took her for a walk and I gave him a whole bag of goodies for Anna, which he gave to her when they started the walk. He said that one by one everything was handed back to him, blankie, snack, drink cup, puppy (which is really a lamb), and second blankie. When all she had left was the phone, she opened it up and said, "hello daddy!" She loves to call her daddy. That is almost the only person she wants to talk to. When they got back my dad said I was in trouble, because she talked on it almost the whole hour.
Here are a few pics of Anna and Abby enjoying the "hello".

Anna talking . . .

Abby has something to say! . . .

Okay Abby your turn . . .

Now back to my conversation!
Which by the looks of things it was pretty important!

My Girls.

Abby is getting so big. She weighs 13 1/2 lbs and is 24 inches long! She LOVES to watch Anna run around. When Abby is in her swing Anna will come over and talk to her and try and put her pacifier in her mouth. Abby just thinks it is the funniest thing. She gives Anna the biggest smiles.
Abby is talking and cooing all the time. I guess she already has some very important things to say! And I just love to listen to her.

A day at the Park

The girls and I got to go watch Tessa play her last soccer game of the season on Saturday at the Soccer Park at Big League Dreams. It is real cute watching all the little tikes run around. It was way HOT! And you know how when it's hot outside and you take your shoes and socks off and walk around in the cool grass . . . ? Yeah you can't do that there, because fake grass is HOT too! I bet it is nice to not have to mow it, but it does not feel good on the toes.

Easter 2009

We had a lot of fun Easter weekend. Neil's sister's church started this fun thing last year where they drop a bunch of eggs from a helicopter. So we went to that with about 3,000 other people. Anna loved watching the helicopter. She loves to spot stuff up in the sky. She was pretty cute too when her daddy helped her with her egg. Anna wore the cutest little sailor outfit that Dixie had got for her the day before. It was SOOOOO cute. We had a lot of people stop and tell us how adorable she looked! Abby slept through the whole thing. Which actually made it pretty nice. And she is such a cute sleeper. Okay. She's cute at everything.


We spent Easter morning at my parents house. We took all the great grandbabies over to my grandparents house so they could see how cute they were in their Easter outfits. I got a few real good pictures of Anna in my Grandma's beautiful living room. And I love the picture of Noah with Abby. Anyway, I know I am little behind posting these, but they were so cute I wanted to share them anyway.

My 100th post! and nothing clever!

Okay, so I was making my bed the other day and as I was putting my pillows up and fluffing them, I was looking at them and thinking about when Tabitha had bought me the pillowcases. She got them for some birthday quiet a few years ago, before I was married . . . so at least 8 years, but probably more like 12. They're real cute, they have Ariel on one side and Flounder on the other. And then it hit me . . . I am a 30 year old who still has character pillowcases on her bed! Who does that?

Lunch with the cousins

Neil's cousin Jeff was home for a visit last weekend. So we piled all the cousins we could get into our living room for lunch and just hanging out. It was fun to get to chat for a while. Most everyone has kiddos now, so we piled them on the couch and took some pictures. It was real close to nap time and didn't go over that well. But I do think we got some keepers. I just love this picture! What are they telling each other. It is definately not good news!

And Kara, well she is not taking Jack's advice. Good for you Kara! Bella looks like she has heard all this before! :)

Nap Time!

Here is a great classic picture of a kid falling asleep on her lunch!
Anna was sitting and talking to me yesterday and when I asked her a question and she didn't answer I got up and looked at her. This is what I found! So stinkin' cute!!!


Here are a few pictures of Abby sleeping in the family bassinet. This bassinet has been in Neil's family for over 40 years and a bunch of babies have slept in it, including Neil. So of course Neil's babies have to sleep in it. I made the bumper pad for Anna and was really excited that I got to use it again.


Neil and I were in Costco yesterday getting the "musts" when we walked done the seasonal aisle and found this "want". We have a picnic table in our backyard my parents bought us for our first house. And Costco has this tiny little one to match. Of course ours has Gauge size bites out of the seats. (That dog better not chew on this one!!!!!) Anyway, this little thing is just perfect for Anna, actually it is a little big, so she can grow. And the really cool thing is that it fits into the trunk of my car, so I can take it to the park and stuff. And camping! Man I REALLY want to go camping.

And to finish it off, a really cute picture of Anna playing in the backyard!

Abby's Hospital Picture.

Here is a link to Mercy Medical Center and Abby's Hospital Picture if you want to check it out. You can even sign her guest book while your there. Neil's mom made the cute blanket that she is laying on.

Abby's Hospital Picture