Baptism

Lacey, Katie and our niece Janessa were baptised!

It was nice to be able to all of the girls at the same time, it also worked out well because Janessa is our Goddaughter and Lacey and Katie are Chris and Charissa's Goddaughters!

The girls did a pretty good job over all.

Katie was of course her crazy self!

And Janessa was perfect!

It was also very nice to have the girls Great-Aunt Neo from California be able to attend their baptism.

Katie Bug

This little darling is our baby

She is full of life

She just started saying 'I love you too' 

She is full of wonder, she loves to make observations of the the objects she 'knows'

She is a fierce defender of her territory and territory she 'deems' as hers 

She loves to play peek a boo 

She is a 'Mama's girl'

She is our Katie Bug.

She is the perfect addition to our family.  We love her to the moon and back.

Lacey

This is our 'middle' child

She is a sass-a-frass

She is independant, marches to her 'own' beat 

Daddy calls her 'Mama's little clone'

She is spunky, sweet and maybe even a bit quirky

She is sugar and spice all in one.  She is Lacey.  There isn't a day that goes by that she doesn't make us laugh at least once durning the day, usually much more often though.  I couldn't imagine my life without her.

Kylie

Kylie

She is my first born 

She is so smart 

She is beautiful 

She is sensitive and dramatic

She is our everything.  She is so artistic and musical, I always say I am sure she will someday havea a career in the 'arts'.  She is Kylie :)

Mama and The Girls

I love my little girls

They make me crazy 

They make me laugh 

and sometimes they make me cry. 

But I would give up everything I had to protect them until the bitter end.  They are my world and I wouldn't want to be without them.  Being a Mama is the hardest job in the world but its also the most REWARDING.  And its those little rewards that mean the most to me.

Daddy and the Girls :)

Daddy loves his girls

and they love him too!

He is a wonderful to his girls, they are blessed to have him to love and protect them :)

Family Pictures 2012

Recently my sister Shawna came to visit us and was kind enough to take our family pictures for us!

She took them last year and did such a great job I decided I'd recruit her again...and the price was right ;-) 

I'm so glad that I get to have our picture taken together, it's not often that it's just Greg and I.  I love my baby girls but I also love spending some alone time with just my husband and I. 

We also took some pictures of Daddy and the girls and Mommy and the girls.  Everything turned out wonderfully.  I'm going to post those pictures separately to avoid the post getting too long!

Our beautiful girls, they always do a wonderful job of taking pictures.  We are so blessed!

Look who's wearing braces?!

Kylie's riding lessons

Kylie is having so much fun taking her riding lessons.  She starts looking for wad to the next lesson almost as soon as her current lesson is over!

She's come such a long way in just 4 lessons (this is the 4th).  I'm so proud of her!

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I know Nana would be proud of he the little 'Cowgirl' Kylie is becomming. 

Shaking it up!

Kylie danced at the football game as a Jr. POM dancer. She had so much fun. She absolutley LOVED it! It's a little hard to see her but she starts in the middle...then moves to the right side of the screen, the first dancer inside of the second row of green shirts. It's so much fun to watch her. I forsee LOTS more dancing in her future :-)

Playing in the Rain

In our area of the woods its been so dry, so the raid was welcomed with OPEN arms.  Kylie couldn't hardly get outside to play in it fast enough!

It's face paint on her face, not mud...although that's what it looks like.  :)

Of course she found the umbrella the NEXT day.  I just love this picture of her, so sweet.

Lacey was looking for all the puddles she could find to ride her bike through.  Unfortunately since it was so dry there were VERY few puddles to be found.

Kylie too!

You can never be too careful when your playing in the rain...sometimes bicycle helmets are needed!   Especially when your the youngest sister out there!  LOL

It's a dirty job, but SOMEONE has to bring in the windmill :)

Daddy's dirtly little mud princess.

First day of School

Today was the highly anticipated FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!

It's hard to believe this little girl is starting THIRD grade already!  Seems like yesterday I was taking her to her first day of Kindergarten.  I know she will do well, she's had great teachers so far that have prepared her well.

I Just Love You Daddy

Just a little something for daddy!  We love you so much!

HAPPY 8TH BIRTHDAY KYLIE!!!

Kylie,

You are 8 years old today

it amazes me how fast the last 8 years have gone by.

It's also hard to believe

that in 8 more years you will be getting your license!

You are growing up so fast,

Daddy and Mommy are so proud of who your are becoming.

We will always be here you

no matter what...we got your back!

Love you baby girl!

Kylie's 8th birthday video

Happy birthday Kylie, we love you!

Horse Ridin'

Today the big girls had their first horse riding lessons

Nana would have been so proud of them.  They both listened intently to their instructor.

Kylie was a natural, she loved it when she got her horse to trot!  You can see her smile in the picture, it was great!

Lacey totally enjoyed herself too, she was SO excited to be riding a horsey!

She did a great job listening too!  The face she is making is the 'I'm having so much fun, but trying REALLY hard not to smile' face!  LOL

She really thought she was something else when she got to  help lead her horse out of the arena.

They can't wait to go back!

The Cemetary

We happen to live behind a very nice cemetary.  Is that weird to say nice cemetary?  I don't know but it has a very peaceful feeling when you are there.

It's also a GREAT place to go to ride bikes.  Kylie had so much fun because she was able to ride and ride without having to worry about cars.

It was nice for me too to not have to constantly worry about cars and just be able to let her have her space to ride and think :)

Lacey loved it too!

Although after about 15 minutes she said her knees hurt and she rode/walked her bike back to the car and then walked the rest of the time we were at the cemetary.

Katie was totatally mesmorized by this beautiful granite picture of Jesus.  I know she stood there for at least 2-3 minutes still staring at the picture.

She also loved the openness and being able to roam free.

We had a nice time and I'm sure the girls will be asking to go back to ride or walk again.