Spring

Welcome to spring. Here are the girls in all of their Easter beauty. They decided they wanted to match and there was no way to change their minds.

Abby and Emily really love our flowers and had to sniff them today when I took their pictures.
Here they are acting like themselves. Not sure what ws so funny, maybe just too much candy in their systems.

While we were at Marcia and Lloyd's we helped clear the yard.

And we had a visit with cousins.

Abby claims it was bright, but I think she was practicing being a teenager.

Last of all I thought I'd add 3 pictures from Christmas.

Lloyd must still "have it" look how he can still attract the girls. Ha Ha !!!! (junk food doesn't hurt his odds)

Here are all the cousins together, can't you see the love.

Abby's Birthday (our camping post follows this post)

Abby enjoyed her birthday at school. This is her BIG sticker she came home with. She gave out gift bags to all of her class and got sung to.
She got a necklace from the Amstutz, she was excied and said she wanted to wear it to church. Then she wanted to wear it to school, and when I said I didn't think so she argued about what the other girls are wearing to school. When did she become a teenager?

This doctor cart is what we bought her from Mom. She's been eyeing it for a while. This was the reaction when she first saw it. We made her cover her eyes, it was too hard to wrap.
Last but not least here she is with her cake. She chose it CARS she just wanted the toy car that came on top. Read the new post BELOW this on for camping pictures.

Camping

We went camping this weekend for Abby's birthday. The first pictures are of both girls gathering wood for the fire. I think this was the most fun they had. They were both scared of the fire and wouldn't go near it so no campfire pictures this time.

We survived the night, but decided we need a bigger tent. This is the girls the next morning. We were right on the lake as you see behind them. We could see fish jumping out of the water after bugs.
Here they are waiting for the water to get hot for oatmeal. It was perfect camping weather couldn't have asked for better.
And the birthday girl taking a walk with Daddy.

End of Summer Fun & My Scar

Here's Abby with her new school haircut, on her first day back.
Abby needed a family picture for their school family tree so this is what we ended up with. Everyone was tired of pictures at this point. Emily kept looking at Abby instead of the camera.
Here's Emily with her "ponies" She would LOVE to have them in everyday if I'd do them. She has to run and look in the mirror as soon as they're finished.
John got a slip and slide just before our visit so they spent Sat afternoon playing while I spent it in bed with the stomach flu. :P
And below you will find my scar for anyone interested. This is at 2 weeks post op, and it's still a little sore and swollen in places. And yes, it really has faded that much and isn't that bad looking even this soon.

The Great Outdoors & Birthdays

The cats and Abby are enjoying our fenced yard. Abby REALLY loves Simon. She would gladly hold him most of the day if he allowed it.

Emily is truly enjoying "owwsie" (oww as in what you say when you get hurt and sie with a long i) She asks to go there daily and usually cries when it's time to come in. She's all smiles when she's there, as you can see.
She's 2!! and usually remembers to say it when asked. Here are the remains of her cupcakes.
She was sooooo excited to get presents. It was all we could do to keep her from screaming with excitement. She jumped up and down with excitement after she opened each one.
Last but not least, here they are running through the fields behind our house waring themselves out. Love it when I can convince them to run till they drop. Means they will sleep great and we get adult time.

Family Resemblance

Thers aren't the best examples, but don't Becky on the left below and Emily below look alike? I don't have a good pic of Emily but we have seen her looking EXACTLY like her below. Just thought I'd share.

Welcome To Summer

Summer is here and our flowers and plants are doing GREAT!!



Our hydrangias are a little dry but looking purple. They can be blue or pink depending on ground acidity. I guess ours is in between, and Abby is thrilled they are purple.





Here are Abby's roses looking pretty good. Mine don't have any blooms on them at the momment to take pics of.

Emily's rose are incredible!!! They are Disney roses and had at least 20 blooms and buds on at one time!!!!

For Mom here are our Hosta that have decided to bloom, hard to see but they bloomed purple too. They came up out of nowhere, I guess the last people planted them and this summer here they are.

Here are our watermelon plants,they're doing good. They've doubled in size since I took the pic about 4 days ago!!

Another wierd plant that just appeared in our backyard. We found one like it at Lowes and it's called a Tropicana. I guess it gets some orange or yellow tropical flowers at some point. Hard to see but it has yellow and orange viening on dark red leaves.Notice watermelon reaching out to grab it.

Here are the girls in their new sandbox, they LOVE it. And Emily ONLY spent the first day "tasting" the sand.

The swiming pool is a big hit and is already dying a slow death. Guess we'll have to keep our eyes open for another one soon.






Here I am with my new summer fashion statment. I had my MRI last week, and go back to get results on Friday. by the way it's REALLY hot in the sun