3 Great Girls

Karate

2010-02-28T14:17:00.000-08:00

Maddy had her first Karate tournament yesterday. That was the longest 6 hours EVER! Abbey and Tabby did great, they got to run around the track upstairs and eat lots of junk food.

Maddy competed in 2 areas. Her Kata, and sparing. She competed against other boys and girls in her belt and age group.

Maddy did her Kata very well. She got 2 7.5's and 1 6.0. We are not sure what she placed in that area.

As for sparring she got 2nd place in the girls sparring. Way to go Maddy!

Her second time to spar, she got kicked in the stomach pretty hard but she is ok now!

Rock Band!!!

2009-12-28T14:04:00.001-08:00

The girls are so excited to have Rock Band. Rock on girls!

Merry Christmas

2009-12-28T13:53:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas to all!

Matching jammies.

We are now the family of 3 snuggies! Each one of the girls got one.

Tabby saw this gift and asked for 5 days where is my sesses bag. She was very happy to finally get it!

Abby loves Little Miss and Mr. Men stuff.

Poor Tabby, Christmas wore her out.

Blizzard 2009

2009-12-28T13:47:00.001-08:00

This drift was at our front door. How cool is that. It looks like a wave.

Abby and I delivered cookies to our neighbors in that. It was a little cold!

Christmas Eve we had a huge snow storm. The wind and snow blowing around was amazing. I was surprised how much we got. My area was reported to get 11 inches. we had snow drifts in our yard 4 and 5 feet tall.

Ree Drummond

2009-12-28T13:43:00.000-08:00

So I have been following her website and trying her recipes for a while and she just came out with a cookbook. I have wanted to go to a book signing but the times were not great but she came to the bookstore very close to my house and I got to meet her and she signed my cookbook! I was very excited. Since I got her book I have tried several more recipes. I just love how easy her recipes are and how easy I can change them to suit our needs.

Dinner and a Show

2009-12-28T13:37:00.001-08:00

We ate dinner at Texas Roadhouse, the girls favorite because of the peanuts and rolls. And then we drove over to Chesapeake to see their Christmas lights. We didn't walk around because we weren't dressed for the chill but next year we will.

Tabby is filling her bag of peanuts.

December Misc.

2009-12-28T13:23:00.000-08:00

Miss Lucy Lulu

Tabitha is reading one of our 25 books of Christmas. She kept saying "and then....."

Decorating cookies with friends.

Where is Tabitha you may ask???? No where near Santa!

Another one of our Christmas traditions, Christmas crackers.

Abby's class winter party. Above they are guessing how many candies are in the jar.

Christmas Card Photo

2009-12-28T13:14:00.000-08:00

The card photo.

The extras (a few)...........

Always fun!

12 years

2009-12-28T13:09:00.000-08:00

Vinod and I celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary. To celebrate we drove to Tulsa to the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, without any kids!
The girls stayed home with our friend Cassie. THANKS CASSIE!!!!

Do you see my chocolate cake?????? I ate it for 3 days!!!!!!! It was soooooo good.

Winter Band Concert

2009-12-28T12:59:00.000-08:00

Maddy had her first band concert. There are 3 flutes in her class. She was first chair by default. The first chair had Chicken Pox. (How crazy is that!) She crossed her fingers all week he would have to stay home;)

She is in the middle in front of the tall blond boy.

Karate

2009-12-28T12:47:00.001-08:00

The girls had their belt test this month. They both worked and practiced very hard. We are proud of them both.

In Abby's class they not only earn their first belt but they also earn their Gi.

Here is Maddy with her boards. To earn a green belt she had to break a board with a kick and with a punch. She did both!

Here they are sparring. Maddy and Alyssa are the only girls in their class and they are both sparring with green belts. Maddy is in the middle.

Here Maddy is sparring right in front of us. Tabitha noticed what Maddy was doing and started yelling. "Hey no fighting, Maddy is fighting and she needs to stop. No fighting Maddy"

Abby in her Gi.

Maddy with her certificate and green belt.

The Grinch

2009-12-28T12:42:00.000-08:00

Borders had a fun activity one weekend. They read the Grinch who stole Christmas and made crafts, had cookies and drank hot cocoa. Abby and Tabby had a great time. After the girls found the Mr. Men books, their favorite.

SHOES!

2009-12-28T12:40:00.001-08:00

Tabitha just cant get enough shoes so she has to barrow her sisters. Here she is in Maddy's boots.

Oh Christmas Tree

2009-12-28T12:35:00.000-08:00

This is all the photos I have from decorating the tree. My battery went out before we were done.
We decided Tabitha was old enough to put the star on the tree, but once Vinod got her up there, she didnt think it was such a good idea so Maddy put the star on the tree.

Dance Class

2009-12-28T12:32:00.000-08:00

Tabitha loves her dance class she and Olivia take together. During this class the parents got to sit in the room and watch. Tabitha enjoyed being the ringleader in giving mommy kisses. Once she did it they all went to their moms and gave them hugs and kisses.

Tabitha adores her teacher Ms. Lisa. SHe is great with thje kids too.

November Updates

2009-12-28T12:04:00.000-08:00

We had the best weather this Fall. We got to take several trips to the zoo and enjoy the animals.

Tabitha went to a birthday party at Oklahoma Gold. She really likes the trampoline and foam pit.

Tabitha and Olivia at the Omniplex.

Here is a photo from Maddy's Sadie Hawkins dance. Silly girls.

Grandpa and Grandma came for a visit. The girls love it when they come.

The scrapbook store offered a Twilight Calender Class. Maddy had to take it and did a great job creating her calender. After the class we went and saw New Moon.

We got to go to the Omniplex two times this month. We always enjoy going and find something new to play with each time. The girls love the gadgets room and we got to go through the Who Done It/Crime lab. Very interesting.

Thanksgiving was very quiet, simple and very much enjoyed! Happy Thanksgiving.

October Recap

2009-12-28T11:15:00.000-08:00

We started October with a school trip to the Arbuckle Mountains with Maddy's 6th grade class. 4 days of wet, cold, fun. Maddy and I really enjoyed the archery.

Here is a group of the girls in our cabin. We were on a scavenger hunt. See the water? It wasn't the first time or last we got to wade in water. Our shoes were always wet!

This is right after we climbed up a mountain. See our view!

Maddy was against the fishing at first but was convinced that we were not harming the fish. She almost caught a dozen. Hungry fish!

We tried a different pumpkin patch this year. Look at those gourds.

Abby on top of the world.

Picking out our pumpkins was the most fun.

Even Tabby picked a few.

Tabby had to paint her pumpkin right away.

Abby joined fall soccer. She really enjoyed playing and her team. No goals were scored but she learned a lot and cant wait for spring soccer.

Is she spooky or what!

This groovy chick got to enjoy a Halloween dance at school. Everyone in her school had the chance to dress up on Halloween. She said there were many interesting costumes.

Tabby had a hard time liking any of my suggestions for costumes. She did agree in dressing in Maddy's ballet costume from last year and be a witch. She only lasted a dozen or so houses before we went home and handed out candy in our driveway. It was a beautiful night.

We gave her a broom to complete her costume but she insisted on sweeping instead of riding.

Here are my ghouls!

Tabby had a few tasty treats in her bag. She really enjoyed this sucker and pixie sticks. This girl loves her sweets!

Glasses

2009-10-12T17:15:00.000-07:00

Maddy had been getting headaches at school so we took her in to get her eyes checked and sure enough she needed glasses. She was pretty excited and picked out a pair like mine. I think she looks pretty cute!

Happy Easter!

2009-05-28T16:13:00.000-07:00

Due to the cold and wet weather we kept having pretty much the entire month, our Easter festivities were kept inside. But the girls didn't mind as long as there was an egg hunt!

Peek A Boo! Where is Tabitha and Abby?

Vinod helped Tabitha get the high ones!

4/12/09

A Tutu Please.

2009-05-28T16:07:00.000-07:00

Tabitha bought a new tutu with her money from Easter and she had to wear it immediately. I am beginning to think these tutus are like a security blanket. When we go anywhere I have to bribe her to wear real clothes and as soon as we get home she has to take her clothes off as soon as possible to put on a tutu.

4/10/09

Tabitha and Olivia

2009-05-28T16:01:00.000-07:00

These girls are so cute together. Tabitha and Olivia love to play together. Here the girls are (and Jensen) at Toddler aerobics. The parachute was so much fun.

4/8/09

Soccer

2009-05-28T15:52:00.000-07:00

Abby was so excited when soccer season started. Sadly, I didn't get a lot of pictures due to rain, rain, and more rain. 3 of her games were cancelled and a couple were too cold to take Tabitha to. Abby had a great time. She even scored a goal her second game and she came close many times. Abby loved everyone on her team and her coach too.

April 2009

Piano Girl

2009-05-28T15:46:00.000-07:00

After the Spring party with the MOMS Club Tabitha found the piano. She was so interested in the piano and it was quite cute. Now everytime we go to the church where we have our meetings she has to play the piano.

4/3/09

The Storm

2009-05-28T15:40:00.000-07:00

The girls and I watched a storm come in and the sun was still out. It was so neat. I love the picture of the sun. That is rain in front of it. I cant resist the picture of Abby. Crazy girl.

3/30/09

I really need to update!

2009-05-28T15:38:00.000-07:00

Sorry friends. I am taking pictures and we are doing lots of fun stuff but by the end of the day I am wiped out. So I am going to go back over the next few days (or week) and show you the highlights.

The Room is DONE!!!

2009-05-13T11:12:00.000-07:00

The room took a little longer to complete than we thought due to all the rain. The paint dried so slow! But it's done!

Maddy wanted lime green, hot pink and black in her room and when she saw a damask pattern she loved it and wanted that too.

Her new desk!

We just love these curtains and Maddy LOVES the movie Twilight. She bought the poster with her own money and it was the first thing to go up in her room.

I created the canvas art with my Silhouette (a paper cutting machine) I love how it turned out!
She is now saving up for a pillow for her bed and a little pink rug for the floor.

Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!

2009-05-10T22:18:00.001-07:00

Happy 11th Birthday Maddy!!!

We love you!!!

While there are only 2....

2009-05-09T19:53:00.000-07:00

I have been crazy busy cleaning! Got just about the whole house done today. Yea! It needed it. Tabitha moved into a big girl bed yesterday. She was so excited to get to sleep in the same room as Abby. She had a hard time getting to sleep, but tonight she was exhausted and it wasn't hard at all.
The big plan this weekend is getting Tabitha's old room all ready for Maddy to have her very own room. It was sad to see that cute garden theme go but Maddy is getting a cute sophisticated room. Bright green, hot pink, and black. I can't wait for Maddy to see it. I will post pictures as soon as I can.

And she's off....

2009-05-08T20:55:00.000-07:00

Maddy sold enough cookies (she was the top seller!!!) to go to space camp and she left earlier today. So right now she is somewhere in Dallas about to go to sleep.

I miss her a ton!

Happy Birthday

2009-04-26T08:45:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday little Tabitha, We love you!!!!

Easter Chicks

2009-04-12T10:44:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter!!!

2009-03-06T11:37:00.000-08:00

Most of you know my dad is building a house in Texas. My step mom sends me pictures of the changes and we all love getting the pictures and watching the progress. This morning I showed Abby the picture above and she said "that's great all he needs now is a floor, some walls, and a room, then he can decorate."

If only it was that simple!

We Came, We Saw, We Ate

2009-03-02T07:47:00.000-08:00

We drove out to Okarche about 45 minutes from the house and I will just say it was not what I expected. First you have to stalk people while they are eating to get a table. Its fend for yourself. I heard lots of "I was here first" and "we have to wait how long to push 2 tables together?" The wait alone for the chicken was an hour and we were there at 2:30 in the afternoon. The place was completely packed. I think the best part though was their fine china, wax paper for plates and when they clean a table they get a trash can and wipe everything in the can and wipe off a table. The table can be ready for the next person to sit in less than a minute!

They have chicken and pretty much only chicken....with bone. Nothing boneless! The girls ate nachos and okra and I ate okra. Vinod very much enjoyed the chicken. So it was all worth it ;)

Most likely we wont be making a trip back out there but at least we have been there and done that!

Abby has a whole new sparkle to her...

2009-03-02T07:33:00.000-08:00

Before

After

She did it! She got her ears pierced. She picked out beautiful flower earrings in her birthstone. The store only had one person working and we would have to wait quite a while for her to get both ears pierced at the same time so Abby chose to do one at a time. She didn't even flinch and she said it didn't hurt at all just a sting. She just loves them. She walks are saying "I forgot I have earrings in there now" and "look one...two earrings!"

Classen Bound!!

2009-02-27T14:07:00.001-08:00

Maddy got her acceptance letter to Classen School of Advance Studies today!

This is going to be such an amazing opportunity for her!

CONGRATULATIONS Maddy!!!

Miss Tabitha

2009-02-26T20:52:00.000-08:00

She is feeling much better today. We went out for a little while but I could tell it was exhausting for her. We only lasted about 30 minutes at Target before having a melt down. We usually walk around for well over an hour.
She didn't eat much again today but really that isn't too unusual for her. She is still having a bit of pain but hopefully that will let up tomorrow. They told us days 3 to 7 is usually the worst so I took Saturday off from work so I could be with her. Hopefully it will be a good weekend.

Still no word on Maddy. I will definitely keep everyone posted.

Our Little Patient

2009-02-25T19:14:00.000-08:00

Today was the big day. We got to the hospital bright and early at 7:30am and they took her to surgery at 8:30am. At 9:00 we saw the dr and he said the procedure went very well, and in a few minutes they would let us go back to see her. As soon as I opened the door to go to post op I could hear her crying. Her eyes were not even open yet and she was not very happy, they had just given her morphine. She cried and cried and spoke very little to us. We tried to get her to drink and eat a popsicle but no luck. The nurse came back and suggested we take her to a private room to recover. She said something about the other children bothering her but I think it may have been her bothering the other children. At 10:00 she was still crying and the nurse gave her Tylenol with codeine. At about 10:30 she fell asleep and woke up at 11:00. She finally spoke to us legibly. She drank some juice and the nurse took her iv out (by the way she never even cared that the IV was in her hand, all the talk about it worked!) And we were home around noon. She is still in a lot of pain, her mouth and nose hurts a lot. Poor thing.
She has sure enjoyed the attention though. She has eaten 8 popsicles, and some yogurt. Won't each much else because it hurts (I am thinking this is because she had a breathing tube). She loves the balloons from her sisters, a doll (named doll) from Uwa (Oliva), and a big Minnie Mouse. Not only that, her birthday outfit came and she LOVES IT!!!! But I wont show pictures of that just yet. I will just say its very Tabitha.
Thank you all for the thoughts and prayers. I know T will have a speedy recovery.
I really hope this does the trick.
These pictures were taken before she went to surgery. She wasn't happy and asked if we could go home. She really did not like the socks they gave her or the hospital bracelets they put on her leg. She didn't mind the gown though but it was a little too big.

We just got her to sleep here. Her little face is swollen. She finally got chubby cheeks! Even if they only lasted a little while.

This picture was taken just before we went home. This is pretty much the look on her face all day.

While the girls are away, Tabitha and I will play!

2009-02-24T20:07:00.000-08:00

Tabitha and I got a yummy treat while waiting for the girls to get done with dance. We cant go watch anymore because Tabitha gets upset that she cant go in and dance. 6 more months Tabitha!

This morning I took Tabitha and Olivia to get donuts before their gymnastics class. The girls picked out pink donuts and pink juice. When we arrived at gymnastics the girls both squealed (quite loudly) in delight that we were there. They love gymnastics.

Tabitha loves soccer balls and high heals and I was quite surprised how well she did playing soccer in heals.

I think she is giving up naps. I knew the day would come but I wish it could last a little longer. She stays in her room for a while for quiet reading time and when she comes out if we have friends over who may be napping she has to be quiet in mommy's bed. Today she got her "homework" and worked for a while.

A TT funny:

When Tabitha gives you a gift ( it could be money out of my purse or fluff off the couch) she says "Christmas tree" to you. Christmas must have really left an impression on her!

Her big surgery is in the morning. I will keep everyone posted. Say a little prayer for her.

Pretzel Rings

2009-02-21T11:59:00.000-08:00

While waiting for Maddy and Abby to get out of school, Tabitha shared her beautiful pretzel rings with me. Pretty!

Happy Valentines Day

2009-02-18T18:44:00.000-08:00

I hope everyone had a day full of many hugs and kisses. Happy Valentines Day to all!

Cookie Update

2009-02-18T18:41:00.000-08:00

A huge Thank You to everyone who has helped the girls with their cookie sales so far. We have sold almost 300 cookies and we have donated 77 boxes of cookies to the troops. Abby hopes to make it 100 boxes to the troops.
Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!

Tabitha

2009-02-18T18:08:00.000-08:00

Tabitha is growing like crazy! She still weighs like 20 pounds but she is really absorbing everything. She loves the alphabet. About 2 weeks ago she picked out a K and hasn't stopped identifying letters since. She loves to read just like Maddy. She would let me read to her all day. She particularly loves all Dr. Seuss books and the 5 Little Monkey books. She just recently started drawing people and they are sooooo sooooo sooooo cute. I love them!

She has been potty trained for a while but I could not resist posting this picture. She looks so cute reading her magazine.

Tabitha is really into dressing up these days. If she isn't wearing a fancy dress or one of the girls dance costumes she is wearing a leotard. She loves to dance.

We had a little Valentines party at our house last week. It has been so long since I did something like this. Tabitha had so much fun. It was really worth it.

We took Tabitha to the Dr. on Monday and on the 25th of February she is going to get tubes again and her adenoids out. I really hope this helps with her ear infections. Poor thing has had so many. I don't think a month has gone by since she was 6 months old that she hasn't gotten an ear infection.

Abby

2009-02-18T08:44:00.001-08:00

Abby is in a creative phase. Anything she can use to create she will try it. She has painted with water colors, made a foam ocean scene, write out phrases or pictures with buttons, made things with clay and drawn many great pictures for us.
She also go to try out for her school play and has two lines. She is going to be a cute cute frog!

Abby loves clothes and putting together outfits. For Valentines day she got this shirt and black leggings that she loves. She is our fashion girl!

In dance she is learning 4 dances. She can't wait for her recital in May. She has really changed so much since last year. She is really good!

Maddy

2009-02-18T08:26:00.000-08:00

Maddy is really enjoying 5th grade this year. We are so happy Maddy has made a new friend this year. He is great and really helps her stand up for herself and most importantly have a great time in life.

Maddy had a lot of fun going to a spa valentines day party. She loved getting her hair crimped and colored. Hot stuff! But one thing she just could not keep her hand out of was the hot wax hand spa. She loved and must have dipped her hand over 15 times. They were quite soft.

Maddy went Monday to take a placement test for Classen. When she was done with the test, she walked out with a huge smile. She really had fun taking the test. We will find out sometime next week if she gets into the school.

February 10th, 2009

2009-02-17T20:35:00.000-08:00

Some might say it is too early for a tornado but I say, this is Oklahoma. I have seen 80 degree weather at lunch time and snow by nightfall. This is the state where you see all 4 seasons in a week.
We were home and it was almost time to go get the girls when the sirens sounded. I watched the weather and got Tabitha, her friend and Lucy in the storm shelter. At one point the rain got really loud and I moved Olivia away from the vent. As soon as I moved her it stopped. I am thinking this is when the tornado passed by us. Soon after we got lots of rain and hail. We lost power also. About 4:00 I finally left to get the girls from school but instead of going home we stayed at Olivia's watching the storms than ate dinner and then went home about 7:30. The power had gotten back on about 6:30.

These are pictures I got when we drove around looking at all the damage a few days later.

This is a brick wall not far from my house. It looks like someone pushed it right over. The brick was hardly thrown out of place. In the right top corner is a trampoline that got crumpled.

This neighborhood is about 6 miles from our house. There were about 15 houses that looked like this and many many more that had other damage like, fences down, shingles torn off, outdoor furniture misplaced.

This house is across the street from a row of houses that got a lot of damage. This looked to be the only damage this house got. This is my favorite picture. Look a that flower. It's saying "nothing can keep me from growing"

These two pictures are of the same house. Amazing.

This two pictures are also from the same house in a neighborhood just west of the above neighborhood. Look at the mailbox below. Only the top is missing.

They said the winds were over 100 miles per hour and this storm only got stronger as it went North. The hail also got more severe as the storm moved North. In some area's there was reported softball size hail and also 3 feet of hail in some areas. One person told me it looked like snow everywhere on the highway and it was raining at the same time, very odd.

By our house we had several power lines that snapped. Several on top of houses. I could not get good pictures because they were out working on the power lines. Before there were wooden poles but now there metal poles.

Snow

2009-02-17T12:25:00.001-08:00

We had a lovely snow and ice storm that cancelled school for 3 days. It was so cold they only got to go out in the snow the day it all melted so they didn't get to play in much. Tabitha had her fill only after a few minutes but the big girls stayed out for quite a while until they were frozen from their toes to their nose! Brrrrrrrrr.

1/28

It's been a while I know....

2009-02-17T11:52:00.000-08:00

So what have we been up to? Well I am not even going to upload a lot of Christmas pictures. There just too many to choose but Wii had a lot of fun.

12/25

Maddy, Abby and I went to the 2nd annual Girl Scout Chocolate Festival. We brought milk chocolate cupcakes with milk chocolate frosting and we ate so many other chocolate things. Yum Yum. This is a must do for us every year!

1/10

Vinod turned 41 in January. The girls had a lot of fun helping their dad celebrate.

1/12

Maddy had her 3rd spelling bee in January. I am not allowed to write much but persimmon is not her favorite word.

1/21

As a special treat for all of her hard work in the spelling bee (she worked really hard) I took the girls and Maddy's friend Chris to a pet store to play with some four legged friends and after we got some ice cream. It was such a nice day we ate it outside.

1/21

Update

2009-01-06T19:36:00.000-08:00

Tabitha is doing so much better today than she has the last couple of days. Now if we can just get her to eat...

Shoes CAN make you feel better.

2009-01-05T14:15:00.000-08:00

Poor Tabitha. She has yet another ear infection and this one is a bad.
After seeing her ENT we went to Target to get her prescriptions. Its a rule in our house if your sick you get a new something. Tabitha has really cashed in on this. Today we went in for a barbie but left with 4 new pairs of dress up shoes. When we got home she wasn't feeling up to much more than watching me take the shoes out of the package. When the girls got home and saw the shoes they took them to her and she jumped out of bed and tried on her shoes. She modeled all 4 pairs for us and she looks lovely!
No picture though but maybe later.

Tabbyisms

2008-11-14T06:36:00.000-08:00

I have to put down some of the cute things Tabitha says.

1. My mommy
Not really sure why she constantly says this but she does, everywhere we go.
2. Thffffph (blowing a raspberry)
This is her hello when she is nervous. Yes we get strange looks.
3. Miss you
If she walks into another room and comes backs she always says I miss you.
4. My eyes
She is referring to her sunglasses
5. Gwirl
The squirrels at the girls school makes her a little nervous. She likes seeing them when we are in the car but when we walk to the school she is a bit afraid the gwirls will come out.
6. Bugga Bugga
This refers to any bug. Thanks Dora
7. I do I do
Tabitha has to try to do everything first and is usually followed by help me.
8. Big Bites
That's her Wheatbix cereal
9. Hey Little Momma
This is referring to dance or gymnastics
10. I got pizza hands.
She tells this to everyone. She learned this in gymnastics...it is the position to do a back flip/backwards somersault.
11. Dats Mommy's copee
When ever we see a Starbucks she says this.
12. Dats mommy's pepper
Every time we pass 7-11 she says this.
13. I want to eeeet.... What do you want Tabitha.... A COOKIE
Give this girl a cookie and she will be your friend....right after you get a raspberry!
14. Uwa
This is Olivia her favorite friend.
15. Daddy newone
She says this ever time she sees an FJ Cruiser even on t.v!
16. I want my mommy/daddy.
It is so wonderful to be wanted:)
17. I love you mommy.
This is my favorite.

Tabitha is talking so much and I love everything she has to say. I just wanted to share it some of it.

Girl Scout Fun!

2008-11-10T19:20:00.000-08:00

This weekend Maddy and I went to a Girl Scout conference for teens and tweens. Friday night they had a dance, which took Maddy a while to get her groove on but once she did she had a lot of fun.
One of the highlight was getting to meet actress Jodi Shilling and Miss America 2007 Lauren Nelson. Both gave very good speeches to the girls.
This picture is with Jodi Shilling.

These girls are from Maddy's Junior Girl Scout troop.

Saturday we got to attend several "classes" on activities and self esteem for the girls. I even went to a great class on why girls act the way they do. All I can say is WOW!

At lunch Maddy was pretty funny. She made the most delicious looking pickle sandwich! YUM YUM!!! Wish I got a picture of that.

Fall has Arrived!

2008-11-10T19:14:00.001-08:00

Maddy and Abby got the rakes out and made a nice pile of leaves to jump into. Fall fun for everyone! Tabitha was turning somersaults in the leaves, so cute! Abby really loved getting the leaves in her hair.
It was a beautiful fall day.

There is a storm a brewin....

2008-11-05T19:21:00.000-08:00

On the way home from school today there was a HUGE wall cloud right above my neighborhood. There were 2 news channels flying around and the wall cloud had a little rotation to it. It was a fast moving storm and about 15 minutes after we got home it was about 15 miles away.

As soon as we got home I ran and got my camera to get a picture and all I got was the back end of the wall cloud. Still it is quite impressive. The clouds were so low too.

Tag....

2008-11-05T19:14:00.000-08:00

I am it again...

Here are my instructions:

I've been tagged (by my wonderful friend Jonnelle) to do the following:

1) Choose the 4th picture folder on my computer

2) Choose the 4th picture

3) Explain the picture

4) Tag 4 other people

This picture was taken July 14th and Tabitha is painting applesauce all over her highchair. Its actually the 3rd picture, there were only 3 in that folder:)

So I am actually going to tag 4 people this time. I see I have some followers:) so Cindy, Amy J, and Allison your it along with....................Kristi. Have fun girls!

I voted!

2008-11-05T06:38:00.000-08:00

I took the girls to vote yesterday and after standing in line for 2!!! hours we did it! The girls loved seeing a real ballot and getting to turn it in.
I still cant get over the lines where we voted. The wait was consistent all day. At 7:00 we drove by and there was still about an hour wait to vote. Amazing so many people came out to cast their vote.

I also want to congratulate Corey Brown on becoming State Senator of South Dakota. Such an exciting time for him and his family.

Happy Halloween

2008-11-03T10:47:00.000-08:00

What a wonderful Halloween day we had. The weather was BEAUTIFUL! and the day was fun.
I am so sad that they don't let kids dress up at school anymore at least here they don't, so I make sure the girls have fun clothes to wear that day. Look at their cute tights!

This year Maddy was a cat, Abby was a mouse (I prepared for cold weather but during trick or treating Abby was actually hot), Tabitha was Raggedy Ann (I did get her to wear the wig for a few pictures) and Lucy was Miss Pug America.

When I asked the girls to pose this way they instructed me that this cat and mouse are friends and this cat would NEVER eat a mouse!

I took the girls Trick or Treating on our street at 6:30 and then Tabitha and I handed out candy while Vinod took the big girls out for about 1 1/2 hours more.

Now I told you it was beautiful weather, it was so nice Tabitha and I handed candy out outside. Tabitha and I were in short sleeved shirts! It was beautiful!

Pumpkins

2008-11-03T10:26:00.000-08:00

It was the day before Halloween that we got our large pumpkin to carve. Thank goodness it was an easy one to get all the goo out. Abby enjoyed that part the most and was the biggest help when it came to the guts. Tabitha would not even touch the pumpkin once the top came off!

Gooey slimy pumpkin guts!

Tabitha and Abby painted their pumpkins they got from the patch. I got some new paint it is Crayola 3-D. It is so hard to clean up!

Here is our family of pumpkins!

This is Pumpkinstein!

Boo!

Pirates. Arrrrr!

2008-11-03T10:12:00.001-08:00

The 4th and 5th graders at Clegern preformed Pirates! Maddy got a speaking roll and her class did a dancing/singing number. The kids all looked so good in their pirate costumes and they all had such a good time acting the part.

Gymnastics

2008-11-03T09:26:00.000-08:00

I just love that some many places let you dress up. Its great to get some extra uses out of the costumes!

At gymnastics, Tabitha dressed up. It took a lot of convincing because she loves her leotard very much but we got her in it.

This is Tabitha's teacher Miss Bridget. She is the best and T just loves her! She is one of the few people T voluntarily gives a hug or let touch her!

Bring a Friend

2008-11-03T09:18:00.000-08:00

At dance class the girls could bring a friend (mommy forgot) so Maddy asked her teacher if she could bring Tabitha and Miss Lisa said yes! Tabitha was by far the youngest in the class (by about 5 years!) but she really kept up with the girls. Sadly she didn't have a nap and after about 20 minutes she got completely wore out.

Abby's class got to dress up. Her class has been practicing the dance from Thriller. It was so cute. I wish I could upload the video but I have the hardest time getting them uploaded. I will try though.

White Belt

2008-11-02T19:52:00.001-08:00

Maddy has been taking karate and her first belt test was on the 20th and Maddy earned her white belt and her Gee (karate clothes)!

Doesn't she look great!!!

10/20/08

Picnic

2008-11-02T19:44:00.000-08:00

Olivia comes over to play every Tuesday. The girls love to play together. At first they always played in Tabitha's room in the toddler bed. Now every time she comes over the girls set up a little picnic in the living room. They drag the Elmo chairs from the kitchen and they always sit at the same sides of the table. They play and eat for quite a while...until it time for a real lunch.

Pumpkin Patch

2008-11-02T19:28:00.000-08:00

Fall break is always our time to go visit a pumpkin patch. This year Vinod took the day off and we ventured out and had a little fall fun. Vinod loved the corn maze, Abby loved the hay bale maze, Maddy LOVED the bunnies, and Tabitha loved the fish and the pumpkins oh and I loved the hay ride.
After we took the kids to lunch at Pops which is our favorite place for bottled sodas.

Harn Homestead

2008-11-02T19:09:00.001-08:00

Abby's 2nd grade class took a field trip to a living history farm in Oklahoma City. Abby had so much fun. They got to learn about living back in the 1890's like guess who cleaned the toilets and cattle stalls? Yup the kids. They had a school there and Abby learned so many facts. She really had a great time!

Halloween Party

2008-11-02T19:01:00.000-08:00

The MOMS Club had their Halloween party and Tabitha had a fun time....eating! She always has such a good time eating!
I did get a few pictures of her in her cute Halloween costume. She was Raggedy Ann minus the wig. Tabitha won best homemade costume.
This is the same costume Maddy, and Abby wore when they were 2 1/2 and this is the same costume that goes on my Raggedy Ann doll. The dress and bloomers are about 29 years old.

I LOVE MY VEGETARIAN!!!

2008-11-02T18:52:00.000-08:00

October 1st was World Vegetarian Day and boy do I love this vegetarian!

A day with Thomas

2008-11-02T18:35:00.000-08:00

Tabitha is quite the fan of Thomas and when he came to town (on a truck by the way) we jumped at the chance to see him. We got there early and got to see some electric trains, read a story, watch a magic show, get a balloon from a clown, and most importantly go on a train ride with Thomas. We got to ride in "Annie" and the ride was about 25 minutes long. Half the ride was backwards. Tabitha loved seeing the bridge, and cabooses. She also loved driving her Thomas on the window sill.

Tabitha loves Thomas but she really LOVES Sir Topum Hat but she would not get her picture taken with him.

9/26/08

Edmond Historical Museum

2008-11-02T17:17:00.000-08:00

The girls and I were so excited to go to the new opening of the children's section. Its great too. Lots of fun creative play for the girls!
Tabitha and I got our picture in the paper too. That was pretty exciting. We got to go on a bulletin board at the girls school too and the girls love that!
We are going pretty often now. Before it was about once every couple of months and now we go every week!
Before there was a house with a porch and dress up clothes but now there is a garden, mercantile, bank, train station, art center, tee pee, and the most popular, jail complete with jail clothes!

Wet Wipes

2008-11-01T21:20:00.000-07:00

I am sitting here doing a little cleaning and a thought came to me. It occurred to me that I have been using wet wipes for over 10 years now, and I have to say they are something I cant get by without on a daily basis. I think I am addicted. They are in 3 rooms of my house, my car, and my purse. When I can’t find a wet wipe or I run out I actually panic. I use wet wipes to clean spots off my clothes, clean the tables after the girls eat, wipe off shopping carts, clean off the counter in the bathroom, clean tables before we eat, wipe off shoes, wash my face at night, wash sticky fingers, clean up after an art project, I use wet wipes as a cushion for packing, wiping up a mess in the kitchen, wipe off smears in my car, I use wet wipes to clean up after my scrapbooking and I have even used a wet wipe to scrapbook with, and I use wet wipes to clean up my children…head to toe sometimes. So do you see why I panic???
I wonder at what point I became so dependant on wet wipes? I guess the day I became a mommy I was marked for life. I wonder if I will always carry wet wipes in my purse? I wonder at what point I won’t go through 4oo wet wipes a month? I wonder if I will ever miss not using wet wipes?
No way, because I doubt I will ever stop.

Hot Air Balloons, Policemen and Firemen

2008-09-27T13:07:00.000-07:00

What an fun adventurous Saturday. We got up early for a tour of the Edmond Police Station but as we pulled out of the drive way, this is what we saw:

WOW! The hot air balloon was basically in our front yard. They had just taken off at the school yard by our house. Tabitha was the one that spotted it. Baboon mommy baboon she said and she was right!

Then we were off for a tour of the Edmond police station. The most exciting part was the booking room and the jail cell. The kids really enjoyed that.

On our way home we saw firetrucks and went over to see them and they were having a car seat safety check. So the firemen were checking out Tabitha's car seat and Abby went over and checked out the firetrucks. She was the only child there so about 5 firemen gave her their undivided attention. One fireman sat with her and talked with her for about 5 minutes about American Girl Dolls.

Then were were off to run the rest of our uneventful errands.

5th grade party

2008-09-27T13:00:00.000-07:00

Maddy's class had a party at a neighborhood park. Out of the 50 kids in her class, 24 came to the party. They had soda (this was the highlight for Maddy), pizza and played lots of fun games.

9/19/08

Cell Project

2008-09-27T12:54:00.000-07:00

Maddy's class had to make a 3-D model of a plant or animal cell. Maddy picked a plant cell and made a flower out of her model. Pretty neat!

9/16/08

A BIG GIANT STEP!

2008-09-11T19:49:00.001-07:00

I am so excited to announce that Tabitha is officially a potty user! Hurray!
She really didn't care for the Elmo potty seat I purchased sometime ago instead she likes the Dora cushy seat that goes on the potty. That is all it took, a new seat to make her comfortable. She picked out her very own princess panties and has to be wearing them all the time.
Yea for Tabitha!!!

9/3/08

Goodbye old friend.

2008-09-11T19:44:00.000-07:00

Vinod has sold his car, but the car isn't far away. In fact it is now one street north of us. We see it driving by almost everyday! It confuses Tabitha a little bit. She says daddy's car? Get daddy's car. I tell her no that's not his car anymore his car is red. Then the next red car she sees she shouts out IT DADDY CAR!!!

9/3/08

Everyday is a fun day

2008-09-11T19:30:00.000-07:00

Tabitha really loves it when her friends come over to play. We watch Josie on Mondays and Olivia on Tuesdays and when Tabitha gets up and I tell her her friends are coming she gets so excited. Here is some of the things these busy girls do during the day.

Tabitha and Olivia just LOVE to jump in the bouncer. Its pretty big so I don't get it out often but when I do I can guarantee a good time by all!

Peek a Boo Olivia...I see you!

It's daddy on the hello!
Mr. Potato and Mr. Carrot fun!
Nap time? No way! Its playtime. Shhhh baby and frog and Laa Laa are sleeping.

9/2/08

Let the remodeling begin.....

2008-09-11T19:03:00.001-07:00

Finally after living here for 6 years I am getting my living room painted and decorated! I thinking waiting so long made it easier to pick everything out, because I have been envisioning everything for so long. The room is based on the colors of Autumn. Deep reds, browns, gold, dark greens. Autumn is my favorite time of the year.

Vinod did all the painting. He has so much more patience than I do at that and he does a pretty good job!

I made the larger pillows. Thanks to my grandma and my friend Jonnelle, they gave me the courage to make the pillows out of the wrong side of the fabric. I even made the buttons to match! I am most proud of the cornice. I did this (with an exception to anything mathematical and involving a saw) all by myself!!!!! It really turned out well.

We put up shelves and added a new coffee table and end table to the room. The tables are wicker and so pretty.We added a new clock above the fire place. I have a friend that has the same clock and I loved it! Had to do the same. The numbers are actually stuck onto the wall. Very cool looking!

See this whole time I knew my lamps and curtains would work out beautifully!

I even got a little (well not really) something for the kitchen, a set of silverware for a giant.

We still have a few things to get and the living room will be done. Next my beach inspired bed room...2014

Anything she can do...

2008-09-11T18:58:00.000-07:00

I CAN TOO!!!!!
Maddy had the idea to put on goggles in the bathtub and Tabitha had to try it too. Tabitha even tries to put her face in the water. It took me a week to get those goggles off!

When ever Tabitha sees one of the girls playing the DS she either sits down to watch them or she gets her own game out and plays.

8/30/08

The ever so strange sleeping habits of Tabitha

2008-09-11T18:52:00.000-07:00

She is the most particular sleeper ever!

She has to put her head in a certain corner every night.

Her water cup must be in the opposite corner.

She has to sleep with certain blankets right now it is 7 blankets and they must be facing a certain direction.

Her baby doll is the only toy allowed in her bed. Accompanying her doll must be her dolls rattle and her dolls nilk (milk).

I love these little things about her. It makes me wonder what kind of adult she will be!

8/08

Gymnastics

2008-09-11T18:42:00.001-07:00

We are a little sad Tabitha is too little to take dance class at the same school Maddy and Abby go to but we found a fun activity Tabitha seems to like. Her first gymnastics class was today and she had fun! Her friend Olivia also takes class at the same time. This helps me a lot because I can say...look what Olivia is doing...

She did pretty good. There was a lot of holding and I really got a nice sweat going but she had a fun time.

8/28/08

The panties

2008-08-27T10:41:00.000-07:00

When Tabitha gets up the past few mornings she has wanted panties on. I put them on for her and she runs around and plays and when it is time for us to go somewhere we put a diaper on.
This morning was a little different because she wanted her clothes on as well as her panties. This was at 8:30 and we got ready to go somewhere. The place we went had a childrens room and she went into the room (very well by the way, she only cried for a short time) we got home about noon, ate lunch and I asked her if her diaper needed changed and she said no, this is her usual response so I checked and there was no diaper!!!! She stayed dry for 3 and a half hours!!!! I put her on the potty and nothing. She washed her hands and oops....
I just cant believe she stayed dry for that long. Lucky for me though because she didn't have anything to change into besides a diaper.
Now if I can just get her to go on the potty again!

I really want to share this....

2008-08-26T18:40:00.000-07:00

Yesterday at school Maddy's teacher pulled her aside and told her that last year she saw a sad little girl at school, not very happy and this year she seems so much happier smiling and laughing all the time"
So I am in love with her teacher this year. THANK YOU for noticing there was a problem even though you were not her teacher yet.

Road Trip!!!

2008-08-25T06:32:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of Lucille

Here is the safe.
This is the entrance to the bank. Its also been a saloon and a hotel.

We had such a busy week with the garage sale and school starting we decided to go on a little road trip to a restaurant about an hour away called Lucille's. Its in the TINY town of Mulhall which is named after Lucille Mulhall, Oklahoma's first Cowgirl. The building was built in 1897. Its been many things but you can still see the way the bank was with the original counter top, wood floors, tin ceiling and the original safe. Very neat place to visit.
The food was very good also and they have pie yum yum.The girls had a lot of fun riding around and running around the restaurant.When we got home we were all very tired and crashed.

Garage Sale CRAZE!

2008-08-24T09:34:00.000-07:00

Well this weekend I had a garage sale. It went really well. We made a good amount of money and got rid of a ton of stuff. There is so much more room for things in our attic yea!
Friday was super busy, that is when I sold most of my stuff. Yesterday not so busy. I think this may be the last garage sale for me at least for a while. It is so much work!
So today will be a lazy day for us.
Happy Sunday.

May I introduce...FJ

2008-08-22T15:36:00.000-07:00

Vinod finally got his new car out of the garage for me to take a picture. Isnt it pretty!

School is in!

2008-08-20T11:01:00.000-07:00

The girls were so excited for school to start today. They got up, ate breakfast, got dressed and off we all went to take them. They were old pros at this sadly. They didn't even give us a hug or kiss before they they started this new adventure. Sniff sniff.
I am getting a bit choked up thinking about Maddy being in the 5th grade. I just love the girls being in the same school and this will be the last year they will be at the same school together until Maddy is a senior in high school and Abby is a freshman. Poor Tabitha, the only year she will be in the same school is when she is in kindergarten and Abby is in the 5th grade.

Everything is going so well!

2008-08-17T20:53:00.000-07:00

Tabitha is doing so well in her toddler bed. She just loves it. After we read a few stories she gets in bed and lays down. We have to cover her up with 5 blankets (!!!!) and give her a few books to read and she is just fine. A few I love yous and we close the door to a very happy girl. She is waking up pretty early but I think that will change. When she wakes up she plays in her bed until we get her.
Today was the first day she took a nap in her bed ( she has been just playing for a while until we get her) so we thought she needed something special for this very big accomplishment. We took her to Babies R Us and with Abby's help, Tabitha picked out some pajamas. I have to laugh though, there were Dora jammies, and princess, jammies, and kitty jammies and green jammies and pink jammies with butterflies and she picked out these! Doesn't she look absolutely adorable in her Thomas jammies!

I just love her smile and hair in these pictures. She is just so darn cute!

School, Pops, and swimming.

2008-08-15T19:41:00.000-07:00

Today the girls went to school to find out who their teachers are for the year. Abby got Mrs. Dahl. Yea! She is very happy. Maddy got Mrs. Paine and was also just as happy. She has several of her friends in the class this year which makes her very happy. Also we are so happy to report that the bully that gave Maddy such a hard time last year is NOT IN HER CLASS! THANK GOODNESS!
To celebrate all of this I took the girls to one of their favorite places to eat, Pop's. Its a gas station with a little restaurant in it and tons of bottled soda's. We had lunch and picked out soda's than we cruised on RT. 66 for a little bit taking in the sites. Then it was off to a friends house to swim. It was such fun. Its been quite a bit cooler here so the water wasn't as warm but they had just as much fun. Abby is swimming without her life jacket and Tabitha put on Abby's water wings and swam! She kicked her feet and kept her body somewhat upright. WOW! I was so surprised. Go TT!
Now TT went without another nap today because we went swimming so I think she was very ready for bed. After 8 stories and a little crying she went to sleep.

Bedtime for TT

2008-08-15T19:37:00.000-07:00

Well I had to go back in with Tabitha and read a few more stories but she eventually went to sleep. We tried something new with her and told her the night night fairy would come and leave her a surprise if she slept in her bed. She came sometime in the night and check on TT and she was asleep in her bed so on top of one of her many blankets she had to have on her new bed, sat 3 m&m's that she quickly ate up.

Trying something new....

2008-08-14T18:33:00.000-07:00

I have decided it is time for Tabitha to start her way into a big girl bed. In the picture above she is having a great time with "B" but right now as we speak she is crying. She didn't get a nap today so I know she is tired. Big changes for this little girl.

Yummy Cookies!

2008-08-14T18:28:00.000-07:00

My friend Karen gave me this recipe for these cookies. She said her non veggie eating daughter ate them so I had to try them. OH THEY ARE SO GOOD! You would never know there was a veggie in there. My girls loved them too.

ZUCCHINI CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

1 cup raw grated zucchini

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup butter

1 beaten egg

2 cups flour

1 tsp. soda

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. cloves

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 cup chocolate chips

Mix dry ingredients then add the rest. Drop by teaspoon on a cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 10-15 minutes.

Farmers Market

2008-08-14T13:11:00.000-07:00

The girls and I went to the farmers market in Edmond yesterday. So many delicious looking fruits and vegtables! I like to walk around and then decide what I want to buy. I am trying to teach the girls that too. We look at everything and talk about what looked the best. Well today it the farmers must of felt very giving because out of everything that we got, we only paid for the watermelon! Maddy was checking out the tomatoes and asking lots of interesting questions so the farmer just gave them to her. Then we went by the bread and I was so sad they were out of the strawberry walnut bread that the baker gave us a loaf of banana split bread (different, tasty but different) We knew we wanted peaches and I sent the girls up with their peaches and the boys helping said oh you can have those and the zucchini man said the small ones were not selling today and gave me those. What a great shopping day for us!

So the tomatoes are gone...delish!

The bread is gone...yummy!

The honey sticks are almost gone...sticky but good!

The zucchini are going into some cookies...cant wait!

The watermelon is sooooooo good!

Turtles!

2008-08-13T20:18:00.001-07:00

We took another trip to the turtle farm in town. The turtles are the family pets! They have over 75 of them, and they are in every size. The girls really enjoyed the Galapagos turtles. They were so large. Maddy and Abby even got to sit on them. Maddy did enjoy the kitty the most. She named him Lovey Dovey.
Tabitha did not want anything to do with the turtles and I held her the entire time.

This is XXL enjoying an apple. She is the female.
Maddy and Abby got to sit on San Diego. He is from the San Diego zoo.

Little turtles. So cute.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for Ice Cream

2008-08-13T20:16:00.000-07:00

The MOMS club met for ice cream Friday afternoon. It was quite a yummy treat. The girls loved their mint chocolate chip ice cream. Delicious!

Tabitha is splashin...kind of.

2008-08-13T19:58:00.000-07:00

Another trip to the splash pad, and guess what...Tabitha actually played! She didn't get that wet but she played!

After I took this picture it hit me...Tabitha walks better in flip flops than Abby does! This girl does love shoes!

Another splash pad visit.

2008-08-05T22:09:00.000-07:00

Took the girls to the splash pad this morning. We were there for 2 hours and Tabitha decided to play the last 5 minutes we were there. I don't know why she wont play with other kids. She really gets uncomfortable she she is around a lot she doesn't know.

Oh well, I am sure she will grow out of it.

New words

2008-08-05T21:32:00.000-07:00

Tabitha is really talking these days.
Sunday for the first time she told all of us...I LOVE YOU! Awwwwww love it!
She calls Maddy "B". Not really sure why but that is her name. She also calls her blankets B. This does get a little confusing.
She says Abby so well. She loves her Abby very much and Abby can get Tabitha to really laugh!

Most of you know about the Hey little Momma story but in case you don't, I will share it.
Abby's hip hop dance was to this song Funky Y2C (its on the blog songs) Tabitha started dancing and singing "Hey Little Momma". After the recital Tabitha found the costume and she started wearing it, signing the song and dancing. The outfit turned into her Hey Little Momma clothes that she has to wear everyday.
Today she started twirling in her outfit. I believe I have another dancer in my house.
Maybe someday I will capture this on video and share it with you all. Its too cute!

Oh and another TT funny, tonight I found an old dance leotard for her to dance in you would have though that girl got a whole bowl of candy. She was so happy she jumped!

Its so hot....

2008-08-05T21:26:00.000-07:00

We tried to fry an egg on the side walk!
It didn't eggsactly work!
It kind of ran down the street a bit but after two hours it more or less baked the yellow and the white started to brown.

As soon as we broke the egg.....

After 2 hours.

Its been 104-106 here for 3 days. WHEW!

Slumbering?

2008-08-05T20:53:00.000-07:00

Not really! Abby had her 7th birthday party on the 1st. She invited 5 little girls and they all made it to the party! It was so much fun having 7 little ones running around. We started with a pizza dinner than we went over to the school to play but it was pretty hot so we came home and the girls made a craft, a foam frame.

Look at this ham. I took a picture of all the girls and as you know every 7 year old has to pose. Well when I was done TT wanted her picture taken and this is her pose!

Here is Alison, Ari, Abby, Madelynn, and Samantha.
These are the best silly faces ever!

Then it was time for gifts. She got a lot of make up which all the girls used. They had a little dress up fun and had a nice runway show for me. Beautiful! Even Tabitha got a little makeup on and her favorite hey little momma outfit (really need to get her in dance!)

We got Abby this book for her birthday. Her teacher from her reading class gave her a book from the series. She loves them so much we got her the first book and Abby cant wait for the 3rd to come out in the fall. Look at the look on her face! She loves her book!

Then it was time for cake. Abby asked for a sleeping 7 cake. I have to say, not to bad! She picked out a red velvet cake. They loved it and the ice cream.

Our last activity before movie time was mani and pedis. OH MY GOSH. These girls really got into it. We had a few great color combos and lots of giggles. PRETTY.

So I got the girls down for a midnight snack (11:00) and put in a movie (Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium) and every one of those girls last through the entire movie! At 1:00 we had lights out and heads on pillows. They began to drop like flies after that.

Abby said this was her best party ever!

Happy 7th birthday Abigail!

Welcome to our family.....

2008-07-29T10:42:00.001-07:00

Abby's new American Girl doll, Rose Donna. She came in the mail yesterday and Abby was so excited to see her. She tracked her whereabouts for several days and was anxiously waiting her arrival.

VBS

2008-07-29T10:37:00.000-07:00

The girls spent the week at VBS having a great time at their beach themed party! Maddy made new friends and loved the games and Abby loved seeing a classmate and all the crafts they did. VBS made for a great week!
Abby dancing.
Maddy is the 2nd one to the far left.

7/25/08