My baby turns 1!!!! Let's party!!!!

Carson and Shaelynn (we call them our twins 'cause they are only 2 weeks apart) had their birthday party together! (On Carson's b-day, December 6th)
Sitting on their gigantic presents! Not many people can do that!

They each had their own cake that was soooooo cute! Thanks Mom and Shanan!

Yummy Cake!!! Shaelynn loved it! Carson's cousin Adam snuck a bite too! Yum!!!

She thought it was great to grab handfuls and squish it between her fingers!

Carson, on the other hand, didn't like getting messy at all! He got upset when someone helped him get some cake! When he got a spoon to poke in it, he was much happier!

Shae got so messy we had to give her a quick bath in the sink!

Shaelynn with her haul!!! What a lucky girl!

This is Shaelynn 2 weeks later on her actual birthday, December 20th!

Austin was so nice to share his Christmas ringpop with her! And she loved it! :)

Tyler, Mikelle, Austin, and Shaelynn by the Christmas tree on Sunday afternoon!

First Snow.....

Daniel got his bike out and hooked a rope up to it and then attached it to the sled and gave the kids rides up and down the street......

Mikelle threw a big snowball up in the air and it came down right on top of her.....down her neck and everything......she went inside after this!

Daniel with his bike........Austin, Shae, and Ty on the sled.....

I love this picture of my boys playin' in the snow!

Proof that I was there....since I am usually behind the camera!

Shaelynn loved licking the snow off of her jacket.....and mine! Yummy snowflakes....

Austin helping Daddy roll the bottom of our big snowman!

Mikelle came inside and got p.j.'s on and colored while she waited for us to come in and make hot chocolate! :)

I tried to take a picture of everybody with the snowman after they finished it, but my battery died! :( I was so sad! But I was able to take one of Austin with our snowman in the morning after we dropped the big kids off at school! He even had some more snow on him!

The sun came out today so our snowman has started melting! But we still got a picture of Tyler with him after school! We all love playing in the snow!!!

Ohhh, d..d..d..deeeeer!

This is a fawn right outside my back door!

3 deer back in the garden area.......there's one more back there but she wouldn't fit in the picture!

Austin, Mica, and Shaelynn after going to Chad's funeral! Still can't believe he's gone! He was one of Daniel's best friends from high school! He was with Daniel the night we met! It was sad, he is just so young, but it was a very spiritual funeral! His family did a great job, it was so "Chad"! He was a cowboy all the way! He worked for Diamond G Rodeo and loved it! There was a rope and cowboy hat on top of the wood casket and it was carried to the cemetary in a horse drawn carriage with Chad's horse following behind! I'm tearing up just thinking about it! It really was neat! He will be missed!

Mother and Daughter....Do you think she looks like me? Since we were all dressed up we did a little photo shoot! :)

Austin with his cute little eyebrows furrowed......."I don't know", he says.

He is about the cutest little 2 year old I know!

My little Shae! She is just a little doll baby! Love those baby blue eyes of hers.....

Isn't she pretty? I can't believe she will be 1 year old next month! She is getting so big, and yet is still so little!

Halloween Parties and Costume Parades at School!

Can anyone guess what Mikelle is?
Cutest little Tinkerbell I've ever seen!

I love her fun little personality! She loves to pose for the camera!

The kindergartners get to wear costumes to school and parade thru all the classrooms! They also go trick or treating at the banks, so Mikelle got to go trick of treat to Daddy at State Bank! FUN!The first graders had the option of bringing a costume to wear after lunch or just wear pajamas for "pajama day"!

Tyler opted to wear his spiderman pj's so he wouldn't have to change, because his outfit is like pajamas and a costume.....ha ha! I thought it was a great idea too!

Hope you all have a safe, fun, and Happy Halloween!!!

Crazy Hair Day!!!

Ok, this one has nothing to do with crazy hair! It was just so cute I had to throw it in!
Shae is showing off a new flower clip I made!

I love the pose....ha ha!

It is Red Ribbon Week at school! Monday they wore "Camo" to help in the fight against drugs! Tuesday they wore "crazy socks" so they could sock it to drugs (or something like that). Wednesday they wore their clothes "inside out or backwards" because drugs turn you inside out (I think).

Today is "Crazy Hair Day", something about it's crazy to do drugs! Side view of Mikelle's hair!

Tyler, and the back of Mikelle's hair! We sprayed glitter in her hair too! Tomorrow is Pajama Day and Halloween costumes! FUN!!!

Austin fell asleep mid-bite! I just thought it was so funny! I have picture of Mikelle with an apple slice hanging out of her mouth in this same recliner chair! It's just so comfy and they are just so tired........can't........take.......one........more.........bite.......zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!

He is eating a veggie straw!

Showing off another flower! What a good little model! I love my kids.....they are all just so stinkin' cute!!!

Homecoming Parade!

The High School has a parade every year and the kindergarteners always get to be in it! So fun!

They get to dress up like football players and cheerleaders!

Shaelynn and Daddy waiting to watch the parade!

Mikelle is our little cheerleader! She was so cute!

All the kids after the parade........Austin couldn't break away from his sucker long enough to look at the camera! :)

Pumpkin Pictures!!!

Grandma Lauri came to see Mikelle in the homecoming parade (pics of that coming later)!
So we picked a bunch of pumpkins to send home with her for our annual Halloween Party! Can't wait to paint or carve them in a couple weeks! Yea!!!

I love pumpkin pictures.....so I wanted to grow pumpkins in my garden to have my own pumpkin patch! Well, the squash bugs ate my plants so my pumpkin patch is not so cute!

So we had to pick the pumpkins and take pictures on the grass! I need a bale of hay or somethin' to make a cute background! Maybe next year!

Austin, Shaelynn, and Mikelle had fun playing in the pumpkins!

Shaelynn is our "cute lil' punkin"! What a cutie!