Those Beautiful Little Angels!

Do I really need to explain how cute these girls are? I made them monogram shirts and tutus for this photo op - it was worth it!

Brenlee's One!

We travelled to Brenlee's birthday celebration. Crazy to think that she is already one! Of course, Mommy (and her Daddy too) had everything looking perfect - too cute!

Happy Birthday Brenlee!

The Proud Aunt

I have recently received a couple of photos of 2 of my nieces (waiting on the third!) In addition - you must see the video link below of our nephew, Ethan.

Brenlee Angel!

Miley Baby!

And, here is the link of Ethan. He got to play on the ice at the St. Louis Blues game. If you watch the entire video - he is interviewed on the jumbo tron at the end! Cute!
http://downloads.blues.nhl.com/youth_allstars/021309_youthhockey.mov

p.s. Kim, I need some recent pics of those Mitchell boys too!

Such a Poser!

I had to include just one more shot of my 'poser' niece - Brenlee. She is at such a great age for being animated. She laughs at EVERYTHING (especially, her cousin Campbell).
We observed that every age is the age where you want to 'freeze them' in time. I have a new age each week. Luckily, it is currently at 3 1/4 years, as it should be. Some days...you just want to go back, for good reasons or bad. But, only for a minute. I wouldn't miss a day.

Three Angels

A rather uneventful weekend turned into something different when my little sister ended up in the hospital. Having just given birth last week, we were all worried. She is fine, and we are all feeling blessed.

This round of cousins includes the newest addition, Kate - as well as, those time honored favorites...Brenlee and Campbell. (I'm still working on finding a good group shot of these 3 wiggly, giggly girls!)
Enjoy.

Stay tuned for the next round of 'these three cousins', it is a little 'boy' heavy!

Congratulations!

We went to put in a little help for my brother's campaign.

HE WON!

He remains State Court Judge of Putnam County. We are so proud of him!
Congratulations Trent!

Take a Moment

With all the chaos yesterday, it was sweet to find a few stolen moments on the photo pages.

Granddaddy reading a new book.


Giving her cousin, Brenlee, a sweet kiss. (with Papa's help)

Later That Day...

As if we hadn't done enough today...
we went over to Trent and Jill's for a visit.
(It was a tough trek to the next house over!)

Leslie and Thad stopped by for a quick photo before her
TEN YEAR (I can't believe it) REUNION!
Don't they look great.
Did I mention that they are expecting a
Christmas baby!
We are so excited to add another cousin to the mix!


Speaking of cousins - Campbell and Brenlee
had some serious catching up to do.
After all, it has been 6 whole weeks
since they met on Brenlee's birthday!
Fast friends, I'm sure!

Americana

Putnam County Dairy Festival

This morning started nice and early with the
'Fun Run'.
Of course, there was very little running on my part.
I was pushing the stroller alongside
Jill and Brenlee.
As you could guess - that 'competitive one'
(aka Leslie) was far ahead of us!

Did I mention it was a DAIRY festival?
(insert free milk plug here)


Leslie was taking a well-needed break after handing
out about 2500 'Trent Brown' fans
along with Dad, Jill and a little help from
Boo and Me.
With temps (and maybe the humidity)
in the 90s...
it was like shooting fish in a barrel!


Here are Trent, Jill and Brenlee,
hot on the campaign trail
in our great-grandfather's restored
Studebaker.

Having the truck of a friend parked on
the parade path was the BEST
thing to have when there are
hundreds of people around.

A nice slice of Americana for the day.

Just a Kiss Before I Go!

Cousins! This brings her grand total to FIVE cousins! She was in awe of this sweet little baby as she saw her diaper get changed, saw her nurse from her Mommy, and heard that sweet little cry. I say she was in awe - we all were. What a beautiful way to spend a day.

We look forward to play dates in the near future. Priss kept wanting to bring books and toys for her to play with. We had to explain that those days will come - just not today. I think she got that after we saw her.

Sweet, Sweet Baby....

Trent and Jill welcomed their Sweet, Sweet Baby Girl (B.A.) into the world today.

Happy family...

Sweet Feet...

Mother and Child...

Father and Child...

What a blessing she is to them and our entire family.
We love you, and are sending happy prayers your way.