Happy Birth Day...

Congratulations Steph and Bill, on the arrival of your sweet baby girl!What a beautiful little angel.

Grammie

My Mom came to visit this week. For a couple of reasons. One is that I had some visits to the doctor, and my Sweet Hubby was driving me around.

Can you guess what the other reason was?

Thank you Mom!

Happy Birthday...

Aunt Jill!

This is stock footage of her 'getting her groove on'! She might not be so froggy when her Sweet Girl arrives!

Happy Birthday...

Uncle Darren!

A Tiger She Can Ride...

We stopped for dinner, on the way home, and she spotted...a tiger she can ride!

I decided to join in on the fun.

What a Sunday!

Bear with me. I know that I am playing catch up, but it has been a crazy couple of weeks!

Our Little Helper. She LOVES feeding the donkeys.

Speaking of the donkeys - here they are.....Chiquita, Maria and Taco.

Grandmother giving a good scratch.

The Mitchells - all in a row. (Phillip, Phil, Anderson and Kim)

My sweet husband. He and his Dad cleaned up the ponds a little and put up some duck houses out in the water.

We had a great time - Happy Birthday Granddaddy!

Cousins...

THIS was a PACKED weekend. I had consignment commitments (and enjoyed them!), Ken and Donna were married (beautiful!), and we celebrated Granddaddy's birthday with the family (at the Farm). ANY opportunity to see her cousins (and everyone else) - is appreciated by our girl.

Grandmother had a special treat in store for lunch. Hot dogs were grilled down by the creek. While I didn't get to join in on these festivities - the kids REALLY enjoyed themselves. As you might notice, her pants are absent. They took a hit when she took a spill in the water. That's OK, there was still fun to be had. It isn't just everyday that you find a turtle shell to play with. Also, not every day that you get to see Uncle Phil use grilling skills to dry your clothes (and NOT burn them!)

I did arrive in time to help set her up for her first sleepover. She LOVED sleeping in the floor for the first time. Phillip and Anderson, however, weren't as thrilled. Maybe it was because her enthusiasm was evident in the fact that she wouldn't be quiet and let them go to sleep. Maybe next time will go a little better?!?! We can't wait!

Ken & Donna Jeter!

We were so happy to celebrate with Ken and Donna on their Wedding Day. We couldn't be happier for you guys.

God Bless you both.

Consignment Fever....

Ok, today marks the halfway point for the bi-annual consignment sale (hell?) frenzy. I LOVE the excitement of hunting through clothes, toys and shoes for THE perfect items. However, the 'hell' part comes from assembling my old things to put in the sale.

Here is how it works.......
(1) you sign up 6 months prior to the sale for the privilege of putting your items in,
(2) you promise to work AND put in items so that you can go in 2 hours prior to the public,
(3) you put each and every item that you no longer want on a hanger, attach a specially printed card with a safety pin, and hope that they don't reject it for a dotted stain of baby food.

Sure, it would be much easier to go out and buy everything new - but, what is the fun in that?

Happy Birthday Granddaddy!

Granddaddy at the Farm. Happy Birthday!

One of the 'perks' of back dating my blog is that I have this cool shot of Jim in his element from this next weekend! We had a blast with all the animals, family, creeks and ponds.

PINK DAY!

Today was 'Pink' Day at Montessori. She is checking out her (too) big, pink boots.

Happy Birthday...

Lisa!

Still looking for a photo! Hope you have a great one!

Happy Birthday Luke and Andy!

Luke and Andy celebrated with an Astronaut Theme today. Priss is completely fascinated with the Space Shuttle (along with her Daddy) - so, it was extra fun playing with the blow-up space shuttles, etc. Of course, she also enjoys jumping and playing in the 'bouncy' castles and gauntlets. (Daddy didn't mind playing in them either!)

Aren't they the cutest 'Big Boys' up on the thrown!

Wishing the Happiest Birthday!

Saturdays CAN Be Wild!

We have been 'cooped' up every weekend either (a) being sick, (b) cleaning house, or (c) being lame. There have also been weekends away with family - not lame, but, not home. SO, we decided to have a family day. Nothing crazy, we just went to the local Wild Animal Park (about 20 minutes down the road).

We had a GREAT time. It was fun to see all the animals, and to be silly. The fact that admission is free for our county residents for the month of February didn't hurt either (saved us about $45 for our family of 3).

Needless to say, the animals are up close and personal. I highly recommend paying the $11 to rent a 'safari vehicle'. The animals are so eager to get the park food, that they will jump right in and join you on your journey.

Would you really want to see this coming into your newly detailed vehicle?

It was nice just hanging out with Hubby and Priss.

We should do this again sometime!

What's For Dinner?

In an attempt to get the entire family on board for 'Good Eats' - I have done a couple of things.

1 - I am planning meals for the week, in advance. This takes lots of stress off of me when 5:30pm rolls around.

2 - I am incorporating more and more vegetables/fruits into each meal.

3 - Every gets to pitch in, when applicable.

While I realize that many people do this all the time - it is something that we are starting to do on a very regular basis. I love it!

By the way - tonight, we had Pineapple Chicken Kebobs. The chicken strip coating had bread crumbs, flax seed meal, sweet potato puree and pineapple juice. YUM! Also, we enjoyed brown rice and fruit kebobs that Priss helped build.