Happy Birthday, OWEN!!

Yesterday, Owen turned FIVE years old!  It's so hard to believe that our little man is that old already.  He said he wanted a construction cake for his birthday. So I tried my best to make his little dreams come true. :)

 Many thanks to Graham Crackers and Oreo's.

 See this really cool load coming out of the bucket into the dump truck?  Keith cut a Graham Cracker just the right size, I iced it and we dipped it in Oreo crumbs.  Turned out perfect. :D

 A neat card from Grandma and Papa.

 A DOLLAR!

 This is just what I wanted.

 The smile says it all.

 He is a good helper and most of the time a willing worker

 See his shirt?  He told me he wanted a birthday shirt (thanks for the idea, Janie).  So he designed it himself with scraps of material we already had.  We cut out the five and I sewed them on.  He loves it!

I told him Saturday:
"This is the LAST day that you're going to be four years old in your whole life."
He replied:
"Yeah!  I'm really gonna miss you and I know you will miss me, too."

Happy Birthday, Our Sweet Little Man!!!!!

Guess what I got today!!!!

                                   Courtney Faith                                  Clayton Kenneth

I got a niece and nephew!!!  I'm SO proud of them and my sis!! 

:)

I Am Amazed!

These beautiful creatures were feasting on an unfortunate hog today.  Keith's uncle called to say they were out at the farm, so off we went to see them.

 I know this picture is way out of it's border-thing, but I just think it's beautiful!

 

 Then along came this black eagle.

 Not quite an eagle, but still cute. :)

 Keith guessed this eagle's wing span was about 8 feet.

 It was HUGE!!!!!

We were so happy to see these beautiful birds.  The kids loved it!  I could have sat out in the snow for hours watching them.  (there was about 6 of them)  Their graceful wings and loud screeches were just amazing to me.

Because I'm so.....

   

 Prrrrrrrreeeetty......

 and chubby......

 and quirky....

 and attentive.....

 and talkative.....

 and happy......

 and squirmy....

 and adorable....

and just plain Funny,

My mom decided to take more pictures of me.

Slowing Down...

Ashlyn Hope 9 weeks old

It's hard to believe that it's been 9 weeks since this little darling entered our family.   We are enjoying her so much!

She sleeps for 7 hours at night usually (yeah, I know I'm blessed. :) ) and smiles a lot.  She has started cooing - tiny little coos that are just precious!

She now weighs 11 lbs 5 ounces and is 23 1/4 inches long.

 A beautiful miracle!

 I love these tiny booties that my mom got her.

 Not the best picture, but I love how she holds her head up.

Thank you for enjoying our baby girl with us!