Grama Colleen made these beautiful Raggedy Ann & Andy dolls for our Eva's birthday... made with purple prints to match her room (and it's her favorite color!) Another "hand stitched with love" creation from Grama!!
Eva received a very BIG package in the mail on her birthday with a beautiful new jewelry box in it... hand made by Papa Jim!
Well... CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!?!? We actually have a barn door!! It's pretty and it's HEAVY! We actually got most of the hardware from one of my "save the wood" missions where Eddie and Brian helped me disassemble an old barn...
All the kids were enjoying the Play Doh on the kitchen floor- look at all the accessories they make now!!... Including the playmat! Thanks Eddie and Terri, for this great birthday present! We LOVE it!!
Well, I'm not sure how many people this post will appeal to... besides Terri, Leslie and myself... but look at these SEXY MANLY MEN!! OOOOOooooo BABY!!
We had a CRAZY bunch of kids as usual... but I think everyone enjoyed themselves! Eva was a little cutie in her fairy witch costume!
There were NO sleepovers Saturday... so I guess they decided to make their own! Aaaawwww.... they do get along sometimes... and I have PROOF!
They're such NUTS! We've really missed Alex and Luke... they're gone to Oklahoma in the summer, and they've all been working on their house so much, that we really haven't seen much of them lately... but they have FUN when they do see each other! Hopefully with a little less going on these days (yeah right!!), they'll be able to see more of each other!
The kids took a trip to the zoo with the DADDIES! (Holy COW! Can you believe that Mommy and Aunt Libby went to the mall and a movie WITHOUT KIDS!)
Just look at these CUTIES!! (Holy cow is it hard to take 6 kids to the festival with only two Mommies! Good thing BJ was there to give a helping hand! He counts less as a kid and more as a helper, with each outing!
And it's nearly impossible to get kids to sit for a moment when there's horses going by and a corn maze in the future!!
Look what our big girl got!!! Pretty pink earrings... and just in time to be able to change them at birthday time... hint hint!!
We are very proud to introduce our newest family member... our chocolate lab, JED! Bet none of you saw that coming, did ya? We had decided not to get one of the Cook family's puppies... until Brian went over there and saw them. He called me to let me know that one of the puppies ran over to him and kissed him, and that he was to be ours!! I happened to be near the pet store, so I stopped and bought a collar for Jed, so we could identify him when we got back from Maine. He was the kids' surprise when we got back... of course we couldn't wait to pick him up- so the night we came home, Brian went out to the store to buy milk and puppy food and picked him up on the way back home. He's been quite a handful- at least he was the first couple of nights- until we got his new crate! Labs are prone to chewing until they're three years old... that's a LOT of shoes!!!! He's got the potty thing down pretty well, and we've stocked up on the chew toys! He follows Hooch everywhere and they play really well together! We told Hooch that this was his baby, and that he needed to teach him how to be a good dog- just like him! Hopefully it'll work!
Notice the difference in swimming locations... boys in the cold pool (freezing but a fantastic view!), and the ladies in the hot tub!
Eva always says, "Put me on your head, Daddy!"
She's getting pretty big for my shoulders, though!!
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