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Happy 1st Birthday to my beautiful baby girl- Josephine Lynne- better known as "Josie bug"!!!!! It has definetly been a crazy year but I have been blessed to be able to take this little monkey to work with me every day. She has become our little greeter here at the salon. People automatically look for her when they come in!! She has lots of grandma's that hold her and kids that love to play with her. She has such a great personality! She cheeses at the sight of a camera. She is definetly a mama's girl which at times wears me out but it is nice to be so needed. And I am hoping that one day she might actually sleep through the night!! I love this baby dearly and wish time would slow down a bit but I also love the new things she does every day!! Happy Birthday baby!!!

Dinosaur Exhibit

So, for Billy's birthday I took him to see the Dinosaur exhibit at Union Station!! He just loved it. I thought he might get scared but he didn't too bad. He did scream once when he was standing in front of the t-rex to take a picture and it started "yelling" at him. But then he was laughing. It was hysterical. We had a great time. It was nice for it to be just me and him, that never happens. I love that little boy more and more each day. He has gone from the sweet little boy we had to a complete terror but he is still so darn cute. I can't believe he will be 3 and Josie will be 1!! Time has just flown by! Well, no other updates- I know, we are very boring- moor pictures will come soon!!

Deanna Rose- "Animal Park"

Well, we ventured out for our first trip to the animal park for the season and what a great day to go!! We were afraid it was going to be packed b/c it was Sunday and the weather was so great. But not bad at all- we think it had to do w/ the fact that they are charging $2 per person on wkends now but no biggie- its worth it for it to not be packed. The kids had a great time. The park has done a bit of remodeling so it was some new and old things which was great. Once we hit the tractors though Billy was off- he loves those things- even if they are a pain to manuver. Olivia of course went on her pony ride. Bo had a "city" boy ask him to help him get a fish off the hook- he said he had no idea how to and thought Bo might know- my big hillbilly!!! :) Josie loved the swings and really didn't care about much else- she really didn't like the goats - AT ALL!!! After a fun day we headed home, made a quick stop at the flower shop and home for naps!! Good day!!

as you can see- the famly shots were not working out!!! So I kicked Bo out of them!!!!

Again- sorry I haven't posted anything in a while but we just had nothing to post!! But here is Easter. The kids had a great day w/ an egg hunt and coloring eggs!! Well, Olivia colored eggs- Billy just stayed outside all day and Josie just entertained everyone. She is getting so big so fast, she now does this cheeseball face when you take her picture. You can see it in some of the pictures- it is so funny. Olivia is finally gettin some of her teeth back in! She is doing great. Billy- well Billy- let's just say he's lucky he's so dang cute!!! He has defintely turned into a holy terror but thank goodness it is gettin nicer outside so thats where he spends most of his day and its also a big bonus that he is potty trained now!! Josie is finally saying mama!! Which just made my day!!! Not much else going on here but with trying to plan for 2 birthdays coming up and lots of other stuff going on I should be able to post more often!!!

this is Josie's display @ Picture People!! LOVE IT!!!

Well, we did it. Olivia and I conquered iceskating! I have to admit I was a bit terrified. I haven't been in about 8 yrs and this place was PACKED!!! SO to the ice we went, Olivia was pretty shakey. She went around the side a few times and then finally got the courage to let go. She went along sayin -"I think I can, I think I can" And she did. It was so much fun. She had a blast. I will definetly be taking her back.

Well, here we are- the end of another week!! And I am completely worn out. The baby has got a horrible cold on top of her teeth so she is not sleeping well but I did finally get her to sleep good last night but then I had this little thing coming to my bed, even after I took him back to his bed I would look up and he was right there so I would pull him into bed w/ me and then when he was finally really asleep I took him back to his bed one last time- VICTORY!! Oh wait- what now- its Olivia!!!! "MOM, you left me all by myself!!" (She fell asleep in the living room) And seeing as Billy was in her bed b/s his was covered in laundry, I let her crawl into mine and I went to the couch- Sleep??? Maybe, no- no, really, is that the baby??? AGHHH!! So I grab the baby and we head back to the couch and go back to sleep for just a bit longer b/f the day begins!!! SO now the baby is asleep in her swing, the kids are at the farm cleaning out the chicken house and I am sitting her typing!!! Can't sleep at work- my day is over so I will be heading out to take Olivia to a swim party. I thought I would throw a couple of pictures on here from the Father/ Daughter Dance and from Billy gettin his hair done by big sis- reminds me of Johnny boy when we were little!!!

TEXAS!!!!

LOOK- I got Kimball smiling!!! And I just love Josie's smile in this one!!

she would not smile at me but it was such a cute pic anyway

love this one

Carson would not let me take a picture- its like someone is ALWAYS taking some of the porr kid and he's tired of it :)

Ok, so here are just a few of the pictures from texas- we had lots of fun even for a short trip with lots of snow!! The kids already want to go back!!!