Weekend with the girls!

Well it was a good weekend. I had a lot of time to spend with Norah, Kim and Emily. We took Norah over to the park Saturday morning, Norah loves the swings and slide. I can't believe how much cooler it was Saturday then Sunday. Norah sure is growing up fast. She's developing quite the personality. She has a new monkey face that she makes and she looks just like her Dad when she does it. Here are some pictures I captured of the girls!

Sleeping Angel. I tried to get her to move her arm.

She loves loves loves the swings!!!

So grown up...where did the baby go?

MMMM...CHEESE!

What are we waiting for...the park is over there!

I know I'm cute.

Hey look at me in my little chair!

Awww Mattie I love you!!!!

Who? It wasn't me.

Snack time!!!! YUM!

I love this dog!

Kimmy this is fun!

Relaxing at Grandma's house!

I this was the cutest expression of Em going down the slide

Emily taking Norah down the small slide

Fun with the girls!!!

Kim, Emily and Daryan came to our house this weekend. We had tons of fun together. Daryan had never been to our house so it was a fun trip for her. We went to the park to play for a while, we went down to Island park and took some pictures, we played with the kittens at our place. The biggest event was taking the girls to Sioux Center to the All Seasons Center for swimming. We spent 3 hours there enjoying both the indoor and outdoor pools and slides. The girls got along wonderful which made us very happy. Emily as usual is the comic. When headed to Sioux Center, Ross made a comment "I think I missed my turn" so I in turn said "oh great now we have to backtrack a bit", and Emily's response "can we get our time back". She is so cute when she thinks about things like this. After we got home we ordered pizza and watched a movie. Hopefully in a couple years Miss Norah can come and stay too!!!!

Kimberly Caitlin


Emily Marie


Daryan Taylor


The girls and I, thank goodness for self timers!


Kimmy is so cute isn't she?


Miss D


The girls at Island Park, having lots of fun!


The girls playing outside on the farm!

The girls hanging out on the ramp, yeah we haven't gotten rid of it, might need it someday:-)



Emily and Libby the kitty

Happy Birthday Norah Bear!

Norah is 1 year old today. I can't believe how fast this past year has gone. I still remember the day Michelle told me she was 7 weeks pregnant with a baby. I am so proud to call Norah my niece and Goddaughter. She is so much fun and has really helped some of our down days turn into bright days. We celebrated Norah's birthday this past weekend. I wasn't able to be there for cake and pizza so I gave Norah her present early. We got her a Build and Spill Musical Turtle. I've heard a lot of good reviews on this toy and she should be able to use it for a while. She seemed to like opening the gift but I think she was more interested in the box! That's a 1 year old for ya!

Happy Birthday sweet Norah Bear, we love you!!!!!

Weekend with my Goddaughter/Niece Norah

I hadn't seen my sweet Norah Bear for almost 3 months. It's amazing how much she's grown in that short time. She's now 9 months old, crawling everywhere and getting into everything. I bet she'll be walking in no time. It took her a little while to get used to me again but once she did she loved playing with me and letting me hold her. She went to Ross fairly quickly too. My parents brought Michelle and Norah to my work and then we went out for dinner at Shari's Kitchen. Then I took Michelle on a tour of our home. She loved the house and thought it was wonderful. Norah even got to try out the changing pad in the Nursery. Then we headed back to Milford. Michelle and I made a quick trip to Walmart and then back to Mom and Dad's house. Ross was able to spend a little time with Norah before we left. He is so good with her. He took her outside behind the house and picked a few tulips. He's going to be a wonderful father. Here's some fun pictures of the weekend with Norah Bear!!!!

Uncle Ross and Norah Bear!

Sweet Sleeping Angel!


Ross picked a tulip for Norah...awww!

Norah and her Godparents. So sweet.

Aunt Amber and little Norah

Norah riding her Piglet.

Fun in the sun!

Our niece Emily came to stay with us this past weekend. Ross was busy in the field so Em and I got a lot of one on one time. I'm sure she was very pleased with that. We enjoy spoiling her when we can. We went to Slade's for dinner which she totally loved. This girl could live on ice cream I swear. I also had to get a few things at the Dollar Store so I took her with me and let her pick out a couple toys which was fun for her. Then we ventured over to the grocery store for some snacks. Later on we went to the park in Georged and played for an hour or so. Then it was back to the farm to play with the kittens and Sam. We had a minor meltdown when it appeared we wouldn't be fitting swimming into our schedule for this trip. I assured Em we would do it again when Kim comes along. I was able to convince her that playing with the kitties, Sam, going to Slades, the grocery store, going to the Dollar Store and getting toys, playing in the house, going to the park was actually more fun then a couple hours at the pool. I captured some pictures of her at the park. She's such a pretty girl and oh so funny.

A quick ride in the tractor with Ross.


Emily in the train at the park


On the monkey bars, I love the blue background


All Star on the teeter totter

Just being cute as ever.