It's Spring!

It's official! Spring is here. The weather is beautiful, the grass is green, the birds are singing, flowers are blooming, and I mowed the lawn today. I've seen Facebook updates of people receiving some springtime snow fall and all I can say is "Glad it's you and not me!" I've enjoyed taking the motorcycle to work and not have to put on five layers to stay warm. Here are a few pictures of our adorable daughter.

We told her to go put her pajamas on:


Since we were outside, Abigail had to get in her swing:

We're glad that the warmer weather is here. We'll see what happens when the rain starts up.

Visting with the Towne's

The past couple of weeks we have been in Kanas. We all had a great time with the Towne family. While Josiah was in Class Abby and I went to the Zoo. Abby loves the animals, just not too sure about feeding them.
Abby's favorite part was the monkeys. The picture below he was very active into everything. He even started break danceing at one point :)

All the rugrats!

They kept a good eye on Abby, we all had a great day.

Josiah was able to join us all the times we went swimming. Even with the pool freezing Abby still didn't want to get out. Thank you soo much for a great couple of weeks. Can't wait to do it again :)

Updated at Last!

Finally an update! We're (I'm) really sorry for not posting for awhile. It's been a busy month. I've been taking a chemistry class (finals were last week, I got an 'A' in the class), we're in Kansas for military training, and we've been working on paperwork for adopting another child. Here's some pictures of what's been going on;

How many headbands are needed to calm Abigail's wild hair?


Showing off her pretty smile:

Chilling on the computer (Abby taking the picture):

Some of the snow that use to be in our yard:

Trying on some of daddy's clothes:

Being cute as usual:

We'll have some more pictures to post when we get back to Missouri in a few days.

Bird Houses

During my two weeks of leave, Abigail and I decided to build a bird house. She was a great little helper. She sanded the pieces after I cut them and then helped me screw them together. We put down some paper on Sarah's craft table down cellar and got to painting. Here are some pics of our event:

Here's our finished project:

Not too bad for our first bird house, especially with minimal tools. We probably shouldn't open a craft store quite yet but some relatives might find them in their mailboxes as gifts this spring/summer.

Breakfast Time

Sarah and I woke up this morning to the smell and sounds of breakfast being made. We both looked at each other in puzzlement wondering if a stranger was in our kitchen. She pushed me out of bed and made me go look. Much to my surprise I found this:


Just kidding. Abigail helped me to make breakfast for Sarah this morning. She was very insistent in doing as much as possible. I do have to say that she's being more careful with the eggs after last time (a couple of them died without making it to the frying pan).

Here's her smile once again:

Here's where we would have had a picture of Sarah eating her breakfast in bed:

Alas, she threatened to shoot me if I took one of her. (She knows where I hide the bullets so I don't think that I will press my luck). Just picture Sarah in her princess pajamas sitting in bed with a fried egg sandwich, sausage, and orange juice.

Post More Videos People!

Seriously, we need more friends and family to post videos on their blogs. Look what was accomplished while Abigail watched her cousins Ada and Roarke:



Braids!! I couldn't believe that I was able to brush and braid her hair with minimal complaints. It was just shy of a miracle.

It's little tricks like allowing her to type on the computer or watch videos that allow us to go through the brushing of the hair. I'm not sure why it's so bad. Brushing hair is just as bad as rinsing shampoo out of her hair and drying off after taking a bath.

It's Winter Time in Missouri

I know, I know, for the past three years we've been the ones with the winter pictures of us wearing shorts and sandals. We endured the jealous comments that were posted as our family members and friends watched from their homes of snow and ice as we enjoyed playgrounds and temperate weather. We couldn't come home without feeling the resentment from our 'milky white' family and friends of our year round tans. Well everyone, we received our snow storm. Yes, it wasn't a nor'easter but I had to park the motorcycle and start driving the truck.

Just to let everyone know, apparently 3-4 inches of snow is a HUGE deal to these people. Schools and businesses were shut down and work was delayed two hours. People were driving 15 -20 mph under the posted speed limits and there were about a dozen automobile accidents.

Here are a couple of pictures that we took today as we played in the snow:


Yes, that is a strange dog in the pictures. A yellow lab came into our yard and started to play with Toby and Daryl. Seeing how he was a friendly dog Abby and I went outside too. Apparently dumping animals is pretty common in this neighborhood since it's a bit out of the way.

Here's Abigail putting the dogs 'night-night'.

Yes, this is Fred, the yellow lab, in our house. Fred was a little thin and it's pretty cold outside so we decided to give him a place to hang out while we find his owners or find some new owners for him. You can see that he puts up with Abby quite well.

Next week it's suppose to get up into the 50's. Let's hope that it melts the snow so I can bring the motorcycle back out.