Well I sure do feel like crying! I can't believe I'm 45! That's a scary number...half my life is over! Boo hoo! None the less I still had a nice Birthday...cake, presents, and dinner out! What more can a girl ask for?
I just received a phone call from Britton!
Matt proposed to her today!
This is such exciting news for Greg and I. We couldn't be more happier for the both of them! Matt is the prefect guy for her!
Congrats Britton and Matt.... we love you guys!
Oh boy...his gonna have his hands full with this one! ha ha
Well we didn't do too much on the 4th. We show our
patriotism by hanging an American Flag outside.
We also enjoyed grilled hambugers and brats.
Later that evening we went over to a friends house to
watch the fireworks. They're farmers and had a huge
field where we were able to blow all the fireworks.
Here's one of the many that were shot off.
There were tons of kids there and all got to play with sparklers.
I thought this was a great photo. Our friends daughter, Lindsey, twirling a sparkler in a circle.
Here's the funniest shot of the evening.
Poor Leia...she really has to cover up to avoid getting bit from the mosquitoes...
so she took the covers off of the folding chairs and put them
on her legs like knee high wading boots...she looks soooo funny!
Hope ya'll had a great 4th!
Oh man...I can't believe I forgot to post this! I saved it as a draft and forgot to go back to finish writing it.
Oh well better late than never...
First, let me say "Happy Father's Day" to all you Dads out there. Greg said he had the best Father's Day ever...I finally bought him something that he really, really wanted...can't tell you how many times he said it over and over again..."I really want a picture of the kids running blown up really big so I can hang it on the wall above the computer desk"...so that's what he got. Remember this photo?
Now here it is in a poster size...framed and ready to be hung in his office at work...titled;
"My 6 Pack"
I think he likes it! ha ha
I couldn't help myself...thought of this title after I bought the poster and as I was looking at all my youngin's running like a "Pack of Wolves" I realized that I have a "Pack of kids" and 6 of them to boot...thus a "6 Pack!" ha ha Perfect title for a RETIRED RANGER... I think he's still looking for his 6 pack! haha Shhhh...don't tell him I said that! LOVE YA HONEY!
We have 2 Christmas Trees this year...and look I have a fireplace burning in the background! Yeah...another dream come true. And there's my cute lil' elf helping her Mom decorate. Don't know whether she helps or hinders...but it sure is cute seeing her enjoying the beauty of Christmas.
This is our other Tree...it's out in the Sun Room. Better photo below...Look at all that lovely snow. I finally learned how to take a photo indoors and capture the scenery outdoors through windows. Trail and error...took tons of photos and capture this.
Look how blue the Sky is! Love Blue Sky against white snow...so crisp and clean looking!
Greg bought the pretty Poinsettia's. Their real and I hope they last a long time! The temp in the sunroom is just right for them to survive.
Tess outside playing in the snow! She's growing up too fast andwith ever pasting year looks more and more like her big sis, Britton . She loves the snow too!
Lily is another story...she really likes the snow but here she doesn't have on her gloves and her hands are freezing.She decided to go out on her own when I was putting away things in the garage. She's staring to cry cause she realizes how cold the white fluffy stuff really is. 
Beren and Leia sliding down the driveway with Lily girl! Now this is much better and alot funnier! She's properly covered from head to toe. Beren was the sweetest big brother to Lily. He kept grabbing her to sliding down the slope over and over again...he didn't notice how red her little face was. I tried to take her in and he just wanted to keep on playing with her. I couldn't stand seeing her face red like that...just had to take her back inside. She had a ball with them!
While the kids played Greg had to use the snow blower to clear a path so we could back our cars out of the driveway. As he says...if I'm not mowing, I'm blowing! hee hee Summer time the grass needs cutting twice a week and now he's had to blow snow 3 times already and it's not Winter yet! ha ha
Tess on her 9th Birthday...just love this cake! How cute is that...a snowman enjoying the snow too!
Seth right after a much needed haircut. Dad cut it and did a great job! Seth is such a cool guy!
Look who's learning to play the guitar! Little does he know that Dad got him a Guitar Hero game for Christmas and a Classical guitar with DVD lessons. Can't wait to see if he canlearn this way. Shoot I might take up the guitar myself!
Me, Leia and Lily playing around taking photos!
Leia on her 15th Birthday. Leia and I spent the day shopping and when we came home Greg had this very colorful cake ready for her.
From Lily!
