I loved Hannah’s open house. She showed me all she had been working on including a life size drawing of her hanging on the wall! Love my babies!
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4th Grade School Pictures | Spring
4th Grade Art Work | Katie
Oh how I love getting their artwork home. This in particular was so cute!
Lacey Graduates!
Horse Show Number 2!
Well Katie ended up being the only one to compete in this horse show before a torrential down pour moved in to shut down the show. But she came out with a lot of ribbons! You will notice her warming up in the rain. And it rains during the poles too.
A Little Ferret Fun
Sweet Pony
Field Trip to the Capital! 5th Grade Katie
Our First Horse Show!
This was the girls first horse show. They were so excited. We were very proud of them. They both got ribbons which being their first show we expected it to be more of a practice. Katie got a blue ribbon (1st place) and a 5th and 6th. Hannah got two 3rd place ribbons and a 5th and 6th. The divisions included rider (equestrian), rider & horse (pleasure), horse only (under the saddle) and riding around poles (poles). I think the funniest part was in the car ride home when Katie announced “my horse did better than I did in the show!”. In her defense Ricky has probably done hundreds of shows were as this was Katie’s first. 😉
The Fun Run was Fun!
Hannah’s Chocolate Bunny Game
The Egg Wars!
Ok. So this really cracks me up. We have egg wars every year with our Easter eggs for the Champion egg. Something we always did when I was a kid. Most of the time it’s just between Katie and Hannah but last year Lacey joined the fun. This year Mema was in on it and I love these pictures!!! Cracks me up!
Easter is Here!
Visit with the Cousins & Mema’s 80th Bday
Bad Mommy: Dying Easter Eggs AGAIN
Well bad Mommy forgot to pack the Easter Eggs for the beach. It’s a struggle to remember every time we go because they are in the fridge and I never think that I might need something from the fridge. But it turned out pretty nice since our dye wasn’t that good this year and Mema, Aunt Vicki and Uncle Rick got to dye one too! And lastly Uncle Rick got them a hammock for the beach which you will see them enjoying at the end.
My Funny Hannah!
Hannah has gotten so awesome and posing for the camera this days. A long cry from the days of “The Hand” which was basically a whole year of her throwing her hand up in front of my camera. So I am LOVING this phase. Of course she’s become a notorious photobomber too! That’s where all this started. I was just trying to take a couple of shots of the rabbits and this is what I got. Love that girl!
Dying Easter Eggs!
April Fools!
This has always been one of our favorite holidays. We do love some Tom Foolery! I usually fool the kids with fake food i.e. meatloaf dressed up as a cupcake and pound cake that looks like a grilled cheese. But they know my tricks now so I had to step it up and try something new this year. AND we have never pulled anything on Daddy so we decided to get him too! This years tricks included this lovely sign on Daddy’s car on the way to work. Of course he got me back by texting me telling me he got pulled over for it. NOT. Then we had my balloon cupcakes that kind of flopped because the icing (whip cream) melted in the fridge. Next time I’ll use real icing. Hannah joked around with them anyway. We had jello instead of kool-aid which Hannah got suspicious when it wiggled so I think I got busted there. But I got Katie with the lizard in the mailbox and spider on the toilet paper. I have a few new things up my sleeve for next year so we’ll see!!! April
Costa Rica Baby!
I Can Put Myself to Bed | Hannah
Funny as mess… So H promised again that she would put herself to bed if she could stay up a little later. To which I told her if she didn’t this would be the last time she would be allowed to stay up late if she didn’t actually do it. So I’m laying in bed reading my book when I hear a little wrustling under my bed and I think Oh Lord the dogs in here. But then it goes quiet so I think maybe she’s not. Then I hear a little more wrustling and then I think oh Lord one of the ferrets have gotten out but I just really don’t want to go get it. And then it goes quiet so I think well it’s gone to sleep at least. Well I keep reading my book and then I hear a real wrustling and then I know there’s something under my bed. So I finally get out of bed and I look underneath and guess who is under there. Yes as you may have guessed it was H. Conked out underneath my bed. I had to pull her out by her feet, lift her up and then put her in my bed. She didn’t even wake up. Needless to say my back is not feeling so good this morning but I was cracking up none the less.
2015 Snow Days!
Katie funny comments
I ran into one of the girls at the barn where Katie and Hannah ride. She stopped me because she wanted to share with me something funny Katie had said to her. As they were cleaning out one of the stalls Katie asked her “have you ever heard of World War II?” To which the girl replied yes. Then Katie said “yeah that was a bad time for the Jews”. etty much the understatement of the year.
Hannah funny comments
So the girls have been out of school basically for two weeks due to snow and ice. I will have pictures to post shortly. But today was the first day they went back to school. Hannah as usual not wanting to go to school after such a long break fained a stomachache. To which she escalated sore throat and other various symptoms and said I was a horrible mother for sending her to school with the stomach bug. Then she told me they (by they she meant social services) should come and take her away because I was a bad mother for making her go to school. Just thought she might find this funny later on in life. Poor Katie felt bad for me and came into the kitchen to tell me that she really didn’t mean it. To which I replied I knew she did not mean it and not to worry my feelings were not hurt. Both of them are so cute and funny in their own ways.
Fun Flower Shoot
The girls every once in a while decide they want to create their own photoshoot props included. Here is their flower shoot. 🙂
2014 Family Video
Well I am very sad that my phone lost about 71 of my videos for the year but at least I have these… It’s much shorter than usual so for some of you that may be a blessing! ha ha! Here are my babies for this year!
Super Bowl and other fun
2013 Family Video: Short Version
2013 Family Video
Hannah-ism’s
H “There’s no sleeping in a sleep over so it’s just going to be an OVER!” So funny…