I'm sad this morning....

Not really sad, but more aware today than yesterday. As a stay at home I desperately take my children for granted. They are precious and looking through pictures and watching them sleep at night reminds me of how precious they are. Many times throughout the day I wring my hands in frustration with 2 precious 2 year olds who mangage to tear my house apart just looking for self expression and a way to exercise some independence.

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I read this blog this morning passed to me from another internet friend. It made me sad and my heart just break for this family, but more than that it made me appreciate my sweethearts more than ever. Maybe during the day I will think about this poor family and what they have lost and it will help me and other appreciate the spilled milk, torn apart closets, crayon colored on walls, and potty training accidents more. I hope it does the same for everyone else that reads what this family has gone through.

One of my all time favorite pictures of my sweeties!

This is a story, a story of a girl and her pig......

I hate to have a post that is primarily about one girl and not about the other, so I will post of a picture of Sarah too, but this one is primarily about Molly and her "piggy". Daddy growing up in KY loves the Tractor Supply, where the 4H boys in high school apparently hung out on a daily basis...just kidding, love you daddy. Anyway, we love the tractor supply, but the girls and I love it for a different reason than Brian. They have the most fabulous animals, tractors, trucks, cars, buses, fire engines.....that do NOTHING!! I was trying to distract the girls on a recent visit w/ the animals and I thought they wouldn't go for it because none of the stuff does anything other than just.....well NOTHING. In our fast paced society where every toy requires batteries and little girls have EVERY toy ever invented, I didn't think the immobile animals at TSC had a chance. They went nuts....I guess because there were SOOOO many to look at. Our first trip we bought matching horses and school buses. Then on our second trip (last week) they each got to pick out something special to them. Sarah picked a baby elephant and Molly a baby pig. Brian and I thought surely it would last a couple of hours and disappear like every other toy in our house.....if we ever move (which I hope we do not), I expect to find hidden toys somewhere. I am a pretty thorough cleaner so I don't know where they are going to be, but they have to be somewhere.

Anyway, back to the story of "piggy". Who now is a beloved member of our family. Right now he is in his car seat out in my Jeep, but I am sure first thing in the morning Molly will remember that he is not with her and I will have to go out and get him. Here are some pictures showing the life of "piggy", our newest and smallest family member.

Molly and Piggy eating lunch

Molly, Sarah and Piggy playing peek a boo in the corn plant

Molly and Piggy ridding the horsey (notice piggy in her left pocket)

Finally, Molly and Piggy sleeping....tired, tired Piggy

Oh, and let's not forget Molly's new "bracelet/ponytail holder" that she has been wearing for 2 days

And here is a picture of my sweet Sarah eating cheese dip and refusing to have her picture taken, my sweet Sarah, AKA: Little Jamie, AKA: Bossy, AKA: the bad hair girl. Poor thing! Her daddy said this picture sums up my angel better than any other! Poor thing!

When 2 year olds don't want to sleep.....

Eric and Rebecca posted recently what happens when 14 month olds don't want to sleep. Well, I wanted to post what happens when twin two year olds don't want to sleep.



The girls were asleep....or so we thought. Then I heard a bump or something in their bedroom and asummed it was Molly, our night owl. Then I opened the door and this is what I found....

Between the two of them, they had removed EVERY single book off the shelf and brought them across the room to the pallet we made on the floor for them to sleep on. For some reason here lately sleeping in the floor is WAY better than the bed. I can't believe I didn't take a picture of the sad looking empty bookshelf. I quickly closed the door, grabbed the camera, and called Brian in for a good laugh. He opened the door and all he could say was...."at least they weren't crying, trying to go to sleep".

I want to blame this incident on Julie...she told me at VBS this week that I wasn't doing very good at keeping up my blog. I told her they apparently aren't doing anything worthy of picture taking except going to the zoo. She said it was no excuse...I think she sent me some bad vibes that encouraged these Kodak moments....so.....thanks Julie :)

Oh me....here are some more pictures from our criminals, caught, with the evidence EVERYWHERE!!!

The Usual Suspects!!!!

More incriminating evidence

We are going to the zoo........again!

We love the zoo! The animals, and riding in our "car", cousin Jake, the carousel. I mean really, what isn't to like! We went to the zoo over Memorial Day weekend and we had such a good time, as usual. I think their favorite is still the polar bears and the sea lions, just because they can see them inside and it is almost like they are still. Or maybe Brian is right and they are my favorite because of the air conditioning....could be!

Enjoy our new pictures of us at the zoo wearing our red, white, and blue in honor of Memorial Day. Thanks for visiting with us again, and thanks for those of you that leave comments to let us know you enjoy looking at our pictures!!

Riding with cousin Jake in our "car" which is WAYYYYYY cooler than a regular stroller.

It looks like we are looking at nothing, but we are really looking at the giraffes....we love them too.

Watching the sea lions with Uncle Colby, Jake, and Joy. They are so much fun! Look at me daddy, I am riding the carousel and not crying....yeah!

Cousin Jake loves Yaya the panda bear.

Just cooling off after a LONG morning at the zoo, but we will be back!

Welcome to Summertime!

We were in Ky visiting this past weekend and Brian and I decided the girl's needed a pool. Well since we don't have Classic Pools and Spa on speed dial, we bought a cheap blow up one from Walmart. We got it home, filled it up, and the girls took it for a test drive. Who knew they would enjoy it as much as they have.

The initial shock of the cooooooooolllllllllllllllllddddddd water.



Having fun putting the water outside the pool, rather than in.



Look at me in the water, daddy!

Molly, lounging pool side.

Her future is so bright, she's gotta wear shades.

Sarah makes this look good!

Happy birthday and Easter, Kentucky Style!

We finally got to celebrate the girls Birthday, Easter weekend. We went to KY to visit Brian's family and have a birthday party there. We had such a good time! We had a birthday party Saturday night and then went to church w/ Meme, Pepaw, Uncle Jamie, Sarah, Cousins Taz and Danielle. Then after that we got to go to Nanny Jean's house and have dinner w/ the Travelstead (Brian's Aunt Teresa's family) and Papa Carl. Then Aunt Teresa and Nanny did an Easter egg hunt for us in Nanny's front yard. It was FUN!!!! It really wasn't a hunt as much as it was an obvious see and pick up.....but they REALLY enjoyed it, and we enjoyed watching them! Enjoy the new pictures, sorry I am so long posting!

Cool cake!

Yummmmmmy Cake!

We think Cousin Danielle is the greatest! She is so sweet to us!

Uncle Jamie was "helping" open presents

Cousin Taz killed his very first Turkey Easter morning.

We looked pretty in our Easter dresses from Grandma, but we DID NOT want our pictures taken

Pictures of the great hunt...

Happy Birthday.....or not!

Poor little birthday girls. They were so looking forward to their birthday and their birthday party (or at least mom and dad were). Then the sick bug got them. Molly went to the dr. last Monday feeling really crummy and we left with an antibiotic for an ear infection. By Thursday they were both running fever, running noses, and had BAD attitudes. By Friday morning (birthday morning) they were feeling really bad and so was mom, so we loaded up and went to the dr. He said a virus, contagious and there was nothing that could be done. His recommendation - issolation and bed rest (good luck with the bedrest portion). So we had to cancel the girl's party. By Sunday mom was feeling REALLY bad and poor Sarah had green snot and fever. Our very sweet Dr. Rouse called in a prescription so we didn't have to go BACK to the doctors office again. Everyone seems to be getting over it, but it made for a not so happy birthday. Tonight Grandma and Grandpa are coming over for a birthday dinner and then this weekend our sweet Meme is throwing us a belated birthday party for with our KY family. Here are some Happy Birthday....or not pictures.....

Our Mickey Happy Birthday Cakes!

Yummmmmmm, birthday cake.

Ms. I didn't want to get my hands dirty.

Wow.....our very own 4 Wheelers!

Opening presents from Uncle Josh.

Molly LOVES ripping the paper off.