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My Alex. He calls me his Trish. I belong to him now.  I hope the husband doesn't mind. Love love love Alex!

The girl loves her baby that Nana P got for her. Hugs it and says Awww.  Makes us say aww, for sure. *sorry for the craptastic quality, phone camera's not that great in low light*

Grab the Kleenex

I love them all but 1/2 of them gave me whatever poopie crap they had. And by poopie crap, I don't mean issues with that exit area. They gave me a froggy voice and cloudy head. Topped off with congestion all up in the head. Awesome! Thanks kiddos! Good thing I love ya.

Why can't I sleep like this? All sorts of comfy. Arms spread out, relaxed, not twitching in pain. With a purple elephant whispering loves in my ear. Hope she enjoys it. Her brother and sister will wake her soon enough.

Totally jacked this from a facebook album but OMG! Look at them! Awesome!!

Not the best photo (um duh?) but she loves her big brother so much and he? He thinks she is the best. 

Why is it that we can't leave the hotel (any hotel) in  a good mood? It seems that every single time we go somewhere over night, we have a great time while we're there but when it comes to leaving the hotel? Never a good ending. We had a great time at Mandy's wedding this weekend. The girls were great in their role as flower girls. Matt and Mandy got married at the top of the little hill leading to the barn and the guests all sat on hay bales. It was a great ceremony and there were no major meltdowns. Not from my batch of children at least. Wishing well at the farm The reception (or respetion as Baby Girl calls it) was great. The kids got to do a scavenger hunt and though they thought there was a prize at the end of it all, alas, there was not. Not a single person knew what the hell they were talking about, especially the children themselves. The kids did the Chicken Dance (banned at my wedding) and we all did the Hokey Pokey. Baby Girl fell in love with the kitties....

What an amazing weekend.....  Congrats to Matt and Mandy!! (more pictures coming soon!)

A Love Story (albeit a one sided love story in the end but still...) It all started with him. An innocent farm cat. Minding his own business.  This cute thing (my niece) comes along and poof! Instant friends. Inseparable. They frolicked in the driveway. He, loving on her. She, showing the love back. He started to pull away. Wanting his freedom. Needing to run amok on the farm. He's a free spirit, this one. Doesn't want to be tied down to one lady friend. So she watches. From a distance. This is how she was for the next 1/2 hour. On the way back to the hotel, she cried. The entire 8 miles. Was she sad that she isn't in the wedding? Was she sad she didn't get a gift? Did she want to bring the farm kitty home? No. No to all of the above. This precious girl that I love more and more every time I see her was crying for one simple reason. She just loves that kitty so much. Nothing else. Just the love in her heart. If that doesn't touch your heart then yo...