Sweet Face

She is just so cute.

New Camera

Mom gave me this super cool canon rebel camera. The shutter speed is awesome.

Mom spent the day with us last week, I slept, she played with Kennedy, Kass got out of school early, we both got perms, (my hair is really hard to perm and the best perm I ever has was when I was prego with Kass, so we thought we should take advantage) Anyway, Kass got her first perm, mom said she complained less than I did

( I think she was nicer to Kass)

Thanks for the great hair Mom, your the best.

Before.......After

Sister has me Stylin. I Finally got some Idaho potato's, dirt and all!!!!!


Kass is getting into the feeding game. Kassidy and Miranda are up to something???? They look pretty guilty to me.

Seriously Dad, put these on me.... I could crawl if only I could get this belly off of the ground.

We are so close to holding a bottle,,,,, so close

Kennedy and our caseworker Marisa. We love her.

Calf Boy

Travis is a big dude, but is he really this big????

See if you can figure out whats up with this picture!!!!

These are miniature angus beef cows, apparently they give you lots of beef for not much feed.

Nausea

Well, we have reached the coveted 12 week mark with the pregnancy. Hopefully, this little tike will stay put for 28 more weeks. ( it needs to not be born before Easter which is on the 12th of April). I was taking paperwork for the adoption to the doctors office the other day and it occured to me that I can schedule Kennedy's 1 year appointment at the same time as the baby's 2 week. Well, at least its a time saver.

My body is not sure how to handle this eating thing. Do I eat at midnight, well, yes if I am at work, not so much if I am in bed. So basically, I am nauseated too often, I have lost 10 pounds, none of my cloths fit and I can't buy new ones because I will be all tummy in a few weeks.... Frustrating. My blood pressure is in the toilet- thanks grandma- and nothing - I mean NOTHING tastes good. Not even salsa and, if you know me at all, you know thats a problem!!!

Kennedy is rolling over pretty consistently, she acts like she wants to crawl, if she could get her belly off of the ground, she would be outta there.

Travis didn't get the Forest Service job, he was a little bummed but his boss was really happy!! He played cowboy all week last week. I call the "range" where he goes and rides, his mistress. He is always so happy there. He is liking his roan horse better since he has been riding him so much this year, he is a sweet horse, I am glad he is working out. He will never be a Hancock, but, he is close.

Kassidy is enjoying school. her new thing is to draw bugs, I will post one next week. She must get her artistic talent from my mom, she is just a natural. Unfortunately, she draws while she should be doing other stuff!!! Oh well. lessons to learn I guess.

More Pictures, Go Figure

Daddy's Girls. Grandma Karen and Kennedy

Grandma Phyllis. Kassidy and Kennedy

Cousin fun, Gage and Kylee with Kennedy. Kassidy. She is too Pretty

We did it

Last night we paid off our last debt (except the house which is next). We are very excited to finally be debt free. it feels so good not to owe money to anyone but countrywide!!!! Thank you Dave Ramsey.

Disaster and updates

Well, accidents happen and if your not prepared, they can cause a lot of heart ache. Like when your husband is mopping the floor and accidentally knocks the laptop onto the tile floor and the pictures haven't been backed up for a month, (which means I potentially lost 300 pictures). So, the computer guy has the computer- which is totally broken, trying to save my files. The lesson has been learned, I will back up to the external hard drive weekly. I swear.

Night shift is going well. The drive home is a little scary sometimes, but I am sleeping OK. Travis is not a big fan since he has to get the girls ready for bed and get them up in the mornings. I love having more time at home. I might actually get caught up on my laundry!!!

Kass has a stomach flu, she came home early from school today and promptly threw up at the bottom of my bed, then slept for 3 hours. Luckily, her asthma has not yet been effected. She called me crying because daddy's cuddles aren't as good as mine and she wanted me home. that's always the hardest part of working. Choices I guess. I think its good for her to spend the time with her daddy and sister.

Nativity

The Nativity- There is a great story behind this, please forgive my tears that you can't see.

About 30 years ago, my mom painted a nativity scene for My Grandma. (my dad's mom, the one I lost in November) It is a part of every Christmas memory I have of my Grandma. It was always displayed during the holidays. It was glazed and had an iradecent shine to it. It was so precious.

When my grandma died, I was told that it had been promised to my cousin because Grandma thought that mom had made one for my sister and I. I was on a quest. I called several ceramic shops and inquired about the scene. No one had one like it. SO one day, We went and took pictures of Grandmas set then headed to a little ceramic shop about 5 miles from where I grew up. The lady that owns it was headed out of town, but she had stopped by the shop for a little while. I described the nativity scene to her. She said that the year before, she had aquired some molds from a lady that had a ceramic shop in the area. She invited me to walk back and look at what she had. I walked to the back of her shop, and there on her shelf was THE nativity. I cried. It was a miricale. The mold was over 30 years old but there it was, the exact nativity from my childhood. I was sooo excited. I bought a set for myself and one for my sister. Now, 10 months later, I have it completed. It is proudly displayed on my piano- even though it is September, I don't care, Its beautiful, its message is powerful, the memories are sweet, and I will pass the memory to my children (and I will make them one each so there's no fighting when I kill over).

The birth of the Savior, I wish I could remember how glorious it was. For now, I will just imagine.

You can't see it, but it has a pearl finish. IT s just beautiful, but yes, I am biased.

Confession

I have a confession. I am addicted to pictures. Its an illness I know. I don't think that they have found a cure for it yet though. I backed up my hard drive the other day.......27 gigs of pictures, roughly 15,000 files. Travis said that you can watch the kids grow up- day by day. I have them backed up on 2 computers and and external hard drive. Curse the invention of the digital camera. I am afraid that the disease is contagious. Some of the best pictures that I have are ones that Kassidy has taken. She earned a bunch of money and we offered to pay for half, so now she has her very own camera so that she can get her fix too. Kennedy is already eyeing my camera- I guess I will just have to upgrade (again). Someday, I will take less pictures, but until then, I will watch my babies grow up, one picture at a time.

I think that Kennedy Loves her sister. She gets so excited when ever she hears her voice. Kassidy gave her her first piggy back ride, with a little help from Daddy.

I had to take a picture, Kennedy was wrapping her arm around her sister and was all jealous because Kass got to eat regular food and all she gets is rice cereal, BORING.

Papa and Nana love

We got to head south and meet Nana and Papa for lunch, the girls had a great time.

Kassidy manopilized her Papa and Kennedy had Nana head over heels.

Halloween

OK so its 2 months away- but she's so dang cute- Kass and Mir needed in on the action.

Kass and her daddy

Kennedy, Kassidy and Great Grandma Jones

Riding a bike - finally

I don't know who was more excited- or nervous. The dirt road thing has not helped with the bike riding thing. But, Finally, Success