Yay! Cousins again!

Addyson and Cassidy "babysitting". Believe it or not, Claire started crying shortly after this picture was taken...

I'm the baby!

I love this picture. She was so sleepy and content. Isn't she delicious?

She is so squeezable.

Emma and Addyson. Emma was trying to be maternal...unfortunately for her that means bossy, So nobody really wants Emma to mother them!

I think this is probably the first time Emma got to hold Claire

Emma spent way more time looking at the TV than she did trying to make Claire happy. (If you notice, Claire was ticked off) I think Emma was probably trying to stick the paci up her nose or something! Doesn't Emma look smug, like "I'm am such an adult".

Goodbye kisses! It's so cute, they love each other!

Courtney

Emma asks me all the time, "Why did you have to name me Emma?" I give her the usual answers:
-you were named after your great-great grandma Emma...
-your dad and I liked the name...
-JUST BECAUSE, Dang it, its your name and you cant change it!

Anyways, the other night we are driving home and Emma starts in about her name again. Only this time she is ready, she says "From now on I will only answer to Courtney" I say, "I'm sorry Emma, you CANNOT change your name" which leads to "yes I can and call me COURTNEY!" I try to explain that it takes more than answering to another name and writing your new name on school papers to change a name. She just doesn't get it!

So the next day, I posted something on facebook about Emma/Courtney. Her teacher sees this and comes up with a plan to ask her about it in class. After school she comes up to me and tells me that she tried to call on someone named Courtney. Emma pipes up and says, "There is someone in High School named Courtney but no one in this class, Mrs. Rusk" So Emily, seeing that Emma wasn't going to fall into a trap that way, asks her later what name she would pick if she could change her name. Emma at first is confused, "What do you mean". Emily tries again, "If you could pick one name that you wanted to change your name to, what would you pick?"

Emma says, "Courtney!" So Emily asks her why. Emma's answer...

"I get so bored being Emma...Courtney would never be bored!"

More Randomness

I was going through my phone and found these lost pictures...

Cassidy thought Brody should drink out of the bottle too. She couldn't get it through her head that Baby Ava was sleeping and would not be wanting to drink out of her bottle. I figured she would try to drink out of it but she didn't.

Wow! What more can I say. Rayne did Emma's hair...can you tell?

This is a picture of the peppers we picked out of Cindy's garden. I just thought it made a cool picture.

Emma's T-Ball team at her pizza party with their "trophies". Emma was the only girl! (Scary, I know!)

25 revelations about myself

25. I have come to the realization that I am a sad, sad, little person


(and just when I thought that I was on my way to normal...the phone conversation with my sister just proved this right again! But we are definitely not going into that...)

Random

Highlight the ones you've done....for fun!

1. Started your own blog.2. Slept under the stars.3. Played in a band.4. Visited Hawaii.5. Watched a meteor shower.6. Given more than you can afford to charity.7. Been to Disneyworld.8. Climbed a mountain.9. Held a praying mantis.10. Sang a solo.11. Bungee jumped.12. Visited Paris.13. Watched a lightning storm at sea.14. Taught yourself an art from scratch.15. Adopted a child.16. Had food poisoning.17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty.18. Grown your own vegetables.19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France.20. Slept on an overnight train.21. Had a pillow fight.22. Hitch hiked.23. Taken a sick day when you're not sick.24. Built a snow fort.25. Held a lamb.26. Gone skinny dipping. 27. Run a marathon.28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice.29. Seen a total eclipse.30. Watched a sunrise or sunset.31. Hit a home run. 32. Been on a cruise.33. Seen Niagara Falls in person.34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors.35. Seen an Amish community.36. Taught your self a new language.37. Had enough money to truly be satisfied.38. Seen the leaning tower of Pisa in person.39. Gone rock climbing.40. Seen Michelangelo's David.41. Sung karaoke.42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt.43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant.44. Visited Africa.45. Walked on a beach by moonlight.46. Been transported in an ambulance.47. Had your portrait painted.48. Gone deep sea fishing.49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person.50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling.52. Kissed in the rain.53. Played in the mud.54. Gone to a drive-in theater.55. Been in a movie.56. Visited the Great Wall of China.57. Started a business.58. Taken a martial arts class. 59. Visited Russia.60. Served in a soup kitchen.61. Sold Girl Scout cookies.62. Gone whale watching.63. Gotten flowers for no reason.64. Donated blood, platelets, or plasma.65. Gone sky diving.66. Visited a Nazi concentration camp.67. Bounced a check. 68. Flown in a helicopter.69. Saved a favorite childhood toy.70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial.71. Eaten caviar.72. Pieced a quilt.73. Stood in Times Square.74. Toured the Everglades.75. Been fired from a job.76. Seen the changing of the guards in London.77. Broken a bone.78. Been on a speeding motorcycle.79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person.80. Published a book.81. Been to the Vatican.82. Bought a brand new car.83. Walked in Jerusalem.84. Had your picture in the paper.85. Read the entire Bible.86. Visited the White House.87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating.88. Had the chickenpox.89. Saved someone's life.90. Sat on a jury.91. Met someone famous.92. Joined a book club.93. Lost a loved one.94. Had a baby.95. Seen the Alamo in person.96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake.97. Been involved in a lawsuit.98. Owned a cell phone.99. Been stung by a bee.100. Read an entire book in one day.

25 revelations about myself

24. Some days I don’t give a crap and some times I care a lot.

Yes, its true...I'm sorry. You have no idea how difficult it is to be contradictory with yourself!


(on the bright side...you will only have to read one more of these...)

Trick or Treat!

The Ballerina and the Bee


Cassidy was more interested in taking candy OUT of the bag than she was in putting it IN the bag.

It took a little convincing to make Emma believe that ballerina's do not HAVE to wear tiara's. We compromised with tons of glitter spray.


A few other costumes we seen on Halloween!

Cowboy and Cowgirl...aren't they cute together!

My personal favorite.

Freddie Kruger

Cassidy was absolutely, positively, terrified of this thing! She couldn't even be in the same room as the mask...or the hands! Even if they were laying down somewhere.

A close 2nd favorite of the night!

Uncle Eddie

(believe me, it takes work to be able to walk and be decent at the same time when you are wearing shorts that short!)

Scarecrow

For some reason my pictures from the shed turned out very blurry. Could be because I was taking them on my phone...

Cousins

Pictures from this weekend. They are always so happy to see each other!

Cassidy and Addyson. They are 5 months apart and actually play really well together. I was a little nervous because Cassidy has never actually played with anyone close to her age.

Baby Claire. We got to see her for the first time! Isn't she squeezable!

Cassidy loved Claire. And amazingly enough she was relatively gentle!

She would put the pacifier in, and then take it out...in and then out...Poor Claire was losing patience fast! Isn't Boog cute with her though?

An updated picture of the big kids on the tractor. It's tradition!

All the kids

Another group picture. In order of age, Sydney, Emma, Peyton, Addyson, Cassidy, and Claire.

Cheese!

Cassidy and Addy destroying flowers.

Just think, next year this picture will be a little bigger. So exciting!

Good bye kisses...