Cowboy Clay....

When he was 2!

My Little Mice

Staying warm!

Toots gets new boots...

New used ones anyway...and is she ever  happy.  

Remember doing that when you were little?  You just couldn't stop looking at your new boots?

Don't ask me what she is wearing, I don't know.

   She is the fact checker.  Keeping everyone in reality.

 Here they are, dancing again, in the sun.  Hattie's is dressing like a rock star these days.  

New Looks for 2012

Beaded pipe cleaners as headbands, who new.  Ruby loves to spend her time making these.  She has amazing focus for someone who is just 2!  And then they dance!  Where do they get this stuff?

This look will go down in history as adorable!

Crazy Daisies (pictures and outfits by Ivy)

Ruby really loves polka-dots (her word for hot-dogs) these days.  She wants to eat a polka-dot.

The legos in her hands? Yes, that's her cell phone.

Man, she acts just like me...

Bet you didn't know picking your nose could look so cool....

Full moon over Georgia

Paris pajamas?

 This is the norm around here.  Are they not just awesome little things?  How did we get so lucky to have these little rays of sunshine in our lives?  I had to share.

These are old pics from Christmas past

December 2009 in New Mexico

Dec. 06 Texas

Dec 08 TX

Dec 07 TX

2010 is missing on my computer!!!!  Hope to get one for this year done this weekend.  I guess from 02-05 I had no digital camera.  What a loser!

I should be cleaning, but....

These are from May 2008

Clay, when he was three.  This was when we used to go to the barber for hair cuts.  Nice hair!



I remember this one!  Ivy was pushing spring to come a little early that year. (May 08)



Oh Mighty Hunters!



Check out this get up! Oh and he never used to have his boots on the right feet. So cute.



Some of the boys!  Stran, Uncle Shawn, and Buzz Lightyear!



Daddy, do you remember this swingset uh amm?  Our old house, I loved that back yard...



Clay-bobber!

Sleeping beauty!  This chair is for sale by the way!  The man is not :)!!!

Blast from the past!  My laptop is fixed, so I haven't used it for 3 years, and I found some pictures on it.  Some irrisistable pictures!

Hattie Cakes and computer crashes

Something else!

Quite relaxed with the camera.

Porcelain complexion 

So, my computer is over.  The tower died.  Who new?  I guess we should bury it.  I am still waiting to see if they can recover my pics and info.  Sigh.  I had even purchased a zip drive to save everything on, but it was bent so it would not even plug in.  Baby pictures of Hattie.  I am happy I started this blog.  At least I have some pics.  Its like a fire.  Oh well, maybe they can get them.  Meanwhile my kids are pretending to be dogs and drinking milk from bowls on the floor.  Ivy says at least its not the bowl the dogs were drinking their milk from.  I was feeling sweet and both the puppies were allowed to come in and play babies this morning.  Time for school, also a huge pile of laundry awaits folding.  A very huge pile.

Thank God Your a Country Boy

I do thank God you are a country boy,

 and that you can go with dad

and work together.

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From my parent's farm....

This is from last year when we went to their farm to learn how to compost for a field trip.  Cousins and friends! Where was Hattie?

This is Millie.  She just had a baby bull.  I had my fingers crossed for a girl so I could get a milk cow.  She only likes my dad.  Her baby is Earl.  I haven't got to see him yet.

This coop is so pretty it needs to be in a magazine.  Its a chicken tractor, see the skids?  My parents built it.  My MIL has a really pretty coop too.  My coop is sorta ghetto compared to theirs.

Mom's front yard.  She gives me lots of plants.  We are going up there next week.  Its obviously not going to be this green--too bad.

A tidy enough garden you think?

She does all lasagna gardening and raised beds.

Ruby's big night....

RUBY TURNS 2 AND JUPITER IS SPOTTED!

Mr. Clayborn Norman--so sophisticated

I am so in love with this little girl.

She was DELIGHTED to have a birthday party, just delighted.

Daddy had to help get those candles blown out...

What fun neighbors and family we have.  Thanks for coming ya'll.

Party kids.

Yes I am cute.

That's so interesting Roger Coy, really do you thinks so?  (P.S I need to post Roger Coy's "squishy face.")

A new kitty, the best kind.

Some dads getting all high on caffeine.  Nice red eyes Jason.

Enjoying all her presents.  The AquaDoodle rocks!  Maybe she will now stop coloring on walls.  Not long after the party was over she was secretly pouring a glass of water on it.

Nothing like a picture of moms eating.  We were having a good time. 

What we ate:
This was a sorta last minute-ish party, but it was fun.  It was cooking weather, so we made leg of lamb with mint sauce, potatoes, broccoli and rice, baked beans, Pioneer Woman's corn salad, raspberry punch, chocolate sheet cake, cup cakes, and dinner rolls.  (Yes that is a lot of starches, I did not grocery shop for this dinner.)  No cooking for a few days!  I love cooking for crowds.

What we wore:
Ruby was so funny in her new dress, I just wanted to squeeze her.  She was sweet to share her new baby with her sister.  Highlight was the singing Minnie Mouse card from auntie.  Ruby was looking for Minnie in it.  

What we did:
Kicking. Screaming.  Visiting.  Laughing.  Eating
Does it get better than this in  a Sunday evening in November?

I think our house was at full capacity.  It just doesn't fit very many people well.  You have to come in sit down and not move, or you might be stepping on someone.