Swinging

I love this picture of my daughter just having such a great time at the park on Saturday. I also love that we captured her in mid-air.

Clouds Rolling In...

Today as we drove home I watched as dark clouds rolled by and dumped snow squalls. It would last for about five minutes and then the skies would be bright and sunny again as if nothing had ever happened.

Pretty House

This beautiful house always catches my attention when we drive through the city. It seems kind of out of place, even with some of the other pretty houses nearby.

Pretty Birds

We stopped in Petco tonight and the kids wanted to look at the birds. I personally hate birds, but these two parakeets were the prettiest colors I had ever seen. The picture does not do justice to how vibrant these birds were.

I'm Lovin' It!

The sickness continued in our lovely home today - with my daughter as the latest victim and myself on the verge. So instead of preparing a big meal we opted for McDonald's carry-out. Our local McDonald's has had crazy promotions all month long to premote the Grand Re-Opening. Today was 29 cent Hamburgers and 39 cent cheeseburgers. We took a couple of each!

E-I, E-I, O

My kids and I stopped at a local farm today and the goats were so funny because they all came running from where they were on the other side of the pen and just stared at us. Then this goose came up to the car and was honking and following us. We had to get in on the passenger side and pull away very slowly so we wouldn't run it over!

Sunset

I caught this view while I was making dinner tonight and thought it was too pretty to resist.

MOOO!

You can usually tell when I have traveled to playgroup because my pictures are of livestock. With the beautiful weather change we've had, I had many animal groupings to choose from along the way, but I really liked this little group of cows with the horse kind of on his own. Made me laugh a little.

Here Birdy!

A pair of birds have recently begun to hang out on our deck in the afternoon. They usually show up around lunch time. One flew away as I went to get the picture but this one stuck around long enough for her close-up! You have to look closely because she sort of blends in but she is on the corner just above the bell.

Bowling

We all went bowling today and got a nice picture of all of us together. M&K really had a fun time!

Happy Birthday Uncle!

Friday was my brother's birthday and we went out Saturday to celebrate. This would have been a nice picture except for the baby looking off to the side. It was taken on the Cracker Barrel rocking chairs before dinner.

Q Part 2!

My honey standing near the show card featuring Lucy the Slut from Avenue Q! We had so much fun!

Dentina!

This very scary young lady is Dentina. She was part of the display at a field trip my pre-schooler's class took to a health center today!

Avenue Q!!!!!!!!

My awesome husband surprised me with tickets to Avenue Q tonight. Never one to do anything without a production...he created this folder and had it in a box for me to open. He is so creative! It made my night and I can't wait to see the show!

Groundhog Day!

So it's become a tradition since moving here 3 years ago that the kids get up early with my husband and go see our local groundhog on Groundhog's Day. They do a little ceremony in the park and then give out tickets to a dinner for later that day. The kids love it! Here are they are on their way into dinner.

Hi there!

This is a scary guy I see sometimes when I am out & about. The family changes his clothes and messages periodically, but the skull face remains year round. I find it especially freaky when driving by at night. Weird!

Sunset

This is the view from a street close to home. It looked so pretty that I had to stop and take a picture. I love everything about it - the iced over field, the silo with the sunset behind it and the tall grass blowing in the wind.

Give Me Liberty...

This is the new trend around here. A year or two ago these Liberty Tax Service places started popping up and at tax time you will see someone dressed as the Statue of Liberty waving as cars go by. My kids think it's so funny. Today we got a man as Lady Liberty & he turned away just as I went to snap the picture. We still loved it though!

Branching Out

We had a winter storm over night and the first thing my son noticed during breakfast was how you could only see a little bit of the tiny trees growing along our property line. He thought that was pretty neat.

Hippity Hop

This is what the back of our public buses looks like. It is the Rabbit Transit system and many of the buses have tails. My sister didn't beleive me for the longest time and now it is an ongoing joke. Everytime we see one my daughter tells me I should take a picture for Aunt. So here it is!