My First Blogger Award

I'm so excited to announce that I got my first blogger award. It is the Great Attitude/Gratitude Award! Thank you Laurie! I love looking at her blog and watching Brock grow. It was so neat because we went through the first trimester of our pregnancies together.

So I am now passing this lovely award on to:

Kacee, Micah, Teresa, Angie, and Rachel

Here are the rules:

*Put the logo on your blog or post

*Nominate your favorite blogs which show Great Attitude and/or Gratitude!

*Be sure to link to your nominees within your post

*Let them know they have received this award by commenting on their blog

*Share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received your award

Happy Day of Love!

It feels like it's been forever since I've been on here. I have had the busiest 2 weeks! Kate is crawling AND she cut her first tooth! She continues to amaze me so much by what she can do everyday! Abby has had a busy 2 weeks too. We had a mommy and Abby night. We went and ate dinner at our favorite mexican resturant, Juans, and then we went and saw the Lippinzan horses. We had such a good time! It was a lot of fun just for the 2 of us to go out and have fun. We have decided to keep the puppy, Rebel. He is just too sweet and he keeps Dixie company. Dixie has not been digging holes anymore and we think that is due to the fact that she is too busy keeping up with Rebel and trying to hide her bones from him! ha

Abby had the 100th day of school the other day. It was a lot of fun to get ready for.

Valentines Day was a lot of fun too. Mom and dad came and got the girls Friday night. I made dinner, Pioneer Womans "meal of love" roasted garlic mashed potatoes, pan fried steak, and chocolate pie. It was all delish! Last year Michael and I started staying at home and eating dinner and then going to see a movie. I can't imagine life without our girls, but it is really nice to just sit, the 2 of us, and eat dinner at HOME. We went and saw Taken. If you want a good movie to see, this is the one to see. I drank to much coke and I had to use the restroom, but I didn't get up because I KNEW that I would miss something. It is soooo action packed! We had a wonderful evening. I am reminded, on this day of love, why it is that I love Michael so much. He is such a wonderful husband and father. He loves me and the girls so much. I am such a lucky girl and I know it!

For Valentines Day we thought we would take the girls out on a date. I thought we could go to Chick-Fil-A and have dinner, I thought "how crowded could it be on Valentine's Day?" ha ha ha ha!!!! They were having a candlelight dinner night there. It was VERY crowded, but it was a nice atmosphere. After dinner we were going to take Abby to the mall to go Glo-Golfing. Well...we get there and it was closed down. Abby had just been there 2 weeks ago! She was a little disappointed, but got over it when we told her we would go bowling next week!

I am very lucky to have such a wonderful family! I hope that everyone else had a good day as well!

Enjoy!

Here we are at the horse show! We had a lot of fun!


I had to throw in just a couple of pictures of the horses we saw. They were BEAUTIFUL and so well trained!!!

He is JUMPING!!! Abby loved this!

We saw Abby's best friend, Kate, from school.

What a poser!

OK...I found Dixie looking like this after Abby had gotten ahold of her!

Here is Abby on the 100th day of school. We made a 100th day t-shirt. I wrote 100 on it and she painted 100 dots on there while we counted outloud to 100. She is holding 100 kisses to share with her classmates.

Abby and Rebel...yes...I think we are keeping him...

Miss Kater-poo

Here is my little Valenine!

Michael and I got her Madagascar 2 for Valentine's Day. I guess you could say that she liked the gift!

Here is Kate eating her first Valentine's card she got in the mail from Grandma "Linker" Lankford.

She is opeing her present, but she looks very confused!

Miss Abby...she has this goofy smile when she smiles for the camera now! I tell her all the time to just smile!

Here is Kate with her "camera" that she got for Valentine's Day.

And finally...sisters...aren't they cute?

Puppy needs a home!

So today at school I was minding my own business, grading papers (this was about 3:25 after school) and then one of the teachers makes an announcement that there is a box of puppies at the school because someone dropped off a whole box of them. I was like "Ohhhh...I have to see what they look like." I went to go see and I almost started crying! They were adorable! There were 9 of them and they are so little! The guy who found them said that he was driving down the road when he noticed this box turned over and 2 puppies walking around it. He pulled over and looked inside and saw a bunch of eyes staring back at him! Can you imagine!??! How cruel for someone to leave these beautiful dogs! I held one of them and all of the teachers were like "you have to take him....he needs you!" They were all boys except for one of them. The one I had was a boy. Well....that's right....there is a puppy in my kitchen right now. Dixie, our other dog, cannot get over him! I think she scared the poor puppy, we are calling him Rebel, to death. I would have taken the whole box, but Michael is about to kill me for taking just one! I think this is the cutest dog, but I don't know if we will keep him. If anyone is interested in a cute little puppy let me know! I have no idea what kind of dog it is, but he is a cutie!
I also posted some pictures of the girls on our days off with the ice! We had a lot of fun!

Here's little "Rebel"!

Kate doesn't know what to think!

I went to get something and came back and found Kate doing this!

Dixie's ball was stuck in the ice!

Saturday...Girls Day

We had a lot of visitors today. Michael had to work ALL day so I was happy to have people over! My mom came over for a little bit this morning. After lunch and a nap my aunts Margie and Tami came over and also my cousin Laura. They brought Selah along with them. Margie's son, my cousin, Cory is Selah's dad. So I guess that makes Abby and Kate, Selah's 2nd cousin???? I'm not quite sure how that works. They stayed for a bit and we got the girls pictures together. They are about 4 months apart. Then Michael's parents came by and got Abby. Abby was going to spend the evening with them. So, it was just Kate and me! We ran to Target and then came back for a bottle. Later on, we went out to dinner with my parents and then we went back to Target! ha I love Target.

I also meant to tell everyone that Kate had her eye appointment yesterday to check on any problems from the JXG. Nothing wrong. Her eyes are perfect, as you can tell from her BIG blues in the pictures below! Let me just tell you though that trying to get a 7 month old to hold still while someone is trying to look through their dilated eyes is NOT very much fun! I'm just so very thankful that God has kept her healthy and safe! We are so very blessed and lucky!
"God is able to do immeasurably more than all we could ask or imagine." Ephesians 3:20

If you still haven't check out the pioneer woman's website...it's a must! I'm going to try out one of her pasta receipes next week. I'll let everyone know how it turns out!

This is what I saw when I walked into Kate's room after her nap! Isn't she precious. Wake up times are a favorite of mine.

"Kate" jump up

Love the smile!

This is the mound of hair that I wake up to every morning. Abby and I argue about 2 things...brushing her hair and brushing her hair some more. Oh the price we pay for long hair!

But then we make up after it's been combed!

Selah and Kate

Patty Cake!

Who is this Pioneer Woman???

So I was reading my friend's, Laurie, blog and she kept talking about this "pioneer woman". Everytime she would mention it I would just let out a laugh because it sounded soooo funny! So I was thinking "Who is this Pioneer Woman???". I scrolled down on Laurie's blog, which is what I should have done in the first place, and she gives the website. So I get on this thing and I'm hooked. This woman does it ALL!!! Her receipe's are AMAZING and her stories are a HOOT! She calls her husand "Marlboro Man" and it cracks me up. She tells the story of how they met. If you get a chance you have got to check out her website http://thepioneerwoman.com/. The girls have been in bed since 8:00 and Michael checked in early so I have been on there reading and reading for the past couple of hours. You have to check it out because she is hysterical!

LOST and Chicken Tacos

O.K....I'm a HUGE fan of Lost! Tonight was the premiere and I was soooo looking forward to it all day. At dinner Michael and I were discussing possible things that could happen. I was telling him my theory on how the island will be going back in time (thanks to Jenny). Well...he thought I was cRaZy! If any of you saw the show tonight, then you know who was right! ha I love the show and I love how it makes me go hummm..... I also made a new receipe tonight...chicken tacos. I found this on the internet. I wanted to make something in the crockpot for tonight and this was super easy.
Put a can of chicken broth and a package of taco seasoning in the crockpot. Mix it together. Add your thawed chicken (however much you want...I used 2 BIG pieces of chicken breasts for Michael, Abby and me) I put mine in at 7:30 this morning and left it on low. When I got home around 4:00 I pulled the chicken apart (with 2 forks) and let it continue to cook until we ate. We ate it on soft taco shells with all of the fix ins! This is a new favorite. When we were eating Abby patted me on the arm and said Momma this is so good I think I'll have another. She is so funny. So in all we had a very eventful night. LOST and Chicken Tacos....what a great Wednesday!

Stressful Weekend!

I've been meaning to get on here and post the lastest on Kate, but I haven't had a chance. On Monday we got a call from the dermatologist. She said that they got the results back on the tumor they removed from Kate's arm. She said that it was JXG. I was upset when I heard, but the doctor didn't seem very concerned. She sent an order to get blood work done (JXG can be the result of some frightening things) and told us to keep the eye appointment that we already have scheduled. So...on Friday we went to the doctor's office and they had to take blood from Kate's arm. I hate having to put Kate through all of this. It's no fun having to keep holding your child down while people cut stuff off of her arm and draw blood out. Michael couldn't get off of work so mom came with me. While they were trying to put the needle in I was down kissing Kate and talking to her. I looked over to see if it was over and they hadn't even gotten any blood out!!! They said her veins kept rolling and they couldn't get the needle in. Finally....the got the needle in and they got the blood. Since it was Friday they wouldn't get the blood work back until Monday (today). It was a very LONG weekend waiting for the blood test. For those of you who know me well know that I research EVERYTHING. The more I kept reading about JXG on the internet, the more I kept crying. Michael told me to quit reading stuff about it and that everything would be fine. So...this morning we get the call from the doctor. Everything came back normal and healthy! Praise the Lord! I feel that a huge weight has been lifted. We have the eye appointment at the end of the month, but I'm not to concerned about that.

I am enjoying my day off with my family and I am looking forward to a 4 day work week!

Here are some new pictures of the girls.

Kate LOVES her Jenny Jump Up!

I had to grab my camera when I saw this. She couldn't put her arms down!

Abby was so proud of her puzzle she put together!

Abby's Ballet Class

Abby's ballet class always has a "Visitor's Night." I got to go in and see her with her class. She is quite the little dancer. She loves ballet. Her love for it grew even stronger when she had her ballet recital last year. Last year they put on "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." Her little class were squirrels. She LOVED getting up on the stage to perform. This year they will be doing "Beauty and the Beast." Her ballet and tap class will be "flowers in the royal garden." The neat thing about her ballet class is that her teacher, Mrs. Penny, was one of my ballet teachers when I was younger. I hope that Abby continues to love dance because it is so much fun watching her!

I tried FOREVER to rotate this video. I've had to rotate videos before and for some reason I can't figure out how to rotate this one. If you don't get a crick in your neck....Abby's the one in the skirt!