My sweet horseless cowgirl....

Han is a cowgirl through and through. She longs for a place in the country where she can have a kitty and a horse (and probably every other animal found in the ark!) This past week a friend from work took the twins to give me a little break. They really enjoyed getting to ride the horses and play on a farm! Thank you, Ronda!!

No words necessary....

Let's just say that if you had thoughts of storming our castle, you might want to think again!!

Meeting the Princesses

The highlight of Han's first trip to Disneyland was meeting the princesses (well Space Mountain was a big hit too, but that's another post!). She met three of them. I'm not sure where the others were.... maybe in their castles enjoying the peace, quite and ac!!

Here's Han telling Cinderella that Sleeping Beauty is actually her favorite princess. Ol' Cind took it pretty well, and told Han that they had matching hair.

Finally meeting Sleeping Beauty.

They had a lot of catching up to do!!

Little Mother Hen

Han came to me this morning and used this lead in, "Mom, I'm not trying to be Hud's mom, and I'm not going to be a tattle tale, but I want to tell you something....." She then proceeded to tell me that Hud had done something she thought I should give attention to.

Hud has always loved a good place to sleep!

Hud has always been a great sleeper! When he was still in a crib, he'd grab his blankie and go stand by it holding on to rails until I would come put him down for a nap.

He was so excited to see this bed in the Pottery Barn store!

A trip to the mall

We took the cousins to the mall one afternoon to avoid the heat. They have a really great little play area that the kids loved.

Fun day at the pool!

Hud and Russ

Here's my sister, Jana and niece, Kaylee.

Uncle Josh with the cousins.

We were in CA during a heat wave, so the pool always felt so good!!!! Hudson even learned to swim on this vacation!

My best friend Rachel

Rachel has been one of my dearest friends since our freshman year of college. She and a talk so much when we get together that our cheeks hurt!

Our Little Mermaid Princess

We did a lot of swimming on our vacation!

Coronado Beach

Remind you of Bay Watch?

We just returned from a great vacation to California. Our first stop was San Diego where we visited my best friend from college. We had a great, but too short visit with Rachel and her family. The best part was Coronado Beach!!!

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Christmas Kisses

I came across some cute Christmas pics, and realized I hadn't blogged our Christmas. It was a bit crazy.... I worked the 26th and 27th, then we headed down to New Mexico. From there Russ and I went to Turkey for 10 days, and it took quite a while for me to catch up around the house after being gone for 3 weeks. Hence, my failure to document our celebration. Here's two of my favorite pics of the kids in front of the tree.

In case of a tornado....

Find shelter in the basement... in the middle of your home...away from windows....

Friday, forecasters were warning of a severe storm coming through with conditions that could produce many tornadoes. We were all downstairs watching the news and the kids were asking questions about safety. I explained that if the sirens went off, we'd go to the bathroom and wait until it was safe. Awhile later, I went in to find our shower ready in case of a crisis. This apparently, ladies and gentlemen, is the loot that Han decided she and Hud shouldn't live without. (Mostly trucks and toy horses)

The storm did produce over 30 tornadoes and we were blessed and grateful that none came our way.

Hud's the best!

I can always tell if Hud's made a trip to the bathroom by the way his pants look. Actually, the waistband of his undies usually make it over the shirt too! Poor guy, he's been sick since Wednesday with fevers and other unmentionable stuff. His temp got as high as 105. He contracted the nasty bug from Han, who has also been sick with the same thing. I've been trying to be the nurse, but I've been sick too. Needless to say, I've been thankful for cartoons this week!