Day 247 - Happy Labor Day...

Hope everyone had a nice, relaxing Labor Day today!

This afternoon, Mimi and Papa came to visit. We met them for lunch at Panera Bread (yummy!) and then did a little shopping. While we were at The Children's Place looking at clothes for the little girls, Hillary Ashton got a little bored and said, "I'm going to pick out some stuff for me." {Sigh, my baby girl is now in the BIG girl's section!} When we got finished in the baby girl section, I went to check on Hillary Ashton...

She was in the dressing room with tons of pajamas, several hats and a two princess tieras and had them lined up in the dressing room! My girl is ALL about comfort and accessories! Haha! LOVE that girl.

After shopping, we made a quick pit stop at Chic-Fil-A for drinks (and apparently some pictures...haha!).

This one promised me that she will let me put her hair in pigtails when she 20. I felt the need to go ahead a put that in writing for future reference :o)

Papa with a couple kiddos...

Mimi with a couple kiddos...

Sweet baby on the way home!


We had a fun day! Thanks Mimi and Papa!



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Day 246 - Cookie Dough & The Zoo...

When I make cookies with the girls, they LOVE eating the cookie dough. So does their daddy...haha. I have always felt a little out of the club because I don't eat eggs and I have never been crazy about the idea of the girls (or their daddy) eating raw eggs so when I found a recipe for eggless cookie dough I knew we had to try it! The recipe is for cookie dough...that is your goal. Cookie dough to eat...yummy! Haha!



Here is the recipe if you want to try it...you should...it is yummy!














We skipped the last step of dipping the cookie dough in melted chocolate, but I think that would be pretty tasty as well :o)

The girls LOVED the cookie dough...they loved playing with it and eating it :o)

I am not sure if this child enjoyed playing with the dough more or eating the dough more :o) She thought the cookie dough was more fun that play dough :o)

Do any of your kids insist on looking to the side when you are taking a picture? All of mine do...what are they looking at?

I thought it was funny how Sophie Le lined up her cookie dough balls up in a straight line..ha!

My modest girl :o)


This afternoon, we finally put our zoo membership to use...it's been awhile!

My two cuties...

The girls feeding the turtles, swans and fish.

Jonah was so GOOD to just sit and enjoy the ride. He has been teething lately so I was relieved he had a good day.

Snack time!

I probably have a dozen (or more) pictures of the girls posing by this statue. For some reason, they ALWAYS ask to have their picture made there! Haha!

I set the girls up on this wall to take their picture...

So I could inconspicuously take a picture of this guy...

Haha! That was definitely an animal we hadn't seen before :o)

The girls enjoyed smashing a few pennies right before we left. Hillary Ashton chose the penguin design. We cannot wait for the penguin exhibit to open! It is scheduled to open this fall!

Sophie Le chose the elephant design. We got to pet the elephants today!

Julianna chose the giraffe...she was so proud :o)

Sweet little face!

LOVE that girl!

No matter how many pennies we smash, I will always think it is cool :o)

Day 245 - September

September 2007


My baby only had one tooth and the sweetest little pig tails!

September 2008


Those pigtails...oh my goodness...LOVE!

September 2009





Look how little those babies were a year ago!


Time flies...I wish I could freeze these days with my babies.

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Day 244 - Base-uh-ball...

Is it possible that my sweet, precious, calm, happy, laid-back nine month old baby boy has learned to throw fits? Oh.my.goodness. I did not see that coming!

I am praying it is just a stage...a very short stage.

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I switched up the order of Hillary Ashton's school day and we are finishing up two hours sooner than we were before!!! Who hoo! So this afternoon while the little kids took a nap, Hillary Ashton & I went outside to swing.

While she was swinging she said, "I love this day mama. I love the cooler weather and the breeze. It makes me feel so good. I feel like I am living in a painting because our world is so beautiful."

When my children say things like that, it makes me step back and see the world in a whole new way. You know what, it is a beautiful world. We are so blessed.

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Hillary Ashton could hardly wait for Daddy to get home from work so he could show her how to play "base-uh-ball."

Lucky Daddy :o)


I know I am her mama, but could she be any sweeter? I don't think so!

I mean, come on...look at that face. Can you feel the excitement?


Her little cheerleaders...

"Go Hill Go!"


Her Daddy gave her lots of tips...she liked that a lot :o)


She practiced catching...

She practiced throwing...

She practiced her celebration dance...


I think she's ready :o) Haha!

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Thank you to Dianna B. & Andy, Jill & Layne Nhi for helping up reach $3,750!!!! You guys rock!

Day 243 - Friends, Base-u-ball & Ideas...

Sophie Le was so excited to have her friend AB and her little brother A over to play again today!

What a group of cutie pies! Notice who is PULLED UP at the end of the line :o)

I sure am gonna miss that little girl!


I lined up the kids on the steps to give them a snack. Jonah was on the other side of the room playing with a toy at the time. When he saw the big kids eating, he dropped his toy and crawled VERY quickly over to the steps and started yelling...haha! He wanted a snack too :o)


Hillary Ashton made it on a t-ball team for this Fall so we met Daddy at a sports store to get her a glove. Sounds like an easy task, right? WRONG. She's a lefty therefore she needs a lefty glove and there were NONE at the store...or the next store...or the next store!

She did have a ball trying out all of the "base-u-ball" equipment.

When we couldn't find a lefty glove, we tried to see if she could throw with her right hand. Her older cousin writes with his left hand, but throws with his right.

No luck. After a couple throws, she said "Guys, I am definitely a lefty." Haha!

Btw, that is an umbrella sticking out of her shorts. She thought it might rain while we were in the store and insisted on bringing the umbrella into the store.

She cannot wait to get started. She kinda worried me the other day when she said, "I think I will be the only girl on my team and I think I will really like that." What the heck does that mean??????


Trying out a pair of cleats...

Before we left the house, I told her to grab a pair of sock so she could try on shoes at the store. She chose pink knee high socks with heart on them side :o) Gotta love that girl!


We came home empty handed. Where are we going to find a lefty glove? I don't think we have time to order one off of the internet.

Don't forget about Friends of Fanose! Our new total is $3705...which is WONDERFUL! BUT we still need $1295 (Wow, that actually sounds doable!) to build a well.

You guys have been so supportive by donating, praying and spreading the need to your friends and families. Thank you!

Does anyone have any good ideas about how we could raise the remaining funds? I thought about contacting a local television station...do they do promote things like this? Any other ideas?