Baby James favorite "toy"

He loves this red pillow. See that overflowing basket of toys. Nah, when this cushion is in reach...IT IS THE "TOY" of CHOICE =) He'll bury his face in it and laugh.. So cute =)

Why our chickens are polka dotted

Yep, we kinda have a tendency to do things backwards once in a while...So, we painted the coop AFTER the chickens moved into it. And, used kids paintbrushes to do it ;-) Actually, it worked out good to get in between all that pesky fencing.

Well, I'll admit, I did have a regular sized paintbrush, to move things along a bit. It's done, and our chickens are loving their new look...er...house ;-)

Dad

Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday to You! Happy Birthday DEAR DAD/GRAMPA ROWE!! Happy Birthday to YOU!!!

We love you, and are so thankful to be able to wish you another happy birthday! Hope your day is great!
Xoxoxo

Matching kids...once again!

Recently we've been sorting thru and GETTING RID!!!! of stuff...its a bittersweet feeling...wonderful being able to free up some space and know that someone else can use what we no longer need, but at the same time slightly sad remembering our kids this little. Well, anyhow, Meri could NOT part with this little dress that she had once wore. We/SHE just couldn't let this dress go knowing she could match her baby =)

This ain't my first rodeo...

..says little boy. (We attempted one back in June...) He still wasn't too thrilled, him & I left about by about 1/2 of the show. She looks sweet and innocent...bUT...

Mr. Cowboy was thrilled =)

the lineup

The kids LOVED all the rides. There were too many to try all of them, but they went on a good share of them...here's a few.
There's more exciting thing things to look at than mom taking ANOTHER picture ;-)

The gator coaster.

This was the ALL TIME FAVORITE for the girls.

Who's driving this thing anyhow?!

It was a fun time, we were glad to have lots of our cousins there to go on rides with, and watch the rodeo with!