Great Memories of State Fair '08!

We went to the state fair on the train Wednesday with Uncle Scotty and Aunt Erin and cousins Tyler and Conner!! We really have some great memories at the Fair. It was such a fun time this year too!! The kids had so much fun riding the rides together. We ate lots and had lots of fun on the train ride too. Mr. Conductor was not exactly "chatty cathy" but willing to take a pic with the kids ;)!
Learning about Indiana's prized crop...

The princess had herself a corn dog and LOVED it!!! Jason said he had the best sausage he's ever had this year and I ate a yummy steak sandwich. We ended the day with ice cream from the dairy barn and an elephant ear!! We enjoyed ourselves!!

The kids passed the height test and rode their first roller coaster together!!! Daddy was with the princess and Tyler was right behind!! How fun!!
This was the best ride...the truck roller coaster. They let them ride for like 5 minutes and they would just giggle together. We'd wander what they were laughing so hard at together.

Watchin' the parade of tractors missing ND!

Train ride home...what a fun experience!!!!!!

Conner didn't get to ride rides this year, but he will next year!! He loves his princess and is giving her lots of lovin'!!

Tired princess with her Uncle Scotty!!

Aweee...Aunt Erin!!!

They had a guy play guitar and sing songs on the way home. The kids loved it!! Uncle Scotty sang right a long too!! It was hilarious!!

Tired Mommy and Daddy had lots of fun and reminisced of one of our first dates together on the fair train to the fair 6 years ago!! We look forward to what God has in store for our future memories at the Indiana State Fair!! Life is so good!!!

It's lookin' good!

Just an update of the Princess big girl bed...we're lookin' good so far!! She has not tried to get out yet, but still wakes up and calls for us from time to time. She LOVES sleeping with Dora!! I hope this lasts;)! Still I couldn't have asked for a better transition! Thanks for your sweet thoughts and prayers!!

Tears...The Princess is in her Big Girl Bed!!!!!!!!!

We moved our little 2 and half year old into her big girl bed tonight!! What a big deal. She is so excited and loves being able to "sleep with Dora". Here are a few memories of our big day!! Uncle Scotty and cousins came over to help!!!
No more monkeys jumpin' on the bed!!

She's so excited to have her cousin's with her!!

Smile!!

Bedtime book with Daddy

Kisses for Mommy!!

It's night night time...Pray for us!!!!!!!

TOTONKA!!!

Gosh I miss it up there!! Home away from home!!!!

Veggie Tales anyone?

We went to the free Veggie Tales movie at the Regal this week with fun cousins Tyler and Conner. This pose lasted about 5 minutes, then we distributed snacks to last the day to keep the busy bodies somewhat tame. It was really fun to have the kids experience the Movies together though!!

It's so great to live in Nobletucky!!

We love our neighbors and have not ever lived in a neighborhood where you feel like family and your kids are all the same age and life is just lived together!! We do bonfires, holidays, hayrides through our neighborhood, baby showers...the works!! One day I was mentioning to my neighbor that I heard the coyotes in our tree line and he said, just let me know next time, I'll be down there with my gun. Of course, I am sure he would love to add to his collection of animal heads displayed in his garage! This is what I love about our neighborhood.

So our neighbors asked us to go the Brickyard this Sunday!! We were so excited to go. Can't say we follow it to know what we are talking about, but really enjoyed it. As we were packing up, we saw the whole street getting their coolers and cars ready to go down to the Brickyard!! We just love our neighbors ;)!!!

Here's some highlights and pics of the day...especially for my cousins in ND who are big fans of the NASCAR racing!!! You guys have got to come down and go with us some time!!

Here's our fellow neighbors Jenni and Joe. They have a 2 yr old boy named Adam and one on the way in January!!!
They got the green flag!!

Pace cars leadin' the pack...

Home town pride...Jeff Gordon. He was fun to watch and had lots of fans!

Tony Stewart talking to I am not sure who...but I knew it was Tony Stewart.

Tony Stewart greeting his groupies...

Jenni and I decided to take a walk a little before the race started and we had no idea who we were seeing. So here we are standing right in front of this guy...just talking and this fan comes running up saying...ROBBIE!!! We stopped and smiled. I took a couple of pictures after I realized that he was a drive...Robbie Gordon.

We sat between the start/finish line and 4th turn. That was pretty incredible to see them round out from the 4th turn full speed.

Crazy Girl!

I got her some new goggles because she loves to use them during swim lessons now. So she had to try them out in the baby pool no less!!! They don't have much suction to keep out the water but they look cute, right?
Oh and off to yet another allergy doctor apt during nap time going crazy while they take a half an hour to see us!! So I let her entertain herself anyway she can. This time, she used a thermometer to go cross eyed! I gotta kick out of it!!
If she makes it through walmart without any major catastrophes, we stop for a little ride on bob the builders tractor!! A little bribery goes a long way ;)

This is the face that I get when I ask her to smile...oh so natural.

Those silly "oknub" girls!!

This month, besides playing our competitive game of bunko, our theme was backwards night. So you could wear your clothes inside out or backwards. I wore my pants backwards even. Talk about uncomfortable!! The gals sitting up front even "accessorized" their backs!! Crazy girls and Oh So Fun!!

More zoo pics...

Baby Claira's Here...

A week ago Thursday, Baby Claira made her debut and we got to have a spend the night the night before with her big sister's Lo Lo and Ju Ju as the Princess calls them.

Here are the girls getting up in the morning! They actually slept longer than the Princess.

Then we piled up in the minivan!! How fun!!! Baby Claira is a great mix between both of her sisters. And her hair is beautiful and dark like her older sister Ju Ju.
Leigh Leigh is letting Claira's big cousins love on her...aweee!!

Oh so hilarious "parentisms"

I got the biggest kick out of Jaime's oh so true hilarious realities of parenting!!!!!!

4th of July Fun!!

We had a fun 4th of July weekend filled with lots of outdoor fun with family and friends and neighbors. We started off the 3rd at the Liller's Fabulous 4th Extravaganza. Then on the 4th we went to the Carmel Parade with family in the rain, but a great tradition.

Then we were off to our neighbors for the rest of the day of eating, volleyball, corn hole and fireworks!! We also celebrated my Dad and Mike's B-days this weekend, but I didn't get any pictures of that :(. It was a very fun and full weekend!!

These are pictures with our neighbors. We all have kids around the same age and lots more to come in the coming months!!