Sweet girl..

I just wanted to pay tribute to my sweet little girl. I grabbed a picture of here the other day with my phone (yes, I now have a camera phone, I know it took me a while, but I'm so cool now!) Anyway, we have a half hour drive every morning and afternoon, and Alyssa is usually so good in the car! I know that she has to get sick of it, going to and from everyday. Most of the time she is so happy though, singing, playing with her toys, and always making me laugh. She was being so cute the other day, when I grabbed this pic. I just have to remember to never take these precious moments for granted. I love my little monster!!

Photo Shoot

For anyone that has ever taken more than one little kid to get pictures taken will know what I mean by this little 3 letter word.....WOW!!

I never thought that it would be that hard. Get them all dressed so cute, matching, now all that needs to be done is sit down and smile. YAH RIGHT!! It really doesn't quite work that way. Mindy and I had tried to get a picture with all three kids for about 2 hours. It was total chaos. The kids were usually good by themselves, just not so great together at the same time. Anyway here are the pics that we ended up with. I think that they did turn out pretty good for uncooperative kids!

This is the best one with all three together.



Hunter was Mr. Smiles he always wanted his picture taken, just not with the GIRLS!

After trying to get three kids to hold still for pictures together, I decided to just get Alyssa's two year pictures done at the same time. Here are some of my favorite pics.

Beautiful eyes
So sweet


Defiantly my little monster!!

Swimming party at Grandma's

Shane's mom and dad have a pool in their backyard. The kids all love it. When Mike, Mindy and the kids were here we had a little pool party. Fun was had by all. I'm sure I would of had more fun if I dare wear a swimsuit!!! TOO SCARY!!!

Grandma & Lyss

Two little bathing beauties!
Silly Hunter
Alyssa loved this little floaty, she was so impressed that she could go

wherever she wanted all by herself.

Zoo

Shane's sister and her kids came in from Missouri. This is the first time we have seen them in over 4 years and the first time the kids have met. So what does that mean.....lots of pictures. We will start with the zoo. This is the first time we have taken Alyssa, she liked it a lot.

This was Alyssa and Abby's favorite part, they played with these little animals forever. Just giggling and waving at them.

My little monkey!!

Alaska

Shane went on a fishing trip to Alaska again this year. Here are a few of the pics from his fun trip.

This halibut was over 200 lbs. It is huge!

This was the only day they were able to go salmon fishing, and caught their limit in a few hours.

Monkey See....Monkey Do!

Once again my beautiful daughter escaped us. Shane thought that she was with me and I thought she was with him. When we went looking for her and found her in our bathroom. Some how she climbed up in the sink, and found mommy's make-up. This is where I found her, putting on eyeliner.

She even knows where eyeliner is supposed to go. So funny, what a mess!