Happy Birthday, Tori!!!

Well, today is Tori's birthday, and I'm posting the pictures already! Yippee! I did good this time! Now, we don't have any more birthdays soon (except mine... probably no pictures) so we could be in danger of a posting shortage, but we are going to Illinois in a couple of weeks. That should give us lots of good pictures with the boy cousins, Grandmother and Pop, and all the rest. We're looking forward to that trip.

Enjoy these photos from Tori's birthday. I realized that I didn't get Abbi in any of the pictures that I posted, so we're going to take some more tonight. I'll try to get them posted soon... don't want to leave her out!!

Here is the 8 year old princess of the day. (And of every day, in her mind.) Tori had a McDonald's birthday party this afternoon, and it was great. I especially liked the part where the waitress cleaned the tables. :) Everyone enjoyed themselves, and Tori got some cute gifts. 

Tori, Rachel and Erin, enjoying their sundaes. 

Tori even had boys at her party! Three of them. These boys are Jaden and Braden. Despite the rhyming names, they are not siblings. I didn't realize until just now that they rhyme. Not that your names should rhyme if you are siblings, but.... okay, I'm rambling again. I get a little silly when I try to come up with things to say about all these pictures! 

This is Tori and her friend Erin, sitting outside our church. Tori is showing off some birthday loot that she got before church this morning. 

Tori loved all the gifts she opened. They should keep all the girls occupied for quite awhile. 

Here's Emmi, always the entertainer, in the middle of a wild dance at McDonald's. Never a dull moment when Em's around! 

My brown-eyed-girls, cheesing for the camera. 

In case you wondered what Kezzi looks like when she wakes up in the morning... Of course the smile is bigger than usual, since it's a birthday, and there are promises of cake and ice cream soon. 

Happy Birthday, Kezzi!!

Yikes! I had to post quickly, because Tori's birthday is just over a week from now, and I hadn't posted Kezzi's birthday pictures! Things are going well here in Choctaw. The weather has been gorgeous, and we have been keeping busy. We got a used lawn mower (a John Deere! :) ) and it is about time to put it to full-time work on our 3+ acre yard! Maybe I'll post pictures of that fun!

Enjoy the pictures! Make sure you scroll down to all of them... I posted 12 tonight, I think. Kezzi's birthday pictures are down there somewhere. I'll have Tori's up in a couple of weeks. She's having a party at McDonalds, so we'll be heading back there.

Here are all four of the girls, posing in front of the same tree. These are four different pictures collaged together. (I say that in case some of you silly people think that Tori and Emmi are halfway up some crazy looking trees... and Tori's legs are cut off... silly people!) Note that the photos are not all taken from exactly the same vantage point... if they were, Kezzi would be giant! 

I was trying to get a couple of shots of Kezzi. She kept running around the yard, yelling "cheeeeeese," but not stopping to pose. 

Kezzi's a cutie! 

We finally filled the sandbox. (First time in years!) It has been a big hit. The days have been so pretty, and the bugs aren't out yet, so we've been spending a lot of time outside. 

Emmi and Kezzi are great buddies. They look a lot alike (Kezzi has kicked Abbi out of the "Emmi Jr." position), and they act alike, too. 

Kezzi got a Finding Nemo battery operated bubble blower for her birthday. It was a great gift for me! Now I don't have to sit and blow bubbles for hours for the girls to chase after. 

Everyone got in on the bubble action. Note: There's no special occasion, Abbi just wears this dress every chance she gets. 

Happy Birthday, Kezzi!! (Sunday, April 10th) Two years have gone fast! Kezzi is such a talker, and a silly kid. She loves to joke around with her sisters, sing "Hallelujah" (Daddy's version) and is absolutely obsessed with the computer!

Kezzi, pointing out Sonya Lee's kitty cat for the viewers at home. 

Kezzi sure enjoyed her birthday lunch and play at McDonald's! 

Here's where we keep Abbi now. We let her come down for meals, and to use the bathroom, but it's so much more pleasant to keep her in the soundproof tube. ;) 

Two years down, many, many to go!