Summer Fun

Having fun with sister and brother.

New Pic

Thought I'd add a more current pic of Zoie. I think I fell off the grid for a while. Well I don't think I know.

Yes we are still around and an Update

I've been missing on the blog for a while.  Pretty much missing from everywhere.  After major problems with our internet I cancelled it.  Got another internet provider and was charged for everything so I couldn't get on hardly anything.  Plus having a bad attitude about everything for so long that I didn't update anything or stay in touch.  I'm sorry.  I've missed out on so much and others have missed out on seeing Zoie grow.    So now that we have a better and faster provider and I've decided to have a better attitude about life I'm updating....Yeah!!! Things are slowly getting better and I've adopted the motto "Find Joy in The Journey" for this year.  Things get hard but I CAN Do Hard Things!!

 So here's a picture dump since September.

Zoie's 4th Birthday was spent at Grandma's house with her cousins.  She loved opening the presents.

Opening her doll that was sent from Grama and Gramps C for her birthday. She loves it!  Loves doing her hair.

Halloween in the cornfield

For Thanksgiving Grandma and Grandpa M took the whole family (my side) to Disneyland and Universal Studios

Zoie and Paislee did not like the shark!!

Had to stop at the beach one day. The water was freezing.

The family hanging out on Disneyway

Zoie's not sure of Cinderella

                           We had a great trip with lots of fun and lots of memories.  Thanks G&G.

I need to load my Christmas pictures on the computer so more to come.  Overall Zoie is doing great.  Adjusted well and loving school.  She is still singing,  her favorite song is head, shoulders, knees and toes and she is saying lots of words.  She loves dolls and to have her hair done and dressing up in pretty dresses.  Paislee and her are two peas in  pod.  They love each other.

First Day of School

Zoie started school today.

She was excited to have her backpack on. The bus was 45 minutes later than they told us so we were waiting for a long time. The boys left before she did and she wanted to follow them to their bus stop. She played with rocks and dirt before the bus came.
The bus finally came and she got right on and waved goodbye. I'm not sure if she knew what was going on but she got right on and buckled up and was smiling.

When she got home she didn't want to get off the bus. I had to drag her off. They said she did really well at preschool and on the bus. I'm glad she had a great day. She will go to the early intervention preschool for 4 days a week and I'm sure it will be great for her.

Busy Summer

Sorry I kindof dropped off the face of bloggy land this summer.  I'm still here and we've been just a little busy.

Zoie playing in the pool at Grandma's.  She loves the water and we couldn't get her out.

Checking out all the pools at the condos we stayed in. (Thanks Aunt Suzie)

Playing on the tramp with the sprinkler getting them wet.

Coming over to say hi after Grandma has given her some water to drink it was so hot

Just posing for some pictures

Zoie didn't want to be in the stroller she wasn't too happy about it but we were taking a walk up a little hill and she gets a little heavy carrying her.

As you can see we've been staying busy and cool in the water.  Zoie had an ultra sound done on her heart and a visit (that took over 3 months to get into) to the cardiologist.  She still has a little hole in her heart that goes along with her designer genes but for now she is fine.  She will just need to be checked  every year to make sure nothing has changed.  She had her second bout of Staph infection on her stomach this time so we just got over that. The doctor isn't sure why she keeps getting it.  She is healthy and happy otherwise and we are she happy to have her with us.  She keeps us laughing and smiling all the time which is good. 

Cow Branding Time

(Yes, I am posting 2 days in a row!! ;)   Its that time of year when we get in the car and head up to Grandpa and Grandma's house to brand cows.  The kids love it.  They like throwing rocks and sticks in the ditch and playing around outside, setting fire to the haystack (that's another story) and luckily the weather was nice.  Last year it was freezing but this year it was 60 degrees. I brought my trusty camera again and got in the corrals to take some pics.

Zoie and Paislee checking out the cows.

Dad came over to play with Zoie for a minute and give her a hug.

Zoie loved putting straw in through the fence for the cows.

The gang taking a water break. (Notice the haystack. The boys thought it would be fun to try to burn the twine off the hay bales.)

After we were done we went in the house for lunch and some tunes with the ukuleles.  Zoie loves music she was dancing up a storm.

2 Mischief Makers

These two are quite the pair.  The are always getting into something.  They love to play dress up with their clothes and usually empty out the dresser doing so (all over the floor)

 Last week they got into my mascara and had it all over them I cleaned them up and put my makeup all the way back to back of the counter.  They got into it again and I had to throw away my mascara.  So I put my makeup up in the closet.  Well the next day it was my moisturizer...

 Yes its all over Zoie's hair, clothes, the floor...

So now the bathroom door is locked all the time.  If they suddenly disappear and there is no noise I know they are up to something like spitting chocolate milk all over their room, (after they dumped out their clothes from their dresser so luckily it was only clothes and the dresser I had to clean up)

Chocolate chips strewed all over the room, wipes dumped out and all over their room, you name it lately they are into it. I feel like all I do is clean up....but I wouldn't trade it for anything. Zoie is so fun and usually always smiling even with moisturizer and mascara all over her.