St. Patrick's Day 2014

Not a wee bit of Irish in our blood, but the kids still have fun dressing up and getting into the spirit of the day!

Cheyenne 7th grade and Jack-jack in 4th

 

Hannah's New Do

The shortest haircut Hannah has had in years.  A little shorter than what she wanted, but a super cute cut for her.

Hannah was able to donate a nice thick, soft, 9 1/2 inch ponytail to Pantene in which they will use to make wigs for cancer patients. 

The Boy Confused

The girls had gotten a bunch of shoes from one of Sara's friends.  Turns out the boy is pretty good at walking in heals.

 

Birthday 36

March 12th I celebrated my 36th birthday.  The day started out with no plans but ended with a big pan of lasagna and cake with the family.  It was a good day that ended even better.

Flowers the Hubby brought home for me.

 

History Repeating Itself

There are many similarities from when I was growing up to now, when our kids are growing up.  I guess I didn't realize how similar it all was until I came across these pictures.

Here is a picture with me and Sara.

Here is a picture of Hannah and Cheyenne (just 2 months short of being exactly) 20 years later.

A picture of me, Sara, Adam, with Dad and Mom on Mother's Day 1984.

Here is a picture of our kiddos with Mom and Dad taken 20 years later with the next generation.  Christmas 2003

Here is a picture of me, Sara, and Adam Christmas of 1983.

Cheyenne, Jack, and Hannah sit in a similar pose 20 years later.  Christmas of 2003.

It is fun looking back and seeing for myself how really not very far the apple falls from the tree.

A Boy And His Dogs

A nice day to be outside and play.

Western Day At School

This girls totally a little cowgirl at heart!

Orchestra Concert 2014

Cheyenne smiling pretty and ready to play in her orchestra concert.

Well Done Cheyenne and the rest of the orchestra!

Basketball Season 2014

Chey playing 7th grade basketball and enjoying the season.

Where Did Stinkey Go?

It was one of those typical days around the Krell house.  I went out to take care of the animals and Stinkey was missing.  There were only tracks leading to the upstairs of the barn, but I couldn't find her anywhere.  Then I saw......

I heard noises downstairs in the barn and when I went to see, I found.....

Stinkey helping herself to some grain and hay.

She fell down the hay hole.  Walked away with only a scratch on her nose.  That's a pretty far fall for a pig.  Wonder if they are like cats and land on their feet???

January 31, 2014 - 16 Years

January 31, 2014, Hubby and I celebrated our 16th anniversary.  We took fish frys by the parents and celebrated with the family.

We so have to have lessons from the kids on how to take better selfies.

Little Pigs, Little Pigs

Today Hubby brought home 4 little piggies.  One in the bunch has floppy ears.  We named him Floppy.  We get pretty original with the names around here!

Love this picture.  The smiles of both Jack and the pig crack me up!

Little pigs, little pigs.  Sort of forget how stinkin' cute they are when they're little.

 

Skidder's Back!

Happy to have "my" skid loader back!  It came just in time to rid the driveway of the new white fluffy snow!  Thanks Adam!

 

Happy 38th Birthday Jack!

Today we celebrated number thirty eight for Jack!

We went to work and school like any other day.  For dinner we had chicken alfredo followed by tiramisu for dessert.  We followed an Italian theme.  We even busted out the wine glass and let the kids have soda.  Yes, we went all out to celebrate this special day!  And why the heck wouldn't we?!?

A Happy Birthday To You!

Macgyver-ish

For Christmas Hubby got me this nifty little contraption.  Has just about every little tool you can think of.  Actually, until this morning, I couldn't think of anything else you would possibly need in a pinch.  I got to use for the first time this morning.  It worked great.  I was even feeling a little bit like Macgyver.  That was....until I slipped and fell on my @$$ in the driveway (it is pure ice out there right now).  Thought of one thing my nifty little contraption doesn't have; ice spikes!

 

A Saturday Night With Tucker

Last night poor little Tucker had to put up with his crazy aunt, uncle, and cousins. I am sure Tucker had his own opinion, but we loved every minute of it!

We made Tucker keep his eyes open until he just couldn't any longer.

We played.

We discovered how good babies smell.

And we didn't hold him at all.

Okay, maybe we did hold him for just a liiiiiittle bit.  But only while Mom and Dad were gone.....I promise!

 

Nuts!

We hit a cold spell last week and were cooped up indoors for a few days.  I guess you could say we went a little nuts! 

We have a half of a five gallon bucket and two full milk crates left to crack.

Meeting Little Tucker.

My brother Adam and his wife Crystal welcomed their first child, Tucker.  We got to meet him today.  He sure is a keeper!  We each took our turn holding him. It was definitely love at first sight!

Oldest and youngest of the cousins on this side of the family.

I think there is a bond going on here already.

For the girl who didn't want to hold the baby because he was so tiny, she sure didn't want to share once she did.

Yeup, missing the days when the kids were that little.  Oh wait a minute.....ours never were!

When it was time to go home, nobody wanted to put him down.  Already LOVE him to pieces!

New Year's Eve

Our New Year's Eve Day was very low key.  We hung out at home, had pork chops with Mom and Dad for dinner, watched a couple of movies, and then camped out on our living room floor.  Most everybody made it to midnight to ring in the new year.  Everybody, but me.  Yeup, I was out (cold) well before 12 o'clock.  A party pooper I was!  Maybe next year.  Although, I think I have been saying that for the past 15 years.

Movie time.

The movie was of no interest to some.

 And this is what we find well after 9 o'clock in the morning when we do stay up late to welcome in the new year.  I guess you could say we missed the sunrise.

Totally out!