Alyssa is F*I*V*E*

Finally...five!

She told us that she has been four for a very, very looooooong time!

The much anticipated age of 5 has finally arrived for this very excited birthday girl!

She has been so anxious to turn 5 because that means that she gets to go to s*c*h*o*o*l!

Opening her presents with lil bro Levi waiting close by in case he could help!

Hangin' out w/ G'ma N

A baseball glove...with pink!...very exciting!

As the gift opening excitement wore down, then it was time to "read" a book...

Or listen to the adults chattin!

Or, tuning it all out and having a nap!

Sweet faces!

Guess who can't upload anything but text again!?!?!

My sweet new neice...

Amara Lynn

(pronounced as Am'ar'a...not A'mare'a)...

She's sweet, soft & fuzzy as a peach!
Amazing Mom & her new "little" girl who weighed 10lbs, 10oz!

Looks like she's making a lot of noise, but so far she really doesn't!

Alert!

Tiny feet...w/ long toes...

Being looked after by big sister!

Being admired by Kristie...

LOTS of hair!

Snuggles w/ Mom...

More crazy hair...

Amusing her big brother Levi...

He first said, "I don't like girls!"...but looks like he's changed his mind now that he's seen her!

Big Sister smiles from Alyssa

And kisses...

Lots of helpers...

Born April 30th @ 12:59am...and 22 inches long!

All are home now and doing great!

Oh Bother...

Snow angel making is tough!

While out in their back yard, I chanced to catch this "kodak" moment...and it's too funny not to share! This kid & his big sis are one of a kind. Take note of his helpless position making "snow angels...and her "helpful destruction" of his snow angel and then his comments after he abandons his 2nd snow angel construction.

It's Springtime & love is in the air...

Actually that would be Puppy Love! And the air...well realistically there's a whole lot of dust in the air!

But do they come any sweeter than this??

They were scolded by their big, mean (harmless) Dad and they promptly went and sat at a safe distance to watch Mr Pig eat right out of the food bucket!

For obvious reasons...I couldn't resist a photo!Getting a little attention from Hannah!

Playing w/ their Mom & surrogate Mom...

Face of an angel...drooling slightly and may chew anything in sight, but looks angelic!

Auto Anticipation...

Alas the car shopping bug has bitten again...
So, what to get? A Silver Suzuki Grand Viterra?

Or black?

Or an AWD Suzuki SX4?

Or what about a Kia Soul?

NOT in white though - white is horrid!

A very neat looking option and available in AWD!

And...it has the most creative options on the interior...definitely w/ my gender in mind...

Or a Silver Pontiac Vibe AWD?

Or Black??

Or less practically a Mitsubishi Eclipse...in Black? Silver? Red? Orange?

So many options...

Black is nice!

Or of course there's always Yellow!

Nope!

Ha...or what about this purple machine?

Just what I always needed!

Why on earth do I like automotives so much?!

I think...

My blog is broken,

my blog is dead!

And I keep hopin'

that it'll work instead!

In "help" I went pokin'

But it only fed,

My temper's that's a smokin'

I guess I'll go to bed!

Blogger.com help people...help me...

Puuuuuulleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

Shelby & Colby came for supper!

Cute, cute Colby!
What a sweet face!
We'll happily claim this little guy as family!
G'ma Grace helping Colby fuel up!

Big brother Shelby's great hand signs for "all gone?!"

Another sweet boy with big brown eyes!

Dad Dale...

Mom Corina...Shelby watching "sleddin" videos with G'pa Herk & his Dad Dale.

Another Day @ the Farm...

Eva, Hannah & I went for a quick tour of the farm babies...
This poor calf was petrified by our Good Friday visit!

And then we played with the Tosa babies...

And here they are feeding the pups little bits of puppy chow - 1 piece at a time!

Awww!