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Palisades was a little, ok a lotta cold!

But we managed to tough it out and still have a great time with the Birch's.

A little joy ride behind the boat on the tube.... and then my favorite picture of the day.

Ahhhh.......

Can you hear that? It's the sound of the first day of school. My house is empty and quiet without my older girls. Indee is in 2nd grade.

Haddi is in 5th grade.

Sicilee is in 7th grade.

My two elementary girls.

And there she goes...

Now what are Mia and I suppose to do?

Princess Mia

Mia turned 3 yesterday.

It was magical!

Everything that you hope a birthday would/should be.

She loved all her gifts and kissed them all.

She's at the best age for birthdays.

She's my only girl out of all 4 of them that has ever been into the princesses.

Here she is kissing her Cinderella and Belle.
She's naked because she's already had her Sleeping Beauty dress on and twirled, but then it got in the way of riding her new tricycle.

After everything was cleaned up, she came downstairs with my black high heels on and the witch hat, ready to ride her trike around the kitchen again. We hid her trike in the craft room and I asked her to go get me some sissors. She went in and came out and said "mom, there's a trike in there". It was so fun.

Happy Birthday Princess Mia!

A great date

King of the mountain....The views were amazing as they always are when you get up high like that.

I love to go 4 wheelin'. Chad and I went riding, just the two of us. It was so fun. I didn't have 2 or 3 kids hanging on. I could go really fast (too fast). I think I caught a little air a couple times. I came home with some wounds. I tried to show off and fell off the side of my 4 wheeler. Another time, I was trying to jump it and hit a big rock and it about bucked me off.
Chad had these "dust googles" in his bag. They came in handy. And I think I was making a fashion statement on the mountain.

I couldn't watch...

Uncle Val and Sicilee, Haddi, and Indee 'just a swingin'.

My little Indee...

"if Sis and Had can do it, then so can I"

Notice she's hanging on with one hand, so she can plug her nose with the other.
Haddi also has the nose plugging down.

Haddi, you have got to get higher on the rope, babe.

Sicilee has got it!

My mom wasn't so sure she wanted these little girls to do this. Uncle Val sometimes thinks that they are bigger than they are. Like when he bailed off the tube last week when he was riding it with Mia...she's two, ya know. It almost when under, nose first and I was ready to jump in with my clothes on to save her.