You have to be kidding Mom??

No Olivia I am not.. you were born into a bow family.. the bigger the bow the better as they say here in the south.. sorry honey!! ( as a side note.. don't worry, the bows are not usually this big that I would put in her hair.. :) just thought it was cute.. )

My latest...

I found this table at a consignment sale last year and decided to dress it up some. Aleeza had fun helping me re-paint it and put on the polka dots... It turned out nice!!

My little girls!!

Yeah we did it!

This past Saturday night we pulled of a surprise retirement party for my mom! Yeah!! We had a lot of fun planning it and seeing her surprised, yet confused look on her face when arriving. She thought it was a birthday party for Aleeza!:) She is done teaching, but thinking about going back and subsituting some! We are proud of you!

What cute kids those Abbott brothers make

fun in the airport

Our flight was cancelled and then delayed three times so here is what Brandon did to keep Aleeza happy!

OH how sweet!

Cuddle time with Mommy, Grandma, and Aunt Lianna!

Grandpa Abbott and the wagon

Right down the street from Brandons's house are the cows.. Aleeza loves cows but won't go near the barn. They are loud. Grandpa pulled out the wagon on Monday morning cleaned it all up and took her down there again. He also pulled out the Barbie jeep which was huge hit. Aleeza and her cousin Kenze rode in circles for about 2 hours. How fun to see them play together!

Four grand daughters!

What cuties!!! Brandon's parents are blessed with 4 beautiful grand daughters! Kenzie- Kirsten's daughter, Adryianna- Jared and Selena's daughter, and ours!

new friends

On Saturday it was a very busy day for us. I had to watch a running around 2 year old and a new born. Thanks to the many aunts and cousins the kids were well watched over. Thanks to everyone for their help! Aleeza had a blast meeting her cousins and new friends. She never meets a stranger!

Abbott brother tradition

It is tradition!!!! When Brandon and I got married our truck was trashed.. :) so needless to say when Jared got married it was pay back.. now how did Nate get stuck with payback when he had nothing to do with the other two vehicles.. well,sorry you married into the family. His poor truck.. you can only imagine the fun that the boys had doing this.

The wedding

This is the family- all the siblings.

Brandon's sister got married this past Saturday. It was a very beautiful wedding. Here are some random shots of the wedding.

Great grand parents

What a joy to be able to have great grand parents for the kids.. They both throughly enjoyed meeting Olivia and seeing Aleeza again.

Little Missy

First time with a cupcake??

First time in a big pool!

Last week we went up to NY for Brandon's sister's wedding! I am sure many of you have been waiting on pictures so here they go. First the stories... we flew out of Charollte which was nice because it saved us about 500.00. We spent the night in a hotel, which Aleeza just loves. They had a indoor pool, so she got some first time swimming in with her dad! We went to bed around 10 and of course Olivia woke up a few times and then we had to get up at 4 to catch our 6 am flight... wow rough!! :) We made it though and surivived our first flight with two kids. Wow, with all the technology we have now days you would think we would have a really easy way to transport two kids across the Detroit airport.. no such luck. Thankfully our layover was about 2 hours so we didnt' have to run. We started off the week with a b-day party for Aleeza Thursday night but she feel asleep too early so we had to cancel and put her to bed.:)

Cute family!!

Ellison family reunion

We had our annual family reunion a couple weeks ago. Aleeza had fun being outdoors with all of the relatives. Her she is with my cousins daughter, Courtney! What a cutie! Olivia with her Great Aunt Nellie

MOM RETIRES!!!!!

My mom after 30 plus long years of teaching and being one of the best out there is retiring. Her final days came to a stopabout a week ago. We are happy for her and proud of all the lives she has changed! Her school put on a retirement party for her! Brandon, Aleeza , Olivia, Dad and I were able to attend! What fun! Way to go MOM!!!

Stines visit for Aleeza's b-day

Aleeza got a early b-day gift from Aunt Judy and Uncle Claude. Thank you... very cute bear chair and some crayons and coloring book.. which she loves. We also got to enjoy yummy black cherry ice cream! Thank you for the visit!

Funny pictures

First hair cut and only cost a penny!

Aleeza had her first hair cut the other day and it only cost a penny.. she did so good. She sat so still and looked so cute while having it done.