Monday, March 23, 2009

Watch Out Beckham! Cheetah's In The House! And...so is Ferdinand:)





Yep. Soccer has started again for the ladies...and this time the Cadester has been added in. If you don't know...our grandson Cade was born exactly a month before our plane took off across the Pacific, where a cute little Chinese girl was placed into our arms forever. They are 10 months apart to the day...fast forward 3 years...and are now on the same soccer team. Heh. Makes for fun times! Fun-ny that is. This first day, Katie only wanted to do warm up. She's done then and could care less about the game. She's a logic/engineer kinda girl and prefers mechanics over effort. Cade got knocked over and had to be persuaded to return...hence the photo. The papparazzi captured every moment! Leni and Kristin are on the same team. Let's just say...Leni made hand shadows in mid-field and picked random flowers. Her asthma tires her easily...so kind of like 'Ferdinand the Bull', she will sit wherever...and do wherever. Can you say oblivious to the game? Then there's Cheetah girl. Last week a group of neighborhood kids were all out playing and decided to race. Blonde ambition beat em all.Old, young, boy, girl...she outran the lot. The girl can fly! Given the right environment of course. It has to be her idea and she has to be in the mood. Heh. Now her nickname is Cheetah cuz she runs "like the wind"! Wouldn't you know Cheetah scored a goal her first game? Our Cheetah's very happy and can't wait till next week. The jury's still out on the other 3. Guess time will tell:)Don't you like the shin guards that come up to Katie's eyeballs? Yea..they stayed on all of 30 seconds.

On a sidenote....look closely at the pics and you will see where Katie took the sissors to her beautiful jet-black locks....again. This makes #3. Good thing her hair grows fast!

Friday, March 20, 2009

We Met A Two-Toed Sloth Today...




...and no, it wasn't a relative! BWAHHHHH! We made a trip to the zoo where the girlies met a baby hand-fed sloth. Man oh man...what a life! Sleeping 20+ hours a day and being fed by hand. Geez! The girls who are usually animal crazy...thought the sloth a little slow...and proceeded to bark, growl, and howl at the domestic turkeys who didn't hesitate to cackle back. Uproarious belly laughter! Leni loved the new honey-bee exhibit of which she knows quite a bit thanks to "The Magic School Bus". And Katie we think may be a budding bug scientist. There's enough of those in Fl. that's for sure!!! Looking forward to tomorrow.....when Cheetah girl makes her debut! Hmmmm....what does that mean?

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Wow...

Thought for the day from Mary Beth Chapman's blog. This blows me away knowing what they've been through.

"Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal amount of gratitude."

Wow. I can honestly say that I haven't responded this way. This quote has given me much to think and pray about. How about you?

Monday, March 16, 2009

My...Cousin Alice's Children Have Grown!


Aunt Tanya sent this pic after the 'ladies' and Mom JO made a re-visit to check up on Cousin Alice and her offspring. This time 2 of the kitties were on their way to their new homes (thankfully not ours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and the kitties we were told survived our rowdy bunch and did not need Prozac after our P.C. left.Do you see any kitties eyeballs bulging from being s-q-u-e-e-z-e-d? (in love of course...only love) Heh. Methinks Cade may need a kitty for his upcoming birthday! There's one left!!

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Can You See This From Your Backyard?



The Space Shuttle took off just minutes ago! Living where we live...this is our birds-eye view of an incredible "night" but-not-really-dark launch! Doesn't get much better than this! The girls loved watching the 'rocketship' blast into space!

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Lettin ' Little Bunnies Loose In the Carrot Patch....



I grew up in the back woods of Mississippi:) where everyone, everywhere had a garden. It was just the way it was (and still is)! So when these girlies get down and dirty in the carrots and the newly plowed ground....we just let them have at it and get as grimy as they want.They clean up right nice:) They had a blast today...eating carrots straight from the earth (yes, they did wash them:)) and running over our new "expansion" project. So far we haven't grown anything they won't eat. A nice problem to have!!

Friday, March 13, 2009

TAKE MY PEEEKSUUURE!



Today, after escorting M.J. to the cardiologist the girls got a treat at Mickey D's. Katie begged to have her 'peek-suure' taken so here you go! She was unusually delightful today....after her hot fudge-day! BTW...she cut her bangs herself...again. UGH!