Yeah, she takes after her mother.
This is exactly why you never share your drink with Ms. Lily. She likes to leave you with floaters, this time, chocolate birthday cake!
Will made a very precious 'bertbay' sign for the bertbay girl.
Lily's new dolly from grandma Connie
These are items from her girlie purse from Dan and Jeannie. It had a cell phone, lipstick that Lily is applying/chewing and other girlie things in it. 
Grandma painted a new dolly high chair.
Well, let's just say we had an adventure tonight. I promised the boys they could each pick out a movie at Mr. Movies tonight. So we're headed to North Liberty, and I discover our tank is on empty, so I decide to head to the gas station first. We're headed into town and up ahead we notice the street is blocked off with saw horses and there is a ton of people standing around. I proceed ahead slowly looking for a place to turn around. I notice a police officer move the saw horse and enthusiastically wave us through. I have no idea what's going on. I yell, "Joe! What do I do??!??" (he's in the very back of the van with Noah.) The reply I get is, "do what the man says." So, I follow where the officer is steering us and, lo and behold, we are now participants in the Annual North Liberty Fun Days Parade. We are in a frickin' parade!!! I am mortified. Why, oh, why would he do that? I look down the street ahead of me and the curb on both sides are full of people staring at us. I look around me. We are right in the middle of some lawn mower brigade. Not those fast little zippers that mow commercial lawns, no, we're talking lawn tractors!! The next turn-off is like 3 or 4 blocks, which is a REALLY long time when you're behind 15 lawn mowers (and have an empty gas tank). I'm screaming, "what do I do? what do I do??" My husband is laughing hysterically and says, "just smile and wave". This is right up his alley. I have to add, it was a darn good thing I was driving tonight because he would have laying on his horn and pulling some figure 8's. Jack is in the front seat looking a little red in the face but laughing. Noah is jumping in his seat, yelling "I've always wanted to be in a parade!!!" By the third block, I'm over my embarassment and we are taking a quick inventory of what's in our van that we could throw out instead of candy. We came up with some loose change, a bottle of water, and an umbrella. Oh, well. We made some memories, anyways. FYI: We did make it to the gas station in time.
Today, Jackson and Noah were playing together for a really long time. It's unusual for them to spend an afternoon together and not hear them fighting, so I asked them what they were playing. Jackson said he was a super agent from the future that fights crime. Notice the light sabers and other futuristic accessories. He said that he built a time machine and when he needs reenforcements for a particularly bad criminal, he goes back in time to the Old West and brings Noah the cowboy back into the future to help him. They went on and on about their equipment etc. Noah told me all about his 'home on the range' and all his 'pardners'. He carries dynamite on his horse just in case and he grows cactus in his yard. Every once in a while an owl comes and sits on his cactus and he has to go out and pull 'em loose. I love little boys imaginations. They think of things no one but a little boy would come up with!
I'm sure this goes against everything Miss Manners stands for. My thank you notes are all packed away in a storage shed, so I want to thank Jeannie and Dan for my birthday gift certificate to Gordmans (the greatest store known to womankind). I think God looked into my heart and gave me Gordmans. Can I get an amen? Anyways, this is the mirror I picked up with my cute little purple gift card. I love it, I love it, I love it. I think this will fit into the niche above our new fireplace. Now I will ask you both, Jeannie and Dan( the smartest couple in the U.S.), or anyone else who wants to give their two cents worth, do you pronounce that ni-TCH, or
N-eeSH. We seem to have a difference of opinion here. Anyways, thank you so much. Also, thankyou to Jeff and Amy for the cute purple shirt. I love it. It is also packed away in a box in storage somewhere otherwise I would have posted a picture as well. Thank -you all for the presents so much. Turning 31 was almost pain-free.
Sorry, for the lack of blogs. I feel like I'm in a constant state of transition and it makes it hard to do the normal things. We're settling in to the in-laws. So far, the kids haven't broke anything, so that's good! The kids are enjoying being at papa and gamma's house and have settled right in, as you can see below...
I hope they realize how good they have it now, and that our new house will NOT have a TV like that! This is where I like to hang out. ahhhhh.......
