Saturday is a Special Day.

Another day, another forty pictures. :) But I'll just share a few. First, Ethne's "sweet" expressions.

And then, some of Hazel, although taking her picture is like pulling teeth (sheesh, it's as if she gets her picture taken a lot or something!)...even WITH bribing (hence the tic tac), but it was the first time I've ever braided her piggy tails and it was sooo cute! And sheesh...love her big sparkly eyes!

I had a nice day today. Slept in (yay for Brett and movies!), then when Ethne was sleeping I walked to Goodwill (one of my favorite stores) with J and H, and despite Hazel getting very tired and grouchy and tipping over our stroller once, I got a lot of good deals. Wippee!! (as Hazel would say). I got two cute shirts for Hazel (one is in the picture) and an adorable dress for her, a sweater for me, and this for Ethne for her birthday. It is even CUTER in real life. Seriously so adorable. And only......(drum roll) 16 dollars!!! Which I still thought was a little high, until I came home and looked it up online. Now I am way extra-super-duper pleased with the purchase. We'll see if it waits until her birthday or comes out sooner.

Then I went to and ran a few more errands and came home to grilled cheese sandwiches (hit the spot) and yummy almond joy cake that I made with the kids yesterday to celebrate all my family's birthdays in January (Dad, Mom, Andrea, Ethan, Wyatt---Happy Birthday!). It is sooooooooo scrumptious! I'll share the recipe if anyone is interested.

Hmmm, what should I leave you to ponder tonight? Well, once a while back I wrote a list of 50 things I love (it was fun, makes you think...you should all do it. really.), and even though anyone reading this knows me already, since it is a new blog, we can call this a get-to-know-you thingee. Hmm. Anyway. In no particular order:

1. campfires

2. granaries

3. bargain shopping (thrift stores and garage sales)

4. Brett's colognes

5. faint sound of train whistles at night

6. vanilla chocolates (made by my mom, of course)

7. Hazel's bedhead and first hug in the morning

8. pictures

9. cookie dough

10.mountains

11.swimming in lakes

12. playing catch with a football

13. dances

14. Jethro saying "Mommy, did you know that I did wuv you?"

15. good back scratches

16. crepes with cream cheese and chokecherry syrup (and when my mom came to visit me a week ago she brought me a quart of syrup and we had these and I L*O*V*E*D them)

17. tiny baby sleeping in your arms

18. cuddling with Brett

19. fudge

20. a perfect hit in softball

21. bacon and tomato sandwiches (could have these every day in the summer!)

22. playing Rook with my family

23. the way Hazel bounces when she walks

24. Robin Hood (the old movie)

25. Pachelbel's Canon in D

26. corn on the cob and peas right out of the garden

27. cornfields or hayfields rippling in the wind

28. icecream

29. playing night games

30. wildflowers

31. scrapbooking

32. getting packages in the mail

33. purple grapes

34. horseback riding

35. being married to Brett

36. barns

37. laughing so hard my stomach hurts

38. pirates

39. Brett's hands

40. bright kitchens

41. dishwashers

42. reading good books

43. good hair days

44. compliments

45. my own little family

46. trees

47. rodeos

48. going on dates with Brett

49. smell of vanilla

50. cowboy hats