It's hard to believe that my bratty little brother is now all grown up, but he is! He is graduating this year!
Jonathan, I am proud to have you as my brother! You have come a long ways since the good old toddler days when you yelled through your teeth at me that I wasn't your mother! I'm so glad that you are doing your best to live your life right! Love you tons!

Love you too Jerms!

While we were in Illinois, we spent the afternoon at Lincoln Log Cabin Park with my family. My grandparents were all there so it was an extra special day. (Not sure how I managed not to get a picture of a single one of them!)

My Man!

My baby girl is growing up!

The scary "black" cow. Meaghan wasn't impressed with it!

These cute little piggies were very loud! We nearly got kicked out of the park because Scott convinced Jonathan to pick one of them up. The little guy screamed and his mom about came after us. Shelly and I wonder why our parents taught us that pigs have curly tails?!

My redneck family and their cheap entertainment!! They were rolling down the hill. That blur you see above is my dad!

Ummm . . . I'm not even sure what to say about this one! Jonathan and Scott are not a good combination.

Happy 3rd Birthday, Meaghan! I am rather slow in posting these pictures. She had a good birthday. We went to Illinois on Friday and Saturday to celebrate with my family. We spent Sunday with Scott's family. Other that some serious car problems, we all had a great time.

This was Meaghan's cake with the Hopkins side. She had walked around looking at a picture of this cake on the back of a Taste of Home magazine for weeks. The rest of us weren't too excited about all the candy, but she loved it!

These were her cakes from the Williams' side. She liked her "baby" cake.

Kaiden got to practice eating cake for his birthday! He really enjoyed making that mess.

My little punkins!

It had been awhile since the kids had pictures taken so I finally took the time and here are some of the pics.

Thanks to Great-Papaw Williams for letting us use his pumkins!

Photo shoot in progress!!!

Finally, we have power and internet restored! We were without power for a full week. The kids weren't too thrilled with our evening flashlight parties. Thank goodness we have good friends who let us use their camper, their power, and their yard for the week! Thanks Wayne and Tabby!

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A couple weeks ago, we met my family in Greenwood for the day. We had a great time at Chuckie Cheese, playing putt-putt, riding go carts, and just spending time together!

Looks like mom has her hands full! The kids were so happy to see Meme and Grandpa!

Love the bib Jeremy!

Meaghan loved this horse. Seems she takes after her daddy with her love for horses.

Jonathan - "King of Cool"

More pictures of the babies!

Puppies!

Well, just when I thought my life couldn't get much busier . . . Hannah had her puppies. Six puppies to be exact! They are so tiny. There are four boys and two girls. We were up most of Friday night bottle feeding the little runt and trying to keep him warm. He seems to be doing better now and I'm really glad! I wasn't looking forward to giving him a bottle every 4 hrs! I'll try to get more pictures of them next week. I thought this picture of Kaiden meeting them for the first time was just too cute! He wasn't sure what to think!

Happy Birthday Randy!

Yesterday was my father-in-law's birthday. He says that he is 35! They were in Cincinnati bringing Sarah's stuff to GBS so we got together and went to Don Pablos. We went to the one on the river. It was real nice. We wished that we could've eaten outside, but we would've been too busy wiping sweat to eat. It was soooo hot!! Of course someone let it slip that it was his birthday! He got to wear the big sombrero and they sang to him!

The sombrero seems a little big for Meaghan!

And WAY TOO BIG for Kaiden!!

Kaiden is enjoying tortillas or maybe it's his napkin. He tasted both!!

Finally, at long last, I am posting new pictures. They are all from the cell phone so not the best quality.
Two weeks ago, Kaiden had a minor outpatient surgery at Children's Hospital. I was a nervous wreck, but all went well. Here he is in his hospital gown right before going to surgery!


Last weekend, we met Jason and Shelly and took the kids to Chuckie Cheese. We say that we went for the kids, but the adults had alot of fun too! Jason and I had never been there.

The rest are just misc. pictures of the kids. I really do comb Meaghan's hair! The pics of her were taken when I wasn't home. She is obsessed with trying on all her old clothes, thus the size 18 month pj shirt. Kaiden is now crawling, pulling up to everything, and has his first tooth! Enjoy!