Happy Birthday Cory!!!

Cory turned 31 today. He really wanted to take off for the weekend but he needed to work over in Pahsameri yesterday which got him home around 12:30 a.m. So I decided to go to the church with a basket of Blueberry Muffins for his "brunch" for Sunday. I took the kids and they made a cute card for him to go with it. Cory was kind of surprised at his 10 a.m. Bishopric Meeting when the bishop pulled out this basket and gave it to him for his birthday. It was fun. I made Cory a dump truck birthday cake from freehand and it looks like a cartoon:

But at least it is edible! I was kind of in a hurry so it didn't turn out like I'd hoped :( It still gets the point across. Cory's two younger brothers will join us tonight for cake and ice cream. Mom and Dad are on "vacation" somewhere for Spring Break. Sadie, Lexi and I made him a coupon book for some fun family activities to do when he wants. The girls got to pick out a box of theater candy at the store for him and they did pretty well. They picked two of his favs, Whoppers and Junior Mints. They had a fun time wrapping things up. Cory got his birthday present from me earlier and so this gets documented because Cory will try to say it wasn't for his birthday, I bought him a new coat and bibs for snow machining. I gave them to him early because I was afraid the snow wouldn't last!
I'm so glad Cory is the man of my dreams and the father to our children. He is wonderful and keeps me in line. I love you! Happy birthday babe!!

How Daddy's love their princesses. . . . .

Whether it's going to a bull sale. . . . . .
Feeding the horses. . . . . .

Snuggle time. . . . . .

Story time. . . . . . . .

or just for fun. . . . . . .

Cory, I know you love our girls as much as I do and you have to be away sometimes. They understand and I do too, you sometimes have to leave but you still love your little girls. They know it from how you show it-these pictures from the last three weeks prove it!

Fun Pictures

The argument of what is better Pepsi or Mountain Dew is

finally settled. Grandma Bird will be so proud:

Lexi fell off the couch at Grandma Bird's house but I am still mystified as to how this happened on the ceramic cookie jar on the floor next to the couch. Her ear was pretty sore for a while but she was a trooper. I gave her some swedish fish for sitting there while I bandaged it up. Cory said she looked like a little lamb with her hear like that.

Proving why we nicknamed her "Smiles":

Sadie decided to make good use of the baby car seat readily available for her own needs:

A Time of Firsts

03/20/10 Sadie: The moment she has been asking for and waiting for has finally passed! Sadie lost her first tooth a few days ago!!! She has talked of nothing else since. She took a bit of her lunch and out it came. Back in the first of February she went to the dentist and he told her it was loose so we have been waiting, and waiting, and waiting until now:

Her Tooth Fairy Box to put beside her bed:

03/08/10 Lexi: For a two year old she still has no hair but we did give her her first haircut three weeks ago, it was annoying me the little tail of hair on the back of her neck so I just cut it one day on a whim.

Here is her face after I told her what I did:

I'm not sure if that is excitement or shock or a combination of both. Lexi has become the independent two-year old lately. I let her try things on her own until she eventually asks for my help. Her excitement was so contagious the other day when she came out and told me she put her coat on and zipped it up "all by myself". I think she got a little to excited to remember she wasn't all done yet. . . . . . . .

03/18/10 Haylee: My little baby is sitting by herself! Still a little tipsy, but she can do it when she's not mad and throws her head back. She's reaching for her toys and playing sitting up. My girls are growing up!

Daddy's Little Girls

Cory recently had to stay overnight at a job and boy do I miss him when he's gone! My girls miss him as well. I usually hear "I wish daddy was here" about fifteen times a day when he's gone. I'm glad they love their dad so much and it's cool they have such a close relationship. When Cory came home he surprised us all by bringing the girls a surprise. he made them put on blindfolds and everything! It was so cute! Then they all snuggled in the "big brown chair" as it's deemed. What precious moments!

I told them all to make a funny face, you see what Lexi came up with. . . . .