Braylee & Camryn

Braylee got the chance to play with her friend Camryn yesterday!! Camryn came all the way home from Texas to visit her Grandparents and Aunt for a few weeks.  Braylee was so happy to see her and they had a great time playing together!  Logan and i can't wait to see her and her fam at fair time :)

CHICAGO!

My *Christmas Present* from Logan was a trip to Chicago by train!  We left Bryan at 7:30am friday...

Looking down the river....

Logan really didnt want his picture taken- too bad!

This is the bean-  Literally a huge bean in the middle of Millenium Park in downtown chicago.  It was amazing!  it reflected all the buildings- very neat to see.   PLUS they were filming a movie in the park when we were there!! {not sure what movie though}

We visited Lincoln Park Zoo- its actually free to get in- and they had a TON of animals!  it was one of the best zoos i've been to!

The Lion was actually standing up and roaring when we walked up!  i've never heard that in person...

Hangin out at Navy Pier

This is "Sue" the T-Rex at the Field Museum

We were stranded on a desserted island for a little bit :)

This is looking down Michigan Avenue the "Magnificent Mile"

The train ride was a lot of fun-so much more room than i expected!  It took about 3.5 hours to get there.  We left Sunday night at 9:30 and were home in bed about 3:30am----then went to work monday {sigh}  glad that day is over!  Braylee didn't get to go to chicago-but- she did get to go to Sesame Street Live before we left and then had a sleepover with her cousin Aiden!  She spent the rest of the time and Mawmaw and Pawpaw's house and with Aunt C.  i thnk she had as much fun as we did! 

Braylee's 2nd Birthday

Thanks to the snow friday, i completely had to re-plan my weekend...but it actually worked out pretty good!  No game friday so that was spent cleaning, wrapping, and baking for the party.  Saturday morning, first layer of icing on the cake, then the last regular season game *WE WON* PLUS logan cleaned the house while i was gone!  ~thanks!~  So, that left us saturday night free...so we went bowling with some friends and had a great time!  Sunday morning i made an early trip to Wal Mart {what would we do without it} to get the rest of the food for the party and the blue cake coloring that i misplaced at some point in time :)  I finished the cake, finished some minor cleaning and took a shower...only to have braylee come back with *blue icing* on her face and hands!  AHHHH   she got up on the table and was eating her cake!  apparently she did NOT want to wait until her party!  haha   We had a good time at the party and braylee got a ton of clothes and toys ~THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!~

Blue survived Braylees attach with a minor smudge to his right ear :)

THIS was her expression the entire "happy birthday"song! haha

New big girl undies!

The Rock on her hand was throwing off her "2"

Aunt C and Braylee

she is all set with her pink gun from Uncle Vernon & Aunt Barb (and her cowgirl hat from John & Pat @ christmas)...one of her favorite toys!  She also had to put on her new shirt from her friend Beth!

SLEDDING!!!!

Here are some fun sledding pictures from sunday afternoon.  The weather was GREAT to be outside.  Mid 20's with bright warm sun and NO WIND! 

Here are some pictures of the last week or so...

she LOVES the snow or "nooo" as she says it.  she also go to ride with arthur on the school bus at the mall {maw maw's treat} 

Old & New

Here are some -old- & *new* pictures of Braylee and her friends...and some of my friends too!

These are some pictures that were taken at the Celebrating Home party i had {in october}  It looks like Jamie and caressa are singing to what the kids are playing BUT, they are really looking through the order catalog! haha

 Second Group: Phil, Courtney, Camryn & Cayson along with Jamie, Trev & Finley came over for supper before the crazy basketball season started!  The kids love to get into things and play together!  Finley is the oldest...then Braylee is a month younger...Camryn is then a month younger than Braylee.  Baby Cayson is 12 weeks in these pics!

This is Braylee's friend Camryn!   They play together great!

Here are a few of Braylee, Camryn, and Finley...who knew empty boxes were SO entertaining!?!Braylee was crying for the mere fact that Camryn was cyring! haha it was so funny! 

This is baby Cayson- [Camryn's little brother]Courtney with her two munchkins - Camryn and Cayson-

On to the next batch of pictures....My friends and I try to get together each year at some point before christmas to decorate christmas cookies.  Caressa was invited this year since she works with JaNahn {the hostess this year}

Caressa is trying to get out of the pictures...Tricia LOVES the camera! ha

This is the mess we are making :) Braylee seemed to think i NEEDED another cookie! i didn't really object...

Jess heard there were cookies so he stopped by! {really he was our rid home}

What a great group! (can you tell its winter in ohio...look how pasty white we are! haha)  gotta love it!

B.L.T. Stables---coming spring 2010!

Here is a little preview of BLT Stables Located in Middle Point, OH- Several people brought their own horses in to test our trails last weekend.  They LOVED it!  which is great news for us!  We currently have 9 horses that are going to be used for the trail rides.  The actual ride on the trail is a full hour...unlike other trails that say they are an hour but count 15 minutes of it for the riders to get on and off!  The rides will start in the spring once the weather is nice!

Most of the horses in this picture are privately owned---the brown and white one in the center is one from the stable.  His name is Apache and he is a little over 2 years old.

Here is a closer look at some of the horses...and people!  It was pretty cold out that day so everyone had their overalls and winter gear on! It was a GREAT time though!

This is the stable owed horse i have ridden the last few times we've been out.  His name is Danny and he actually comes when you call his name!  He is a small horse so his riders are limited to smaller adults and kids.  He is a great little guy!  In he background you can see a black and white horse--her name is Quincy and is owned by Brady--the "B" in BLT.