Everyone loves a country girl...

Going "COWGIRL CRAZY" in Richmond, Va!!!

Can I get a "YEEEEEE-HAAAAAAW!!

Lilee's lovin the country life...

stepping in horse poop,

squishing the worms on the fishin hooks,

gettin' dirty and smelly...

and lovin' every monute of it!

Mobile post: I'm a cowgirl!!!

From Mommy and Lilee in Richmond, Va ...

We're having lots of fun...but still missing eveyone!!!  Be back on Sunday!

Sending our love and kisses...

On the road again...

We're off to Richmond, VA to spend a few days with my dad. We're gonna be "outdoor-sy" girls...riding horses at Grandads stables...going fishing...golfing...who know's what else! Lilee's up for anything that's outside...anything in the dirt. Me?...I like the AC, bug free, fish free, horse poop free places! But a little dirt won't hurt, right?? Please pray for our safety...Lord knows we will need it! I'm gonna have a wild woman on my hands...she'll probably be pulling the horses tails...canon-balling into the lake...crashing my dad's golf cart! With 2 broken bones before the age of 3... ya never know what kind-of trouble my little wilderness girl will get herself into next! Whew...I'm gonna need a vacation from all our vacations!

My dad (Grandad) and Lilee...

last October at the pumpkin patch.

Doing what there told...the "Hunter and Lilee" way!

They had ONE job...and one ONE job only.

I gave Hunter and Lilee a very simple task......spray all of the sand off all the beach toys. After all, it was I who suffered through the daunting task of unpacking EVERYONE's "stuff" from the beach trip...I figured this was one chore they could surely manage...without any difficulty. I assumed that my only request would be clearly understood and carried through.

I thought I had made it pretty easy for them.

...took them outside

...pointed to the toys

...pointed to the sand

...pointed to the hose

...explained to them the details

...made sure they knew what they were supposed to do

I mean...how hard could it be???

Apparently not hard at all...so easy in fact, they had extra time on their hands...

End result...

...dripping wet, PJ's soaked, shivering their little butts off. But the question still stands...

...did the sand get rinsed off of the toys?...You betcha!...and then some!!

Needless to say, they actually accomplished their very simple task...they just did it the "Hunter and Lilee way"...like two loonies that find the fun in everything they do!

Gotta love em!!

Take us back...

Sighhhhh...

Someone pleeeeeease take us back to the beach. We miss the salt, sand, and sun!!!

Next year...lets get a house boat and just live right on the ocean...maybe I could convince Brian to stay for good! Hmmm...wonder if his boss would let him work from the boat?? He could still determine the quality of coal from the ocean, couldn't he?

HaHa...Katie...wake up! Hey...a girl can dream, right?

Back from the beach...

Back from the beach on Saturday...all worn out from a great vacation! We all had a blast together...and the best part was spending time with our wonderful family. I just wish EVERYONE could have been there. Brian, Lilee, and I...my Nana and Papa...and Grant, we all drove down together, then met Jan and Phil there, then Hunter dropped in for two days (he was on vacation with others at the same time). My mom and Ed had to go down a week earlier because of his work schedule, so we only got to spend a day and a half with them...and were sad to see them go. Still, we all had tons of fun and didn't want to come home. Why is it that a beach trip is NEVER long enough? I think I'm ready to just move on down to the ocean!

Of course...we took a ton of pictures...gotta love my mom's camera!

(**Click on the picture below for all the beach pics)

Myrtle Beach 2009

It's beach time baby!!

Leaving for Myrtle Beach at 4 am tomorrow morning!

We're soooooo ready for some sunburned skin and sand in our bathing suits!

(2008 - Lilee and Hunter...last years beach trip.)

Happy 4th!!

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"Girlfriend day"...

Ok...so once every few weeks I try to take 1 whole day and make it all about fun. I do this to keep myself in check. I'm like every other mom in the world...I get so wrapped up in everything else around me, that I sometimes forget that she just wants my undivided attention...even if it's only for a few moments. My point?.........

I needed to set aside some time...just for my baby girl.

Lilee calls it "girlfriend day". She gets to plan the entire day...and yes, I sometimes end up asking myself "what was I thinking?". I was entirely unaware of the time that had passed since the last girlfriend day until my little one said "Mom (that's right...she thinks she's so big she can call me mom now!)...anyways...she said, "Mom, we need to have a girlfriend day today...but...can we have one right now pleeeeeeease!!" My mind went back to last week...I promised her we would plan to have our day on Monday. Well, Monday came and went...and I didn't even realize that I had forgotten. So...I stopped what I was doing, picked her up and said..."Ya know what, your right. What would you like to do today?" And even though the day was half over...she didn't care. "Lets put make-up on! Ok, I'll put make-up on me and then I'll put make-up on you!"

Consequently...Lilee got to have "girlfriend day" with Mom...and Mom realized how important it is to keep her promises.

(***Of all the career paths she will one day attempt...I think I'm safe in assuming "Make-up Artist" should not be one of them. If Lilee could paint the whole world, this is what we would all look like!)