you're never too old to...

granny great came over today to visit and while edy was napping lucy and her pretended to cook a huge meal including blueberry muffins and pizza. after that they finished it off with several pretend pieces of candy. lucy thought grandma was so much fun!

an apple a day...

lucy and edy both had their one and two-year old check-ups this morning with dr. deshpande. my, how they're both grown over the year! i was so proud of lucy today for being so grown up...she got her blood drawn with no tears. now, that's brave! edy, on the other hand, screamed bloody murder and let everyone know about the four shots in her legs and the needle in her arm :-( it was so sad. doc says they're healthy as can be so we had a good report. stats:

LUCY
age: 2
height: 35 3/4 " 90th percentile
weight: 28 lbs. 9 oz. 75th percentile

EDY
age: 1
height: 28 3/4 " 50th percentile
weight: 20 lbs. 5 oz. 50th percentile

happy birthday to kortney!

kortney came by to celebrate her birthday with a triple chocolate fudge cake that i baked, yummo! happy birthday "tor", hope it's a great year for you!

splish splash

aunt holly invited us to the ymca today for some swimming and splashing. we love going to the splash pad to play in the fountains. thanks for the swim date aunt holly, it was fun!

highlands hammock

the girls and i went to highlands hammock this morning for something to do since we hadn't been in awhile. we played on the playground and then braved the cat walk! for those of you who have been on the cat walk i'm sure think i'm nuts since there is only one rail and only three rickety boards to walk on, but we were on a hunt for wild life and on the lookout for an alligator! no gators, but we did see a bunny rabbit along the way. i had edy on the hip and clenching so tight to lucy's hands we made it out alive!

happy birthday to bonny!

celebrating bonny's 27th birthday at don jose's. we had a good time and lucy seemed to think the cake was finger-licking good! happy birthday, bonny and thanks for being such a great
friend!

horse races

a huge thanks to grammie and poppa for volunteering to keep edy and lucy while i escaped to minnesota alone for the weekend with jd. it was super nice to get to spend time with each other without kids for a change. we worked, bbq-ed, went on the town, golfed, visited with friends, shopped and went to the horse races. i missed my girls terribly, but it was such a fun trip!

today we went to canterbury park to the horse races, what fun! i've never really been to many horse races before so this was like new to me and i really got into it. we picked up our books and went to watch as the horses parade past while we critiqued every one. jd looking for the horse with the most muscular looking rear, i with an eye for the one rearing to break loose on the track. don't ask how we came up with this strategy! you go inside and place your bets and then the race begins! we stayed for five races. jd was the big winner with $616 and my good ol' horse cc tat won me $75. not bad, eh! we're just getting geared up for kentucky...ha!

jd with his big winning ticket before he knew it was a winner! ryan, brian, jd and corey.