Archive for November, 2008

a horsey morning…

here are shots of an early morning horse session…  we don’t even put street clothes on – we just pull boots and jackets over our pajamas and head down to the barn!!

she has her feed bucket and all is well…  finally!

tromping through the enclosure just as happy as can be!

and now we are home and [...]

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after too much food…

after the thanksgiving feast, we typically follow john and donna (richards sister) back to their country place in wells point for digesting and coffee…
john and donna live in nova scotia most of the year but come over to texas several times a year – they are fascinating people and i always enjoy getting together with [...]

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happy turkey day!

we spent our thanksgiving over at mom and richards and we miss them already
we had a full house this year with my cousin joseph and richard’s daughter, amy and her two girls, lexie and chloe, along with the three of us all piled into the house!  it was filled to the roof with [...]

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the little girl can already wrap men around her finger…

it must be a genetic thing since jon can wrap women around his finger

who is having more fun here?  the little girl being tickled or the daddy tickling her?

pop, you will love this:  jasper lilith came skipping into the office when i was looking at these pictures and first she said, “pop!  pop!”  [...]

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lollipop, lollipop, oh, lolli-lollipop!

we stopped by georgia’s gift shop to see rita and friends…  and jasper lilith walked out of there with her pockets filled with lollipops!

so, rita, here is a close-up of jasper enjoying (and making a mess out of) her natchitoches lollipop

“mmmm!!!  ‘pop good!” she says through her crunching…

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run, run, run!

i think we have already established that jasper lilith likes to run!
luckily, gram and pop’s house is a great place to do that

look at those blurry legs that just don’t stop!

“daddeee!  daddeee!  come heya!”

“ahhhh!  daddeee comeen!!  mom-mom, daddee comeen!” i imagine that the next door neighbors heard jasper tell me her daddy was [...]

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the lighting of the lights…

the first festival of the lights was this weekend!  i love the christmas lights in natchitoches and we always enjoy going downtown to see the lights along front street and the fireworks and this time was no exception!

it’s our own cruella de vil (a minerature and much sweeter version)!!  and yeah, i admit, i called [...]

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gram and pop…

we went over to natchitoches this weekend for several days and had a great time!!  gram and pop were a hit with jasper lilith and jasper lilith was a hit with gram and pop
or should i say “gam” instead of gram?
arnetta found the board that she kept from her mother’s house – it [...]

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ebay!! i love ebay!!

i love me some ebay…  just in case you weren’t sure
i have been looking for some kitchen canisters for months now and i just couldn’t find anything i liked – every one i found was just too this or too that…  i finally hit ebay and looked for vintage canisters and i struck [...]

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i need to show you something…

that is right – you need to see this!  look at her hands for now, we will get to the eyes later…

so i was busy as a bee at the computer while jasper lilith was going to town on some paper with markers – circles, i remember lots of circles…
and then jasper says, “mama!  hands!  [...]

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