Annual Neewollah Parade

This past weekend we went with my sister-in-law to the Neewollah Parade in Independence, KS. (Halloween spelled backwards) It's a pretty big deal up there- It's the oldest and largest annual celebration in Kansas. I know you're marking your calendars for next year, right? :) Carrie's been going every year her whole life. We're going to try to make it a tradition for our kids now. This was Molly's first parade and she LOVED it! She danced, clapped, marched, picked up candy, and just thoroughly enjoyed the whole 2 hour parade!

Molly getting ready for the parade...

Drake getting ready for the parade...

And it starts!!!

Clapping!

Waving at the cars!

Drake enjoying the parade. :)

Getting candy...

Eating candy...

Dancing!

Chillin'...

Drake woke up right at the end of the parade.

Cousins!

They LOVE each other!

Thanks Carrie and her family for sharing their tradition with us. We'll be back next year! :)

Love, Jen

Documenting Life: Pumpkin Patch (Week 9)

Mammy (my mom) and Grandma Bunny (my grandma) took Molly and Drake (my nephew) to the Pumpkin Patch over fall break. Molly came home with three new pumpkins that she picked!

Molly on the tractor

Drake on the tractor

Molly picking her pumpkin

Funny kiddos

With Mammy

Hi Molly!

Look over here guys!

Molly and Drake LOVE their grandmas! Thanks for taking them!

Love, Jen

Documenting Life: Playing in the Leaves (Week 8)

Week 8's Documenting Life Challenge was to play in the leaves. Molly thought this was fun!! Here are some pics of my sweetie...

Hope you have a fun and safe Halloween!
Love, Jen

Documenting Life: The Whole Family (Week 7)

We just got our pics professionally taken at church for the church directory. I think we might have gotten one good one. Molly was not in the mood to take pics. The only time she was happy was when I let her down- She picked up her bag, my purse, and starting telling the photographer "bye, bye"- with an adorable smile, of course. So I guess what I'm trying to say is we don't have a great family pic to post. So instead, I thought I would post our first family pic.

February 12, 2010 = BEST. DAY. EVER.

I'll try to post a more recent pic of our family soon!

Love, Jen

Documenting Life: Mess (Week 6)

The Documenting Life Challenge a few weeks ago was "MESS". How appropriate for that week! We moved from Muskogee to BA and lemme tell you- it was a mess! (and the reason why I haven't posted lately) We are still trying to get settled into our new home and I'll get some pics up later. In the meantime, here are a few pics to show off my sweet mess...

I'll probably be posting several posts in the next few days trying to catch up! Talk to you soon!

Love, Jen

Documenting Life: Playing at the Park (Week 5)

Well we didn't make it to the park last week because Molly was sick again for a couple days, but we did make it to the Tulsa State Fair on Saturday. Molly rode the carousel (the only ride for a person under 36 inches). Then we headed to Disney on Ice-Toy Story 3! She LOVED it!!! It amazed me that a 19 month old could sit still for 2 hours with her eyes completely glued to the performance. Molly, Mom, and I had a great time! Here are a few pics...

She was nervous at first, but really liked it!

Love my girl!

Mom and Molly- in between bites of her sno cone!

These guys were good!

BUZZ!

WOODY!

Ahhh... the KIDS!

We have a busy week ahead...MOVING DAY on Friday! I'm so excited! Hope you guys have a great week too! Maybe the next post will be from my new house! :)

Love, Jen

Party Girl

Two weekends ago we went to my cousin's wedding and reception. They had a band and a dance floor, which Molly found very quickly! She danced more than any other person there. She started as soon as the music did around 5:30 and didn't quit until I made her leave around 9:00. She LOVED it! Here are a few pics...

Pretty girl!

Molly made friends with the ring bearer.

Get low...haha!


More pics of the people I LOVE...

Grandma and Grandpa Bunny...I love this pic!
These 2 are the best!

My Bro Jeff and Uncle Tony=TROUBLE!
Don't let the big smiles fool you.

Cousin Josh and Nephew Drake- they're cool guys!

Uncle Tony, Aunt Nan, Grandpa, Grandma, and Mom
(I come from GREAT people!)

My Grandpa and me!
Not much wrong with this man in my eyes. :)

I guess I never got a pic of the bride and groom. They were pretty busy- they were the stars of the show! Molly and I had a great time though and enjoyed spending the evening with our family. Great party Mr. and Mrs. Maritt (and their parents)!

I'm home again today. This time Molly has the throwing up virus. Ugh. Last week it was the high fever virus with an ear infection. I hope we get it all out of our system so we can be well again. Next week we move to BA, and need to be healthy!

Love, Jen

Documenting Life: Helping in the Kitchen (Week 4)

The Documenting Life Challenge this week is Helping in the Kitchen. This really was a challenge for me and my 19 month old. Right now, she's really better at making a mess in the kitchen, then helping mom, but we tried anyway. We decided on her favorite- "cheese!" We actually did pretty good! Here are some pics...

I think she was satisfied with the results. Yum!!!

This week Molly hasn't been feeling the greatest. She has an ear infection and it won't go away. The doctor said one of her tubes is starting to come out. Ugh. I hate when my baby doesn't feel good.

Hope you have a good weekend! We're celebrating our anniversary on Sunday. 7 years. Love you Joel! Thanks for the beautiful roses.

Love, Jen