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Daddy's Race Day!

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me!) — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 23:58:00 +0000

Daddy did his half marathon today with a buddy of ours, Mr. Caleb! They did awesome and we were able to see them at a couple different points throughout the race! What a fun morning, capped off by brunch with our friends Emma & Will and their parents at a fantastic restaurant! Here are some pictures from the morning:

Taylor waiting at the 13 mile mark for daddy to round the corner!

Taylor's camera work - a picture of mommy!

Eric rounding the big hill at mile 13 - what a hilly course this was!

Taylor and Daddy - post race!

Trying on Daddy's medal

Daddy & Mr. Caleb sharing their medal!

the rest of the pictures

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me!) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:27:00 +0000

Here are the rest of the pictures from the week - Some from before the snow when we went to the beach with Gramps and making pizza for dinner with Grammy!

easter came early!

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me!) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:41:00 +0000

We did a little pre-Easter baking this week - and made easter cookies! Here's our progress and yummy results! (the cookie recipe is the best one I've tried - maybe I'll share! :-)

Whopsie! Someone snuck a bite before the photo shoot! ;-)

snow???

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me!) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:35:00 +0000

Well, our perfect weather spring break has turned on us! We had 65 degree sunny weather this past week and enjoyed the park, the playground and the beach (albeit a little cold for the last one!) Then, this morning we woke up to THIS! Snow and cold! Such is life in Michigan in the spring - tomorrow it could very well be 60 again! Go figure.

We didn't come packed for this kinda weather so our snow attire leaves much to be desired. (I should know better - pack for two seasons in the spring and fall) Gramps dressed us for our excursion (which is why we're still in our PJ's!)

Meijer Gardens

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me!) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:09:00 +0000

We are in MI for spring break visiting Grammy & Gramps and took advantage of the beautiful spring weather to get out to Meijer Gardens and enjoy the butterflies and the park! We're hoping to take a picnic lunch to the park tomorrow, providing the weather stays as nice as it was this afternoon! Enjoy some pictures:

Pointing out a black butterfly (not flicking it off!) :)

There's the pointer!

Gramps and Grammy paused to pose with Taylor!

Giving the dragon some love in the children's garden!

Download!

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me!) — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:29:00 +0000

I finally got pictures off my camera (one of them - still need to do the other)... but here is a re-cap of the last month or so!

Our best friend Will is such a sport! (and looks too good in a dress!!) He's used to his big sister dressing him up - Taylor had no problem filling those shoes! :-)

A friend's birthday party - our first time bowling!

We went with our friends Connor and Evie to the Magic House - Here's Evie and her mommy on the big electricity ball and Taylor below on one of the slides!

Taylor's Valentines party at school - hanging out with Will, of course!

Showing off the bookmark she made.

Mrs. Peregoy helping to open the "loot".

This week we had a couple days of great snow (which has since melted) but not before we got some good sledding in! (notice - its dark!) Daddy and Mr. Caleb took us sledding and then out for dinner!

Taylor got ahold of the camera at dinner and snapped her first pictures - I'd call them "art!"

Taylor leaving the tip - and Mr. Caleb supervising!

I'm a Bad Blogger!

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me!) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:10:00 +0000

Sorry for my absence! I've been extremely busy these days - and if I look back at what I've been doing... I can't even tell you! (I feel like I'm spinning my wheels these days!) Anyway, here are a couple pictures that I've gotten off the camera of Taylor - playing with Play Dough. (The rest of my pictures haven't made it off the camera lately!) I'll be better about posting pictures - I promise!! :-)

Daddy & Daughter @ the Zoo!

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me!) — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:06:00 +0000

Eric & Taylor visited the zoo yesterday while Mommy was home in bed! I was glad to give them a daddy/daughter day! They had a great time and got to see some up close animals on a very uncrowded day!

Taylor and the hippo friend!

How a Good Cajun Shovels Snow!

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me!) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:47:00 +0000

We had our first good snow of the year - which caught us without snow shovels! No worries, Eric used his Cajun ingenuity to improvise!

It's Here... mostly!!

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me!) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:54:00 +0000

I finally took the Christmas break to be productive and got my website up and running (my Christmas cards had the site URL on them, so it was my motivation!)

Most of the site is functioning - well enough! I have to finish a couple things, but it was time to get it launched!

Visit it and look around!

www.fingerprintscards.com

Christmas #1

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me!) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:02:00 +0000

We were so excited to have Mimi & PopPop come in town to celebrate Christmas. We have had such a fun time doing all kinds of holiday things! Here are a few pictures:

Mimi & PopPop got Taylor a beautiful doll house with all kinds of accessories! We were so surprised!

The best gift ever!

Taylor's gift to daddy - an M&M Christmas tie - it was so great!!

A pair of real Texas cowboy boots

Santa's Helpers with all the makings of some yummy Christmas cookies!

Making the dough

Daddy was a good sport and wore his tie to work - and got LOTS of compliments!

We actually had a little Christmas snow! The first one that stuck this year!

Our Christmas jammies - but the posing for a cute picture escapes Taylor!!

Maybe a little pinch will help!??

One last cookie making experience - gingerbread men!

Ice Skating!

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me!) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:27:00 +0000

Eric came home a little early today and we headed out to the park to go ice skating for the afternoon. It was Taylor's first attempt at the winter sport, but she actually did really well! By our last time around, she was going faster than Mr. Caleb could skate to keep up with us! Enjoy the pictures and video at the bottom!

Preschool Thanksgiving

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me!) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:01:00 +0000

Taylor had her Thanksgiving concert/dinner at school Tuesday night. It was the first time she was up on stage singing. (sniff) I got teary when they all started to belt it out! We had a great time - here are a couple pictures:

I'll try to post a video soon!

Showing off the butter they made in school for the dinner

Walking up on stage with her teacher's aid, Ms. Hagemann

SO Cute!!!

Enter to Win!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me!) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:29:00 +0000

One of my oldest and very best friends is hosting a give-a-way on her blog for a VERY cool toddler item! Check it out - and get to know Adam & Andrew and their story. They are truly little miracles!

Pictures from a Friend

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me!) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:09:00 +0000

Taylor has a boyfriend.

His mom and I are becoming good friends too! She's an aspiring photographer and she and I have really had fun getting to know each other and talk shop while the kids play! (Will... for those of you who know, is the little boy in Taylor's class who received a smack in the face from Taylor a couple months back - I guess it was a way of saying "I like you" because they're really the best of friends!)

Gina was so gracious to take some cute pictures of the crew while Eric's parents were in town. Here are a few:

The infamous "fish face." She does it without even being prompted!

WKU

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me!) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:53:00 +0000

We had an awesome time visiting with some of my old volleyball teammates from Western Kentucky last weekend at Homecoming/Alumni weekend! It was the perfect way to celebrate my XX birthday!! :-)

Here are some pictures from the weekend:

Eric got to hold Beth's little boy, Jack, while we went down on the court at half time to be honored at the volleyball game! (they actually had a great time, despite the look of panic on both the boy's faces!)

Me, giving a shout-out to the fans behind me!!

Can you believe I played middle blocker??!! I felt sooo short out there! (Plus I didn't have my heels on like everyone else - that would have given me the extra height, right??)

Beth & Jack (Who we've nick-named Jack-Jack... sorry Beth!!) He just celebrated his first birthday - He's SO cute!!

Taylor & Mommy! On the court I used to call home!

Testing out her skills - a future Lady Topper??!!!

My teammates and all the kids!

Botanical Gardens with Mimi & PopPop

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me!) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:18:00 +0000

Mimi & PopPop are still here for a few more days - and we're trying to get out and enjoy every last minute! Today we spent the better part of the day at the Botanical Gardens - one of our favorite places to get out and enjoy God's beauty!! Mommy got the chance to snap some great pictures of the group! Enjoy...

I'm Taking Orders!

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me!) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 06:02:00 +0000

Fingerprints Custom Cards

Magic House

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me!) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:17:00 +0000

Today was a fun-filled day at the Magic House! We spent several hours exploring the museum with Mimi & PopPop, Mommy & Daddy! Our favorite thing was probably the psychedelic wall projector that we danced in front of for quite a while! Tomorrow we're planning to go to Soulard Farmer's Market for some good eats and then... a little Trick or Treating!

Taylor & Daddy Having Fun at the Water Table!

Fussing at Ada (our imaginary friend!)

Taylor & Mommy on the Psychedelic Wall!

Boo at the Zoo and Farmer's Market!

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me!) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:08:00 +0000

Mimi & PopPop came for a two week visit to STL from Austin! We're so excited to have them here and are coming up with lots of fun, fall activities to keep them occupied! Friday night we went to "Trunk or Treat" at Taylor's school and Saturday morning, made it up to Forrest Park for the "Boo at the Zoo!" This afternoon, while Daddy & PopPop were at the Ram's/Colt's game, enjoying their 3rd row/45yrd line seats, Mimi, Taylor & I went to the farmer's market in Kirkwood to pick out a couple pumpkins to paint, sample some awesome kettle corn and play on the playground! A fun time was had by all!

Enjoying the view before we head over to the zoo... a little Marilyn Monroe-esk picture!

Walking the trail!

Posing for the camera!

This was my dance costume from years ago - thanks, Grammy, for saving it for us!!

This is our "pirate" face!

I just love all this fall color!!!

Pick a Logo!

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me!) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:45:00 +0000

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Go to my Fingerprints blog and vote for your favorite logo!

Klackle Orchard Fun!

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me!) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:57:00 +0000

We had a blast this weekend visiting Grammy and Gramps for some Fall Fun!!! We also got our family pictures taken which I will post soon! These are some pictures from our day at Kalckle Orchard - we had so much fun and still didn't get to do everything there! For all you MI people - its worth the trip out there on the weekend. (and it wasn't too crowded, either!)

We began with some face painting - supervised by Grammy!

Then we sat on the donkey for a cowgirl picture!

We tested out the farm equipment!

Then we raced pedal carts - YES, I WON!!!

Taylor needed a bit of help from Gramps to finish strong!

Riding the barrels

... and the Magic pumpkin out to the pumpkin patch!

Pausing to pose with our pumpkin finds!

Picking apples with Daddy & Mommy!

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me!) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:54:00 +0000

This is a video from the Pumpkin Patch/Apple Orchard we went to yesterday with Grammy & Gramps. Boy, did we have a blast! We were there for at least 6 hours and still didn't get to do all the fun things they had available! We did pick some good apples and got some great pumpkins to paint tomorrow... we'll post some pictures

but let this video tide you over - its hilarious!

She took over the stage and danced her heart out!

Monkeying Around

noreply@blogger.com (Its Me!) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:06:00 +0000

This past weekend, Nicole and Lisa (Eric's cousin & friend) came to visit from Lake Charles! We had a non-stop event filled weekend. I've got these posts in the wrong order (chronologically) but you get the gist of what we did. This was Nicole's first trip to the zoo - she picked a pretty good one to check out! (I think her favorite part was chasing the peacock!)

Up close and personal with the birds

Nicole chasing the peacock and Lisa chasing Nicole to get it on film

Keeping a safe distance from the sea lions (Taylor doesn't like the bark!)

Snack time with Daddy (and a little time for goofing around)

Our favorite part: Petting the stingrays for the last time this season. (They're moving to Phoenix for the winter).