Abbie, Bud and Zabe

What a honey...

Just look at these eyelashes.  This is my cousin Angie's little girl, she is such a doll and those eyelashes go on forever.  So jealous!!

I hope to get pictures up tomorrow of our Canada trip.  There's a lot.  Like 350, aren't you proud Em!!!  We had a great time but there is no place like Home Sweet Home....there's also nothing like an out house for 7 days. 

Here's a sneak peak of what is coming for tomorrow.

the sunsets are so awesome.

and this kid is pretty awesome too, bug bites and all

the driveway one foggy morning

sitting around the campfire

my dad and father-in-law.  2 farmers enjoying the good life.

but their work is amazing.

We must be born with it....look at the little man's pinky!!!

Am I the only one who thinks this is hilarious?

"My wife Mary Jo, my daughter Richelle, my daughter Ann and her boyfriend Cole HXXXXX, my son Luke and his best friend Bryce DXXXXXX."  LOL!!

Had to be there. It was hilarious ask Shelly.

Great time in Canada once again.  Tony and Carrie also came which was sooo much fun.  Glad they decided to come and take a break out of their busy lives with the house and wedding plans. 

So one day Shelly, Ann and I had to run to Dryden which is about 25 miles away from the cabin, we stopped and got coffee at this place called ???????, anyway as we were leaving we noticed this guy getting ready to weed eat the grounds of the coffee shop.  Mind you, he was all decked out with a protective helmet, safety goggles and all, and I was like, "Wait, does he have a uniform on?" And Shel goes, "I think he does!"  Then I said to Shelly and Ann, "John, you are on weed whacking duty this afternoon."  Shelly says, "Could you imagine they come in to work check out the schedule and say, danget, I have to weed whack!!"  It was funny.  Had to be there.

Great things about Canada 2007

1.  Lots of fish

2.  Lots of laughs

3.  Lots of help with Zabe

4. PERFECT weather

5. Beautiful sunsets

6. Tons of snacks

7.  Good conversations

8.  The bonfires

9.  No flat tires on the trail blazer traveling to Mickel

10.  NO HOWIE FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK. 

Not so great things about Canada 

1.  My father-in-law broke his leg.

2.  Zabe's butt rash.

3.  Zabe waking up at 6am 

4.  THE MISQUITO'S

5.  Running out of diapers and formula

6.  We almost ran over a dog 18 times on our way to the C-Store (the gas station on the reservation)  (ask Ann she was driving)

Bud and some pickerel.

I heart this look of his.

my hair is so long :)

I love these two men also...

My sissy's.  I think this was taken after being out on the lake from 12-4. Lets just say we were cooked.

That's der my fish on the right.  I caught a big Northern.  Or wait, was mine the little one.....Les?  That's ok, Les caught about 2 fish to my 20.  It was our last day there, I had hardly caught a gal darn thing all week.  Finally I go fishing with my husband, dad and father-in-law leaving Shelly behind who I had been secretly watching all week because she has quite the angler skills.  I am sure it has absolutely nothing to do with her subscription to Walleye In-Side. LOL!!So anyway, I finally caught some fish.  So fun.  Love to catch, hate to eat.

...does this diaper make my thighs look huge? 

Happy Birthday to Grandma Linda!!

Also, Happy Belated Birthday to Auntie Emily and Uncle Chris who celebrated their 32nd birthdays yesterday...Friday the 13th. ooooooo  

Happy 28th Birthday Bud.  We love you, many more happy Birthdays.   

Yet another Flom and O'Reilly are going to share a birthday.  My brother Casey, his wife Kim and big brother Carsyn welcomed Cayden David into the world last night at 6:42pm.  It's pretty funny how the Bud and my family have the same birthdays, for instance.  My oldest brother Chris who just turned 32 on July 13, shares the same day as Buds sister Emily.  They are the exact same age.  My brother Casey and Buds dad Les will be celebrating their birthdays on the 21st of July.  And now Bud and baby Cayden will share the same day.  Funny. 

Cayden looks just like Carsyn. 

  Birthday Boys

  Big Brother Carsyn

It was actually yesterday, but I was a little busy and didn't get to post this.  So Zabe is 9 months.  Here is the low down on him.

- crawling like crazy

- loves to say mama and an occasional dada

- everything needs to be shook, spun, or dropped.

- his 5th tooth is popping threw at the moment

- still waking up once during the night

- loves the camera....of course

- says ball when playing with one

- shakes his head for no

- loves his swing outside and just being outside

- caught him yesterday trying to make out with the dog. ISH! lol

- he is such a little charmer when someone comes for a hair appointment, he could be fussy with me and the minute someone walks in he's like a different kid.

All in all he is doing very well.  Very happy, does so well entertaining himself most of the time.  Except if I really need to get something done. 

This is the "shy" look he gives. It's hilarious.

  And this is how he was pretty much our whole photo shoot.  Way to serious.

Zabe slept the night. In fact he is still sleeping. He went to bed around 7:30 and it's 6:50 now. Of course however, last night when I took him up he was so tired and I realized his bed wasn't made and we have the pack-in-play set up in there also because we had some issues with his crib the other day. So I decided to just put him in the pack-in-play and not mess with getting sheets on his bed, well there is like a down comforter in his p-i-p and he must LOVE it or something. I don't know what the deal is. It is sooo nice though to have him sleep all night. I of course was up a few times going to the bathroom and each time I layed down I was thinking to myself that he was going to be up any minute, but luckily never happened.

Praying for more nights like this!!

***Bud is in a derby in Fairbault today!! GO BUD!

***I have a wedding party to do this AM.

Happy Birthday to Grandpa Les and to Uncle Casey today.

Have a great day.

Enjoy this beautiful weather farming. I here it is suppose to be in the 90's all next week!! Ish.

I realized just how many hairstyles Ann has had over the past 7 months.  Oh to be in cosmetology school again.  She reminds me of someone when they were in beauty school. Our mother.  Just Kidding.  Ann came last night with her "new" hairdo.  Actually the pink she has in it is just a wash out.  I know for sure there is at least 1 other hairstyle that she had that I couldn't get the picture to come up.  So take a looky.  Ann's many styles from the past few months.  I think I did them all except the 2-21 picture.  Notice the large gap from 3/24-7/7 that's where she had a couple more colors I believe.  Funny.  Notice also how well Ann can pull of these styles!!!

1-21

2-21

3-24

7-7

7-11

  7-20

The possibility of these 3 being classmates is likely.  Hard to believe since Zabe seems sooo much older.  It will be interesting to see if they graduate together.  I think they will have a good time growing up together!  They are so lucky.  I loved growing up and being close to my cousins. 

We celebrated the June/July Birthdays at my parents tonight.  Here is mom and dad with their 5 grandchildren.  Pictured from left to right-mom holding Cayden and Jenna, Dad holding Carsyn and J.J. and Zabe being a little goof in front of mom.  Everyone was able to be there tonight.  It's so fun when we are all there.  Not a dull moment that is for sure.  We grilled out, and hung out.  Beautiful night out.

  J.J. turning 3 July 30th. The oldest of the grandchildren.

Cayden 6 days old

Jenna 9 weeks

Mom with her "newest" babies

I took a rock away from him....

oh happy again.

We have an exciting weekend coming up.  Thought I would blog quick before the weekend is over.  We had a busy last couple days with hair and I am off now for the weekend.  My girlfriend Geila that I went to Aveda with is coming tomorrow afternoon to spend the night. (She likes to call it her vacation) Zabe has his 9 month appointment at 2, then just hanging with Geila and some friends tomorrow night.  Saturday is going to be a relaxing day, Bud is going to help his aunt move, then Sunday we have Jenna's baptism (which I may add that Bud and I are god parents!!!) and celebrating J.J.'s 3rd birthday, then we are going to the Little Antique Power Show in Hastings.  It will be a fun fulfilled weekend and hopefully a little cooler than it has been lately.  I am getting sick of this heat.  I think today they said it was 100 or better with the heat index. Not fun.

Hope you all have a nice weekend. 

A few random ones for you....

  J.J.

This is Paige, my sister-in-law Kim's niece.  What a dolly.  She was looking at Zabe trying to give Carsyn kisses.  And she must have thought it was kind of cute, because the look on her face is priceless.  (Carsyn didn't really want a kiss!)

 
Zabe and I in Canada, we make such a cute couple eh?

awwwww.

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