New Family Pictures

 This is my family, all 12 of us, Since my Sister-in-law and the kids have been living in Billings for a bit we have been able to do a lot of fun stuff with the cousins that we just don't normally get to do. The kids LOVE that. My Brother came up to visit the weekend before Easter so we took the chance to get Family pictures done, since we have added Kenzie since the last picture was done. These are the ones I liked, unfortunately my little guy was sick so we didn't really get any shots of him that I really like, maybe next time...

 I can't get over the sky in this picture!

 My boys in a tree, so typical!

 Generations, Peat, repeat, and Repeated, clearly we are related. I often get I don't know who your kids Dad is, but they are definitely your kids, yes there is little doubt there!

St Pat's Fun

This picture is really a good example of how Addy often withdraws from what is going on around her, My friend Sarali put together this great day of St. Pats fun for the kids, they all had fun, even my little grumpy girl in the pictures. She had actually just run out of steam she had been playing and having a great time, thus we are working on that muscle tone and endurance. She wouldn't put her hat on for the picture, but she wouldn't take it off the rest of the day, funny girl.  

Hippo Therapy spring 2012

 These are some pictures from this springs Hippo therapy. Addy Seriously benefits from the horseback riding, I have NO IDEA how this works, maybe just being jostled around?  So in the fall when we ended, she was doing good but would only stick to the basics, no funny business, this time she has been much better and shown great improvement all around, they have her make swimming motions while sitting on the horse, which she use to just raise her hand now she tries to stroke, She is also trying so hard to complete other tasks they give her, and on her first night back, she rode backwards, which we had been working on non-stop in the fall, now she asks to do and usually does it every-time. Her favorite part is still going REALLY fast with dad at the end, he runs the horse, and she squeals, so fun....

 This horse is her favorite of the bunch and the fastest, not a coincidence....

She is getting pretty good at the care taking too, compared to what she would do previously anyways, perhaps there is a little cowgirl in her, she LOVES the horses, the other day we were driving  and there happen to be a field with horses in it, I heard, stop Mom, ride horse? from the back seat, Hmm no my little backseat driver I won't be stopping for you to ride some random horse....

Rockstars!

 Not that our kids even know what rock is, LOL they think Disney is the hardcore stuff, compared to the alphabet jam, Words and Sounds and nursery rhymes we normally listen to, Disney is pretty extreme, but How we love it, all of it, doesn't really matter what I put on music wise, these two will go gear up with whatever they deem appropriate, sometimes clothes, sometime instruments, always their Microphones, these babies are amongst the best find toys I have ever come home with, the best part, you can record, so often the kids play there microphones and a message from Daddy Plays which TOTALLY makes their day, they will spend truly hours with these joys! (the other thing I have found to hold Jimmy's attention, the lawn mower, he stood and watched the Lawn caretaker Mow the yard for over 20 minutes, I think he would have cried when he was done if Doug hadn't just happened to walk through the door at the same time the guy finished up)

Ode to music! This boy seriously has the cutest jig I have ever seen....