Piper the Sheepdog

 My Dad has been after me to update the blog with picture of his Sheepdog.  Piper never wants her hair combed and so Grumpy named her sheepdog because of the look you see above and below. 

 So here you go Dad a few pictures of your sheepdog. 

She is also a princess who loves corn on the cob,  go to love my little girl.

*Update on Mommy and babies,  we are doing pretty good,  I have been feeling much better.  A few headaches and being overly tired are the main symptoms now (and having cravings for food we do not have in the house or in our small town.)  Monday August 20th we go see the Dr again and have an other ultrasound,  can't wait to see the little ones again.  And to make it even better my Mom will be with me,  that will make it very special. 

Minnesota Vacation

 Our first stop was the Little Brown Church in Nashua, IA.  I am sure most of you are familiar with the song about this church, well it was my Grandad Norwoods favorite song and we had it played at out wedding in memory of him.  So naturally we had to stop and take a look at the church especially since it was not even out of the way.  And now we will continue with our time in MN,  Enjoy!

 We had lunch at the American Doll store in the Mall of America,  such a neat experience,not real cheap but worth it for the fun my little girl had.

 Piper loves Dora and so meeting Dora was the highlight of her trip, she is now  convinced Dora is REAL.

 Loved visiting this place, fun stores, amusement park and don't forget lots of yummy food.

 Just a piece of interesting art.

Just a cool old Mill, now turned museum.

Hope you enjoyed the peek at out vacation photo's,  we had a great time and made some good memories.

Two by Two

Well some of you are probably wondering where I have been , so sorry for the long blogging break.  But as you can tell by the photo above we have found out some wonderful news,  we are expecting twins in January.  This came as a very wonderful surprise,  we have been praying for God to give us another child for about a year and a half now and what do you know with God and Doctors anything is possible.  We are so happy that God has blessed us with twins,  we really feel like he is rewarding us for our patience and not giving up hope that He is in control.  
  Miss Piper is very excited also,  she is already wanting to buy clothes, carseats and more.  I am only 10 1/2 weeks along and so we do not yet know the sex of the little ones but Piper is convinced that it is a boy and a girl.   So I hope that explains the absence of post,  now I am off to get ready for a little family vacation.  I will update when we return.

Cousin Love

 My nephew Colter was here recently and I had the opportunity to take some photos of him and Piper.  These were some that turned out fairly good,  getting good shots of two very active three year old's is always a workout.

Flags, Family & Fun

 Here is our Memorial Day in pictures.  The day started out with a service in the park,  flags, Army Band and speeches.  It is always a very neat service.

 Old Glory

 It is always better to have Grandpa hold you rather than stand

"Miss America"

 Later that day we had lunch at my inlaws and enjoyed spending time with cousins. 

Even though the pool was tiny these for kids sure had a blast.  And that is a recap of our holiday weekend. 

NeeNee & Grumpy Time

 My parents came to visit last week, of course we had a wonderful time and beautiful weather.  Mom and Dad gave Piper a fishing pole for Christmas and so Grumpy took her fishing.  The first time she saw the fish she screamed and dropped the pole.  But by the time they left she was enjoying fishing very much, I believe Dad had a new fishing buddy.

 Trying to hold the fish up for Mommy to take a picture and not get it too close at the same time.

 Dad enjoyed helping finish up the bean planting, here they are filling the planter with beans.

 One day after working in the flower bed Piper thought NeeNee needed a cool down. 

 Showing Piper how to do funny things with your shadow,  so much fun.

 We spent one day at the zoo,  Piper enjoyed it very much.

Miss Piper riding a camel (all by herself),  she did not want me to ride with her.  Miss Independent.

Thank you for coming so see us NeeNee and Grumpy we had so much fun with you.  We love you very much and can't wait to see you again.