2nd Day of School and Still So Happy!

Mya just LOVES school, and that is an understatement.  It's "her thing" and she pops out of bed on school days and is dressed with her shoes on before I can even get in the shower!  It also helps that her Auntie Aleshia (Randy's sister) is her preschool teacher this year.  There are also FIVE kids from Mya's daycare in her class!  Wow.  It's so crazy for me to see the little group of kids she's going to grow up with.  And they're all amazing kids, by the way.  It is going to be a very fun year;)  I can't believe that next year I'll be taking back to school pictures of a kindergartner.  Oh my.

(that's a little Rolo in her hand.  Yes, I bribed her with candy to get her to take a picture today.  She just looked so darn cute today!  I couldn't resist it!)

First Day of Preschool!

The last snapshots of summer....

I just found these photos on my camera today.  We had Jude and Ellie (our neices) over one day late this summer and broke out the good ol' slip n slide...

Cute little Ellie and big sister Jude

Weekend at Ya Ya's

Randy and I needed a date night.  Bad.  No offense, Mya;)  Since my mom lives in the cities we thought we'd do our date night there so that Mya could have a sleepover with her Ya Ya.  We picked up Great Grandma Bev in Fergus on the way and off we went to the big city.  It was an awesome getaway.  Randy and I got some shopping done at the Albertville Outlet Mall while Mya hung out with her favorite ladies (Ya Ya, Great Grandma, and Auntie Ashley).  Mom just sent me these pictures and I couldn't resist posting them.  Some really cute ones.

Strike a Pose!

We had a crazy busy weekend.  Randy was gone on a fishing trip at Lake Sacagawea near Bismarck and whenever he's gone I fill up mine and Mya's schedule so that we don't have too much time to miss him.  We kind of like him, so it's hard for us when he's gone:)  Friday night we had movie night and watched RIO!  I love love love that movie.  Mya likes it, but prefers anything with the Disney Princesses.  She tells people, "Rio is Mommy's favorite movie." 

Saturday we headed to Great Grandma's in Fergus to see Ya Ya and Auntie Ashley.  Ya Ya made tatortot hotdish and Grandma made cherry pie.  All delicious!  Half way through our visit at Grandma's the power went out!  Apparantly something happened at the power company and Grandma lost power for about an hour.  We were just about to head out the door when this happened to spend the rest of the day at the lake, so Grandma said, "No problem.  I'll just read a book by the window:)"  Any hit of positive attitude I have I got from my Grandma Bev!

The lake was beautiful, as always.  Mya and Ya Ya played checkers while I snuck in a much-needed nap.  It's exhausting taking care of a VERY busy 4 year old and Randy's 3 dogs when he's gone.  Completely exhausting.  Pretty sure I was napping with my mouth wide open.  Drool and all. 

Sunday we headed back to Fergus to celebrate PaPa's Birthday.  We had lunch at the Mexican restaraunt, hit up the park by the otter (huge, gigantic hit with the munchkin) and then ended the day with Dairy Queen.  Mya decided to indulge us in an impromptu photo shoot right outside the Dairy Queen.  She was in a very girly mood this day.  The morning started with her accessorizing her party outfit with a necklace, bracelet, and the huge pink poofy headband you'll see in the pictures.  She obviously looked just smashing!  Hope everyone else had a great weekend, too!

Splish Splash, It's a Birthday Bash!

THANK YOU EVERYONE!!

Happy 4th Birthday to My Beautiful Baby Girl!

4th Of July

4th of July family photo

Papa Joe, me, and Mya

The "Daddy Cuddle"

Eye on the ball!

Oh No!  Missed it!

Try again, this time with a little bit of attitude!

Uh oh.  Missed again.  No pictures please!

A Fun Summer Weekend!

Missy Mya is always all smiles when we're out at the lake.  We got there just as it was starting to get dark Friday night...

Even though the water is FREEZING, Mya just couldn't resist!

My Birthday is coming up (do we really have to keep counting?  Let's just stop at 30:), so dad bought me a cake.  At least it's a good excuse to have TWO peices of cookie dough ice cream cake!

Ran in another 5K in Fergus with my cousins Keisha and Erika.   Yes, I'm completely hooked.  This one completely kicked my butt, though.  Terrain in Fergus is a little different than Fargo and Wahpeton.  The route must have drug us up four hills.  Not really a good excuse, but sheesh!   

The kiddos with their marching sticks.  Quite the imaginations these four have!  I love how much time Mya gets to spend with her cousins.  Thanks for coming out to the lake Nevaeh, Bodin, and Jaxtin! You guys always make it so much fun for Mya! (We kind of like when you're mom and dad come to hang out, too;)

We came home early today to go to cousin Beth's graduation from Breck.  Here's Missy Mya all dolled up:)