Pronouciation!!!!

I cracked up today at Rylie..she called a "frisbie" a "Herbie" but sounded like a "herpe" when she said it fast...it was so freaking funny and we all laughed so hard that she wouldn't say it again..poor thing she knew we was laughing at her....

Food for thought!!

> A carrot, an egg, and a coffee bean...You will never look at a cup of
> coffee the same way again. A young woman went to her mother and told her
> about her life and how things were so hard for her she did not know how
> she was going to make it and wanted to give up; she was tired of
> fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one
> arose.
>
> Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and
> placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she
> placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she
> placed ground coffee beans She let them sit and boil; without saying a
> word.
>
> In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the
> carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and
> placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a
> bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me what you see."
>
> "Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied.
>
> Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did
> and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter to
> take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the
> hard boiled egg.
>
> Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter
> smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked, "What
> does it mean, mother?"
>
> Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same
> adversity: boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in
> strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the
> boiling water, it softened and became weak.
>
> The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid
> interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became
> hardened.
>
> The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the
> boiling water, they had changed the water.
>
> "Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks on your
> door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?"
>
> Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with
> pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?
>
> Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the
> heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a
> financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and
> stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and
> tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?
>
> Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water,
> the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it
> releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when
> things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation
> around you. When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest
> do you elevate yourself to another level?
>
> How do you handle adversity?
>
> Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
>
> The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything;
> they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. The
> brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go
> forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.
>
> When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.
>
> Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and everyone
> around you is crying

Hanging with some friends

Our family
Goofing off with "Uncle Tater"
Posing for the camera..I don't know where she got that from!!
Aunt Jami and Rylie

Big Apple Circus

We took Rylie to the Big Apple circus. It was the first time for all of us. GiGi and Popa took care of Beckham for us. We couldn't take pictures on the inside with flashes. Every inside picture I took didn't take well. Rylie loved the horses, and the doggie show. The acts were pretty neat. It was a nice outing for all of us. She was exhausted afterwards we didn't even get to make it out of the park and she was asleep. Then we stopped for krispi kreme doughnuts. YUMMMY. They were hot and Rylie got to watch them make them. It was so much fun. It was so nice to get out and spend some family time with just Rylie to make her feel special. She is such a big girl and time is flying by us so fast.

one of mommy's favorite things to do

Rylie and I cooked cookies and decorated them one night for desert. She just loves to do them as do I. It is good quality time spent together and cheap entertainment. She is a regular Paula Dean!

Our little princess

One a rainy day I let her play in the sink down stairs and she stands there for hours playing in the water. She rarely makes a mess and when she does her OCD that she got from her daddy "hazel" kicks in and she ALWAYS cleans up after her play time in sink,

She has the best time and mommy enjoys it too..I do laundry in peace!

working the camera

trying to wear mommy's boots...soon enough she will be in my shoes

My kinda of morning

Rylie woke up this morning and called for me. I went in her room and she wanted to see Beckham. I took her to him and she got down next to his bouncy seat and just started loving on him. I had to take a picture of them two. I prayed and prayed that she would not be jealous of him when he came, because she was the center of the universe for so long. However she knows that the center of the universe can be shared by her and Beckham;)

I pray that she continues to love and protect him like she does!

We are blessed!