Art Day!

This is a princess with the red face and blue hair.
Mariah has never really painted "something" before...
She has been pretty abstract until now!

CHICKS!!!

What? Me? Eat Goat food? NO!!! Why do you ask?
Gabe (2)

Mariah shows off the 50 chicks she and Papa picked up.

Cheyenne loves them!

I think she eventually held and kissed each one!

TWICE!

My chicks with their chicks!

We LOVE our Goats!

Lucy, the trouble maker.
Lily, the sweet baby!

Someone HELP the Poor Kid!

Mariah's doll's wooden desktop split

and she tried desperately to fix it

with her GLUEstick!

Easter 2009

The Thomas Cousins

Cheyenne (12) in front

Back Row:

Jamie (15), Olivia (8), Abby (14) holding Mariah (4) and Nate (10)

Carol enjoying the spring sunshine!
Our Easter Bunnies before our walk to Church.
Yes, we live in Mayberry!

Getting ready for the goats

Cheyenne is inside scooping out the house

and Mariah spreads it around outside.
Here comes the fence!
It has to be HIGH because Dora (as in Dora the Explorer)
can jump a 4 foot fence!
Cheye rode in the back with Dora and the babies

on Papa and Nana's driveway.
This is your new home...
Dora, Lucy and Lily

Pre-Easter

Cheyenne and I decorate the Bunny Cake
Awesome job! Cheye's first time dying eggs!
Oh surprise! Mariah controled the pink!

Before starting Nana and Cheye read the directions.

Mariah (4) in the flower girl dress I wore for my

Aunt Kathy's wedding when I was 6.

Our Family Grows and Grows

Cheyenne has taken to "farm" life...

She's a natural!

This is one of our Newest members...

Baby Lucy

Isn't that the cutest dang face?!

And Lucy's twin... Lily

Lucy and Lily are about 2 months old.

And this is Baby Jack... He is 3 weeks old now!

The Girls First Visit to the Gulf

My family on Panama City Beach
Mariah is in the water...
Must be before she heard about the "Under-Too"

No "Under-Too" here!!!
Peace...

This is actually their FIRST time touching

the ocean... The Gulf of Mexico.

Our Condo-Caribe Cove

Our livingroom...
2 bedrooms and the livingroom have
screened-in balconies... One with
a table and chairs where we ate breakfast
every morning!

Unlike most brochures our condo looked JUST like what we saw on line.

This is the diningroom, breakfast bar, Kitchen and entry from the livingroom.
This is the LITTLE bathroom.


Dining area

Master bedroom...

Well, half of it...

The hall has the HUGE walk-in closet then

the master bathroom beyond.

Animal Kingdom

Ahhh... The elusive pre-teen smile!
I LOVE this photo!!!
Could this kid be ANY happier!?

Mariah was enthralled by the safari!
She was a super animal spotter!

All the animals in the world

and we spent ALL of our time with the GOATS!!!
This is proof that the Mickey Logo is EVERYwhere...

Having a moment with Turk...

Of course I missed the kiss she planted on Turk's nose!

Sea World

All Bright and ready to enjoy another day of sun and fun!
Some days I feel like a manatee...
2 tons of blubber just floating around...

I have a hundred more photos of where the dolpins were!
I was MUCH smarter for the Shamu Show and used the video camera...
Although sometimes still I missed the action!
She LOVES the animal characters!
This is what Mariah thinks of the Shamu Show...
I knew she was really out when I felt
the drool running down my leg!

Little Mermaids

OK... Look quick... There are VERY few photos of me!

Me and my girls!

(Happy, Kim?)

Hmmm... Not sure what to say...

Mariah is wired and won't sit still today.

The first time she has ventured away from moms
while swimming.

Cheye is able to swim the length of the pool without

stopping and touching the ground!

Great improvements!