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| Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to Connor, Happy Birthday to you!! Today was Connor's 5th birthday party. He will be 5 in 5 days!! That's crazy, my baby boy 5. WOW time flys |
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| MawMaw and PawPaw and Alysabelle at the party. |
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| gift time baby! |
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| he had to wait until we all sang and he blew out the candles to play with the digger and "dirt" , and his Rollerblades |
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| Stoney and Adelle, and the birthday boy and Mommy. |
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| Adelle has decided (without my permission) to sit up. So with many tears I post these sweet pictures of my BABY sitting up like (dare I say it) a big girl :( |
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| Yesterday we got 3 very sweet goats: Ivy, Alpine, and Lucy. Connor and Ivy, (Connor was so cute, he has decided that Ivy is HIS GOAT, Hope that means he'll be the one to milk her too) this 2nd pic is of Gabrielle giving them all . beautiful hairdos with Elsie's brush :) and Connor with yep, you guessed it Ivy :) |
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| Alpine, and Alysabelle and Ivy |
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| Josiah hugging Lucy, and Collin petting Lucy |
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| Alysabelle with all three new goats, and Adelle riding Ivy lol, OK really Gabrielle is holding her but it looks like it :) and Collin |
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| Alysabelle really riding Elsie, Elsie is getting so big, she has out grown the harness that was so big it fell off of her when we got her, she has moved up to Medium. The cow thinks she is a dog, but we love her anyway! |
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| the artist at work, and the finished train |
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| the detail inside was even super neat. |
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| My sweet boys and their valentines gift from Mommy. (Connor and Josiah) |
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| Adelle and her gift from Daddy |
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| Alysabelle and her 1st year teddy from Daddy |
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| Gabrielle and her valentine's gifts from Daddy |
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| My sweet heart Collin |
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| My gifts from my sweetheart, I;m up to 13 bears :) |
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| my earrings, necklace, and ring (rubys & Amethyst) |
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| Stoney and his goods, he is going to kill me for the boxers picture,his floral arrangement has 30 full sized candy bars |
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| Gabrielle's collection is growing! |
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| Before you step out of the vehicle at little Magness Lake, roll down a window and listen. You’ll know why the big, stately, beautiful birds are named trumpeter swans. They are another Arkansas wildlife success story, although it has a touch of mystery. Nobody can fully explain why these birds took a liking to this one small oxbow lake a few miles east of Heber Springs in Cleburne County. It was in the early 1990s, and three swans showed up on Perry Linder’s farm. He welcomed them, doled out whole kernel corn, and their numbers have been growing since. The birds imprinted on the location and have come back every year, with babies and their babies babies, and their babies babies babies, and ...well you get the point. |
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| now there are an estimated 250 birds each winter. |
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| Gabrielle and Collin with the beautiful swans |
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| and Josiah and Connor |
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| and last but not least Alysabelle and Adelle |
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| this is such a rare thing for our area, we feel blessed to be able to witness it. |
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| the swans are so majestic and graceful |
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| The kids, Stoney, and I had a great time feeding them, we brought 5 gallons of corn, and they ate every bit of it! |
