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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! |
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| The kids decided today to build an igloo, everyone helped it turned out great! |
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| well I guess Adelle didn't really help, but she's cute... |
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| Josiah and Alysabelle decided Adelle needed a ride in the mini wheelbarrow |
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| Today was a snow day for Stoney, so no work. We had a blast playing in the snow. It is only Feb. 10th and this is the 4th big snow. We live in AR for heaven's sake, we got about 6 inches and could get 2 more inches tomorrow, wow, but we love playing in it. |
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| this morning we saw a bald eagle. is was super neat for all the kids to see, after a few pictures Stoney walked out to scare it away, it's beautiful but it would think our chickens are beautiful too lol -when it flew away he went to my in-laws house a mile away and they too got pictures. kinda neat! |
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| Collin made this snowman all by himself. He did a great job! |
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| Gabrielle also made her own snowman. He too was beautiful, she named him Frosty :) |
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| His birthday morning started with a cupcake and hot cocoa |
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| then to Ryan's that evening! |
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| The cake and the birthday boy! |
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| decorations and blowing out the candles... all seven of them *tear tear* |
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| gifts, gifts, and more gifts |
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| Woody and his partner Josiah and Paw Paw, Maw Maw, and Adelle Happy Birthday Josiah!!! |
