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Back off ladies, he's mine.

Nothing like a man who really knows how to dust.

 

I love my husband.

i love lynn.

I got this email today from Lynn:

I just thought you should know that I put you and me in for this archery Deer hunt in New Mexico for January 2009. We will know if we drew anything this summer.

Love ya,

Lynn Bowler

I just really love that man.

Hollynd cowgirl.

Hollynd's favorite thing to do when I get home is to go and feed the horses an apple core or two from during the day. Today when I came home she had 7 apples all lined up with a couple of bites out of each one so that they could "legally" be horse apples. We just happen to have 7 horses. (written by Lynn).

 

Lynn's celebrity Look-alikes

What the...? Who are these people?

My cool celebrity look-alike collage from MyHeritage.comGet one for yourself.

This is what I do  with all my spare time.

YES SIR! I DON'T WANT ANY TROUBLE!

First--some pictures since my last post (taken by our personal photographer, Addie):

OK, so, nevermind about the gun safe. I keep forgetting to get the camera out of Lynn's car. And then I don't blog because I think I need that to do my next post. I figure it's just more important to update my  blog. You guys OK with that? Don't worry, I promise I'll show the gun safe eventually!

Moving on...

Our new adventure is Tae Kwan Do. I still don't know if I'm spelling it right. But I'm loving it. More importantly, Addie is totally loving it. I'm finding out, through a little research, there are a lot of benefits for kids who study martial arts. Among the obvious benefits such as physical fitness, added flexibility, etc. are my favorites:  being able to kick somebody's trash if they're giving her a hard time, respect to elders (like her mom), confidence, problem solving skills, INCREASE HER FOCUS and did I mention kick really hard?

After 2 classes, she has learned a great deal that she is really excited about. Although she is taught not to practice on anyone at home, she loves "showing" Lynn her new moves. My favorite is, "I don't want any trouble"!  She's the one in the back row on the far left. As you can see, she doesn't quite get her hands up in the "watch out, dude, because I'm about to clean the concrete with your face type of threatening position" like everyone else's. She's still cute even when she's trying to be tough. (sorry about the bad angle. I'll try for a better one next time. This will have to do for now)

She loves doing her kicks. One of her best friends, Mariah, is on the left.

K, this is exciting because of what she says at the very beginning. See if you can catch it. (She says "yes sir" when he asks her to come up in front to demonstrate blocks).

For right now, Hollynd hasn't really shown any interest in Tae Kwan Do which is just fine with me. However, I'm hoping she will be a little more interested when she gets closer to her next birthday. For right now she is just content being 3 and hanging out in the pool with her sister a handful of her closest (naked) friends.

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not again!

Yes, Hollynd is sick...AGAIN. Poor thing. I think her little immune system was still down from last time she was sick which was only a couple weeks ago. She now has a cold. Runny nose, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough. Get the picture? So sad. I just took this photo a minute ago. It's Sunday and Lynn and Addie are at church. I always know when my kids are sick because normally they NEVER sleep during the day. So, when they do, I know something is up. Hopefully she'll get better soon.

In other news...

Lynn and I went on a date 2 nights in a row (Fri and Sat). I think the last time that happened Bill Clinton was president and we weren't married. Remember me? I never exaggerate. Anyway, it was great fun! We went to the Parade of Homes. We didn't go last year so we decided to go this year. We enjoy seeing all the latest and greatest when it comes to houses. We saw some really really reallly crazy things. We only went to the largest homes because, well, those are the coolest--right? This one was my favorite. I should have taken a real picture of it because that link's rendering doesn't do it justice. Anyway, we saw water slides, swimming pool after crazy swimming pool, sport courts, waterfalls, ginormous home theaters, popcorn machines, dance studios, indoor basketball courts,

mini-football field in a little boys room--equipped with 3 tv's, dog kennels that would shame the Hilton, rock climbing walls, indoor water features, dens the size of my garage (have you seen my garage?), and last but not least...

THE ULTIMATE GUN SAFE... (video coming shortly--I left the camera in the car that Lynn took to church. Be sure to revisit if it's not here yet. Totally worth it).

Walk-in

lockers

storage, storage, storage,

and 42 slots for guns!

I only wish I would've recorded the look on Lynn's face when he was looking at it. Yes, there was drool.

strong sleep.

The other day Hollynd woke up in her cute little way. She walked downstairs very bleery eyed rubbing her poofy curly bed-head in the middle of our breakfast (she & I don't rise as early as those other two). It's so cute. It's at these times where her hugs are the most ripe--ready for giving. They are warm and squishy. This particular morning, she looked especially cute. Lynn exclaimed, "Hollynd, you look like you got a lot of beauty sleep last night. You look so beautiful."

She did her little bashful stance and covered her face in her hands, speechless. This is what she does when she's embarassed. About an hour later, after Lynn had left for work, she made this statement very shyly while eating her breakfast:

"I think Dad got a lot of STRONG sleep last night. He is so strong and handsome." [giggle giggle]

party like it's 1976.

I haven't scrapbooked in about 11 months so I thought I would get it out today. Don't worry, it's actually on my list of things to do before the twins are born (so I don't feel guilty doing it). I'm putting together Hollynd's baby book. I figured it would be a good idea to actually finish her book before I get clobbered with more baby memorabilia times two. I came across this picture when I was putting her "my parents" layout together:

That's me at 2 months and my brother, Matt, at 18 months. Look how bald we are! And you all wonder why it took forever for Hollynd to get any hair! I don't know if Matt reads this blog but just look how cute we were! Now we're just a little chubbier and older. At least we have hair now.

Here's Lynn:

He's so cute. He was handsome as a little baby too! Look at those chubby legs! I think if my baby self saw him at his baby self way back in 1976, I would've thought, "ooo, what a handsome young buck! He's got chubby legs, I think I will marry him. Hey jumper boy, party at my crib".

more adventures.

First of all...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LYNN!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

This video was from last night. We decided to celebrate with the Argyle kids before they had to leave. Super funny...

They liked hiking so much the first time, we went again yesterday! This time we went to Lisa Falls (Yesterday was Rocky Mouth). Perfect hikes for a pregnant lady with 6 kids. short, sweet not to mention the very cool spray from the falls. Niiiiiiice. I could really get the hang of this hiking thing. Really good exercise and I just love getting into the mountains. I think I'll do some more research and find more places me and the girls can go to.

Here are the pictures:

 

Father's Day

Yesterday, we celebrated our fathers. I love how excited Hollynd and Addie get for their dad.

They caught him in bed and gave him his present: a hunting shirt from Wal-Mart. Perfect. I wish I looked as good as him in the morning.

This video was directed by Addie (all by herself):