Family Photos!

We had our family photos taken back in November and I heart them!  Big time!  Most of you know, we've been using the same photographer, sheryll-lynne.com, for several years.  We love her.  Big time!  So I wanted to post some of my favorite shots!  If you saw them on Facebook and are bored with seeing them, I apologize! For the few people out there who aren't on Facebook, these are for YOU! :)  I know my face looks super swollen (fat) and my roots are (were) in definite need of touching up.  But as far as the artistry of the photos and the rest of my family....they are PERFECT! :)

Happenings!

There's been some stuff we've been up to.  Aren't we always up to something?!?  I just wanted to clump all the events together so I wouldn't have to make a gajillion (roughly) little blogs!  YAY!  So first up?  We went to the Children's Museum AGAIN!!!!  We had to, though!  In December, they have this thing called the yule slide.  The kids LOVE it!  Lola was a little scared (and covered her face the whole time down)!  Blake and I had a blast racing each other.  I think he won (maybe).  I mean, I wasn't really paying attention.  Or something.  Okay, he beat me BIG TIME!!!!  Then Lola dressed up like a frog in the frog exhibit.  It was awesome.  And the best part of the day?  Probably when Billy put on a tutu to walk Lola out on the runway in the Barbie exhibit.  Yeah.  It was funny.  And embarrassing.  But mostly funny!

I love that I caught her RIGHT in the middle of her twirl! :)

Okay so there's that.  What else is new? 

1.  Well, Blake has started basketball (woo hoo)!  He's doing really well and I LOVE watching him practice!  The games start in January! :)

2.  Lola and Blake went to Build A Bear about a week ago.  Blake built a Pacers fox.  Fox?  Yeah.  He named him Granger (for Danny Granger)!  Lola built a Hello Kitty.  She loves her Kitty Kat (the name she picked out)!

3.  Blake had Rigby (a stuffed dog) for school for a week.  So he came around with us on many errands.  One of them was to soccer practice.  Despite the gang load of germs I'm sure he carried, we all had a lot of fun with him (well, mainly Lola and Blake).

4.  Blake went to a birthday party for his friend, Drew at a place called Snapperz.  They had a blast!

And that wraps up the happenings in the life of the Yadon clan!

Happy Birthday, Lola!

I can't believe Lola is 3.  I really can't.  The time went by so fast.  Now that she's three, I have to seriously start working on some things.  1.  THE BINKY.  2.  Potty training.  UGH!  I don't want to do either.  Especially with Billy living in Louisville.  Wish me luck that I can maintain my sanity over the next several months! :)

Anyway,   Lola is amazing.  She makes me smile all day long.  And believe me, I need that!  So three things I love so much about Lola?

1.  Her wonderful laugh!  She giggles and giggles and I love it!  There's nothing better than having a happy little girl!

2.  I love how much she adores her daddy.  She looks exactly like him.  And she worships the ground he walks on!  Of course it also breaks my heart when she cries for him EVERY day.  But she sure is happy when he's around!  She also adores her brother, Blake!  She talks about him the whole time he's at school!

3.  She is crazy into EVERYTHING.  And I mean everything.  She loves Strawberry Shortcake, My Little Pony, Dora, The Wonder Pets, baby dolls, Finding Nemo, Mickey Mouse, etc....Yeah, she's easy to please!  YAY for easy present shopping!!

Happy birthday, Lola!  You are the best little three year-old we know!  We couldn't possibly love you more!