This was one of the nicest days of April! Lilly looked so cute I had to grab my camera!! It's easy to take beautiful photo's when your subject is this cute!! Emma and Aliya came out and wanted to be a part of the shoot! I love moments like this! I am thankful during these moments that I have three beautiful healthy little girls!
Lilly was to tired ! I was running around trying to get things done! When I finally came back to put her into bed this was what I found! Could she be any cuter?? Our little thumb sucker!!
Than there was the Easter picture after church! I was excited to get them all before they change or dirty their clothes! So I put them all on the bench and started to take pictures hoping to get them all smiling or at least looking at me!! Before I knew it Aliya in typical girl fashion strats throwing a fit and saying she was done! ( I promise nothing had changed except I was talking to them!)
That was her saying she was done!! As she left! But I did get a great picture of them just not all of them!! Oh the joys of having girls!!!
So this is really Sara's blog but this time it is Dan writing. I thought I would contribute to at least one good post. I know many of our readers are family and come from ranching backgrounds but I thought I would write this more directed to those of you who don't.
We live in the city and I have a "city job" and can hob knob with the best of them but behind it all I am country and enjoy getting back to my roots anytime I can. This might explain my love for gardening, yardwork, remodeling, fishing, and anything that gets we out and working. Sara knew what she was getting into. Our first official date involved us riding ATV's up to a mountin lake with follow up dates riding horses, waterskiing and other fun adventures. While we dated I worked at a dairy and came home from college on weekends to help with our Christmas Tree business. I tend to always have good stories to share which are usually ranch related. It is an exciting way to live. For the past couple weeks I have been helping my father out with lambing as he continues to recover from his surgery.
So on to the stories........My sister and I went to get a load of straw on Saturday about 5 miles from the house and our old blue truck died. We needed to jump start it. To make a long story short, we walked down the remote country road and asked the first person we ran into if he had jumper cables. He was a nice Hutterite man. He tossed me his keys and said he was busy but that we could just take his truck and use it. Only in Montana. He did not even ask our name or anything!!
Story number 2 involves the pictures below....We helped Tom with getting some hay and got the rig barried in the soft spring mud. My sister snapped these pictures while we were pulling it out with 2 tractors. Never a dull moment on the farm.
Sisters! I had one and loved and hated her! My girls have at least two and so far the same goes for them! Having a sister is wonderful and difficult! You love having a best friend but hate it that she is always doing what your doing! You love sharing a closet but hate it when she borrows your clothes! You love being a part of her fun things but hate it when she is apart of yours!
I love my sister now! And appreciate her now more than I ever did growing up! I think about her everyday when I watch my girls together! Their ups and down and struggles with each other and making their own identities! But I am thankful that they have each other and that like it or not they are sisters!
Emma decided to "make" headbands out of stickers I had on their walls! I couldn't be mad when she put so much effort and care into each one! And she made one for every girl in the house! I guess that is how it is being a big sister!
