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October 2009

Maggie & Fox. Ok, so Fox isn't a kid but he has been in our family for 10 years. Maggie loves him as much if not more than we do. Maggie never leaves him alone. She loves to hug him, pet him, and even try to feed him from his bowel.

Maggie loves to splash in puddles. This picture was after a big rain storm that left puddles all over our back porch. She grabbed her cowgirl boots and got caught singin in the Rain and splashing in puddles.

ON the 4th of July we got up early and went to see the Hot Air Balloons take off as part of a Freedom Festival. It was so cool to see 23 balloons blowing up and taking off all at the same time in an area about half the size of a football field.

Maggie is always saying Silly mom. Guess this picture needs no other caption. I am what I am.

Maggie loves to swim. She wanted to go so bad this day but was too sleepy. She wouldn't let us take off her floater. She just slept in Mike's arms with it on. After a good snooze she was in the pool for 2 hours!

Mary Anne and Maggie Splash in the water of the Lake by the Docks.

Maggie had her first real camping experience this summer. We went Camping with Mary Anne's family. Maggie was so excited about the Smore's and she loved helping Daddy roast the marshmallow.

Mary Anne grew up going fishing for family vacations. She couldn't wait to teach Maggie how to do it this summer on our Family Vacation.

Family Photo by a beautiful Waterfall in Yellowstone Park. Family Vacation this summer.

Maggie shows off her Bee on her face.
She thought it was fun to get her face
painted at the museum.

We went on our first cruise this year with most of Mike's family. Although it was hard being away from Maggie for the first time after two years. We found that we love cruising.

For Easter all Maggie wanted was a chocolate Easter bunny. We had read about one in a book about Easter and how the boy eat his ears off. She was so excited about the bunny and tried and tried to bite off his ears. No luck.

Maggie helps mom plant peas in our family garden in our backyard. We plant a garden every year. We have grown our own pumpkins for the last three years.

It is common to find the two of them like this after a nap or during a nap for that matter.

We had been waiting for snow all winter and when it finally came in January we went out and had a blast. Mike pulled Mary and Mags up and down the street with Fox chasing us.

Taking time out during family photo shoot to have a little fun throwing leaves.

Every year the local Zoo puts lights up all over. We love to go see them and a few of the animals even in the cold.

Family Photo after our annual family Easter egg hunt. Mary Anne's family has a tradition of everyone has eggs with their names on it. You will find anything from candy to money. We keep the tradition alive even when we can't be there.

Our little fish. Maggie has loved the water since her fist swim lesson. We didn't know how much until we got her this green floater and now we have a hard time getting her out of the water.

We love waterfalls. We took Maggie to this waterfall by our parents houses. We had to pass it every time we went to see each other. Maggie Loves waterfalls and fountains so she was so excited to play in the water.

Maggie has always loved to play on the 4 wheelers at the stores but wasn't so sure at first when Mike started it up. Then she couldn't get enough telling Daddy to "Go faster" the whole time they were on it.

We went to a museum and they had this cool Jaws head we just couldn't pass it by.

Mary Anne and Maggie love to paint. MaryAnne tends to get more messy than Maggie as Maggie likes to use a paint brush and Mary Anne likes to use her fingers.

Maggie holding our hands as
we went for a walk. She loves to do 1-2-3 jump.

Mary Anne, Maggie, Mike and Fox. Our Family October 2009.

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