Easter Fun

March 26th, 2008 Melanie Posted in Brooke, Celebrations, Family, Hailey 13 Comments »

My parents were here last weekend for Easter and we had a great time having them here to visit.  We dyed some Easter eggs, so of course I have to share some pictures.  Hailey wasn’t too sure about the whole thing when we first started, but she ended up having fun.

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Not too sure about this whole egg dyeing thing.

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Once “Pa” sat down to help Hailey with her eggs she loved it.

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I promised Brooke if she’d just let me get one picture of her that I’d leave her alone with the camera.  So, here is Brooke enjoying dyeing some Easter eggs.

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Adding some glitter to the eggs.

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Yay!  Now this is definitely fun!

I’ll be back later with some pictures from Easter.

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Ooooohhhh, This Was Fun

March 1st, 2008 Melanie Posted in Brooke No Comments »

Regina tagged me to play along with this fun little game.  Since my Meme Monday is going to be full I decided I wanted to post this today. 

These are the rules:

It’s really easy to do, just go to MagMyPic plug in a pic of yourself and choose a magazine cover you want grace.
Then: 1)Link back to the person who tagged you. 2)Tag as little or as many friends as you like, just make sure and tag somebody! Have Fun!!

And since I like to break rules, I am posting a picture of Brooke instead of a picture of me.

You know what? That was so much fun that I’m going to do it again later.  I’ll have to do another one with Hailey’s picture.  And, if you are all very well behaved I might do one with my picture.  (Since there have been recent comments that I never post pictures of myself.) 

And now for the tagging part- if you want to play along go right ahead.  Just let me know if you do so I can check out your picture on a magazine cover.

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She Looks Just Like You

February 22nd, 2008 Melanie Posted in Brooke, Hailey, Me, Rich 8 Comments »

At least that is what people always say about Hailey.  I am constantly hearing that Hailey looks exactly like me.  So, when I saw this Look-alike Meter on Tammi’s blog and then again on Andrea’s blog I had to give it a try.

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So, apparently Hailey looks equally like me and Rich. 

Then, for fun I decided to try it out using Brooke’s picture.  While Brooke is my step-daughter we have always been told that we look alike.  Usually people think we’re sisters.  So, anyways, I decided to try it out with her picture. 

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And I got the same results- she looks equally like me and Rich.

Anyhoo- I know it’s not anything scientific- but it was fun to try it out. 

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Just Some Random Stuff

February 11th, 2008 Melanie Posted in Brooke, Hailey, Rich 16 Comments »

Now for those of you who read Pam’s blog you’re going to be scratching your heads and saying, “Wait a minute, am I at Random Thoughts or Livin’ With Me?”  Beacause this post?  It’s going to be quite random.  And I think random is good- that’s why Pam’s blog is one of my favorites.   And if you don’t read her blog- it’s time you start!

Anyhoo- onto my random post.

First of all, I have decided to start posting again every day on Our Happy Happenings.    Just posting here at Livin’ With Me is not enough to satisfy my blogging addiction ;)   So, if you want to- you can go back to checking there every day too.  I’m going to use Our Happy Happenings more for the various daily memes- such as Fun Monday, Tackle It Tuesday, Wordless Wednesday, Thursday Thirteen, and Friday Feast.  I’ll still be posting daily here too- so don’t stop visiting me here!

Next on the list of my randomness.  Over the weekend Rich and Brooke went to an event that helps to raise money for a charity.  There were many people, who in my opinion just might have to be completely crazy.  What did the crazy people do?  They went into the freezing cold water.  The water temperature was 37 degrees and I don’t actually know what the air temperature was at the time, but later in the day when I checked it was in the single digits.  (I know some of my Canadian readers are probably thinking, “Wow!  Single digits- that sounds great to me.”)  So, while I think it’s great that this was done for a charity- I prefer to stay in my warm cozy home and just write a check to help the cause.  Anyways- Rich and Brooke were only planning to watch the crazy people.  But, apparently it was really hard to see without actually getting in yourself. 

And so. 

Rich and Brooke ended up in the water.  Rich only up to a little above his ankles and Brooke up to her knees.  So, they aren’t quite as crazy as some of the people who put their entire bodies into the freezing water. 

And now here’s a few pictures of the fun.

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The nice balmy water, at 37 degrees

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Some amazingly brave people who must have very thick skin

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While you can’t exactly see it here, Brooke is in the water.  And I can assure you she went in up to her knees because I saw her wet jeans when she got home.

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As soon as they got home Brooke went right to the shower to warm up her legs.  Of course, Hailey and Dottie had to watch.

And now the last part of my random post. Hailey loves to sit under our kitchen table and is constantly bumping her head. So, we thought maybe she’d like a tunnel so she would have something to climb through.  So, here are a few pictures of the new tunnel.

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Hailey enjoys crawling through the tunnel.

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Dottie also enjoys crawling through the tunnel.

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Apparently the tunnel is also a good place to read your Bible.

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And also a good place for a quick nap.

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