My computer still isn't working right. It just took me about 2 hours to upload photos and get them ready to put on the blog. It shut off on me 3 times during this process. Twice, it was almost finished uploading and I had to start all over.
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Rylan, Papa and Maddie Josh is actually smiling!
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Eric with Rylan I love this little outfit
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We got Mom a flat panel for her computer. She had no idea.
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The Night before Christmas
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Maddie got an acoustic guitar.
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Russ' favorite gift was the Lite Brite :)
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I think Rylan having a "boy toy" was Russ' favorite.
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A picture of me- these are rare.
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Becca helping Grandma make cinnamon rolls.
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Grandpa and his girls
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Grandma with her girls
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Becca stuffing her birthday cupcake.
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Becca showing off her "birthday outfit". Russ playing stick the tail on the pony.
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Becca's friends at her birthday party.
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Can you tell I did the cake all by myself? Jenny B- I wish I had even half your talent of making cakes! And this picture was just so cute of Becca squeezing the life out of A.
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Maddie started playing basketball in December. Russ is the coach/ref. Jenna from church is on her team. Maddie loves it all so much (we were very surprised by this).
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Maddie's first real shot in a game. (she missed)
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I love this soft focus picture of Becca.
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She was playing outside in her mask, velvet black/red skirt with a blue shirt, pink butterfly on it, and one blue princess shoe and one pink princess shoe. She told me she felt very pretty.
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Rylan likes to suck on her toe.
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I love all of these shots of Rylan. Her eyes are just so blue!
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Don't you just want to pinch those cheeks?
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I'm learning about the different settings on my camera- see the difference? The second one is so much clearer.