at the zoo, lottie sue gets pitiful & cera had cool glasses in high school (not)

Matt and I took Lottie Sue to the zoo on Friday afternoon. We made it through almost half of the zoo, then ended up getting rained out. We still had fun though! Here are a million photos for your enjoyment, it will be like you were there.

lottie sue was peeking through the grate to
spy a big pig, she oinked a few times as well

Then we went to the goat and sheep petting area, they give little ones a brush to use of the animals - they love it. One little fella was smitten with Lottie.

they never looked better after this styling

This little guy is Guava, he was all over Lottie Sue. She liked him even though he knocked her down. She recovered fast.

all better

Alrighty, here are a few more photos...

matt and lottie sue check out the rhinos

these red pandas are the cutest things ever

Here is a photo of an owl, they are so gorgeous.

if i wasn't a muggle i'd pick this owl

here we have lottie sue observing a butterfly
in the butterfly tent thingy

Lottie Sue was VERY excited to pet this bunny rabbit. She kept hopping up and down saying "hop hop hop" - adorable.

nice bunny

lottie sue directing daddy around

here's an elephant coming out to play

large and in charge

lottie sue also really likes the zebras, she calls
them "orses" and kept saying "eigh! eigh!"

That's all we saw before the downpour came. We did not have an umbrella. We got very wet.

Here are a few random photos of the past week or so, life with Lottie Sue.

unrolling the toilet paper for her toilet play

this is after matt shared a fudgesicle with her

These two are of Lottie Sue pouting after she was put in time out for slapping me. She does this a lot and when you put tell her it's not ok she closes her eyes and can hardly keep from smiling. If she can't see you then you can't see her I suppose. After the "time out" she went into the kitchen and laid down, looking all pitiful. Talk about laying it on thick.

so sad, she says

We went up the lake over the weekend to see BB and GranDaddy. It was rainy and kinda chilly but Lottie Sue had to put her toes in the pool.

splish splash

And this is a video I took of them enjoying the water.

it's the little things

And now I have a few photos I scanned in this afternoon, Daddy found these and I thought I would share with you as well.

i painted this in 1983, WAY before we even had ernie and kevin - spooky
(i love how i drew an arrow from my name to the kitty kat)

becce in kindergarten (the dress was red with
white polka dots, i remember it well)

cera in high school i think, cool glasses (not)

cera looking very happy to be at the dixie stampede

becce looking cute and me looking a little
too grown up in my underoos (yikes)

becce with the side pony

becce posing for photos in the backyard at littlebrook subdivision

this is a button i scanned in of cera when she cheered

becce in high school dressed to the nines

Those were good and not too embarassing, embarrassing ones are my favorite. Oh well...

We also had an ultrasound last week, here's a face shot and then on of his ding-ding again.

hi buddy!

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• Mad Men! Mad Men! Mad Men!
• Dolly or Bust - I LOVE her! Please read this article, it's great.
  
• A piece of Antarctica ice has broken off, it's the size of New York. The state.
• I want this job.
• Here's a list of someone's top 19 most loved episodes of "This American Life" - I downloaded all of the ones I haven't heard this afternoon. Excitement!

OK, have a great week - post to ya later!

yes, it's a midriff jersey but the gun is the best part & becce is all business up front but partying in the back

Dear Matt and Becce,

I hope you both know how much I love you, but I found these photos and couldn't help myself.

Big hug,
Jen

OK, I think this is the most embarrassing photo of Matt. Ever. I assume that Matt cut the football jersey himself. My favorite part is the gun. I think the first time I saw this photo I didn't think it was real, I thought it was a funny photo but no - this is his official senior year football picture.

Stick em up

I think everyone would agree that Becce is very fashionable...today. Maybe not in the 5th grade. I give you, "Becce with Front Butt-Cut Mullet."

Business up front, party in the back

I'm in the process of scanning in lots of photos. Any that I find embarrassing will have to go up. And don't worry, there are bad ones of me as well. I will share those with you - I can laugh at myself (proof).

Ooh, I just found this one of Sara/Cera*...this is her "Wilson Phillips" hair style. She REALLY wanted to look like one of the singers in that group (the blond one with the super short hair). She was obsessed with the song "Hold On." This photo isn't too embarrassing...

Hold on to your curtain dress

And here are new and old photos I scanned in during Lottie Sue's nap. First, current-day Lottie Sue...

Lottie Sue is now 10 MONTHS OLD!!!

And now a few old photos...

This is a photo of Grandpa and our mom

Me with the tambourine and Becce playing in the driveway

A Halloween photo, I think maybe we are 6 & 8 (I don't know if it transfers, but Becce was so HAPPY to be a bride for Halloween)

This is me at 6 months old

Me again, not sure of the age

A YOUNG Josh and Matt (babies practically!), they bought a car to maneuver around their six-month stint in Europe in 1996

Matt and I are just dating here, on a visit to see Mike and Becce - we are at the horse track

I dream of Jeannie

Here's to a great week! Today is just a GORGEOUS day, makes me happy.

*I've had some of my friends question the spelling of Sara's name, it is actually S-A-R-A. When Cera was little she was obsessed with dinosaurs (this is pre-Wilson Phillips) and a movie came out titled "A Land Before Time." There was a triceratops in it and her name was C-E-R-A, once Sara saw that she wanted our parents to change her name legally to spell it like the dinosaur in the movie. I remember a particular crying episode in the JCPenney parking lot over this topic. Momma refused her plea and she pitched a major fit in the parking lot. This was around the time she was also demanding a rat tail, I think our mom was o-v-e-r her ill-intentioned requests.

Anywho, that's why we write her name as Cera...