Happy Birthday Brad! You are such a wonderful dad and Olivia loves playing tractors, babies and ranching with you. I agree that she is the best parts of both of us – what a blessing from God! Thanks for all you do and the endless love that you give us both. Now go eat some cheesecake!

There was snow this morning when we woke up so Olivia had another snow ball. It now involves gloves, a bowl, a fork, a spoon and sitting in front of the fireplace. She also enjoyed feeding mommy some of the snow. Then we took the remainder of the snow and played in the sink.

No…it’s not a bunch of poo but rocks. Olivia loves to play with rocks (supervised) so I figured she would love them in the bathtub. Taffy got a stone massage tonight!

Olivia loves cows, loadie and feed truck partly because she spends two hours every day that I’m at my parent’s place helping out. She is very concerned that the gate stays closed so the animals don’t get out while she’s feeding them. The loadie puts corn, hay and potatoes into the feed truck which Papa drives. Plus, there are now baby cows in the herd since calving season just started.

Puddles!! Olivia kept saying that the mailboxes were a house that she was standing under. She loved playing in the rain and saw her first worm crawling today. Our neighbor, Bob has some gravel beside his yard and Olivia always wants walk on the rocks.

Olivia was showing off her new kitty barrette by riding the wooden horse, rolling around on Taffy and romping in the ball pit.

My sweet baby Elise – it’s been a year since I heard your purr, that cute little meow, petted your soft fur and carried you on my shoulder. I miss you so much and sometimes feel that you will come to greet me when I get home. I love you little bear!!