Our regular visitors...

Here are some pictures of the herd of deer we have had visiting us regularly all winter long. There are between 10-15 that show up. They graze on our apple & pear trees and have made quite the beaten path through our backyard. If I could catch a picture of Charlotte chasing them through the yard I would, it's actually quite hilarious. I think she thinks she's a hunting dog!!

Samantha's 5th Birthday!

It's a...

So, I went in to the dr. for my regular check up today (17 weeks & counting). He had a hard time finding the heart beat (happened last month too). So, since Travis and Samantha were there, he got out the portable ultrasound machine. He said, "Either it's a girl, or the boy parts are too little to see still." I told him we were going to go to Florida at the end of February to visit Trav's sister. He said to go ahead and schedule my ultrasound for before we leave so we can take the news with us. I am SO glad! It's killing me to not know!! You'd think that since we have one of each (a boy and a girl) it wouldn't really bother me to not know. Nope, I HAVE to know! I'm a planner. Now I only have to wait 2 more weeks instead of 4 more weeks to find out if it's a boy or a girl. I'm sticking with my prediction of girl and Travis is sticking by his prediction of boy so I guess we'll finally get to find out who's right! As long as the baby cooperates that is!

A Day at the Ranch

We took the kids up to Hardware Ranch today to see all the Elk and go for a sleigh ride. The kids had a lot of fun and it was such a nice day (relatively warm compared to what it has been). The wait to ride was a little bit long but since it was such nice weather it wasn't too bad. We've tried to take the kids up there and go for the ride several times during the last couple of years and it seems like every time we've gone we haven't been able to do the ride for one reason or another. Anyway, here are a couple pix from our adventure!

Help!

Ok, I know it's a bit early, but I'm a planner. Travis and I were talking about baby names again tonight. He had said before that he liked the name Caleb for a boy (which has finally started to grow on me). Tonight he tells me he really wants to name a boy Travis Jr. and call him TJ. I'm totally serious! I DO NOT like the name. I told him he can give him the name Travis as a first or middle name and then put something with it and we'd call him that (remember, we don't even know if the baby is a boy or a girl yet!). No, he is broken hearted that I dislike TJ so much. Now I feel bad because I, of course, have no other suggestions for boy names and he says he doesn't like Caleb as much any more. Any suggestions for boy names would be GREATLY appreciated at this point because according to Travis it's either going to be TJ for Travis Jr. or Anheiser (yes, the beer - and no, I don't find that funny).