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Summer Vacation 2009

For vacation this summer we went to Branson with some of my family. It was a great trip!

We left pretty early in the morning because we needed to get the oil changed in the car before meeting up with everyone else. Abby was all ready to go with her kitty and her pillow.

Sitting in the car with Daddy waiting to meet up with Grandma and Grandpa Slusher. As you can tell in the window, it was not a very nice day out. :( I think it rained the whole trip down there. We stopped and ate at Lambert's Cafe on our way through Springfield. Here is a picture of Abby trying to take some food off her Aunt Robyn's plate. Crazy girl!

Probably one of her most favorite activities on vacation was swimming in the pool. She wanted us to put her on the side so she could jump in. Of course, getting her out of it to go inside was always a chore. ;)
We took her to the fish hatchery one day to feed the fish and she really got into it. I am not sure how many cups of food she went through, but she loved watching all of the fish jump for the food. She also tossed her cup in one time. Oops!

Abby and her Grandpa waiting for the tram to take us to Silver Dollar City!

Abby and I on the tram ride to Silver Dollar City.

Here is Abby playing in the sprinklers at SDC. It was so hot out, so it was nice to have these water areas to play in.

This was my favorite picture from the whole trip. Abby was all ready, fishing pole, hat, and all, to go for a ride on Grandpa's boat. She loved it! She even tried throwing her pole out to catch some fish.

She even got to drive the boat. I will tell you that she is a much better boat driver than me. ;)

This was a Barney ride that they had at one of the outlet malls. She loves Barney! Unfortunately, it was not working the day we were there, so she didn't get to ride it. :( She did get to give it a hug and kiss though.

I have a LOT more pictures from summer vacation, so if you would like to see more, check out my Facebook photos, or email me. I will send them out!

Sam's New Job!

As some of you already know, Sam started a new job almost a month ago. He is working at St. Anthony's Medical Center in South County. He is really enjoying it there, and the benefits are great! The only downside is that it is 55 miles each way, but I guess he is used to all of the driving by now. ;)

He already has many projects on his plate. He is working with Sharepoint again, which he loves (and is VERY GOOD at). He is hoping that this will be at least a 10 year opportunity. He is also still doing some work for BJC on the side.

Abby and I are so incredibly proud of him and how hard he works for our family!

Easter Day

We had such a fun, and exciting Easter this year! Abby was a year older, so she really got into it. She got to have 2 egg hunts and visit with the Easter bunny. We also made a stop at the cemetary to visit Grammy and EJ.

Checking out the loot from the Easter bunny!

She was not very happy about us trying to take her picture. We just wanted one of her in her cute Easter dress before she messed it up. ;)

I thought this picture was so precious. We have taken her to the cemetary many times, and she usually just wants to run around. This time she actually stopped, and looked at the headstone. It breaks my heart to know that she will never know my Grandma. She was so important to me, and I know she would have been the same for Abby.

Brother and sister!! How adorable! We tried to get Abby in there too, but she wasn't cooperating. Go figure!

Her first Easter egg hunt of the day!

She got lots of coins to put in her pig!

Looking for eggs with Grandma and Grandpa at her 2nd hunt of the day!

Abby and Grandpa playing with some foam pieces. They were tossing them and blowing them in the air. So cute! She has a blast with Grandpa.

Grandpa trying to get her to touch the Easter bunny. She wasn't too sure. (It was actually Sam's cousin, dressed up.) She did warm up to her though.

Abby, Mommy, and Daddy with the Easter bunny.

Blues Game on Friday, April 10th

On Friday night we took Abby to her 2nd Blues game. My Dad got some tickets from work and wasn't able to use them, so he gave them to us to use. They were 12th row! We had 4 seats all to ourselves, which was really nice. We got to spread out and Abby had room to move.

Before the game started, and the teams were practicing, Sam took Abby down to the glass to watch up close. When they were done and the clean up people were coming around, they tossed a puck over the glass to Abby! She was so happy! She had the cutest smile on her face while her and Sam were walking back towards me at our seats. The puck was all wet and covered with shaved ice, which she also thought was pretty neat.

Abby and Mommy after she got her puck!

She couldn't wait for the game to start. She was dancing to the music and yelling "hock, hock."


Hanging out by the Bernie Federko statue.

Egg Coloring

This was Abby's first year coloring Easter eggs! We all had so much fun. She took each egg and dropped into the coloring cup and then wanted to fish it out with her hands. ;) Here are a few pictures!

She was showing off all of her pretty eggs in this picture. (Also, she was suprised by her blue fingers!)

Easter Sugar Cookies

Abby and I made some Easter sugar cookies the other day. It was so much fun (and also a HUGE mess! ) She was such a great helper. She dumped the ingredients into the bowl, stirred them up, and then poured them into the mixer.

Here she is cutting them out with the cookie cutters. Notice the egg-shaped one that she is wearing as a bracelet. Too cute!

She is so deep in thought here, decorating her cookies.

The finished product. As you can see, some of them turned out a little crispier than others. That is due to the fact that my oven is AWFUL! It will burn some things while leaving others barely done. :( Oh well, Abby loved to eat them anyway.

She is so proud of herself! Her Mommy and Daddy are so proud of her too!