Lily's Birthday Celebration

We invited our families to our house on Sunday, November 14th for Lily's 3rd birthday. We were excited to have them out to our new home. We have so much more room and it was a beautiful day. Matt had been hunting that weekend with Chris, Brett, Carson, Mav, and Guire, and they did not get a deer. Aww man! Then Sunday afternoon we were ready to party! I had made lasagna for lunch and Lily helped me prepare for our guests.

We opened gifts first!

Lily's very own Christmas tree from Gma & Gpa W. She loves it!

Lily had been asking for a TinkerBell bookbag for a long time!!! I was so excited when I found one. She couldn't wait to put it on!

What a big girl! Good thing a bookbag doesn't mean I have to send her to school. I am not ready for her to be that old!

Another request, TinkerBell movie. Thanks Aunt Gigi!

Thanks Gma & Gpa E.

ABC game from G &G Widdowson


We are very fortunate to have such a giving family. Lily did not need many gifts, but she was very thankful!

Lily sang the birthday song with us! ha ha. She has a Strawberry Shortcake cake.

Great job!!!!

He wonderful cousins that came to celebrate. Cute pic!

Relaxing after lunch!

The kids went out to play. Lily loves her some Maverick! :) He is so good with her.

I have so many pictures of just the two of them. I am glad they can be so close!

Lily and I got Matt a chiminea for his birthday. He tried it out for the first time on the deck today. It was neat. I can't wait to use it more often.

Posing!! Lily loves to try and keep up with Guire! He has so much energy.

Aunt Emily teaching Lily how to draw on her new marker board.

HA HA HA I like her expression!

We had a wonderful day with our family. Lily had lots of fun! Once everyone left, she was tired and we instantly played with new toys and put on her new jammies. I took out her braids and Woah!

My beautiful 3 year old!



November 16th!!!!!!!!!

Lily opened one present on Monday morning before she went to Heather's. We got her a little video game type thingy that has stories a stylus to write and she can draw and play games. Lily took cookies and pens to her friends at daycare.

So happy to be THREE!!

Mommy and Daddy couldn't wait to get off work to play with Lily. I picked her up and took her to the park and Matt met us there. She was so happy. Lily was giggling the whole time, running from slide to slide, asking us to go with her, laughing! It was such a joy to see our little girl full of delight. I am glad we could make her day special.


We then ate at Applebee's for dinner. We had them sing to her, but she didn't like that. She crawled onto my lap and hid her face in my shoulder. She gets so shy lately. But, she liked the dessert! :)

Probably one of her favorite gifts: chapstick!!

Jadyn got Lily a Barbie. Thanks Jadyn. The Barbie count is now at 2. She is now requesting more Barbie's. Oh boy, I wonder how many we will have next year? :)


It is hard to believe my baby is 3! This has been the best 3 years. Matt and I are so blessed to have a wonderful and healthy little girl.

We love you Lily Jo!

Maverick's Baptism

This was a special and memorable day for Maverick. Congratulations Mav!

After church we went to visit Mully. The kids played catch with the football and had races. Mullen would have been so proud of Maverick today.

Here is trouble!

Happy Birthday to our Little Sweetheart!!!

Lily turns 3 today!!!!!!!!

We love you sweetheart! We hope you had a wonderful 3rd birthday! Daddy and I love you so much and had fun celebrating your birthday with you.

Love,
Mommy and Daddy

HALLOWEEN!

We were so excited at our house for a long time to be Tinkerbell!!! And boy was she an adorable Tinkerbell!!!

Off to Trick or Treat at Grandma and Grandpa's!!

I love this picture!

Guire and Mav were there and waited for us to get there so they could see the beautiful Tinkerbell!

Aunt Laurie got to see her too!!!

Tuckered out! She knew she was going to have a long night ahead of her.

Poor little Tinkerbell was chilly, but Mommy needed pictures! She was shivering, but she looked so darn cute!

Rylen the monkey came to Trick or Treat at our house.



We went to GI to Trick or Treat first and we were there too long and didn't get to go to any Doniphan homes. Maybe next year!

We visited the Dudos, Runcies, Barnetts, and Starostkas.

Oh my, there is another Tinkerbell!!! Jadyn is one of Lily's favs! She talks about her often. Jadyn is so much fun!

I like this picture too! It will be a lot of fun to watch these two girls grow up together. We might have our hands full!

We ended our night at Starostkas. It has been kinda a tradition. ha ha! The Baasch's showed up again too, so it was hard to say goodbye. By that time, Lily had so much sugar, she helped Chris answer the door, spinning circles, hugging Dave, running around the fireplace, and more. Boy oh boy, what sugar will do to a little girl!

Halloween was a hit this year!

Fun with Family

October 23rd I had my ML masters class in Fremont. Matt is so thoughtful and asked if him and Lily could come with me. So, we drove up to Omaha on Friday and stayed at a hotel. I left in the morning for my class while Matt and Lily stayed and went swimming.

They also went shopping (for a long time, Matt would say). When I was done with class I picked them up and we went to Scott and Eliza's. The Husker game was calling our name! :)

Best Friends!

Gig and I

The men behind all the great women! :)

Caden is so full of energy! Uncle Matt likes keeping him entertained and coming back for more!

Aunt Liza with Delanie and Lily. Beautiful!

How did Aunt Liza get so lucky!?

I love this picture. Every family should have an Aunt Gigi!

Working on their dance moves.


Well, we hadn't planned on staying the night at the Ferzely house, but it worked out that way. Some other Widdowson family members came over for the evening. Uncle Russ, Aunt Karen and the girls had been in town for a band competition, so they stopped by.

Harvest Time!

We love to go ride with Grandpa in the combine! He had a good Fall to pick his crop. The weather has been absolutely beautiful.

Lily was full of questions for Grandpa this year.
"Where is the corn going?"
"Why is Gigi pulling that (grain cart)?"
"Why, why, why?"
"What, what, what?"


I thought of posting some old pictures of Lily with Grandpa in the combine or tractor. I am sure we will have many more photos to come!

Look at those cheeks.
About 6 months

Almost one year old!

Almost 2