Finally, a picture of us!

Here is a recent picture of us! (And Jackie in the background!)

Hercules at Burgess Falls...

We decided to take Hercules to Burgess Falls on Saturday for some excercise. He was so cute walking on the trail. He made it most of the way! I was shocked. Blake also took him out in the water to see how he would react. He is not a big fan of water right now. He didn't panic, but he was better being on dry land! We also ate at one of the picnic tables before the hike, and Blake fed Hercules his food on the table. (Bad habits starting now...) By the time we got back to the car, Hercules was exhausted, and it took him no time to fall asleep. I also took a few random pictures just to play with the camera! All in all, it was a wonderful afternoon in the park!

A Surprise Visit!

Maggie and Savannah dropped by our house the other day, so we took advantage of the opportunity for some cute pictures!!

Playing our new piano.

She was seeing what she could get her hands on in there!
Looks like she found something!

I caught her right as she yelled my name (which is now nannie, her version of Stephanie). Too cute!!

Cream City Crankin'

Last weekend my Mom and Dad came to Cookeville to visit and celebrate my birthday and my Dad's birthday. We celebrated right by heading out the the Cream City Crankin'. We paid $5.00 a person and got to try all the homemade ice cream we wanted. Basically you walked around and got a plastic spoonful of each flavor. At first we thought that one spoonful was not enough, but when you try 25 different flavors, it is plenty!!! Here are a few of the pictures we took from the weekend!

Some more cute pictures of our puppy!

Meeting Cookie Dough!

We decided it was time to let our rabbit, Cookie Dough, meet Hercules. Overall, it went pretty good. Of course, miniature daschunds were bred to hunt rabbits, so things could get interesting later on! We thought if we introduced them while Hercules is a puppy, then he might want to be her friend! We weren't sure who was scared of who some of the time. Here are a few pictures I could get while they were not moving!

A Tribute to the Easter Chicken!!!

Since tomorrow is my Dad's birthday, I thought I would post a little tribute to him.....
We finally got several rolls developed so I thought I would share our Easter tradition. Every year we have an Easter Egg Hunt for all my cousins and my Grandparents house. My Dad would help the kids find the eggs, and it evolved into the Easter Chicken. Now as he finds a egg that has been hidden, he stands over it clucking like he's a chicken laying an egg!! Its really humerous, but the kids love it! Every year they ask if the Easter Chicken is coming! Of course the adults sit back and laugh!! Here are some pictures from this year's egg hunt!

Hannah and Madison looking for an egg.

I caught him in mid "cluck".

On the run with Josh!

Found another one!!

I doubt many other families have an Easter Chicken visit them on Easter!! It is such a fun tradition. Even though he may look hilarious, I'm so proud to call the Easter Chicken my Dad!!!

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