Just one more thing.

As if Easter Sunday isn't a big enough reminder that we should be thankful for our lives. Sometimes other things happen to remind us to count our blessings! Today, I'm just extra thankful that my brother is safe, and would like to remind you all to say a little prayer for Cops and Military members who fight every day to keep us safe. More on this later...

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Happy Easter from the Trail's

you never know who will be knocking at your door.

so there's a knock at my door and my kids tell me that someone is there for me (i was upstairs cleaning brandon and olivia's room). so i go downstairs and there's my neighbor from across the street w/ my daughter in a wagon.
turns out, olivia escaped from our house and was across the street playing in her carport. but that's not the best part. her son (who's like 6 or 7?) found here there and put her in the wagon and brought her to the park to his mom...
so... because we can't lock our door w/ a key from the inside, and there's no safety chain (like we had at our old house) i now have resorted to putting a baby gate outside our front door. any other suggestions? i don't even think we can add a latch because our door is metal. annnoyyying. if it weren't for the danger factor, it might even be funny.

things olivia can say, which we laugh at.

NO, NO, NO... (which she normally says in three's)
Mine!! (which she normally says clutching said item and running away)
binky. (pacifier for the rest of you out there.
WaWa (michael; this is how brandon said it too *lol*)
Booger. (she says it in a sing song voice)
poop. (this too is one of her sing song voice words)
and my absolute favorite is when you ask her a question, she looks up and you and grins and says, "YEAH!!" it's adorable..
okay, resume. it's probably funnier in person. but i'm a mom, so of course anything that my kids do is cute.

we <3 self portraits :)

fun friday; an afternoon in pictures.