Playing outside

My ladies love to play outside!
They are great little girls. I love being their mom!



Neilie was trying to get a drink from the hose.





Neilie accidentally sprayed Claire with the hose... of course this made her cry... everthing makes Claire cry. :)

Relay for Life 2009

In Loving Memory of Little Donna!

This year my mom was the team leader for the Fairforest Elementary School Relay for Life team. She worked so hard on this whole project! This was a whole family experience in so many ways. Here are some pictures. Hope you all enjoy!

Autumn was spoke during the opening ceremonies. She gave her fantastic testimony! She truly shows no fear in front of all those people... Amazing!



They had two walks at the beginning of the relay. The first walk was for survivors. The second walk was for caregivers. Preston, MaMa, mom and Autumn walked in this walk. I got the best picture!



It happened to be Preston's b-day the same day of the walk. So we had B-day cake! YUMMY. It came from Costco. I highly recommend their cakes!



GuGu and Neilie!



This is the Fairforest Elementary Banner... Give Cancer the Boot!

BathTime in "Mommy's Tub"

For Claire's birthday, Gugu and Papa gave her a swimming baby. Neilie and Claire wanted to take a bath in the big tub so they could let the swimming baby could swim. While they were in the tub, Neilie wanted me to turn on the jets. This is what happened to the bubbles when you turn on the jets!




Here is Neilie when nthe jets are turned on... she loves it when the bubbles get higher!




Here is Claire with the bubbles. She wasn't too sure about the jets but Neilie reassured her that all was okay. Neilie is such a good big sister!



Oh and they named the swimming baby, Sarah the Swimming Baby.

Neilie Meets Cinderella

We took the ladies to Chick-fil-a on Tuesday night to meet Cinderella and Belle. There was an extremely long line to meet Belle (if you wanted to take a picture). The line to meet Cinderella was not long at all. So we chose to meet Cinderella. Here are the pictures from Neilie meeting Cinderella. It was precious!
I didn't get the front of her face but I thought this was a sweet picture too.


This is a picture of the 2 princesses comparing dresses... how sweet!


Notice the look on Neilie face. It is really sweet.

I think GuGu said it best when she said, "Her dream has come true!"

Easter 2009

Here is a picture of what the Easter Bunny brought the girls. They were so excited about getting a new movie! The Care Bears were a big hit with Claire Bear... imagine that?!?!



This is the only picture we got of both girls in their dresses. Don't you love the hairbows... GuGu made them. I think they are great! Neilie loved hers. It took some getting used to for Claire Bear.




Here is the bunny cake that MaMa made. It was a surprise to all of us. The girls were so surprised. They loved it... we all did. It was yummy!


This is Claire's reaction.





Here is the family photo from the dock on MaMa and DaDa's lake. We had a nice day eating lunch with the family.


Happy Easter!
Love,
The Chappell Family

Easter Eggs

Hi all,

So sorry it has been so long since I have posted. The video of Neilie singing is just a no go! It is precious and I just hate that you won't be able to see it on the blog.



Here are some pictures of the girls dying Easter Eggs at GuGu and PaPa's house. This is the Saturday evening before Easter. Neil had to work and I didn't want to brave 6 containers of watery-non-washable egg dye, 4 little hands to my 2 hands... so we went over there and invaded their house. It was great!




Here is Claire doing all the work. I made them wear the cute little aprons. Neither of them really loved the idea of wearing the apron.

Where is Neilie you are asking.... here she is, reading books. She just couldn't stop reading to come and dye easter eggs. I think she just didn't want to put the apron back on.

Hope you all enjoy the pictures. There will be more to come tomorrow. The Chappell Family hopes everyone a very Happy Easter.

"I know my redeemer lives!!!"

trying to post... having issues

Ok so I have tried to post this thing about 5 times now and am getting a little of Blogger telling me there is an error. I will be trying again later but not now. My computer is too expensive to throw across the room... which is what I would like to do at this point.

What I have been trying to post is the sweetest video of Neilie singing "Jesus Loves Me". Maybe you will get to see it... maybe not... we shall see!

~ Abee

Locked OUT!!!

Ok so there are no pictures for this post but a great story.

First of all, this is totally off the subject but I just wanted to say that my baby girl, Neilie can use the big-girl potty totally by herself. I know that is probably too much information for you all but I am so proud of her... that is a huge step in our house!


Ok here is the real story.

Tonight we were on our way home from visiting GuGu and Papa (my parents) when I realized that I didn't have the normal keys that I use to drive my car. These keys did not have a house key. We were locked out. I wasn't sure how we were going to get in. I was a little panicked. I told the girls I would leave the car running and check the windows to see if I could get a window open to get to the back door and unlock it. I pushed up the screen and pushed on the window... locked.

I went to the other window on the other side of the door (even if I could get this window open, it wouldn't be much help since it was on the side of the door that the hinges ... not the locks were on). Ok so, I pushed up the screen, then pushed on the window... it is unlocked. So the window is up... now what?

This window is so far off the ground, there is no climbing up to it without a ladder. No ladder in sight. I am thinking how can I climb in this little-bitty window? Then it hits me... NEILIE! I can send her through the window and she can unlock the door! I can tell her what to do! She can do this... she is smart! (this is me talking myself into this).

I run to the car, get her out and explain the whole thing to her. She says, "I can do it Mom!" So I lift her in the window. She is now on top of the washing machine and terrified to get down. I hold on to her arm and lower her down.... right into the dog's water bowl... she didn't like this. Ok, after she got over having wet feet, she went to the door and started trying to unlock it. I kept saying, "Turn the lock, turn the lock!!!" She kept jiggling the handle. Ok this is not working, I am thinking.

Then, I remember, Neil's truck keys are on the counter! I am thinking, "Oh this is great, YES!" I tell Neilie to go get the truck keys and bring them to Mommy in the window. She goes over to where they are and says, "Well I can't find them." and starts to walk away! I start banging on the door saying, "Neilie come back, Mommy is cold out here!" She comes over to me and says, "Mommy, its not cold in here." "Ya think?!?!?!?" I am thinking... but do not say of course.

So I tell her to go and try one more time to get the keys. She does and this time actually gets the keys and brings them to me. I try the first key that I think it is... doesn't work! "WHAT?!?!?!?!" I am thinking. Then I try another key. It works we are in!!! I come in, close the window, lock it back, hug Neilie and thank her for saving the day. She said, "Mommy, since I saved the day, can I have a chocolate peguin?" She has been asking for this candy for a while now. I say, "of course!" and she kept saying, "I saved the day Mommy?" My response is, " Neilie, I am so proud of you!" She was beaming!

What a great way to start 2009!