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*oh yeah, look for a new post very soon. we've had some fun things goin' on.
here's my girl loving her new look!
back view...thick thick thick hair! she get that from me,
*side view*Kenna has been asking to get her hair cut for quite some time. I am always somewhat hesitant because my girl loves to twirl her hair...she always has. From the time Kenna was a baby and had enough hair to hold, flip, twirl she has been all about it. I really wanted her to think about this instead of just rushing off and doing it. After all, if you know Kenna and you know how long her hair is it will take a loooong time to grow back. Thursday evening I had a hair apt and Kenna begged to come along. Well, she had gymnastics so she couldn't but she begged me to schedule her an apt to get her hair cut. She wanted it like mine. How sweet but how short! I mean especially compared to how much she has. I was okay with the thought, Josh not so much. He was afraid his baby would look too grown up. Alas today we did it. Kenna got her hair cut. Let just say at least 10" maybe more didn't measure it. It's adorable! She loves it!!! As we were walking in knowing that Kenna wanted a shorter "do" i was compelled to not waste a gift. We've thought about locks of love for a long time but this was such a short notice thing that we didn't have much time to research it...or to even check if our salon did that. When we got there and Kenna climbed into the chair I asked my awesome stylist if they participated in the program. She said YES, and that just made it all seem right! Daddy handled it so well especially after finding out his princess' hair would help another little princess out there somewhere. Kenna had so much hair we got 4 ponytails worth! I didn't take my camera because I was running behind and didn't want to be late but the stylist let me take a picture with her camera so when I get the pictures I'll post them. For now I will add pics of a before picture and after. **okay maybe i'll add pictures later since something is up with blogger**no spell check either so forgive me if i spelled something wrong...i love sp ck**
so we had a major power outage this weekend and when the power came back on everything was good EXCEPT for our computer monitor. Yes, so now we have to get a new one. Could be worse coulda been the whole computer!!!
i know from the pictures it looks more like a "pumpkin" farm but every other season of the year it's a potato farm. the fabulous pto had a family fun day for the entire student body. seriously how cool is that! it's big bucks but this is the second year they have done it. we had such a great night. last year the twins didn't really get to enjoy this year it was completely different...they were walking around and had a great time. makenna and chloe absolutely loved it. this year they thought they were big enough to walk around with their friends. so unfortunately we didn't get quite as many pictures of them. there was so much to do. they had a potato sling shot, water races, corn slide, corn maze, donkeys, bunnies, and goats, and the best homemade french fries...of course, it's a potato farm! So YUMMY!!!
My big girls stopped just long enough to pose for a picture before we headed in. 
Riley and Reagan with their best friend Kenzie checking out the bunnies.
Chloe and Kenna racing the rubber duckies. Go Girls Go!!!
Chloe with her cousins Darian and Sean!
Reagan not too sure about petting the donkeys
Riley ran and hopped back into the stroller, absolutely no interest in touching the donkey or being anywhere remotely close.
mommy and chloe
Riley and Reagan
Hey, there's are big girls and some of their friends. ;0)
Reagan's new "look" see that face...she does it all the time and will do it on command. Silly girl! 
sometimes she has a hard time keeping a serious face...see the smirk!
Rae giving her baby a piggy back ride
Riley was so excited to get on daddy's shoulders.
she's a good mommy, she gave her baby a piggy back too!
Riley took Rae's baby when she wasn't looking. She always has to carry two babies around and she usually also has a blanket for her baby and a purse. My girlie girl! She is singing to them in this picture SO CUTE.
Riley milking the cow
Rae Rae milking the cow
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Riley finishing off mommy's lemonadethanks to everyone who has added themselves to our followers...i love it. thank you so much it really means a lot to me. i don't think everyone understood so i'll just say it once more and i'll move it up so that it is easier to find. see to the left it says "follow this blog"...click on that and add yourself. you can even display your picture very cool! if you have a blog yourself add this gadget it's really easy. hope everyone had a great weekend!
okay, so it looks like it's possible i have quite a few readers out there. although most of the time the comments are only from those that have become "friends." blogger has a new gadget that allows followers to show themselves. so come on i promised i don't bite...show yourselves. it's nice to see that there are people out there reading and if you leave a comment sometime i will return the favor.
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i am so happy to say that. guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty!!! i am so glad that my hubby can put this behind him. the trial was this week and it was a tough one but still i cannot imagine how hard for little manny's mommy. in case you don't remember what i'm referring to here's a refresher.
HERE'S ONE OF THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLES:
He murdered his girlfriend's toddler, according to the nine women and three men who deliberated the fate of an Orrville man who told police the child's fatal injuries likely were the result of two falls.
Following several hours of deliberations, jurors in Wayne County Common Pleas Court found James Vincent Gray, 38, guilty of murder, two counts of endangering children and involuntary manslaughter stemming from the child's Feb. 28 death. The murder charge carries a sentence of 15 years to life in prison.
A single count of felonious assault was dismissed Tuesday afternoon by Judge Mark K. Wiest.
Kristin E. "Manny" Dixon Jr. died at Akron Children's Hospital, where he was flown on Feb. 25 from Dunlap Community Hospital where his mother, Staci Williams, and Gray took him after Williams arrived home from work to find the toddler lying on the floor with his eyes rolled back into his head.
His death was caused by blunt force trauma to the head and ruled a homicide, according to the Tuesday testimony of a forensic pathologist who examined the child's body the day after his death. The medical examiner denied suggestions the fatal wounds were the result of the child running into a wall or falling onto a hard metal object.
But in closing arguments, Defense Attorney Andy Hyde said the child's injuries could have resulted from a running fall onto a metal vacuum cleaner, an accident Gray reportedly admitted witnessing even before police involvement.
Hyde argued the child had a poor diet, which could have prevented him from healing as would a well-nourished child.
Pointing to cuts and bruises documented in photos of Manny's head, torso and feet, taken both before and after his death, Assistant Prosecutor John Williams argued "this baby was beaten all over his body."
"We don't know what exactly happened between (Gray) and Manny during those four hours they were alone together, but we know a number of things happened that placed these marks all over his body," Williams said, suggesting members of the jury, on closer inspection of the pictures, "may start counting how many (bruises were shown in the photos)."
The verdict, Williams said, was "what I asked for and the evidence supported it."
Hyde disagreed.
"I'm disappointed in the verdict. I think the prosecution threw several charges out to see what would stick and (the charges are) inconsistent with each other. And this jury found him guilty of them all," Hyde said.
He noted the murder conviction indicates Gray killed the child as a result of abuse, while the manslaughter charge indicates Manny's death was the result of excessive discipline.
"It just seemed like emotion took over for logic," Hyde said, who cautioned jurors in closing arguments to set emotion aside and not find him guilty of murder because the child died after being injured while with him.
