Olivia turns 4!!!

Olivia Jean Abel turned 4 yrs old February 12th...we celebrated w/ a Scooby Doo birthday party of course since he is her HERO! The cake was marvelous and was by Heather Arvin again of course...the bottom sheet cake was white & the Scooby on the top was removable and all chocolate. Here she is posing w/ her cake..........

Some of the guests having pizza & cake...




Olivia eating her cake....she only had a few bites. She had too many guests to entertain!



Her and some of her buddies opening gifts..Kayla is behind her in the window w/ a friend.



She opened up 3 Smurfs from Uncle Josh!!!!






She liked her card from us which was Rapunzel from Tangled singing one of the songs from the movie & a Leapster w/ 9 games! She knew how to play it already..she taught us!




Olivia w/ her friends...(left to right) Lilly, Olivia, Madison, Ava, Ella & Landrey;)






I just had to post this pic...this is her in her Velma outfit she received at Christmas from Santa!!! How cool is it that he knew to get her that?? She was in heaven!!!

Cousins are fun!

Well what's better than cousins in life when it comes to family? I don't know what I would've done in my childhood w/o my cousins..I was soo very close to alot of mine growing up and saw them all the time. We spent summers swimming together, four wheeling & even vacationing. Thought I'd share a few photos of some new cousins that are so adorable I just had to share! This first pic is our newest cousin born to my first cousin CJ Brown & wife Katie...she was born 9/30/11 and weighed 8 lbs 7 oz & given the name Elyse Rylie:) Here's the girls holding her at the hospital...



I couldn't get over all the beautiful black hair!!! My girls didn't have near this much! They had some, but barely!

Olivia liked her, especially her head & hair..she thought it was soft! Wonder if we could've took her home & no one would've known? She reminded me so much of my girls as a newborn....

Cousin Landon Mathies celebrated his 5th birthday a few weeks ago...he's surrounded by another one of our cousin's Hunter on the right, and the other are friends of his...another gorgeous/fun cake made by Heather Arvin!!!

I love this picture..this is Mr. Holden O'Neil Lingenfelter being held by his great-grandmother Norma Jean Ziegler. She is a sister to my Papaw Brown so Holden would be my.....4th cousin maybe?...it gets hard to figure this stuff out the further down the line we go. All I know is that he has roll after roll, black hair & cute as a button! He has 2 sisters at home just as cute too!

Labor Day Weekend 2011

We had a fun filled Labor Day weekend...first of all we attended the mass at St. John's to welcome the new Bishop..Bishop Thompson. Danielle & I greeted at one of the doors & then she was chosen to present him w/ his gift which was an embroidered shirt and my Dad was a Eucharistic minister. We had lots of good food & cake! Below is a couple of pictures from that event. First picture is Danielle after she presented his gift to him...

This picture is the Bishop to the right laughing after my Dad asked him if we could call him Bishop Chuck..LOL



Sunday of Labor Day weekend we went to my Uncle Joe's farm for a Fegan Reunion of sorts...lots of family from my Dad's side & we had a great time. The rain held off so we could have our hayride w/ Uncle Joe driving the tractor and my Dad & Eric trailing behind on 4 wheelers.. this first pic shows Olivia & Kayla playing ring toss...

Danielle had the best time learning how to hula hoop...she learned alot from cousin Glenda:)
The back of Uncle Joe as he drove the tractor pulling a bunch of us on a wagon..it was soo nice!


The Fegan Family....this pic shows youngest to oldest...my Dad, aunt Edith, aunt Barbara & Uncle Joe...Mary Alice passed away in 2007 unfortunately. She was the oldest of the 5.

Then on Labor Day my cousin Nikki was in from Texas so we gathered at my Aunt Peggy's place & they rode 4 wheelers & Haylie kept the golf cart hot!!! LOL... this pic is my Dad & Brett's dog Zeke riding at Peg's...
Here's the golf carting girls...Danielle, Kayla & Haylie..
Uncle Josh riding Olivia around..
Landon Wade Mathies riding his four wheeler. He's too funny on this thing. He spins the tires as he takes off. It's hilarious.
Haylie even got Papaw Brown to ride a couple laps on the golf cart. Wish we owned one. They really are lots of fun.

First Day of School 2011

The first day of school for my girls was Monday, August 15th.....Kayla is in the 7th grade which means junior high which means 7 classes/7 teachers & a new locker & combination...I think she is finally getting the hang of it! She so far likes her teachers & her classes and is doing really well.... Danielle is in the 4th grade & has Mrs. Megan Jones & really has alot of fun in class..she loves it! I couldn't be prouder of my girls!!!!

This is a picture of all 3 girls at the French Lick Resort the weekend before school started...we had such fun!!!! Aren't they cute?!

Lots & lots of stuff

Here's Olivia driving a tractor at the kiddie tractor pull at the Martin Co Fair...

Danielle w/ her prizes of winning the Grand Champion rabbit this year out of 82 rabbits!

I like this picture of Kayla & Danielle during the rabbit show in deep thought:)

Kayla & Danielle before the rabbit show...
Kayla w/ her grand champion cake decorating which will go to the state fair--woohooo!
Danielle w/ her reserve champion woodworking project..a flower box which will go to the state fair..
My Dad's cat Mitch....
Danielle, Kayla & Kiersten W at the Spencer Co. Open rabbit show...w/ some of their medals.
me and the girls in our official aprons for Country Bunnies Rabbitry.........
Olivia in her apron w/ her rabbit Bubblegum Freezer....at Spencer Co.
Papaw Brown on Father's Day w/ his dog/companion Amos Moses....
Danielle receiving her runner up medal for softball....
Danielle at a softball game......
Run Dobbi Run!
Danielle's 10th birthday cake this year...Hawaiian themed....
Danielle w/ her cake & jealous little 3 yr old sister....LOL
Papaw Brown w/ Olivia Jean and Pop Fegan in the background....
Kayla & Olivia at Holiday World for our church servers trip....
the St. Martin's Church, Whitfield, gang..kids/chaperones at Holiday World....

Girls' Recital 2011

Below is Danielle at rehearsal...love her outfit & hair. She did soo good this year.



Below is Danielle w/ good friend Brittany.

Danielle shaking a leg lol...

Kayla getting ready to dance at rehearsal...

Kayla & Olivia before the recital..

The girls before the recital w/ Ginger...the dog was after the beef stick in Olivia's hand...



Goofing around before the recital...


After the recital w/ Darcus & Granny...


After the recital w/ the Fegan bunch...


At home afterwards, another shot of Danielle's hair...loved their hair this year. It was done by cousin Katie Brown.


At home..another pic of Kayla's hair. She looks about 20 here!!! She will be 13 this July!!!!