I love Lucy!

We adopted a new dog!! Her name is Lucy, she a golden retriever and she is 1 1/2 yrs old. She is the sweetest, hyper thing ever!! We are so in love with her too! The kids love her so much. Ally isn't so up on the idea of having her, but she will get used to her soon. She loves to run and she is so fast! She loves to be pet and loves so much attention. We love how her tongue hangs out the side too. She is so much fun! I am so glad we were able to give her a home!

Ally, the calm looking dog, and Lucy, the one with her tongue hanging to the side. We love our dogs so much!

Surprise party for dad

We had a surprise birthday party for my dad in Fargo, April 4th. He didn't have a clue about it either! Stephanie and her family were there, and my family were there, and Grandma and Grandpa were there, my mom's brother and sister were there, and a lot of friends came as well. It was a lot of fun!

We are waiting for dad to come. Everyone was trying to be quiet before he got there. We were all excited to see what he was going to do.
Surprise!!
He said he had a feeling something was going on, but he didn't think Steph and I were going to be there. I think he was really surprised and happy! This was the picture that I was waiting for from Steph.


This is the pic I got of my dad walking in, Viktoria's stuffed animal was in the way! :) Yeah it is a nice one huh?

Dad after the excitedment had calmed down. He looks happy!

A few people visiting having fun. The kids all had fun swimming and playing with each other, while the grown ups were talking. It was a lot of fun.

This picture was when the party was in full swing. We had a lot of people there. Everyone had a lot of fun visiting. We were about to eat some cake. David also had a little party too, he turned 3!

Dad got this cute tee shirt that says Authentic Vintage 1949 Original. He was prety proud of it!

Opening up a few gifts and cards.

A cute tie that Uncle Gary and Aunt Mary gave him.

Alyssah had, had enough. Her little body couldn't take it anymore, this was day 3 of no naps so she was tired! She slept on daddy for about an hour.

I am glad we did the party for Dad. He was so happy and it made it so worth it in the end!

Wordless Wednesday

She is so cute!!

Wordless Wednesday

I hope this makes you smile! He sure makes us smile!

Nice out

It is really nice out right now. This means my driveway will become very muddy again. And this means my poor daycare families have to walk in mud and slop again. I feel so bad that they have to, but there isn't anything we can do about that yet. Soon and hopefully very soon we will get gravel and we can fill it all in. And be done with the mess.

But I am loving the nice day, sunny and the kids can be outside playing. They love it too. They love to play with our neighbor girl Kenzie. They all have so much fun! But I will be so happy when it is summer time and they can be out in the sun and warmth and not drag in so much flippin mud.

I am nervous for tomorrow

I had a mole on my are removed last month and the results came back abnormal. Not cancerous, but the Dr. needs to go in and get all the abnormal cells out. So I will have a 2 inch scar on my arm now. I am more nervous about the stitches than anything. Last time they hurt so bad. So I hope all goes well and tomorrow night I will be all done!!

Please Pray

If you pray, please pray for this little guy. He is very sick and needs your prayers.

Check out his mom's blog at

http://www.mycharmingkids.net/

So fun!

I asked Alyssah to bring me a brush, her spray and a pony. She came back with a brush, her spray and 8 ponies. So I did this with her hair! She was so proud and she looks sooo cute too!! She is so much fun!

Poor Alyssah

Alyssah was playing with her blankie over her head and she ran into the chair! She hit her cheek so hard! She cried and cried for about a half an hour. Even through her bath, which she loves! She looks sooooo sad in this picture, I told her to put ice on it but she wanted her blankie at her cheek first. Poor thing! I felt so bad for her!

This is the next day. It was purple and swollen too. When she woke up from her nap she was really swollen. We were getting worried that she might have broken something. So we took her in. The Dr came to the conclusion that she was fine just really bruised.
Her poor cheek. Today (5 days later) it is turning some pretty shades of yellow and green. But she says it doesn't hurt anymore. I am just glad nothing was broken!

What a mess!!

What a mess!! We have the worst driveway in all of the county!

A closer look

Mark coming in on the bobcat, trying to save the driveway. I don't know what he will accomplish though!


Giving me a smile before the work starts!

Hopefully this helps!!

Mark says this was the second time he has driven one.

Not much new going on

Here in the Torno household much is the same. We have been enjoying the weather now that you can be outside and breathe normal! I am loving the warm weather, but not the muddy entry ways, but I will take it if it means that it is going to get nice out again.

The boys are liking school still, Josh is doing fairly well. Jake is doing really well, he loves school. They love the bus ride the most, which is fine. :) They are loving the nice weather too, I think they are just as ready for summer as we all are.

Alyssah, what can I say, she is our little star princess, she is so funny to watch with other kids, she is definately "THE BOSS". I can picture it now, she will come home from school saying that nobody wants to play with her, because she is the boss. She loves her babies still and all the new things I have for the daycare kids here. She thinks that the new bouncy seat that I have for a little one here, is for her and her babies. She is funny and I love her so much!

I am ready for spring!! That is all I can say!! :)

My three kids

I love them soooooo much!! I am so proud to be there mommy!!
They are goofy and sweet at the same time!!

They couldn't get much sweeter!! Or could they... ;)

Sleding

We have had a record snowfall here and the boys love it! They go sleding all the time here! We have the perfect hill to go sleding on. It is just right outside our front door!

They are all ready to go!!

Down the hill they go!! They go very fast too!! We have a lot of snow!!

They go so far that they start heading back up the hill on the other side! They will go forever!!!

As much as I want winter gone, watching the kids sled is so great, I will be sad when all the snow is gone. Chances are, we won't have another winter like this so I hope they had fun this year!

To cute for her own good!

Alyssah is so cute, and very funny! She loves to look pretty and be cute! She loves dressing up for church and she loves to have her hair done. She is 100% all girl!! And mommy loves it! I am not sure how I got this to be blue and underlined, it is annoying, but oh well.

She wears the bows so well!! (and now the writing is normal??)
I love this look together! She loves to wear dresses, so this is great that she can be warm!

Alyssah is so cute in piggy tails!

She loves to pose for me! She should have been born in New York or LA. She would have made a great child star! But I am soooo glad she is mine, I wouldn't trade her for anything!

Her own look! She loves it!

Pretty hair! She is proud to show off!

I love the boots so much! And this outfit is one of my favorites!