HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESS! I LOVE YOU!!!

SPLASH PAD - FUN IN THE HOT TEXAS SUN

MY FEET ARE ALWAYS COLD. WHAT TO DO? WHAT TO DO?

SHE LOVES CARDS JUST LIKE DADA

HONOR ROLL STUDENT - GETS A NIGHT ON THE TOWN

IT'S A POTTY IN THE U.S.A.

ROCKY RIDGE ATV RANCH......

SPRING HAS SPRUNG....

DILLON AND MADALYNN PLAYING IN THE BACKYARD. "LIFE IS GOOD!"

SEND SOMEONE OUT HERE N.O.W.!

MADALYNN SAW ME ON THE PHONE WITH THE AC COMPANY LAST SUMMER WHEN THE AC WENT OUT. THEY WERE NOT ACCOMODATING TO SAY THE LEAST. LOOKS LIKE I MAY HAVE SCARRED HER FOR LIFE! :-)

HER VERY FIRST RIDE

MADALYNN WATCHES DILLON GO ON EVERYTHING AT SIX FLAGS ALL THE TIME. SHE IS NOW ABLE TO RIDE SOME THINGS ON HER OWN. THIS WAS HER FAVORITE! SHE SMILED THE WHOLE TIME! ALL 3 TIMES SHE RODE - BACK TO BACK.

LIKE PHIL JACKSON.....ON THE SIDELINES; SERIOUSLY

MADALYNN WATCHING DILLON PLAY SOCCER LAST SATURDAY.

NO LONGER A NEWBORN BABY......

MIKE'S MOM AND MADALYNN - JUST ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO.....

HARD TO BELIEVE SHE WAS SO TINY JUST A YEAR-AND-A-HALF AGO. HOW TIME FLIES!

JUST LIKE HER DADDY, SHE CAN SLEEP ANYWHERE....

PLAYING IN THE BOX ONE MINUTE AND SLEEPING IN IT THE NEXT! TOO CUTE!

He is Risen!

He is risen, indeed! Easter is here and this little bunny rabbit (ok, she's not a bunny, she's an angel) has just got to be the cutest little thing you've ever seen?!?!? :-)

"SERIOUSLY!!! - YOU WANT ME TO WEAR THIS HAT?!?!?!"

WHEN I GROW UP, I'M GOING TO BE AN ASTRONAUT

"I LIKE PIZZA"

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE SEEN THE MOVIE MULTIPLICITY WITH MICHAEL KEATON, YOU KNOW HOW FUNNY THAT STATEMENT ACTUALLY IS.....

WHICH KID IS UPSIDE DOWN? :-)

TEETHING MAKES ME DROOOOOOL.....

I'M A PRINCESS

WHO'S READY FOR THE FOOTBALL SEASON TO BEGIN? MADALYNN IS!

CHILI'S - I WANT MY BABY BACK, BABY BACK.....

I DON'T WANT THIS:

I WANT THAT:

CAMPING IN COLORADO

IT'S HARD WORK RIDING ATV'S ALL DAY...

A ONE-NIGHT STAY AT PALO DURO CANYON IN TEXAS ON THE WAY HOME. IT'S PRETTY COOL. THE 2ND LARGEST CANYON IN THE U.S. ONLY TO THE GRAND CANYON. AND TO THINK IT'S JUST 30 MINUTES SOUTH OF AMARILLO.

OUR FINAL DESTINATION. 884.1 MILES FROM DALLAS TO ALMONT.

WE EVEN MADE TIME TO DO A LITTLE FISHING. DILLON CAUGHT HIS VERY FIRST FISH ON THIS TRIP. HE WAS PROUD!

WE RODE RIGHT FROM CAMP AT 8027' TO CUMBERLAND PASS AT 12,015' IN JUST 25 MILES.

THIS WAS "THE GOLD AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW".....SLAUGHTER HOUSE GULCH TRAIL WAS A STEEP AND ROCKY CLIMB, BUT AFTER ALL THE HARD WORK, YOU END UP IN TIN CUP, CO. SIMPLY BREATHTAKING.

GONE FISHIN'.

"NO, I PROMISE, I WONT TALK BACK EVER AGAIN!" ACTUALLY, SHE DOESNT MIND HOT SAUCE. IN FACT, SHE'LL EAT RAW GARLIC AND HOT SAUCE. SHE'S UPSET BECAUSE SHE WANTS IT! :-o

OUR FIRST FISHING HOLE....NO ACTION. HAD TO MOVE UP-STREAM.

HALF WAY THROUGH A RIDE, WE DECIDE TO GET A LITTLE GOOFY.

IS THIS PLACE GORGEOUS OR WHAT?!?!?

AND FINALLY, THE PRINCESS.......

INDEPENDENCE DAY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME

IS THERE A BIGGER WORD THAN ADORABLE TO DESCRIBE THIS LITTLE GIRL? (I DON'T THINK SO!)

BATHTIME AT THE JEWETT HOME FOR MADALYNN

WHO AM I?

DILLON AND I WENT FOR A HAIRCUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. DILLON WAS DOING HIS HOMEWORK, SO I WENT FIRST. WHEN HE FINISHED HIS HOMEWORK, HE QUITELY PICKED UP A BOOK AND STARTED READING.......WHO IS THIS KID? IT IS INCREDIBLE....WITHIN THE PAST 6-8 WEEKS HE HAS DEVELOPED A THIRST FOR READING. HE JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH! THANK GOD!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.....TO YOU? WHAT ABOUT ME?

I THINK THIS PICTURE EPITOMIZES THE PHRASE "A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS."

LAST SATURDAY (3/7/09), WE CELEBRATED MIKE'S 40TH BIRTHDAY. MADALYNN WAS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ACTION......THE LOOK ON HER FACE CLEARLY TELLS THE STORY........"WHERE'S MY CAKE?"