sisters

Mackenzie and her choosen "sisters" (aka cousin Siena & Foster) have an impromptu slumber party one evening.

heartwarming

a girl and her dog - best friends.

If only everything was as uncomplicated

as the pure love and adoration between little girls and their dogs.

Daddy's girl

You can imagine Jamey is thrilled with someone's love of football, if for nothing other then to cuddle with at bedtime... I

my Fair Mackenzie

Our fair lady, Mackenzie, rides into town on her stallion with parosol in two.

conversations with Mackenzie

While shopping in Walmart this weekend, we were in the girls (not toddlers) aisle looking at tights. Mackenzie notices the bras and underwear. She tells me "mommy, I need a bra". I respond "no, you do not. Your boobies are too small." She tells me "I will ask Santa for a bra." (good luck with that, I think). Few minutes later, she climbs out of the cart and begins shopping through the bras and proudly announces to me that she had found a little bra to fit her boobies. Ahh - the joys of being a girl.

In Mackenzie's words: "We are a Hawkeye family". :) Looking cute, our "shaker girl" sports some cute Hawkeye gear. And anytime she sees football on TV, she cheers "go Hawks".

in her words:

Earlier this week, Mackenzie informed me that "AcDonald's and Aunt Karree make

her smart"....seen here, cuddling with one part of that "smart" equation.