Another Hoosier Homestead...

On one of the few drives we have taken this winter, we came across this Hoosier Homestead..it is north of us. I am not sure which county it is in though. A Hoosier Homestead is one that has been owned by the same family for a hundred years or more.
I would love to know the stories these farms could tell. Imagine living here a hundred years ago in the weather we have been having. I often wonder would I have been strong enough to survive.
I suppose though, if you had never known any different, it would not seem as hard as we think it would be now.

Or even if I were younger, I would not look at it as such hard way to live. I think I have become soft as I age.

There was a party.....

In the previous post, I showed a few pictures of Lorelei from the past two years...her birthday was actually the other day...but her party was not until today....we went over yesterday and spent the night there...to hopefully help prepare for the party.

These photos are from today...the theme was Olivia...the TV Pig....that is her on Lorelei's t-shirt.
The first couple here was taken before the party...right after she got dressed. She was not in the mood to really pose...was more in the mood to goof off....
I captured the one above...she was being so goofy....I captured it and was going to try to get a picture of the look on her face but my battery died! I was so happy that I captured even this one of her 'posing'.... She is just so funny.
I was not in position to get her face....the house was totally full. I think besides Roger and I there were at least 40 people there...counting half a dozen children. I wish I had had a video of her opening presents....if it was a gift bag she would just rip the tissue paper from it and throw it over her shoulder....if there were clothes, they got throwed over her shoulder, too!

The clothes part was really funny, cause she really likes clothes. She was just focused on toys and opening more presents. Which shows how much she has changed in less than two months. At Christmas, she would open a present and not really be interested in the next...she just wanted to play with whatever she had opened. Today, she was perfectly fine with going from one gift to the next.
This is her with her mommy and her little cousin, Ellie...isn't Ellie adorable???
And here we have the birthday cup cakes....believe it or not, I think Lorelei was more interested in the decorations than in the cupcake/frosting....

She'll never be one again....

I hope you will take a chance and turn the video on and listen to the words as you scroll through these photos....yes, our Little Lorelei is two years old today! (The music is just a tad bit slow to start...so be patient.)
I went back through this blog and snagged a few of the photos I have posted before....
it was very hard to choose....
I finally just had to pick a few and decided to quit after 10...
Oops, a couple more snuck in...
I have been sitting the past two or three nights going back and scrolling through the photos, and really pausing to look at the ones of Lo...
What a joy it is to have her in our lives....
She brightens up any day...
and brings laughter to almost anyone she meets.
So, take your time and slowly stroll down memory lane with me as you look at these.
I hope she brings a smile to your face as she does mine.
Today on her second birthday, I wish for her all the love, joy and happiness that she has given us.