4th of July 2014

Hurray for America's independence! Hurray for fireworks! Hurray for Grandpa and Grandma! Hurray for a backyard fire pit!

A girl and her Kiki

Feast your eyes on Vienne being silly with her Kiki. For those that don't know, Kiki is her security "blanket". Blanket is in quotes because it's actually a purple pillow case (as you can tell by the video). Kiki arrived in V's life courtesy of Ya-Ya (Danielle's Mom, Sian) back in May of 2012 and Kiki has never left Vienne's side since then. Sure, she may forget about Kiki once in a while, but whenever she's sick, tired, scared, etc. she always wants her Kiki by her side so that she can feel Kiki's silkiness between her fingers. She also likes to tickle her lips by running a corner of Kiki gently across them. I often wonder when Vienne will stop wanting her Kiki, and I truly hope that day doesn't come soon. For when it does, it will be one sign that our little one is all grown up.

Family photos

Last year, we took advantage of a Groupon for JC Penny portraits. I think they came out pretty well. Vienne was able to sit still for a few minutes (always a miracle!) and I must say we are a darn good lookin' family. For comparisons sake, I've included two other professional family photos that we've taken in the past. Time flies!

Mother/daughter camping trip

Back in July of 2014 (yes, I'm that far behind with the blog!!), Vienne went camping with her Momma at Suttle Lake near Bend, while her Papa was at a work related camp, Caldera, just up the road. Momma and Daughter had a very good time, including swimming, eating hot dogs, mini hikes, playing board games, reading, smores by the fire and snuggling in the tent. It was also very warm, topping out in the 90s. Thankfully, they had plenty of sunscreen available.

Some of the antics:

New kitty cat!

Back in June of 2014 (yes, I'm that far...sigh....) we had a new addition to the Doucette-Hardy household: Sunny Doucette-Hardy, our new kitty that we adopted from Friends of the Felines here in Salem. Sunny has been a fine addition to our ever growing family (there will be 15 of us in August!) and he is a very fun and loving cat. We love him so much.

Disneyland pictures: Best of the best!

Enjoy!

Finally....Disneyland trip!!!

Yup, I realize I'm behind quite a bit in updating this blog in a timely fashion. It's something I've been working to improve...but, you know, well...it's hard living up to that promise when you have a 4-year-old running around the house!

Anyhow...feast your eyes on the video of our Disneyland trip that we took back in May. Yes, that May. It was a complete blast!

The video is too big to upload to Vienne's blog, but it can be viewed by clicking on the You Tube link below. Please give yourself 37 minutes to watch it.  :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAhKkZA_3z8