Our Happy Family: August 2011

Yellow River Game Ranch

We were able to go to the yellow river game ranch this summer. This was a pretty fun place to go to. I had a couple friends tell me how cool it was and how close you could get to the animals. I was surprised by the many animals they had there. The extra fun part was that you could feed the animals. :D Abi was in heaven with this. Although the first animals that we saw were the bunnies and she fed them a cracker and then took it back and took a bite as well!!! GROSS!!! :D Here are a few pictures of this fun day.

Big Buffalo Head... This was the first time Kris and Abi had ever seen one.

Look how massive that thing is. It would wipe me and Kinley away if it really wanted to.

Abi feeding the warthog.

Abi feeding the donkey.

YES that is a BEAR!! We could feed them too! The thing they liked the most were the peanuts!

The Black things in the cage are more Bears.

Abi loved the bunnies.

Baby Goats.

Take notice of Abis face. She was showing the deer how to eat the carrot.

Abi kept saying to the animals "here you go"

Two of my favorite people!! Love you two.

As we were walking out Abi saw this horse and went crazy saying... "mommy I wanna ride the horse" So we spoiled her and let her ride it a few times.

Here is the video of her on it. She is so stinking cute!!

Kinleys Blessing

On July 17th 2011 we were able to be in Utah and to bless our sweet baby girl Kinley Ann. This was such a wonderful day for us! Since we currently live in Georgia we were able to get special permission to bless her in Utah. Instead of having family come to us in Georgia we just decided to take our family to them.

As we got to Kris' dad ward to bless her I was so worried that Kinley would be so upset during her blessing because she missed her normal morning feed. So the first thing I did when I got to church was to rush into the mothers room and nurse her. But unfortunately she was not able to get enough food because it was time to bless her. So as I walked out of the mothers room I prayed that she would be okay. As we walked back into the chapel she fell asleep and she didn't wake up until the end of the meeting. What a blessing that was.

As they asked for the priesthood brethren to come up who had been asked, I was blown away by the spirit as I watched so many worthy priesthood holders surround my sweet daughter. Kinley truly has so many priesthood holders who love her and will always support her. I am so grateful for my family and for their constant love and support.

I am so grateful for the blessing that heavenly father gave her. I am so grateful to have Kinley in our lives. She has already brought so much joy to us as a family. Her sweet spirit has brightened our lives even more. I remember before Kinley was born I wondered how I could ever love another child as much as I loved Abi. It is amazing how you can have so much love for your children. It gives me a slight glimpse of the love our Savior has for each of us. We truly love you so much Kinley and are so grateful to have you in our lives!!!

Here are a few picutres of the special day!

Our growing family.

Mommy and Kinley

My beautiful Kinley!!

Beautiful Girl in her Beautiful Blessing Dress!! (Thanks Grammy Cutler)

Aunt Melissa taking in some cuddle time!

Lowry family taking some Kinley time!

Family getting some yummy food.

Grandma and Grandpa Cutler and Kinley.

Thank you so much Grandma and Grandpa Cutler for letting us have the party afterwards at your house. We love you so much and are so grateful for all your help.