"Tera"ble 2's!!!

This year Tera turned 2!!! She is getting soo big, WAY too fast!!! I tease and say she is "Terrible", but she is so sweet!!! She loves to give tight squeezes and kisses. Loves to be rocked and LOVES to take care of her babies!!! When I asked her what she wanted for her birthday, she said "CUPCAKES!" So with a little help from Brigette, we made her cupcakes!!!! She was sooo excited!!!!
She loved opening presents!!! A new My Little Pony, Rainbow Dancer, from Uncle Blaine, Aunt Amy and cousin Logan!!!

A dress up outfit!!!!

Complete with purse, wand, necklace, shoes, skirt, ring... (am I forgetting anything??)
Brigette loved helping Tera open her presents!!! That's what big sisters are for, right?!

She got a doll for Christmas, and for her birthday she got a snowboarding outfit for her doll!!!

Tera is so cute and sweet!!! She is getting sillier every day. She loves to do whatever Brigette is doing!!! She loves to help. She is great at cleaning up. She sings all the time. She will give you hugs and kisses. She has been going on the potty like a big girl!!!! She loves to eat the cherries out of my drinks from Sonic. And she is making everyday fun just by being herself!!!!

We love our little Tera!!!!

Finally Christmas...

I know, its been way to long since I have posted on my lame and super boring blog!!! But, since Zach is gone (again...) I guess I will post Christmas, Then maybe I will post Tera's Birthday, since it is almost February.... I'm such a slacker. I was pretty excited because in December I called Qwest to get our Internet hooked up... it still isn't hooked up... It will require 1 thing. A trench dug, which requires my husband who is currently almost always MIA, to dig the trench. I'm putting my foot down and refusing to dig the trench (also, my elbow, refuses to let me dig. Which is why it will soon be replaced the beginning of March). Anyways, back to Christmas.... We had a great time!!! We got to see all of my family and all of Zach's!!! Brigette and Tera scored a new play set, complete with, slide, swings, teeter-totter, monkey bars, picnic table, sand box, two story play house, crows nest, and unlimited friends who like to come and play!!!! They also got some great gifts from Santa, grandpa's and grandma's, aunt's, uncle's and cousin's and were completely spoiled rotten.

Speaking of rotten, Tera has decided she can talk, and has become, not soo rotten anymore!!! Which is wonderful!!!! Her favorite thing to say is Uncle Beau, (I'm not too sure why). But she also loves to tell me "no" and "I be right back".
Here is Brigette looking through the telescope from the crows nest. Brigette loves that she has a playhouse, and has decided that she needs to decorate the inside. She is pretty silly like that!!!

(Tera's cute little bum)

These girls are so flippin cute and so much fun, that I keep telling Zach we need to have another one.... So far, its not happening. Most likely because someone would have to live in the playhouse, which is almost as big as our ridiculous house.

These little girls are best friends. They got matching babies for Christmas. They love to push them in the strollers, and fight over who's baby belongs to who.

I could't resist putting these little Butler grandbabies on here. They are in Pop's new camping chair. It was a fight to try to get them to all sit still and look at the camera.

They won the fight! Jack is even throwing some awesome punches in this one!!!

And my sweet Zachary Ray!!! He spoils all of us every year!!!! I am so thankful for him and the great husband and daddy he is!!!

Merry (late) Christmas!!!!

Love,

The Butler's

Las Vegas!!!!

A couple weeks ago Zach had a long weekend off of work, so we loaded up the girls and headed to Vegas!!! As soon as we got there we took the girls to Mandalay Bay to Shark Reef. I have taken Brigette before, but Zach and Tera had never been. Brigette and I loved it just as much as the first time and Zach and Tera loved it also!!! Tera was a little leary at different times, could have been the huge windows that beveled out towards the water, or fish, maybe the alligator, sharks, sting rays, jelly fish and ginormous octopus?? We walked through it trying to take pictures with Zach's Nikon, finally at the very end, I snapped some with my blackberry and they turned out better!!! So we ran back and took a few more with the phones. Here are a few... Pihrana's

blurry girls

Saw Fish

Brigette in front of Ceasar's Palace and the fountains

With the Coke Bear, Tera would have nothing to do with him!!!

Blurry Tera and some Jellyfish

Duece Bigalow Fish (ok, Tiger Fish!)

Yup- I'm the only one that touched that huge sting ray!!! I'm awesome like that!!! ;)

Brigette petting the sting rays

Poor Tera's arms were a little too short!!! I thought she was going to fall in a few times!!!

The huge red octopus

It was Brigette's favorite!!!

Tera and the albino alligator

We had such a fun trip. We took the girls all over!!! Brigette loved the "Castle" (Excalibur). And she was dying to go on the roller coaster at New York, New York and to try the rides at the Stratosphere!!! She is my little dare devil, it took much talking, coaxing and convincing her that she is just a "little" too short to ride them!!! Because she is not too small!!! I think Tera's favorite thing were the mini doughnuts daddy gave ger for breakfast!!!. Brigette loved the "Eiffel Tower" and I LOVED the jacuzzi tub in our room!!! We can't wait to go back and do it again!!!! Hopefully before I get my new titanium elbow...

Its about time!!!!

Its taken me forever to finally sit down and update, but here are the pictures from Halloween!!! My little Ladybug (Tera) and my beautiful Buzzlebee (Brigette) were just so stinkin cute!!!! Tera wasn't sure at first if she was up for this whole Trick-or-treat thing, but after she realized people were giving her candy, she was all for it!!! In fact, she wore the little ladybug jacket around for a week or two after Halloween (I'm sure she was hoping for more candy!!!) Here they are... my "wonderful" pictures from a great weekend of trunk-or-treat, carnivals, trick-or-treat and sugar crashes!!!!

Best Dad Ever!!!!

I just couldn't pass up the chance to tell everyone it my dad's birthday!!!! He is such a great guy!!!! And the BEST dad any girl could ever have (or boy!!!). He really is the best and I love him soo much!!! I love living so close to him and my mom!!! Its sooo nice to watch my little girls get super excited to see their Papa!!!! This picture is from Wednesday. I went out and rounded up the horses for him and then we took Buddy over to Bishop Palmer's!!! But really, how cute is he!!!! I just love this man!!!!Also, I decided to show you how much Tera has been loving to dress herself. She also will allow NO help from anyone!!!! It gets quite frustrating!!!!
Just so you know, we don't let her go out like this....



Now I have to go, because Tera is making people cry......again :(

In Case You Were Wondering.....

Yes, I'm still alive!!!

No I haven't figured out how to post a blog from my phone, I'm still trying though...

It's getting closer to the Holidays, which means more time spent working on Holiday projects. Which also means less time paying attention to Tera.... UH-OH!!!! Yup, she is into EVERYTHING!!!!! And she is rotten, right down to the core.... Zach says he thinks she got the worst of both of us, sorry to say, I think he might be right. We still LOVE her to pieces, but I am pretty sure the next hurricane will be named after her. Since I can't find my pictures of Tera, terrorizing the house, ok, neighborhood.... alright, the TOWN, you will just have to wait for another day. (I always take pictures with my phone, and I hate putting them on blogger for the fact that they are soooo small.) But I will show you soon...

Whats new with us is pretty much nothing. Well, we did get the girls a puppy. A little blue Queensland Heeler. Brigette (with a little help from Aunt Gessa or was it Aunt Ash???) named him Rex. Tera loves to squeeze him around the neck, poor guy.

Zach has been working in Holbrook!!!! It has been so nice!!!! Home everyday by 3!!!!!! HAPPY DAY!!!!! He even got to go work in Bellemont last week when the tornado's went through!!!! Then it was off to Phoenix for Rodeo practice and tomorrow is the National Lineman's Rodeo in Kansas City!!!! He says there are sooo many lineman there he is kind of intimidated!!!! When he gets home he will most likely be working in Payson until the end of the year... poor me, no more husband home every night :(

I'm devastated....

Of course I can't forget to tell you about Brigette!!!! She is a pretty great little girl!!! I think Heavenly Father must love me for sending her to me!!! She can write her whole name, all by herself!!!! She loves to help, she plays with Rex and Pickles everyday, and helps me take care of Tera. We have lots of fun together, and I love spending my days with her!!!!

That's about it!!!!

Now quite bugging me about blogging!!!!!!! (ashley)