A cherished moment

We don't get many moments of these two not teasing each other relentlessly!
(don't mind Kenna's thumbs up photo bomb!)

So when I saw them snuggling, I had to capture the moment!!

My Little Josie turns 7!!

Mylee Jo had a birthday on Saturday!!!

She is 7!!  I can's believe it!!

She got a new fedora, which she has been asking for, for months!

She is such a smart and sweet girl!!

She loves to ride her bike and play outside!

She loves to play "ever after high" dolls and Barbies

She is very good at doing her chores and is one of the best dish washer loaders I know!

She loves to read fairy books and loves to go to the library!

Her favorite animal is Penguins and had MANY stuffed animals that are penguins!

She is trying very hard to loose a tooth but hasn't gotten any out yet!!! But she is determined!  And if there is anything I know about this girl is that when she sets her mind to something she will make it happen!

This is one of her birthday outfits!!!  

She got an Elsa doll from Frozen and a Teacher Barbie and the Ever After High Holly and Poppy twins! She was in HEAVEN!!!

She chose Pizza for Dinner and Brownies and Strawberry ice cream for dessert.  She helped me make all of it and the Brownies were pretty much all her doing!!! It was YUMMY!!!!!!

Happy Birthday MyLee Jo! We are so blessed to have you in out lives!!!

It has begun

So we have known for a while that Kenna was going to need braces, but the time has now come!

If you can tell, just the the right of her front tooth she had a permanent tooth coming in before the baby one was even out!!  Needless to say, she doesn't have room for all those big teeth coming in!!
The orthodontist said that the tooth would probably have to be pulled because it wouldn't have the help of the permanent tooth to help dissolve the roots.  Hmm...not so happy about that. So I bribed her with a toy she really wanted and we had it out within 24 hours....YES!!  She was scared but she was brave enough to let me pull it out (after much wiggling of the tooth!)

So off to the Orthodontist. They put in rubber bands between the back tooth to make room for the metal brackets that will help widen her palate. 

She got a "no Payne, no gain" shirt she is wearing in this picture. Her Orthodontist's name is Dr. Payne. Kind of funny if you ask me!  She has got one lone ranger tooth in front and hopefully those others will have some room soon to come in!! We are excited to see her progress as she gets her braces!! Yay Kenna!!!!

Children's Museum

We went to the Children's museum, it is a lot of fun!  It is very busy in the summer!

This was the little kids area, pretty fun! 

Kaliah and her friend Hadley doing dress up

Saileen and her friend Kelsey, they did the ropes course together 

There is Saileen way up in the rafters

Saileen helping Kelsey across

This is a little more acurate on how high she was, this is not zoomed in. That is her nearly to the green square on the right side of the ladder. You can barely see her!

They had all kinds of teeter totters and zip lines and things!

This is the store area, it was all well and good until MyKay wandered off and we couldn't find him!!!! It was SOO scary!!! I prayed so hard and finally found him at the top of the huge stairs!  Worst feeling ever!!!  I can't believe I lost my kid!!!!

 Overall it was really fun, aside from loosing my kid! Other than that, It was blast and we can't wait to go again!!!

Crib re-purpose!

 So we have this crib...it has been part of out world for a very long time. 3 babies have used it.  When the last baby outgrew it....we didn't need it any more.

Mylee used it

Kaliah used it too!!

It was a great crib!!

I was excited to get to use it again..

and then baby MyKay took is turn in it 

It was a drop side crib so we couldn't pass it onto anyone else, but I could's stand to just trow it away!

So I saw this pintrest about making a bench out of an old crib

So Derek decided to give it a shot!

And ta da!!!  The finished product!!  I LOVE IT!!!!!
I get to keep the old crib around, but it is now BEAUTIFUL as a bench!!!!!