Picture time!

This time of year has a lot of birthdays in my family....which mean a lot of picture updating!

6 going in 16!! She is getting so big! She is having her first experience of her first loose tooth!

She is my right hand man....well girl that is ;P

My how time flies! Her latest intrest is writing recipes she wants to make.

Our little staker the baker!

Kenna, Kenna, Kenna....what to dow ith this little ball of fire!

She is so sweet and such a little stinker at that same time!

She is such a smart little lady and suprises me everyday with her whit and humor.
Okay it's not Mylee's birthday, but she wanted her picture taken anyway.
Such a little cutie pie!

And this little lady is already 3 months old!

She laughs and babbles and SLEEPS THROUGH THE NIGHT!!!! HURRAY!!!

She is such a little doll!

I love every minute I spend watching my kids grow and learn! I am so blessed to have such sweet, fun, beautiful little girls!!

childhood

Classic!!

Who among us hasn't done this?

The latest projct

This area has been an eyesore for a while...

This year, it's changing...
Using the beautiful river rock from my Grandma's house

It is going to be awesome!

Now I have a place to put a bench or swing while i watch the girls play

It is now beautiful place for us to hang out!!

The guys that did it were awesome. They gave us a great deal too!

not for the sqeamish!!!

Mylee had a stuffy nose so I had her blow her nose and LOOK what poped out!!

WHAT IN THE WORLD!!

She had put a shoe to one of her proncess toys in her nose!!! Who knows how long ago!!

I was totally grossed out!! I don't know what drives this child to insert objects into her nose!

A big day

We had Kaliah blessed this last Sunday and it also happened to be Kenna's 4th birthday. So it was a big weekend for our family. Kenna Loved being the center of attention on Saturday, even though her birthday was on Sunday, we had her party and opened presents on Saturday.

Derek's mom and dad gave her new bed sheets. Tinkerbell in fact, she loves them. Here is a picture so they can see how cute they are. and as a side note, I asked her to sit on her bed and she totally posed like that all by herself. Silly girl.

She still blew out her candels on Sunday and got a big chocolate cupcake (yes it was healthy)

The blessing was beautiful and some of Derek's Family came into town. Which is always fun for the girls to get to see Their grandparents and cousins.

It was a great weekend, with lots of family and fun!! Thanks everyone for making this a special day for my girls!!!

just one good one please!!

I got these matching jammies a while ago and Saileen and Kaliah happened to fit in them at the same time, so I wanted to get a picture together. It was so funny, cuz Kaliah was tired and wasn't cooperating. When I would get a decent one of her, Saileen would have a funny face.

Here are the results

Kaliah was not happy about the whole situation. So after all that, I gave up. Can't win them all.

Dusting

Remember...a layer of dust protects the wood beneath it.

'A house becomes a home when you can write 'I love you' on the furniture.'

I used to spend at least 8 hours every weekend making sure things were just perfect - 'in case someone came over. Finally I realized one day that no-one came over; they were all out living life and having fun!!!!!!!

NOW, when people visit, I don't have to explain the 'condition' of my home.

They are more interested in hearing about the things I've been doing while I was away living life and having fun.....

If you haven't figured this out yet, please heed this advice.

Life is short. Enjoy it!
Dust if you must ...
but wouldn't it be better to paint a picture or write a letter, bake cookies or a cake and lick the spoon or plant a seed, ponder the difference between want and need?

Dust if you must, but there's not much time . . . .
with Chocolate to eat, rivers to swim and mountains to climb, music, to hear and books to read, friends to cherish and life to lead.

Dust if you must,
but the world's out there with the sun in your eyes, the wind in your hair, a flutter of snow, a shower of rain. This day will not come around again.

Dust if you must ,

but bear in mind, old age will come and it's not kind. . .

And when you go - and go you must - you, yourself will make more dust!

It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived.

What can I say....

This is the aftermath of certain hairstyles!

She's all smiles

I finally got a picture of her smiling. She smiles a lot, but doesn't like the camera. As soon as I get the camera out she won't smile.

I tricked her in these. I was standing beside her and I pulled the camera out before she could see it. Muahaha

I was tickling her in this one. I just got lucky that I snapped it in time.

she is smiling at Derek in this one. She thinks he is funny. Maybe it is all the funny sounds he makes at her.

I am just glad I captured this phase of her life. It is way to much fun!!

Sunday Afternoon

Just some fun pictures of the girls playing with blocks. I love how each of them have a completely different affroach to how to build with blocks.

Mylee Likes the round ones
Saileen goes for height. Pretty impressive if you ask me!

She was so proud that she build a tower as big as she was!

Kenna prefers to build it like a castle.

They love blocks!!!