My little helpers!

After her bath, Ashley climbed up in her chair to watch a show. She just wanted to kick back and relax.

Today was my nephew's baptism. We are so proud of Bryson for getting baptized! Kaylie asked me on the way home why Chris shoved Bryson under the water like that. I tried to explain to her that that is how you are baptized. She then said that she doesn't want to be baptized! We'll have to get her over her fear of water this summer. When we got home Jeff helped me weed and Kaylie and Ashley helped me plant our tomatoes and zucchini. (Better late than never!)YUMMY! Kaylie is getting really good at planting, she helped me plant our flowers and informed me that the garden is hers. However, Ashley wasn't really sure what you do with dirt, she rubbed it around in her hands for a while, she ate it, and she threw it. She really had fun but didn't like it when she kept rubbing her face and it kept getting more dirt in her mouth and eyes. These pictures were taken while she was still having fun. It's fun to play in the dirt! Oh to be a toddler again and discover the world by putting everything in your mouth :)

House update....

I can't believe that so much is done! I always notice houses now that ours is being built, I'm always looking at different stucco colors, stone colors, landscaping, fences etc.....
There are always different things I like about each house I see. It's fun seeing ours come together. When it comes down to it I'm just so happy that we will have a place of our own! I hope we like the finished product!!!

Congratulations Jeff!!

Well it is official! Jeff is now a full law enforcement officer. His graduation was on Friday. We are so proud of you daddy!!!

Thanks for all you do for us!

Rock star 2 year old

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.
I have to give a shout out for my nephew! He is coolest rock n' roll three year old you will ever see! You can find him on youtube or their new family blog!!! I am so excited that they finally started a blog. Check out his latest at jimjoelletracy.blogspot.com!

You won't be disappointed!

This is him when he first turned two, now he's three..... Rock star 2 year old

What do I do?

Yesterday was an interesting day at our house! We had tacos for dinner, normally the girls both love tacos so it was a no brainer since Jeff and I both had to work. This is what happened at dinner: (The all capital letters indicate yelling)!
Kaylie: "Oh my HELL, I'm not eating this! My tortilla fell apart."
Mom: "Excuse you little girl! What did you just say?"
Kaylie: "I didn't say a bad word, I WAS SPEAKING IN SPANISH."
As Jeff and I tried to hide our giggles we were astonished at this phrase our child just used! We asked her what she said and she didn't repeat it again so we let it go. After dinner Kaylie came with me to Costco. I looked out the window as we were getting out of the car to go into Costco and I told her it looked like it was going to rain. Kaylie screamed up into the sky, "Jesus, don't let it rain, I hate the rain!" Then she turned to me and said, "Don't worry mom, I just told Jesus not to let it rain."

I'm at a loss for what to do. I don't know where she learned this phrase, we have been trying to teach her appropriate usage for Jesus and God for quite a while, however, I am stumped. Are we bad parents, is this just a stage?????? I would love any suggestions! Please I'm begging here!

Sleepy girl

My neighbor took my kids to the zoo and she was trying to keep Ashley awake on the way home so they were feeding her this cookie but she fell asleep with the cookie in her mouth! So funny!

Little stinker!

Ashley is a curious little critter! She loves to crawl on ALL surfaces and loves to shred anything she can rip apart so obviously toilet paper is the coolest. It was really quiet the other day so I went to check on Ashley. She was helping us open all the toilet paper. What a sweet little helper!

Fun family day!

Mom and dad this post is for you so you can see some of your cute grandkids and Mike :) Ashley and Bryson look like brother and sister don't you think? We had a lot of fun with Mike while he was here and just wish the girls could have made it for this trip!

House Update :)

Stairway to heaven

Kaylie's big race!

Kaylie and I ran a race Saturday for Mother's day. It was a lot of fun and she did really well. She was a little stressed out that her cousins were beating her but we kept reminding her it was just for fun. She was elated when she got to the finish line and everyone was cheering for her and she got a medal. She is such a sweetie. We love you Kaylie!

A lot to catch up on!

Ashley and Kolin

Do you think they are related? Cute cousins!

We have a sidewalk and a step :)

Hooray the driveway is done!

Our back patio