a little catch-up

We took a two week "vacation" to Virginia, North Carolina and Philadelphia in June. I say "vacation" because Rick was working in Philadelphia, and we were just along for the ride. I posted those pictures on facebook. We have been keeping busy since we got home, which is what this post is about. We will be leaving for Boston sunday night/monday morning, but I might remember to take my computer with me this time! :) Anyways, here is what we've been doing...

Happily picking the produce from our garden. They help me snap the peas, but generally they eat more than they put in the bowl.

Nayeli and Karyna have been in Michigan, so we have been able to play with them a couple times.

Silly girls!

We went to the Splash pad with Skyler, Reagan had fun. Kennedy skinned her knees, so she was not happy...

They don't see each other enough, but they have tons of fun when they do!

Sunbathing to dry off.

We went to Cousin Steve's graduation from WMU!

Steve's biggest fans!

A celebration barbeque at Pat and Chuck's!

Another fun day at Uncle Jack's pool!

Then a day at the beach, Kennedy was soooooo tired....

Reagan loooooooved it!

Playing catch with Grandpa.

Reagan was running a fever of 104 for the 4th, so we stayed home and relaxed. Luckily her fever broke that night and she seems to be doing much better. On a sidenote, we also re-painted the living room and put in new floors all over the course of 2 days. Insanity, yes. Aching body, yes. Ready to spend the day playing, YES! See you when we get home from BOSTON!!!

putt-putt

We took the girls putt-putt golfing for Kennedy's birthday. It was quite funny. The girls had tons of fun and keep asking when we can go again. I filmed a little of it, so enjoy!

they love each other

On Sunday when Reagan was done with her class, she came running up to Kennedy to show her the "mail" she got in class. She then threw her arms around Kennedy and exclaimed, "I missed you Kennedy!" Kennedy then wrapped her little arms around Reagan and hugged her back. We are so blessed to have such wonderful little girls who are absolutely the best of friends. They do almost everything together and never like being apart. Since I don't know whether we will have any more kids, it makes me just so happy that they have each other.

undies

I'm not sure if there is anything cuter than a little bum in little undies! She gets soooo excited to pick out her new undies every morning (we still do pull-ups at night). And the cutest thing she says, "Mommy, I tooted in my undies. I don't tinkle or poopie or sog-sogs in my undies. But I tooted." In case you are wondering, "sog-sogs" is what we would call her diaper if it was super wet. I keep telling her tinkle and sog-sogs are the same thing, but she still says both. Oh-well, at least she does "both" of them in the potty! :)

Kennedy's Carnival

Kennedy's 2nd Birthday party was a blast, even with the rain in the morning. We took precautions and my AWESOME friend Cindy came and helped me completely empty the toy room to turn it into a carnival. Kennedy was sooooo excited for her carnival (and so was Reagan). Here is a picture of the birthday girl in her birthday shirt that I personalized for her.

The girl Michigan cousins enjoying some time together before the party.

The Carnival...

The ticket man (aka Rick)

We had four carnival games and a face painting station where Molly was our artist.

One of the games was Ring Toss, and there was a fishing pond...

And the Lollipop tree and bowling.

Balloon cupcakes to fit the carnival theme.

Reagan sporting her butterfly

Kennedy playing the Ring Toss.

Maddy and Rissa getting their tickets ready

Don't know if we could've fit more people in there.

And then my Mom's camera broke and she didn't know it. So I didn't take any pictures either... :( Luckily my Aunt took some from her blowing out her candles, so I will have to get those from her. Whew... It was fun but I am glad it's done.

Happy 2nd Birthday Kennedy!

where did it go?

I can't believe April is almost over! And I haven't had time to post about anything! We have been so extremely busy that I feel like I barely have time to check out the deals each week for couponing, let alone anything else on the computer. Plus Kennedy's 2nd birthday party is on Saturday, so I am getting everything ready for that. Here are some quick shots of some of the things that have kept us so busy...

We spent one evening planting our seeds. Reagan loved picking out the seeds at the store. She loves to garden.

A little bit giddy with their seeds.

We started making a pinata for easter. A new tradition which the girls loved. Too bad I don't have pictures of them breaking it with Austin and Kalli, I was videotaping it.

It was a little bit of a messy project...

After we did a few layers, we painted it to look like an easter egg.

The finished project. Then we filled it with Candy.

Easter with Mommy and Daddy. We did baskets saturday morning.

Getting ready for the Easter egg hunt at Molly and Bob's house, with my family and the Mitchells/Cebelaks. Tons of fun, even though it was a little bit wet. The kids didn't seem to mind.

At the end of the hunt the sun decided to come out. Here are Austin and Kennedy.

Aunt Shirley was a great helper. Reagan had fun with her!

Kennedy enjoying Easter at Rick's parents house.

Reagan enjoying Easter at Rick's parents house.

The girls loved helping me get the garden ready. Now they want to help me water all the plants everyday.

The end result of the girls eating their chocolate bunnies.

We spent lots of time playing with Grandma and Grandpa.

Enjoying the 80 degree weather with our new swimsuits. Sprinkler, hose, buckets, umbrellas, happy girls...

Our best friends from church in Williamston came to visit. The Wakefields live in Washington now, so we were so excited that we got to spend time with them.

Laura and Rick's birthdays were the 15th and 16th, so we had presents to make and buy. Laura is cracking up at Rick's hilarious card.

We dug the grass out from under the play structure so the girls could have a sandbox now that our garden is planted.

Dennis asked me to help him throw a surprise party for Laura. We did a 50s drive-in/soda shoppe theme. These are the mugs I made as souveniers for all the guests to take home after we had Root Beer floats.

"Laura's Soda Shoppe"

Reagan and Kennedy liked participating in 50s charades.

I spent two days making these skirts for Becky and I. (Think drive-in waitresses, minus the rollerskates).

Whew. That was exhausting just loading the pictures. Then add to those planting a tree in our backyard, going the library 2+ times a week (Reagan is obsessed), going to the ice cream shoppe, aerating our lawn, visiting with Uncle Jack, celebrating Rick's birthday with my family, and planning a bridal shower for Mel. Double whew. I'll hopefully be back next week with pictures from Kennedy's birthday. Fingers crossed. Hope you have been enjoying Spring as much as us!