A Few Fun Pictures

One day the kids were really quiet. I looked all over for them and finally found them hiding in their closet. They had emptied the treasure chest full of dress up clothes and were sitting in it with a flashlight.

Then we have, of course, the cutest and weirdest place Ricky has fallen asleep so far. He sat on his folded up stroller while Sissy sat in the rocker that was turned to the corner to avoid them playing in it (worked huh?). Kayla was soon yelling for me to "COME HERE!" When I found them, this is what I saw.

Here are some fun pictures of them running through the sprinklers a few weeks ago. They thought Mom was really cool to let them do this. It was so spur of the moment and they had a blast.

This was a tub filled for Ricky because he doesn't like the slip n slide. Kayla thought it would be fun if they both got in. It was.

And here is Kayla in her Munchkins Ink. preschool shirt that she got when we registered her. We went to an open house so she could meet her teacher and she made a cute ladybug to hang on the wall at school. Now she keeps talking about how she wants to go do her new job at her new school.

They love the show Yo Gabba Gabba. This is them watching it together one day and Ricky just leaned over and put his head in Sissy's lap. They stayed like this for a long time too. Kayla loves to be cuddled by Brother.

My brother and his wife are gymnasts and they own a gym in Hawaii. About a year ago they sent Kayla her first leotard. It didn't fit then but she recently discovered it in her drawer and insisted on wearing it for a while the other day. Doesn't she look cute? I can't wait to get her into dance/gymnastics.

Hmmm...what's new?

Well, since my last post we have been pretty busy. Mostly with just boring everyday stuff. About a week ago, I got to reunite with some high school friends. We haven't seen each other in about 13 years or so. It was so fun to be able to reconnect and get to know them again. We've done the slip n slide a few more times since my last post also. Kayla asks for it everyday. It's getting hard to hear about it 100 times everyday.

We had our friends over this last weekend for a BBQ and let the kids play on the slip n slide. Ricky still doesn't like to slide but he does like to play in the sprinkler part of it. Our friends brought a little pool too and he loved to play in that.

We had a surprise visitor from Vegas as well. Our friend, Kyle, was traveling through Utah to get back home after his vacation to Montana and stopped by for a visit. It was so fun to see him. He was our first Vegas friend to make it all the way to Milford to see us.

We have decided to camp out in the backyard with our kids this weekend so stay tuned for pictures next week. We haven't told Kayla yet so that we don't have to hear about it constantly for the rest of the week. Mom and Dad are pretty excited though.

Slip N Slide

So here in Utah, we celebrate the founding of our state on the 24th of July. It's usually celebrated much like the 4th, with Parades, games, fireworks, etc. This year we celebrated by attending the free breakfast at the park in town and then going to Walmart to grocery shop. Lots of fun I know. But we did do some fireworks with the kids that night and Ricky has not changed his mind about how he feels about fireworks. He is still very afraid of them. Except for sparklers. He thinks they are great and thinks he needs to hold them. By the sparkly part. It was fun trying to keep them away from him.

We did more of a celebration today, the 25th. Rick cooked us carne asada and made guacamole. He set up the slip n slide that Nana Katie bought for the kids. Kayla could not get the hang of it. She would run and just before she hit the slip n slide she would hit her knees and then flop over onto her tummy. The big problem being that her knees were still on the grass. So she would lay there a bit and pretty soon Daddy would come along and push her down the length of the slide and she would make a big splash in the pool at the end. How fun is that? Ricky did not like the slide. Rick took him down the slide the same way as he did Kayla, but it was not fun for him. He got so cold in his wet clothes that we took them off and let him run around naked for a while. He loved that. He decided it was more fun to push the play lawn mower around than play on the slip n slide. I took a few strategically posed pictures of this because it was so cute.

The kids then came in and took a bath and Kayla put on her new nightshirt, which is really just a larger t-shirt but it looked so cute I had to get it for her. And of course, I had to include a picture here. One of her favorite things to do lately is to tell me everything her brother did that she thinks he'll be in trouble for. My little Cindy Brady.

So that's our news for now! Stay tuned for more.....it's always coming.