This time tomorrow night I will be in the midst of my Twilight Triple Feature. Just thought you should know. Now you can be jealous. So excited!!! Team Edward!

Well, We Tried

Last week we took the kids to get some pictures taken because we had a free certificate to Olan Mills for signing up for the newspaper last summer. I decided we should try to use it since Cooper hasn't had any professional pictures taken since he was two weeks old. Their were all kinds of "rules" for our certificate so we were pretty limited as to what we could choose from. I wasn't about to pay $12.99 a sheet for one that was better than this. This is as good as it gets. Taking a 14 month old to a portrait studio is an all around bad idea. He doesn't "sit" or "stand" in one place for more than 2 seconds, so lady who is trying to pose him, don't ask him to do that. So, we get Savannah with a forced smile and Cooper and his serious face. I should have known it was a bad idea from the start when right when we got there Savannah decided to hide under clothes racks and upon coming out her hair was a disaster and all over the place. Hence the "stuck to her head-static look". We've got another certificate which I'm trying to figure out what to do with now. Suffer through another session like that, or maybe leave Cooper out and try a cute cousin photo with Savannah and Acacia? I'd say a family photo, but I'm really not a fan of portrait family photos, especially when I know a certain little man probably won't be looking in the same general area as the rest of us.

Carter's Birthday

Of course I have to start it out with these two adorable girls!

And my little man who almost always has a cookie in his hands!

This cake was delicious by the way and the homemade chocolate frosting was oh so yummy.

Hubby is a whopping 38 this year. Pretty funny since most people think he's way younger. I wonder what he wished for?

Carter really wanted to play a game for his birthday; one that no one ever wants to play, and you need a lot of players. So, most agreed to play it but he had to read over the rules beforehand. So Aunt Lesli had the brilliant idea to take the kids outside and play their own games. They raced down the sidewalk and touched trees. Then they played red light, green light. That was really cute.

Cooper explored the puddles.

Their was hopping and twirling involved.

I was loving my little girl saying, "green light....STOP!" It was so cute and she seriously loved playing that game.

It was awesome that almost everyone could be there. Shelby and Steven obviously had a great reason to not be there....I think Sierra coming the day before Carter's birthday was probably the best gift he could have received.

On A Very Rainy June Day.....

.....this little sweet pea was born! Meet Sierra, our new little niece. She was born this morning and we met her this afternoon. She looks just like her Daddy and is so tiny and cute. You forget how tiny and cute they are when they just come out. Savannah kept saying, "I love her" and rubbing and patting her head. She is just adorable and I know I can't wait to see her again!

We turned the flash off and then it made these pictures all blurry. Darn it.

It's Really Great When They Get Along

And when they get along, they team up against me and make lots of messes while giggling away.


They both got haircuts tonight so now they're more presentable. As you can see Cooper's hair grows like a weed. If we'd never cut it since he was born I'm pretty sure he'd have shoulder length hair right now. It took Savannah easily 2 years to have hair that long.

This kid loves cookies. L O V E S. He goes into the kitchen and cries at the pantry door while banging on it and when you open it he looks up and points to the cookies. We've started giving him "non-oreo" cookies because he was making messes everywhere. Chocolate cookies are reserved for the high chair.

Pony Express Days

Last week was our city's Pony Express Days. They have stuff going on all week and on the weekend. Friday afternoon we decided to splurge on overpriced carnival rides and a caramel apple for me. Savannah was beyond excited when we walked over there. As we got closer and closer she was like, "I want to go there. Over there!" It was really fun to see her so excited and to have a little fun. Cooper was a champ and pretty much sat in the stroller the whole time. We didn't use all of our tickets on Friday so Saturday we went back but had to explain to Savannah that we could ride 3 rides and that was all; then we had to go. She was mildly upset but did better than Friday night when she had a full on meltdown and cried the whole walk home, while saying, "I'm hungry, I want to go home!" She didn't seem to understand that the reason we left the carnival was to go home and eat. Silly girl. (Sorry some of the pictures are cut off.)


Mommy no likey this strawberry ride. It was one of those awesome spinning ones that doesn't go terribly fast but enough to bother you. Well, when you get stuck in one with two other kids who also want to spin the inside wheel and make it go faster it = not so fun.









Savannah really wanted to go on this big maze contraption, but once she got in there, she got scared and realized she couldn't really do it. We tried to encourage her and one boy was trying to help her but she just kept turning around and coming back out because she couldn't get up the big rope climbing thingy. No idea what that's called but way too hard for a little three year old. Anyway, the guy let Carter go in with her and help.







Saturday morning the city had a parade, which is literally right on the street behind our house. We've gone the last 3 years, and always rushing out there because we forget. Savannah was super excited to get candy and see Spiderman and the Hulk. They weren't there this year. But Snow White and Sleeping Beauty were. She got lots of candy and showed me every little piece. She made friends with two little boys and they helped her get candy too. They talked about super heroes and Skechers shoes. Cooper was pretty good for about half the time and then didn't want to sit in the stroller anymore. It was pretty hot and I got some color.





Savannah: "I want to do that!"

This was a bad idea for my shirt. Cooper: Turn head and wipe mouth all over Moms shirt. Multiple times. Action complete.


Somebody was pretty excited about all this candy. He wanted to shake it all! He loved the sucker he got!

It was nice to spend some family time together and have a little fun. It's always fun to just watch the kids have fun. Even if that means overpriced carnivals. Oh, but that caramel apple tasted so good. And it came without nuts. (me no likey the nuts on caramel apples) Score.

Memorial Day Rocked!

Memorial Day evening we headed over to Shelby & Steven's house for some good food and company. I was excited to get out of the house and have some nice conversation. We always have a lot of fun getting together as a family, but Carter and I both agreed that it was a lot of fun yesterday. S & S had this really fun bean bag toss game where you get points and as simple as that sounds, it was soooo much fun. We had some yummy sloppy joes (not the kind I'm used to, even though apparently they only did a few different things; must try myself), baked beans, potato salad, mac & cheese, fruit; all the yummy staples for Memorial day. The kids all seemed to really enjoy themselves. Even Acacia, who as you can see has a huge pink cast on from her recent surgery. She still managed to participate in all the fun. It was all around a great evening.

Check out that belly!! Pretty soon we'll all be together welcoming our new little niece Sierra to the world.