Making the transition to two feet...

We pulled out the walker toy to try and encourage this little one to start walking. He loves it! He goes as far as he can in one direction, and then impatiently waits for us to flip him around to go the other way. He keeps going until his legs start giving out, at which time, we have to flip the toy upside down so he'll quit. One step closer to walking!

June 16, 2015

First half of June...

Emma's teacher asked that Emma stay home for the "Field day" morning because there was a high risk in her lip getting bumped...tug-o-war and such... So we took a little trip to Krispy Kreme to make up for it :).

Emma and her best friend Briana on the school family picnic day (and last day of school). 

And as for the second picture -- that's what happens when they re-discover the "accessories" in the dress up box. 

   

Woke up one morning to see our front yard being torn apart. They hired someone to do some landscaping, but never told us they were coming. Nice. Then after they left, I discovered they had put fabric and rocks over some sprinkler heads, that I ended up digging/cutting around them so that they could come up. Not impressed...

And here's the beginning of Lucas's dancing skills. He's gotten much more bouncy since then, but here's his start...

June 1-13, 2015

And then there were three.

Something about that wipey container attracts my kids like crazy. All three of them attacked it whenever possible. Lucky for me, it's an easy clean up.

Lucas

Jacob

Emma

May 2015

A Couple Crashes

Emma made it to a whoppin' seven years old before needing stitches! She was at a friend's house playing a game on the trampoline, tripped over his leg, and crashed into a tramp pole. (That's what she thinks happened anyway. I can't think of how a pole would do this though. I'm guessing she maybe fell on the pole and slid down it on her lip, making her upper lip rip... everywhere...) It cut just a little on front, sliced on the inner lip vertically, and then ripped along her gum line/inner lip horizontally. It also went pretty deep in towards her nose. It was gross. And there's your dose of gore for the day. 

It of course happened on a Friday at about 6pm. We totally lucked out with Dr.'s though. The urgent care Dr said it was too bad for him to do, and that it would require a dentist (which normally, we'd be sent to an ER for an on-call dentist $$). He didn't charge us for his visit, and was able to get a hold of a dentist friend who was willing to open his office for us to come in and get her put back together -- and he even came over to the dentist after his shift to check on her. I was amazed -- some truly great people in this world. I couldn't thank all them enough for taking such great care of us.

Emma got laughing gas, two shots, five stitches, and by about 9pm we were finally home. Her poor lip was about triple in size. Ouch. She was super brave the whole time, and I'm sure it was pretty painful. 

Onto a less painful crash... So if you can remember, Brad got this plane for a birthday while we were in Utah. He was able to fly it once before a kid I babysat broke it. For (early) Fathers's day this year, we got Brad a pretty fast and fun remote control car, and the guys at the RC shop said to bring in his plane and they would fix it -- which they did! So we took it out for another flight. Brad flew it for a while, did some barrel rolls and loopty-loops before bringing to down to land, when... he hit a tree... So a total of two flights for this bird. Luckily, it only got a few scratches, and needs a new propeller. Completely reparable, and will fly again. Brad's convinced he's cursed with airplanes/helicopters -- which is why were making a switch to cars...

Emma's attempt at smiling (1 day after injury) with a branch the airplane knocked down. 

May 29-30, 2015

Goofballs

 Lucas LOVES the dishwasher. If he hears me open it, he immediately stops what he's doing and speed crawls until he's got handfuls of silverware and plates (plastic) crashing to the floor. Right before I start it, I'll grab all the things he's thrown to the ground, throw them all in, and shut it. Instant tears. Breaks his poor little heart every time.

   

Brad was shaving, and the next thing I knew, Jake was running downstairs with "his" shaver. This little boy loves doing things with Dad.

Lucas's first ride in a shopping car. 

And my sweet little baby turning into a trouble maker.

Settler's Park splash pad!

May 18-25, 2015

We love cousins!

The last time Amber's family came, they didn't bring the boys, and my kids were definitely disappointed. Luckily, this trip they all came, and invited us to go swimming with them at their hotel. The kids loved it.

 The next day they were able to stop by for a bit. Jake and Cooper, who have become good friends, played xbox for a while -- among other things. Jake is continually asking for Cooper to come over, and is super sad they live too far away for play dates. We tell him Cooper is his cousin, and he says "No, Cooper is my best friend!" Cousins make the best friends. 

 The older cousins playing Foosball.

Lucas getting stuck in his favorite spot. He always manages to squeeze in there, stand up, and start bonking his head on the bottom of the table... You'd think he'd stop, but he continues, and holds onto the wooden rail for dear life when I try to pull him out...

 

May 16-17, 2015

Insane Inflatable 5K

 Although I don't have many pictures of the event (hopefully will get some from Aaron who had a go-pro), it was super fun! I went with my sister Angela, her family, and some of her friends. Our team was Rapid Thigh Movement. It was a bunch of bouncy house obstacles/slides with a lot of running in between (that some of us may or may not have skipped a bit of... while also doing some of the obstacles two or three times...) It felt like being a kid again, and I loved it :).

May 1, 2015