Fun Random Pictures

Do you remember the joy of boxes?

Our Arabian Princess

I'm a close relative to Pig Pen

I just like this picture of two of my most favorite people

Tub play time! Do you like our lollipops?

Daddy and the girls collecting squash from our garden

Check out this squash!!!!

Haley and Lauren LOVE Haley's new BIG, BIG girl bed!

Lauren's 2nd Birthday

Lauren with her Pooh cake

Lauren, Jasmine, and Micah are being creative

Uncle Tom slept through most of Lauren's party. He was VERY tired!

We couldn't pass up this balloon!

Lauren trying to show two fingers

Erik (our cousin) showing two fingers

Haley is attempting to show two fingers

Daddy showing two fingers

Lauren had two second birthday celebrations. The first was an after dinner cake celebration on her actual birthday (June 14th) with Grandma Lynne and Erik. The second was a big family celebration on the following weekend. Her theme was Winnie the Pooh for the big party. All of her cousins were invited to the house to celebrate and play games. We all had a great time. The kids enjoyed swimming in the pool the most. The little ones loved coloring on the brick wall with chalk.

Hooray for Summer!!!

Play time in our pool

Haley riding her new princess bike

I'm cool as a cucumber

Am I supposed to wear these or just look cute in them?

A play date with the Nelson children. In this picture is my friend Lisa with Erin's children Jackson and Olivia and the Shuford girls. Derek (Olivia's twin) is the only child not in the picture.

I know that it has been a while since I last posted so I'll create several posts to make up for lost time. The girls and I are enjoying our summer together. Haley and Lauren love having me at home and I love being home with them. It is one of the perks of teaching : ) Haley just went to Vacation Bible Retreat last week and had a wonderful time learning bible verses that incorporated the theme for the week: Children of the Light. Haley came home singing new songs and full of excitement. She told me all about the bible stories and showed me all of her arts and crafts every day. Lauren and I joined her for mass every morning and we stayed all day (8 to 11:30) with her for two of the days. Haley is also taking swimming lessons in the afternoon for two weeks. She feels like such a big girl because she gets to do things that sissy is too little to do. Other than that we've been spending lots of time at the library, the park, and our pool. The girls are participating in the summer reading club at the library so every time they read for seven nights they get to choose a goody from the treasure box at the library. Daddy has been busy working but he gets to have fun with us girls on the weekends. Poor daddy!