the twins turn 2

Faith and Allie had their second birthday party last weekend. It's hard to believe that the girls are all two now. I'm so glad we got to celebrate with them. As you know toddlers don't pose for pictures very well so the only time I could get them to all sit still was when they were swinging.

Happy 2nd Birthday Allison & Faith!

my daddy knows how to dress me!

Today Jake got Gracie dressed, as you can see the brown boots with the pink & silver Christmas skirt go nicely together. Let's not forget the white tank top with hot pink bows on top. To tie it all together he added a hot pink pony purse.
Thanks daddy for all your help!

mr kitty has a boo-boo

Mr Kitty had to go to the doctors today because of an abscess on his back. They needed to put him under to drain the fluid. He'll have a drain tube in his back for the next 5 days. The kids were very good with him this morning before he left giving him big kisses and Ethan said "it's ok if you cry when they give you a poke, I do." Gracie went with me to pick him up and when they carried him out she ran up to him yelling "my kitty" and hugged the carrier. He has to stay inside for 2 weeks and needs to lay on old towels because of the draining fluid. He was a little tired and cranky and just wanted to be left alone. However this did not stop Gracie from trying to play with him, giving him her blanket and taking pictures of him. I'm not sure what will be harder keeping the cat inside for 2 weeks or showing Jake the bill. This may just be the last time we are able to get one of his boo-boos fixed. An outside cat that likes to fight raccoons = lots of vet bills. Maybe we need to re-think his lifestyle :)

Ethan's tree house-part 5

The paint is on the tree house! From the start Ethan said he wanted an army tree house and that's just what Jake gave him. Jake painted it green and then let Ethan use spray paint to make the "army" pattern. Of course when Ethan was done Jake had to touch it up a little :)

"why don't they just a get a job?"

My in-laws bar was robbed earlier today at gun point. No one at the bar was hurt. The story was all over the news so we needed to try and explain to Ethan what happened. He said "Why did they rob Grandpa's money? If I was there I would just say no you can't have my Grandma's money you should get a job." Jake and I were laughing and said yes they should get a job. Ethan added "My Grandma has things to buy you know they should really give her back her money." When we saw on the news tonight that the suspects were shot by the police Ethan called out from down the hall "Well if you're going to steal then you gonna get shot"

play kitchen daddy

Gracie and Daddy played kitchen today. She called him into her saying "oh daddy......pay.......chit-chen........pay daddy pay" I think it's very cute and I know she will love these memories later.

happy birthday brandon

My brother-in-law Brandon celebrated his birthday with a bbq in his new house with the entire family.

mr kitty

Just another day playing in the backyard with mr. kitty. He was our first baby and now he is Gracie's best friend. He was just laying in the backyard trying to stay cool when Gracie came over and dumped water on him. Then she put the bowl on his head. When I went to get the camera I came back and found her laying next to him on the grass singing. He really is a good kitty to put up with her all day :)

future rock star

Now you can say you knew her before she was a famous rock star!

sleeping beauty

I just don't think you can ever get enough pictures of your kids sleeping. Gracie took off her pj's and climbed into my bed but not before turning on my lamp. When they look this cute how can you get mad? You can't, so I just moved her over and climbed into bed.

more hot summer days

It's over 90 degrees and the little ones are out in the pool again. However tonight Gracie just wanted to relax in the pool instead of playing which Ethan thought was boring so he got out and played on the slipn' slide.

ohhh, they do love eachother!

baby rentals

We took another trip to Salem to visit Aimee and the girls. I just can't get enough of my new niece, Aubrey. She is just so cute and cuddly as Ethan says that I want to have another baby :) When I asked Ethan what he thought about having another baby he said "oh man, you have to be kiddin me!" covered his face with his hands and ran into the other room yelling "I can't take it anymore" So I'm guessing that was a no from him. He did tell me that if I wanted another one so bad we could just bring a baby home for the day and then take it back like you do a movie. Gracie was very interested in her this time. She wanted to hold her and hug her and got upset when she cried. However, it didn't take long before Aubrey was old news and they were off playing with Chandra.

Gracie got a little lost in Aunt Aimee's big shower.

Grandma is the first to feed her (besides mommy, daddy & big sister)

never too big

You're never too big to take a nap in a race car bed!

Rylee's 2nd birthday party

Our best friend Rylee is 2 years old now! Rylee had a huge birthday party last weekend with lots of friends, food and goofy kids. Gracie was very excited to see Rylee on her birthday she kept saying "Ilee party....yeah.....birt-day" and giving her lots of hugs. Again, I feel so lucky to have such a great friend and I feel even more lucky that our girls are best friends too!

the birthday girl

umm Tyler I think you're too big for the princess castle

Gracie & Ryder........the stand off

what a surprise Gracie needed to help open gifts too

thanks Daddy for buckling up the baby

Kinley thinks Tyler's funny

pretty girl Ava and her mommy

Ryder was not too sure about Katie in the castle

the birthday girl and her mommy

Gracie's other mommy

Papa Rob read the girls a story

Rylee & her Grandma