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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Second Half of June

I LOVE this smile (and the dress and the ponytail)

We went out for lunch on Father’s Day and there were some neat buildings close to the restaurant

Love all the green

We have gone to the Splash Park 3 times, two of those being this week.

Kiera has gone on ziplines at 2 different parks already this summer.

Her first time wearing this swimsuit, which used to be Kiera’s.

A rare peaceful moment between these two

Nothing like watching them sleep

Blake’s first trip to the dentist was wonderful…no cavities and he was completely compliant! 

They enjoy watching him play kid-friendly video games like Crash Course.

We found a bike on Kijiji for Blake and he is totally enjoying it.  I had to run after him to take this picture because he would not stop for me to take a picture.

She uses the calculator as a phone and we have conversations, which I think is too cute!

Kiera had her last day of school

We went to her school picnic on the last day

The bell rang and it was time for her to walk into that school for the last time as a student there.  I am SO thankful she had such a fantastic, Christian teacher and was very thankful for all of the time she poured into Kiera and her classmates’ lives this past year.

The last time walking through that Kindergarten door…it was very emotional for me.  I held back the tears until I was alone at home.  I grew to love that school but I know God has good plans for Kiera at her new school.

Home from Kindergarten

After reading a book called Sticky Faith (GREAT book) where it talked about making a big deal out of life events, I made a poster and decorated our house to celebrate.

Kiera LOVED it!

Her jaw dropped and her eyes went big when she walked into the house.

That evening they went outside to play and ended up looking like this

Number one reason why I can hardly wait until we have grass…every time it rains our yard becomes a mud pit.

They got hosed off outside a bit, then got carried into the house and had a short bath and then a shower.  It probably took at least 20 minutes to get them clean!

Blake was hoping Haley would stay in there, but she wasn’t havin’ it.

I love watching them dance!

Kiera and the neighbor girl reading her Precious Moments Bible, which I thought was a precious moment. This girl and her brother are moving away next month, so I’m sad about that as Kiera + Blake spend a lot of time playing with them.

Kiera got out all of her alphabet books that she made in Kindergarten.

I’m hardly ever in pictures, so I decided to take one with Haley on a Sunday that I wore a dress and she was wearing one of my favorite of her outfits.

We are LOVIN’ the summer and so thankful for this season in our lives!

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

First Half of June

I’ve really been enjoying watching my kids get creative.  This is them playing “birthday party.”

I found this on the floor.  They decorated their Tinker Toys vehicle with swim diapers….something I never would have thought of.

Haley wanted to help my Mom put on lipstick.

Of course she needed some for herself, too.

This is probably my favorite of Blake’s dance moves…so funny!

While Kiera is singing along to the song, he is busy making faces.

My kids enjoy playing in our backyard with the neighbor kids from 2 or 3 different houses.

One of my favorite of her outfits…thanks Mom!

I caught her fishy face

We went to a fair and it was during her naptime, so thankfully she fell asleep in the stroller.  We reclined the stroller seat after this, so her neck wasn’t like that for a very long time.

We stood in a very long line-up to get tickets so that Kiera could go on a ride.  Blake didn’t want to go on.  I enjoyed seeing her have fun!

These African drummers were really cool and they woke Haley up.

We shared jumbo freezies as it was quite hot outside.

I love that summer has arrived and we can go out and do things together as a family!

Thursday, June 27, 2013

May Blessings

I finally transferred a whole bunch of pictures off of my camera yesterday, so now I’m playing catch-up.  Here are a bunch of blessings from May:

Windows that go almost to the floor which means Haley can see out of them no problem

The basket of goodies Jared got for Professional Admin week from his boss:

Cheese, Lindor chocolates and chips

Cookies, crackers, hazelnut spread and chocolate hazelnut sticks

Catching them sleeping

Hats made in Sunday School

Morning cuddles in our bed

Haley was busy on her computer while Jared went on our computer

Indoor beach day

My Mother’s Day gift from Jared

The flowers I got from Kiera

Haley’s favorite book is the Bible and I pray that continues as she gets older

My new pink shower cap, which I used when I gave my hair an overnight protein treatment of olive oil and egg (you can ask Jared how attractive he thinks my shower cap is, ha ha)

Family popcorn time in the morning