Transition

Last Thursday, almost a week ago, Mason decided to start climbing out of his crib. He climbed out twice during naptime and once during the night. After a long discussion Eric and I decided the time had come to convert the babies' cribs to toddler beds. This wasn't a tough decision except I was going out of town for the weekend so Eric would be doing the transition by himself. We decided that the responsible thing to do would be to switch them before one of them broke their collarbone (wouldn't want that to happen again!!) While I was going to Oklahoma to visit Grandma and hang out with Rach, Eric was home converting the cribs. So far the transition has gone really well. Granted, we've found Mason asleep on the floor a few times and last night the babies were both asleep in Mason's bed. We took a picture because it was just too cute.

Seven Years!!

On July 7th Eric and I celebrated our 7th Anniversary. I can't believe it’s been seven years. My how time flies when you are having fun. We've lived in three states, owned three houses and have three beautiful children. There is a song by Jason Mraz that pretty much sums up how I feel about my life and partner. Its called "Lucky"
I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been....
Lucky we're in love every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed...

I can't imagine sharing my life with a more perfect partner. Eric really is my best friend and every day I love him more than the day before. This year to celebrate our Anniversary my Mom watch the kiddos and we went on a date. We went to dinner and a movie. We had planned on seeing The Hangover, but when we go to the theatre only the first two rows were available. We tried sitting that close, but I started getting motion sick so we decided to see Transformers. It was exactly like I thought it would be, lots of action and some super bad A cars. It was even kind of a funny. I really didn't care what we saw. Just spending some time together was awesome.






Ready for our date!!

4th of July

Our friends the Finnestads came down from Oklahoma to spend the weekend with us. We had a BLAST!! On Friday we went to the local water park. It was so much fun. I can't think of another place where people of all ages, or in our case ages 21months to 32 years old can have that much fun. The babies loved the splash part and the big kids and Daddys loved going down the big slides. We forgot out cameras so I don't have any pictures to share. I will try to remember it the next time we go and we will be going back.


On the 4th of July we had a small get together. We set up a mini water park in the backyard. The kids had so much fun going mach speed down the water slide and landing in the little pool. After playing and dinner we went over to my Mom's neighborhood to watch the fireworks. Even though we had good spots to watch the fireworks the kids weren't very into it. I think we were too far away for it to hold their attention. Maybe next year we can get close enough to hear them. Oh well, we still had fun and I really enjoyed the fireworks show. Enjoy the pictures.

The backyard waterpark was a BIG hit.

Braeden, Mason, Kendal, Reece and Syd jumping on the trampoline.

Reece, Mason, Macky, Syd and Braeden looking SUPER cute!!

The Family of Five. Obiviously Syd wasn't very into having her picture taken.

(She looks just like her Auntie Autie in this picture)

The Finnestads, Ross, Braeden, Angela and Reece.

Thanks guys for spending the weekend with us!!

Reece, Syd, Kendal and Braeden having snacks before the fireworks started.

Mason and Macky enjoying some popcorn and M&M's.

Watching fireworks.

Better Late Than NEVER

I haven't blogged in WAY too long. I'm going to try and catch up then stay up to date. Here are some pictures from the last couple of months. I will give you the highlights.

April - Syd turned 4. How on Earth is my first baby 4 years old?? She is getting so big. Syd is an amazing little girl. She is so helpful, smart and FUNNY. I love watching her grow up. Below are a few pictures of her party. We kept it pretty small this year.

May - Mother's Day & Trip to ABQ. I had a wonderful Mother's day. I got to spend the day with my family and my Mama. We went to brunch at the Cheesecake Factory and it was YUMMY. We dressed the kids in their Easter clothes that they never got to wear. We also had a wonderful trip to New Mexico. We spent a week in Albuquerque that included a day trip to Las Cruces. It was so nice to see all of our family. It was relaxing and fun. Even the drive out and back went well. I can't wait to visit again soon.

All dress up and ready for brunch!

Pretty Macky

Grandpa and Mason in ABQ

Playing outside at Grandpa and Grandma's house. It was a little chilly!!

June - A visit with Grandad. Of course when Grandad come home it is all play and no work. We love having him visit and are sad when he leaves. We can't wait for August when he comes home again.

The Pirate Ship!! This was its maiden voyage.

Syd and the Pirate ship. She tried her hardest to sink it!!

Kiki and Mason at the pond watching the Pirate Ship.

Macky the water baby. I finally got enough floatation on her so that she can enjoy the water and I won't have a nervous breakdown. She is fearless!

Mason hanging out poolside.

We went to the pool several times with Grandad and Kiki. The kids love the water.