6 hrs til we check out!

It's late....really late, considering we are leaving in 6 hrs. Just wanted to let you all know we are headed west to see these......

and this is what our babies looked like last year when we were there. Awww...they are so little, and cute, and snuggly. My babies are growing waaaay too fast.

Be back the middle of next week. Take care and pray for us and our loooong drive with the two up above!!!

County Fair

We were able to make it to the Clay County fair last weekend. The evening was perfect. The kids had a great time (that's an understatement), the weather was wonderful and caught up w/ lots of people we hadn't got to see in a while. Here is a glimpse at our evening!

Gentry sitting in the combine wheel taking a load off.

Kennedy and her friend Weston on the motorcycle!

Grandpa Dana could be found here, on this, with these two, at any time. He was such a sport!

The Big Slide. I think there was seriously a hundred steps. And this is one of few times she "let" me go down w/ her. She did it on her own the rest of the time. Keep in mind she is only 3......and that slide was HUGE. She would climb it all her own. And the kind worker at the top would help her get on her sack.

She DID NOT want to go on this "Allergater" rollercoaster. But grandma talked her into it. And as you can see she ended up being quite fond of this ride. She laughed the whole time.

These three had the greatest time. Who ever designed this ride knew what they were doing when the gave them all a steering wheel!

Kennedy had been asking all week if she could ride "that big wheel". How in the world she knew that the Farris Wheel would be there I do not know. She has never rode one before. But it was the first thing we HAD to do. AGAIN and again. She loved it.

Mommy got off the Farris Wheel but Kennedy wanted to keep going. So daddy stayed on with her for one more round.

Isn't the sky beautiful. When you are up so high on the Faris Wheel and can see the tops of all the trees everything suddenly seems a little ominous.

Weston is the little cutie up front w/ the adoooorable smile. And as for Kennedy........I think she liked riding w/ 3 boys!

Special Guy

Today is this little man's big day. Happy Birthday D.M.O!!!!

Today is Dylan's 2nd birthday! He is our only nephew, and we have no nieces....so he's a pretty special guy. Especially to Kennedy and Gentry. He is their only cuz! Last night was his big birthday party and we had a wonderful time.

Dylan opening our gift to him. I think he was actually more excited about the cars wrapping paper than anything.

Dylan sippin on his Capri Sun w/ his birthday dinner. Life just doesn't get much better than this!

Dylan is a huge fan of Blue's Clues. This is the cake his mommy & grandma made. Isn't it awesome!

Shane Dylan and Ann

Blowing candles out with his mommy. Aren't they cute!

Blowing out his candles and making a wish!

Dylan going for the "big" handful of cake. Only mommy got to his hand before he got to the cake. Darn it! It was going to be so good!

What's a party w/o pop!

Dylan w/ those "I just can't wait for this cake any longer" eyes!

Dylan's Grandma Anita cutting the cake she made.

I know........forks....???? I just thought the pic was kind of cool.

Dana's Grandma Sue has a pretty awesome Harley Davidson trike motorcycle. She rode it out to Dylan's party and as you can see Gentry also thinks it is pretty cool!

Stay tuned for pics from the county fair!!! Coming Soon!

Pool Palooza

Kennedy and Lane think this is the most fun thing ever. Make sure you watch the whole video. Kennedy's head takes quite the beating on the pool each time!

*DON'T FORGET* to scroll to the bottom of the page and PAUSE the music on our playlist before you play the video!

Just Smile

I hope you find this picture below funny. I know I sure did. Yes, it is stupid....BUT I had to post it. This is what greeted me on my kitchen sink this morning...before "I" ever ran any water. If an unexpected smile greets you in places you could never imagine you know it's going to be a good day.


Well, onto swimming lessons. Kennedy completed level 1 Red Cross Swimming Lessons last friday. She had them for two weeks and loved every minute of it. Here a few pics I got one day.

Thinking about it...but not for long. She lives for the moment.

And she jumps!

Kicking her way over to the ladder.

Climbing out with her "gobbles" aka goggles all fogged over and a huge "aren't you so proud of me" smile!

Gentry got to enjoy the baby pool everyday while "sis" was taking lessons in the big pool. That's one of the perks about living in a really small town. You can get away with stuff like this!

Fun Pool Toy

I got this idea out of one of my family magazines. Made it for the girls to use in the pool and they LOVE it. The sponges soak up all of the water so they can throw them at each other.....but don't hurt b/c they are so soft!

**Supplies needed.
Scissors, kitchen sponges, and string (I only had floral wire and it worked great too)

Pieces are cut. You will leave out one sponge that comes in the pkg.

Pieces are cut and "strategically" placed with wire/string underneath. Just pull string tightly around all the sponges a couple of times and tie a few knots.

Spread sponges out and you have the Fishished Product!

An Awesome Time!

Kennedy had her first "real" playdate on tuesday. Her friend Bailey got to come home w/ us after their swimming lessons were over. She got to stay all afternoon. They had the GREATEST time ever. They swam for hours, did a project and just in general played hard. Here are some pictures to show what they did!


Bailey taking a break.

Supplies

Shaving cream is on, smoothed and ready to go!

Food coloring dropped on to shaving cream.

Swirling the food coloring around w/ their toothpicks!



Patting the paper in the shaving cream. However, I could see in her eyes that she really just wanted to smash that paper down in there. I just kept saying "pat it! pat it!"

Peeling the paper off the shaving cream. Then you have to wipe the cream off w/ a squeegie.

Hanging their art work out to dry. Isn't their work beautiful? I can't stop staring at their pictures. I think I might frame one.


Giggles and screams is what friendship means!

Doesn't Bailey have the most beautiful blue eyes? They are awesome.

Anything that allows her to use her creativeness in a messy way is something she'll love.

PRICELESS!


I think she did an awesome job.....covering just about every square inch!

They finished off the play date w/ some playhouse play time. I had a fan running in the playhouse to try to keep them cooled off. It helped some. They were pretty tuckered out by this point. You can see the look on Bailey's face!