Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Aunt Jess, Uncle Ryan and Baby Kensie Move Here!

On June 12, my sister, Jess and her baby girl, Kensie, moved here! Ryan came the next day after the loooooong drive driving the UHaul. My kids are so in love with this little baby. 

At the airport. 











Austin thought she was hilarious.  He would laugh and laugh and laugh when she would move her little arms around.  She is quite the comedian, and he is easy to please. 



It's true love when they share their toys. 


We are so excited they are living close to us! Audrey is so excited to have a sister/cousin (Audrey and Kensie are closer in age that Jess and me!), and the boys are wrapped around her little finger.  I love that my sister/best friend will get to be in my everyday life. 

June 2014

Summer is in full swing around here. It hasn't been too hot, which has been so nice.  We swim, we play, we do chores, and workbooks (sometimes), go to the gym (for my sanity), and that's about all - my favorite kind of summer. 

Austie all Sabbathed out, acting oh so reverent. 


Our little friend who went away for the summer.  We miss his smiling face!


Pool time. 


More pool time. 

I got to do a really fun fashion show, and I loved all the clothes I got to wear.  



I guess these shoes are kind of a big deal.  Sarah Jessica Parker wore a pair like them on Sex and the City, and some other celebrity wore them at her wedding.  All the girls wanted to take a picture wearing them after I walked in them. I'm so oblivious to stuff like that. 


I love sunsets, I always have.  They remind me of my Grandma Jeanette.  My friend, Chrissy, loves the sky.  I have been paying more attention to the sky all during the day, not just at sunset time.  It is has been so beautiful. 



Austin and Ry.  And tape on the playroom floor where furniture would go. 


Angel and Kevin's wedding. 


This guy loves his kids.  Audrey really wanted a play house, so the two of them designed it together, and Dave built it. 




Families that drill together, stay together. #buildingaplayhouse #whyaredadsalwaysthegoodguys


Making a little blue slime.



$1 squirt bottles...over an hour of entertainment. 




More swimming. 



Waiting for the Zendaya concert to start. #mybestlittlefriend #uno #propstothosewhozendayait #disneychannelshakeitup


Our first concert together: success.  Here's to many more. #ZforZendaya #backwards



Dave. The best treat bowl maker, air guitar player, play house maker, grocery shopper (comes home with all sorts of fun treats and diet coke), and the one who teaches my kids to have a love for all different kinds of music. My kids and I are so lucky to have him, and we know it. 



A man that raises five daughters deserves a special shout out on Father's Day. Since he is the only human left that doesn't have a cell phone, he will probably never see this, but still wanted to say Happy Father's Day to my Dad. I love you. 

Happy 40th birthday to my best friend. I don't know who is more weirded out that he is 40, him or me. Probably me. 


Bruce and Marianne bought us this swing for our birthdays.  The kids love it. I find them out here multiple times a day, most of the time with a snack. 



My parents came to visit. We got some BBQ and took it to the pool, it was so fun.



We FaceTimed with the twins while we were at the pool.  I kept thinking it was frozen, because the boys were sitting so still.  They were in awe of baby Kensie. 


To say these three are obsessed with baby Kensie would be an understatement. 





More sky. 



Lazy day playing Legos. 


I would drop my mom and kids off at the corner gas station, and they would get slurpees and walk home (their request).  It was over 1.5 miles long, and they did it two days in a row! My mom taught them the song I learned when I was a little girl, "Eddie Cuthie Catcha Cama Toosie Narie Toosia Noka, Sama Kama Wacky Brown". 


We went swimming at the neighbors and the kids walked home while this lazy sack drove. 

More Kensie obsession. 

Hypnotized by the TV.  It would be so easy to let these kids watch TV alllllll day long.  They would love it, I would love it, my house would stay clean, but as I tell them, their brains would turn to mush. 


More time on the swing. 



More time in the pool, which basically wraps up the month of June!