Photo Session with Mom

Oh My goodness is it hard to take pictures of your kiddos. Mine were being so rotten. When one would smile the other would be off in la la land. My hat goes off to photographers. I think I will pay the money and hope they can work better magic then I can. Emma was wearing Shaylee's old dress and I just thought they looked so cute. Hopefully you could tell what I saw by my lousy pictures.

Water Slide

Our friends let us borrow this fun water slide while they were on vacation and we just loved it. We had the Duncan's over to enjoy the fun with us. They had such a blast, who would have thought it could be so much fun. Emma Lou liked to watch from her favorite seat, the porch swing. I couldn't get her on that thing.

Gymnastics

Shaylee is so funny about gymnastic outfits. She does not like to show her legs, probably a trait from her mother. She has to wear a skirt or capri pants to gym. She is really starting to enjoy gymnastics and finally got her back walk over and front limber. We are very proud of her.

PRICELESS

I came into my bedroom and found Emma laying on Shaylee and Shaylee rubbing her back. It was so cute and endearing.

Road Rash!

Emma and Shaylee decided to ride a bike together and let's just say it did not turn out very well. Shaylee turned the handle and Emma went sliding on the pavement with Shaylee following right on top of her, not beside her on top of her. She was black and blue and had a great shiner, but as you can see she was still smiling about it. Shaylee came away without a scratch thanks to Emma.

Having a little fun with Avery and Corene. Her facial expression just cracked us all up so we decided to roll with it. Cassie and Rex were visiting also and Cassie came up with the great photo opp.

Fun Swimming

Shaylee jumping off the diving board and of course holding her nose.

Corene came to visit and we sure loved playing with her, Roger and the kids. We love when they come and sure miss them when they leave.

Shaylee finally got the courage to jump off the high dive. I could not believe she did it but to my surprise she just walked right to the end of the diving board and stepped off. It was quite an exciting moment for little Miss Shaylee.

Emma loved playing on the little train in the shallow end. I could not get her off it. She loved the slide. She loves the water as long as she can touch and have her own independence.

Blake is our timid one and isn't quite sure about the water. He is fearless with a life jacket but I want him to learn to be brave without one. As you can see it is not working at the moment.

The Lake

A couple of us Mom's from the church get together and go to the beach at the Lake. The kids have fun and the Mom's get to socialize. I have a hard time getting Emma out of her favorite seat or is it just her favorite because I put food in the cup holders. She loves to eat and would rather eat then do anything. SHe is content with sitting back relaxing on some chips watching her brother and sister play in the water.

Shaylee and Blake love the water. They are starting to enjoy swimming finally.

Blake is only comfortable about getting in if he has his life jacket. I don't know how I will break him of it but for now it works.

Shaylee is a little fish and thinks she is a mermaid. She would live at the lake if I let her.

Emma thinks she is so beautiful in her swimming suit. Too bad she never gets it wet. Without fail within the first twenty mintues she will poop in her swimmming suit. If she is not pooping she is eating. It makes for a fun day.

Summer Fun

Shaylee and Blake love playing outside and usually play really well together. This is the spot to play. It is a lonely tree by our back steps and they could play for hours there. I don't know what is so special about it but it definately entertains them.

Emma is a shoe freak and put on Shaylee's dress-up heels. She looked quite cute with her messed up hair, rolls and shoes. She was in those things for half the day.

This is my children's favorite thing to do. They love playing on the trampoline with the sprinker underneath. Emma gets right up there with them and they have a blast. Shaylee always has to be plugging her nose. Even when she is out of the water.

Camping in New Mexico

Camping in New Mexico was quite a treat. Let's just say that is was nothing that we were used to. We like going camping to get away from the people so we do not have to socialize. When you camp here at Cimarron State Park it is like camping in the city. When we first got there Daniel and found our campsite that we reserved online and were flabergasted with what we saw. Practically every ten feet was a campsite so you were camping right on top of people. Then the one we reserved just happened to make the major highway that was probably ten feet away. Hello, we have kids can I say Dangerous and no fun. So we spent the whole day trying to get a refund for our reserved sight and trying to find something a little more fitting. Luckily we found a campsite hours later, it was still very crowded but it was not next to the highway. Fred and Meili came with their kids and Grandma and Papa Clare and Jacob. Once we coped with the idea that we were going to have to socialize it turned out to be a nice week. The fishing was very good and Blake was quite the fisherman. Daniel couldn't believe how good he really was. We were able to see Elk and deer and even had a Bear visit the campground. It was beautiful country and great weather.

Camping was fun and the kids loved hiking, fishing, and playing with their cousins. The deer came right into our campsite. It was quite exciting. Blake tried to chase after them but the Campground host yelled at him and said they could kick him.