Mother and Daughter

Feelin' HOT HOT HOT

Friday was a very hot day (90), so after some grocery shopping I decided to go to Lisa's house and let Austin play with his cousins and go swimming! We had a blast... Lisa has two non-school kids at home so Ryan, who is 4 played with Austin while Levi (2) took his nap. First was the trampoline. The boy is so white he shines!!
Then the rest of the cousins starting coming home from school... Becca with miss Paislee. Below~ Ryan, Levi and Austin playing in the pool.

At first Levi didn't want to get into the little pool because Austin kept splashing him, so naturally Levi ran away. Austin followed him with a squirt gun and dumped it out on his head!!

Austin doing what he does best... splashing others

Playing with the bubbles. Katie, Becca, Ryan, Levi and Austin

Paislee laying in the grassThe boys drying off on the patio....Austin, Ryan, Caleb, and JoshAAHHHH... much better than the grass! Good Day

Weekend in Seattle

Dallas and I drove to Seattle a couple weekends ago and met my parents there on Friday to go to a couple of Mariner's games. Did I mention we had NO KIDS that weekend! I was hard to leave them, especially miss pais, but it was wonderful.... to sleep in uninterrupted!! The Mariners played the Minnesota Twins, we went to the Friday and Saturday games. The highlight of the whole weekend was my dad catching a foul ball, which was hit by one of the Twins biggest power hitters!! We were sitting on the third base side in the second deck, Dallas and I had been joking with eachother the whole time on whether or not we would protect each other from a foul ball! So mom got up to go to the bathroom, and then here comes this perfect hit!! Before we knew it Dad had caught it right in the gut!! It was so awesome..... then came mom back from the bathroom! hahaha After the game we walked down to Iver's restaurant down on the water for early anniversary dinner, then mom and dad left and Dallas and I went to Dallas' sister, linley's place. Where we stayed the night and then came home Sunday evening. Linley's husband Kasey is attending U of W - Dental program. Sunday we went to a huge park and just walked around. It was so beautiful, it had the hugest rhodadendrum trees.... they were amazing.

Just for fun

I was messing around with a computer program trying to make a fun page with tons of pictures on it. This is what I came up with ... i was quite proud of myself!!

He's a quarter of a century old!!

Happy 25th Birthday Dallas. Thanks for being such a wonderful Husband, Father and Friend.

Summer Time: Flowers, kids and fertilizer

I finally have flowers that have come into bloom! My Lillacs... do you see the huge bumblebee in the center? He was so cool, I only wish I was better with a camera and could have really gotten a great a shot- oh well( need mom here to capture the moment!) Then my bleeding heart, I thought I had O.D ed it last year on miracle grow- so when it came back this year I was so excited.

Austin loves bananas... if fact he ate 3 in a row... is that too much? A potassium over load or something!!

Then my cute little girl, who is now three months old. Crazy how time flys. she is pretty much sleeping through the night now. She is down for good around 10pm and then gets up at about 4:30am. Every once and a while she gets up before then but not often. Then she is up by 8am to conquer another day!

Sunday picture.... aren't her red toes adorable. I think so at least, Dallas thinks they are ugly and that she is "too young!"

Our little strawberry shortcake

Potty Training..... The other day Austin was grabbing at his diaper and saying "pee-pee" well I thought he had already gone so I wasn't thinking much of it. But he was being persistent- took his diaper off and ran to the bathroom. So I thought, ok lets go check it out. Sure enough he sat on the potty and went pee!! I was so excited.. he has gone 3 times since Friday. We still have a LONG ways to go, but its a start!

The fertilizer "KING". Dallas has been obsessed about weed and feed and spraying fertilizing.... everywhere. So we better have a beautiful yard this year... or else! I personally think he just likes riding his 4-wheeler around, especailly with the sprayer on the back. Hmmmmm.... sound like some else we know!?!

"RIDE" and Peek-a-Boo

Austin is crazy obsessive about riding the riding the 4-wheeler. He will go all day saying "ride, ride 4-wheeler". Dallas took him out for a ride, guess they were gone too long!

Miss Pais peeking out behind her blankie!

Well I missed it with the camera, but Paislee rolled over twice tonight from her belly to back. I had put her on the floor, then went to the window to watch Austin and Dallas, when I turned around she was on her back. So I flipped her back over and sure enough she did it again! By the time I grabbed the camera she was fussy and wouldn't roll over again... but she did do it!

HI Mommy!!