Sticks and Scooters

the weather has been beautiful here and we have spent many evenings outside watching the kids play. well this night mikenna rode her scooter and andon (like he does every time he is outside) found a stick to hold. it was fun watching them play and andon just followed mikenna every where she went, with his stick in his hand.

we live on a street with four houses on it and the only two are occupied. across the street and all around us are fields so there is no one around and no traffic. i love it because the kids can play outside and i don't worry about them as much.

just a quick note on mikenna's outfit... she is wearing red, purple, and pink... she obviously picked out this outfit... and no, we did not leave the house with her looking like this. when i say mikenna get some warm comfies on and we will go outside, this is what she put on. i love her.

my handsome stick man. he is never outside without a stick in his hand

my baby just hanging out with me. he enjoys being outside and watching everyone play

Family Night

for family night tonight we decided to have dinner at the park and let the kids play. the wether was beautiful and a little breezy. all the kids had fun. 

mikenna eating her fun lunchable

kelton loves to be outside

andon needed help to go down the slide at first but was soon going down the big and small slides alone

mikenna and andon went down a lot together and had a blast

kelton even went on the slide with me

6 Months Old

today kelton is 6 months old. i cant believe how fast the time has gone by and how big my baby is growing. you know, before i had kelton, i had thought to myself that since it takes me so long to get pregnant i would be ready to start for another one when kelton was 6 months old. am i CRAZY. i feel like i just had him and i want to enjoy him as a baby before i have another one so i think i will change my mind.

anyway earlier today i was doing stuff and i came back into the kitchen where kelton was in his walker and i found him like this.... andon had put his hat on him and i just thought he looked to adorable. he was so happy 

my mother in law sent this little doggy toy to kelton that barked and walked. he was very interested in it, as you can see. 

close up... and if you look closely you will see 2 little teeth that he has on the bottom of his mouth, well you cant really see them but they are there. 

Pictures of the Month

well i finally have some pictures to post and i am excited. i hope i can get back into my routine of posting pictures more often and keep up with things.

these first pictures are of kelton at 5 months old. i know they are from last month but he is just so stinkin adorable i had to show him off.

he found his feet and when he is laying down they are always in his mouth.

he rolls and rolls and lays great on his tummy

today when i got the camera back from john, i wanted to take pictures of the kids but mikenna was not cooperating and decided to be silly. so it was fun to photograph her.

she did snap a cute pose with her daddy

andon always loves to take pictures

kelton is almost 6 months now and is just so snuggly and a total momma's boy, and i love it.....

 and actually both of my boys are total momma's boys

yes he has begun to sit up

Busy, Busy

hello everyone, i know i have been away for a long time and that is not like me but i have some good reasons. first of all we moved into a home the first week of february... YEAH... well it is actually a rental but it is brand new and is in the area we want and down the street from the school mikenna will attend this fall. but i love it and i am excited... no more tiny apartment... and no more squeezing into two rooms at my sisters. second, by moving we didn't have internet for about two and half weeks. and last, my husband has been taking my camera with him to work for the past month so i haven't taken any pictures that i can blog. so even though i don't have any pictures to blog today i still wanted to give an update on what has been happening lately.

well where do i start. probably the business, since that is the whole reason we are out here. well, i haven't had a husband for about the past three weeks for he has been gone all day and most nights trying to get the store set up and ready to open. the great news is that today we passed all the final inspections and can open as soon as we are ready and so that will be this friday. YEAH YEAH YEAH!!!!! after months and months of waiting and waiting, going through many ups and downs in the process, and having no money we finally can get things going and have fun.

two weeks ago my sister laura, my bro in law troy and there five kids moved here to texas. i am so excited. for those of you that knew me in az my sister laura and i were very close and leaving her was hard. but for the past couple of months janell and i were close and had a lot of fun together. so now that she is full flegged into the business laura came just in time. we have enjoyed lots of days hanging out together, playing yahtzee, and mikenna has her girl cousins to play with again. i still miss all my family and friends in phoenix but it is nice to have some here too.

mikenna is growing so much and is so ready to start school. she gets bored and needs things to keep her busy. but i enjoy her help around the house and with the baby. she has got real brave carrying kelton around the house and picking him up to play with him. she is so girly. every morning she picks out her clothes, and a necklace to wear, and earings, and hair ties, and nail polish. she loves to wear my shoes around and play dress up.

andon, my little boy. he loves to play basketball. he has like 10 balls but only likes to play with one specific one. he loves high school musical movies and last week we bought number 3. this is an every day affair to watch musical 3, as andon says it. he loves to play outside and copy and do whatever mikenna does.

kelton, my snuggly boy. he is so happy and so adorable. he loves to hang out in his walker. his favorite thing to do is suck his thumb. and now i have noticed he even sucks his finger. he has one tooth and the second is not to far behind. the other night he slept from 7 to 4:30. it was awesome. but it only lasted 2 nights and then we were back to getting up 3 times a night, 2 on a good night. 

well i think that sums up most of my life right now. hopefully i will get my camera back soon and can take more pictures and update more.