Rite of Passage,....

So,....We had a fun girls night with kailee and a friend....Facials...pedicures....and the nintendo wii. I thought I would include some video of them horsing around, as well as the one they filmed of the makeover they gave me,....yes I truly did let two small girls loose on my face with makeup...ack!!! But I have to admit, they did a great job!!

Fun with Pies!

Well,...I decided to try and make a more decorative crust for the mixed berry pie that I made tonight. The filling is strawberry, raspberry, and blackberry,....and handy dandy cookie cutter's made the rest relatively easy,....crusted with sugar and topped with vanilla bean icecream,...yummmmmm

Our Lap Cat

I had to include a picture of our dog,Solo who by the way thinks he is a cat, lol. Here is the proof!!
The other night, Aaron and I are downstairs,...and here a thump (bedrooms are upstairs),...so we go rushing up the stairs,...and what do we find,....Kody dearest had plopped on the floor, and not woken, lol....such a cutie.

Our Neighbors

As most of you know, Aaron and I moved closer to his school and work recently. We found a 3 bedroom townhome apartment that sits by a very nice little lake. We have also now begun to met our many new neighbors......they tend to swarm the door when we come outside. But this momma and babies have captured our hearts. Kailee in particular...I wouldnt be surprised if she one day becomes a Vet, lol. The change of scenery is actually much better than any of us could have anticipated. A pool but a stones throw away, the childrens school is less than a mile away, and a magnet school no less. They actually wear uniforms, and are doing very well. We have 2 1/2 baths, which means no more froggy deco for mommy,...I get the more grown up bathroom,...yay!! All in all, besides the problems associated with living so near other people,..life is good!! Oh and Aaron and I hit 9 years next month,..wow....lol....he keeps saying that nine is the paper anniversary,....someone help me find out which one it is!!! Peas and Carrots???!!!

Reflection

Kailee with such a pretty picture of joy on her face :-)
And I know..."Bad Mama" But this is Kody on "his" couch in his room,....so cute but he naps like this often :-)

Ive had alot of time for reflection lately, as my daughter is now the age I was when my memories became more concrete I would say. So now I look closely at my children far more often, making comparisons to my own childhood, and theirs from what seems like moments ago. My son and his rocking stage when he was crawling, the moment he was born and the terror afterwards when he proved to be so sick. My daughter born to a very young mother who had to feel her way through. I can still feel her close to my heart. lying on my chest, that is the way we slept many nights when Aaron was in Korea. I wonder day to day what will imprint on them, will they learn what they need in the most important of moments? I know how blessed I am in the task and joy of raising them. I pray one day they feel the same joy that they bring into our lives.

Kai's 8th Birthday!!!

Backwards,...soooo finally, lol!!
Awwww Daddy!!!!
Getting ready......

Well, today we celebrated my darling daughters' 8th birthday. A very big birthday indeed,...for though I see her grow each day,...she has hit the... yes you guessed it.....Barbie Stage!!!! Yay! She is well equipped with wedding barbie, ken,..a best friend and two children, lol. Many changes of clothes as well :-), of course. Now my beautiful daughter (after my own heart) requested a brownie cake with hot fudge on top (smart girl) and who am I to stand in her way? Though my hips will pay the price, I agreed, and we all enjoyed it very much, lol. Now the pics are of Kai,...as daddy tells her to blow out the candles,...the yells "wait" not now... then says ok,.. now... lol....You can see her expression quite well, poor baby. I will try to post pics later as I-I mean ...she.... plays with her new toys, lol.

Kody turns 5!!!

They always love their cars!!!
He's just "fixing" it, lol....
"My Masterpiece!"
Soooo much fun!

My baby boy turn five today,....on the 5th,..he he. Now Daddy was in charge of presents,...which according to menfolk,....excludes wrapping paper, lol....But he did a great job and the boys played for quite a while with Aaron's...I mean Kody's new toys. I experimented with birthday cakes this year,.. and made fondant for the icing,...It has the consistency of playdough,..and is the Marshmallow recipe, so actually tastes good,...so yay. I did the Deco as a fishbowl, including seaweed and 5 fishies,..lol. One for each year. Now I know that this will improve with time, so bear with me, lol. I am including pics from the fourth of july, we introduced the children to silly string. They were woefully lacking apparently.......Way too long without the wonders of the aerosol string fight...lol.. Enjoy!