Packing for FLORIDA!

Fun in the sprinklers at home.

Little divas in the making!

The next post should be some fun pics of our first trip to Florida as a family. I'm so excited! Kira kinda gets it and Kaylee has no clue but I'm sure they will have a wonderful time. Kyle left on Weds. at 4:30 a.m. so we're missing him and excited to see him again soon.

We just finished swimming lessons today. Kira did pretty good. They had her in a class with some kids who were more advanced so she had a hard time keeping up. Much of the time, it seemed like the teacher was holding her. The last couple days, she got more involved. I bought her some goggles like her friend, Eden, had. They made a difference because she actually dunked her head under water all the way yesterday. This coming from a kid who would fuss in the tub if a drop of water was near her eyes. She loved swimming around in the pool! I did a parent/child class with Kaylee and she was more interested in just playing around. They had balls, rings and sticks for the kids to play with but what did Kaylee like most? Chasing a leaf around that had fallen in the pool. Whatever works! She is so stubborn... she has to be in control. She'd walk out to where the water was right at her chin but if I picked her up to go deeper, she'd start fussing. She wanted to walk and do it her way! Next year I'm going to sign Kira up for at least a couple sessions but probably skip it with Kaylee. She'll still be too young to do a class on her own so I'll just work with her in the kiddie pool.

Kira could spend all day picking "flowers". (all the weeds that grow in the grass and fields). She wants to put them all in a pretty "base". Another funny thing she said lately was that we were going to a neighbors for a BBQ. She had to put on necklaces, fancy shoes, rings, feather boa, etc. We asked why she had to wear all that to a BBQ and she said so "I can look posh." I just laughed! When I told Kyle, he couldn't believe she'd said that. We had read a book from the library called "Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy". It's about a girl who dresses up and uses fancy words like that. Too funny what they pick up!

Anyway, guess that's about all for now. I'll update again as soon as I have time when we're back. Hope everyone is well!

4th of July

We had a great 4th of July. On the 3rd, we went to a party at one of Kyle's friend's house with the kids. We didn't stay too long because we brought the kids home and had Mandi babysit while Kyle and I went to meet some other friends at the Country Club and watch fireworks from there. It was a great show and good company.

On the 4th, we just did stuff around the house most of the day then I took the girls to a party at one neighbor's house for dinner. They decorated bikes and did a little bike parade that was so cute! We had a second invite to another neighbor's so we went there for dessert and Kira had a great time playing with all her friends. After that, we cruised on home to get Kaylee to bed and Ray and Marilyn came over to our house for the big fireworks show. We are able to see them from our front lawn and it's great! Kira stayed up for the first time to watch them with us but she really wasn't that interested. She kept looking at the stars and singing "Twinkle, Twinkle little star", she had to go find an umbrella (no rain) and a flashlight so she could see the fireworks. What a fun day!

We got alot of other projects done around the house that weekend so it felt great. We've had some really good rain storms earlier this week but we had good weather the last couple days so we've been at the pool. The kids have so much fun there and it's definitely something to kill some time. Both Kira and Kaylee will be starting swim lessons next week (I do it with Kaylee) for two weeks. It will be fun but quite an effort to get us and everything that goes with us there each day on time.

Kira's been doing gymnastics since she got done with dance. She's been having a ball with it. It's so fun to see the big smile on her face each week when we go. She's really pretty good at it all too.

We're looking forward to our trip to Florida the last week of this month. I'm really excited to get away for a little bit and see somewhere new. It will be great to have Kay and Chris there with us too.

Kyle's doing great at work. He's busy alot but also able to spend alot of time with us at home. It's been one of their best years so far - hope it continues.

Guess that about updates us so far...