Circus, Circus!

I took the girls to the circus that came to town today. We went two years ago and Kira still talks about it and asks about it so I told her when it came back to town, we'd go again. Kyle is out of town but I figured we'd go anyway. The girls got to ride ponies and go down a slide before it started which they loved. The last time we went to the circus it was so HOT you couldn't hardly breathe but today it wasn't bad at all. Thanks to the unusually cool weather we've been having lately. We ate alot of the treats and had a really good time. Of course, they had the elephants come out very last which is what we had been waiting for. I think they were a little ready to go by that point but overall, alot of fun.



You can't go to the circus without getting cotton candy - YUMM!
They were enthralled with some of the acts.

And we have the elephants.

Yea! Potty training success!

I think Kaylee is finally there. We've been working on it for it seems like months but she is on her third day of "big girl underwear" with no accidents yet. She's been pretty good about it for awhile but just never really wanted to be bothered on a regular basis. Now, she's telling me when she needs to go, loves wearing her panties and does not like having to wear training pants. I know we'll still have a few setbacks but I'm so happy about this! Although we were at the kids gymnastics this morning for two hours and I think we were in the bathroom about 4 times. It's still alot of work but so much easier than doing diapers all the time. It's just funny how this is such a huge deal in my life these days. Very much different than my life was five years ago. ;)

Happy 4th (errr, 5th) of July!

We had planned a large BBQ with neighborhood friends at our house on July 4th since we finally got our deck finished. Well, we watched the forecast and it called for thunderstorms on the 4th. We kept our fingers crossed but it just didn't work out. Even the fireworks show and parade were cancelled because of the rain. We decided to postpone until the next day on Sunday and luckily, everyone could still come! We had good food, lots of good friends and fun! I got patriotic tattoos for the kids, little visor hats they could decorate and sparklers. They seemed to have so much fun with it all. We did some fireworks at our house then sat on our front lawn to watch the city fireworks show. The kids didn't seem to pay any attention to the big show but liked all the ones in the street. It was a great night and we were so glad our friends could come.


Probably the closest I'll ever get to doing a "Martha Stewart"
Most of the kids with their "fireworks" hats.
Yea! Sparklers!


Taking it easy the next day. Catching the rays at age 4 (with sunscreen) ;)
One side of our deck.
The other side of our deck.
The whole view. We LOVE being able to be outside and enjoying the summer. Kyle even put in some outdoor speakers for a stereo. Did I mention that he decided to work on that TWO hours before our party was supposed to start?? He ran them into the kitchen and so it was a mess. I was just a little stressed. At least he got it done just in time. :)

Two cute girls.

Here are just a couple random pics of my cute girls.

Putting on a show for mom.