Sometimes...

Sometimes a day at the park is just what the doctor ordered.

It's the days like these and the moments at the park watching my little kids be little that I'm going to miss.

Peek-A-Boo

Bentley has been so fun- and his sisters love to play with him. These are some pictures that Kyle snapped of the kids one morning. Bentley just crawlin' around like he does and the girls are playing peek-a-boo with him instead of eating their breakfast. 

Rolly Poly

This summer Alli is off to work as a swim team coach. Which means I get to be a stay at home Dad. Just don't tell Alli I said that because she is home by 10:30 every morning. But I am claiming it. 

This morning the girls found as Macy put it "A cute lil' rolly poly bug, but don't worry they don't bite." London wasn't as sure as Macy with the whole thing.

Bentley is fully mobile now and at some point he had wandered down the hall so I decided to take some pictures of him. Here are some of the better shots I got. He sure is a cute kid and I especially like the little rascals hair he has going on today.

Pool Time

Macy doesn't really love the pool or swimming. With me being a coach for the swim team this year I was determined to get this girl to like the water. Macy and London both LOVE the concept of going to the pool, just not the actual getting into the water. I decided this summer we would be at the pool A LOT and they she would learn to like it. We picked up a super cute suit from Old Navy- purple and polka dots- two of Macy's favorites. I told her to go put her suit on and she came out telling me that it came with a sticker.

 We were all ready for the pool and realized these kid are way to cute to not take a picture of their first swim of the summer. Bentley wasn't into it at first, he pretty much looked at me like I was the worst Mom ever.

 Then he thought about all the ways he was going to get me back for letting his sisters pin him down.

Congrats Cassie & Casey!

Kyle's niece Cassie (Brian and Jane's daughter) got married! She married a super nice kid named Casey from Winslow. The wedding was really nice and it was fun to get together with Kyle's family since that really only happens at Weddings :)

 Jason and Emily's (Brian and Jane's son) little boys loved the water. A few times I thought they were going to jump in it! The  boys and Jason compromised by sitting on the rock. 

 This is Jared- Kyle's nephew. One of Brian and Jane's sons

 Kellie's (Kyle's sister) cute little boy Lincoln. Bentley is only a week older then Lincoln!

 Macy always manages to get a treat from Grandma or Aunt Kathleen, I'm sure one of them provided the treat :)

 The two families!

After the sealing we went over to Eva's and had a really great luncheon. They had great mexican food and little treats to take home. They did a great job in fitting A LOT of people into a pretty small room, I was impressed. After lunch we headed back to Joseph City to get ready for the reception.

 This is Ashley (Kathleen's daughter) and Holli (Kym's daughter) just hanging out.

 Courtney (Ashley's twin) and Mr. Lincoln. 

 This is Emily and Kristen. There were quite a few photographers around the place. Their pictures are a lot better though, our camera floated around the family for most of the night while Kyle DJed and I chased kids around.

 Courtney and the awesome cake that Emily made. It was her first cake ever and she did amazing. She said she used Pinterest and YouTube!

Marie! Kyle's mom, she's awesome.

The bridesmaids getting their hair fixed. We have Kaylee and Lindi (Brian and Jane's daughters) and their cousin. 

 Ashley and Garrett (Keith's son)... oh Garrett, he's a special kid.

London and Macy pretty much played with this stuffed horse the whole reception. No joke. They loved it.

 Emily and Jason. 

 Keith and Theresa (Kyle's brother and sister-in-law) 

 When Cassie got engaged she told her Dad she wanted a reception in the backyard and she wanted a water fountain. He did a really great job, the pictures don't do it justice.

 Cassie and Casey's first dance.

 Grandma and Bentley. He was a trooper all night. He's such a good kid!

 Theresa and Kym (Kyle's sister)

 Kaylee, Jane (the bride's Mom) and Kristen

And my favorite for last... awwwww

Like always, it was a party! 

Dental Work

After this post we got all our ducks in a row and got an appointment for London to get all her dental work done. Because the attention span of a two year old and the amount of work that needed to be done, the dentist opted to have her put to sleep in order to get all the work done at once. This girl was a champ with everything. She was a little nervous to put the gown on, but once we got that taken care of she did amazing. She usually doesn't do very well with new people -Story Story: I took her to a friends house while I went to a funeral and she literally cried the entire two hours I was gone. I was super nervous that I wasn't allowed to go back to the operating rooms with her. The nurse just scooped her right up though and she didn't cry at all. The doctor even told us she was giggling and laughing when they were doing her X-Rays. 

After the dentist came out he told us it went better then he thought. Originally there were 6 cavities, 4 needed to be filled and 2 needed crowns. When he got in there he only needed to do 1 crown and did the rest fillings. He did a few small fillings between teeth that he found on the x-ray but said as long as we keep up with brushing every day we should be fine here on out. I was feeling lots of MommyGuilt over this whole teeth thing and I've really just had to let it go. Macy's teeth don't have a single cavity and we do the same process with each of them every day. Dang genetics :/

The Petrified Forest

During the first week of summer vacation Kyle's friend Lane came to town with his girliefriend and asked us if we wanted to join us on their adventure to the Petrified Forest. We went about 7 years ago when Kyle brought me to Holbrook to meet his Mom, but we haven't takin' the kids yet. We weren't doing much that day so we piled in the car and ended over to the park. There were lots of cool fossils and things to look it. The girls favorite part was the little sand/rubber box that the kids got to dig for fossils in. It was a major hit and they played in it for a good 30-45 minutes. 

 Here is Lane and his Girlie-friend.

 If you know Holbrook it would be no surprise that it was SUPER windy. Bentley didn't mine, but my hair was all over the place. 

 The girls were pretty done with the wind. This is Macy's grumpy face... such a CUTE little grumpy face.