Beach and Baby

Its spring

Thank Heavens for Dad! Jes is gearing up to wrestle her brother!

Our spring snow.

Twinkle little star is a favorite right now.

Dad had a day off work and the sun was shinning. I packed a lunch and the bikes in the car and we met cousins to ride bikes, so great to hang out in the sunshine with the whole family!

My girls are not as brave as their cousin when it comes to bugs. . . it is rather entertaining to watch the discovery. We seem to average one cold a month this month we are staring off with the flu, but seemed to be well enough to be outside. My thought was that at least it would be one less carpet to clean! We enjoyed a nice break in the clouds. The buds are all beginning to bloom around here, seems so early.

our dress-ups for halloween

Dress-ups for halloween and many other days!

What to love

The girls loved showing off the projects we made to Dad after work.

They love to do projects!

Oh my what a mess this was to clean up! Do you ever have those moments when you remember laughing not getting upset would be the important thing to do here. We smelled baby powder for a long time after this. (And if you are wondering, I did remember to laugh. . . I just had to leave for a minuite first. . . and grab the camera so I could look back and remember the good times.) It was worse than it looks.

Family outing to the Mariners game with some friends from church.

Gathering tools to work out in the yard. The girls are great at helping me out in the yard and garden. We just love being outside!

I love being entertained by their creativity.

I had been canning and my sweetheart was needing to cuddle and resorted to the bear, I love these pictures. Good thing Dad could come snuggle. She is such a love bug.

Maybe it was the way the sun was shinning this day but I was just so grateful for the simple things. Yes, the little bees my girls made and the ripe tomatoes from my garden and the bowl they were in that a dear friend gave me years ago and a birthday card from a friend that said such nice things. My Dad having been forced to slow down in life has found time to do some of the projects He has wanted to do. . . Soap making being one of them. Yes, a picture of one of his bars of soap. To me Beauty is simplicity!

Love fresh herbs in my garden!

And fall harvest!

And the bottles of canned fruit!

and being creative, even if it takes longer than it should! (I think I looked forward to each step I could get to after the girls went to bed, savor the progress even in baby steps.)

Love that my girls also enjoy the harvest from the garden! Just wish it were big enough to keep up with them!

My birthday

My birthday fun! My sweetheart made dinner Pecan crusted salmon. . . That is what he made me on our first date, that is how he got a second date. (I thought it was the guy that was won over by the cooking, good thing it is the other way around.) We had Mom and Dad over, fresh carrots from the garden and lots of water fun afterwards.

The girls will miss Megan! She has been a great babysitter and we all love her!

The girls loved swim lessons this summer, "Zipper, airplane, rocket!" (try that in the bath tub)
Not a dull moment with this girl!

We love to dance and dress up!

Chiquita Pinnapple girl!

I bet you'll never guess who the best was in our car wash / water fight. . . Jess! No fear to drench you!