Hailey

Our silly little Hailey Bug....

 Pretty girl ♥♥

 She LOVES to be silly!

 Being a goof!

 Happy girl!

 She loves to make faces when I take her picture!

 When we downloaded this one to the computer, I started make ape
noises and Hailey could not stop laughing, it was SO funny!

 You'd never know from this picture that this is one FIESTY
firecracker of a girl!!!  We still love her though...haha.

 Getting ready to jump off of her playhouse.....

And there she goes.  She was wearing
all black because she was playing ninja girl...haha.

Addy and my Phone

Addy loves it when I turn the camera on my phone on, and make it to where she can see herself in the phone.  She makes the silliest faces!  Silly little girl!

 She was trying to pout into the phone!

 She thought it was so funny seeing herself in my phone!

 Aahhhhh!

 She's been doing this a lot lately...haha.

 Cutie Pie!

 Hailey taught her this face!

 Haha...can't wait to show her this when she's older!

Week of April 15th, 2013

This was a busy week of helping Papa & Nana move.  It was lots of helping them go through things and pack up boxes, lots and lots of boxes.  They are now moved in with David & Cassi, and have the dreaded task of unpacking those boxes and finding a spot for everything.  Hailey was in school, but Addy came with me to their house, and had lots of fun running through the almost empty house with cousin David.  They were so cute together!  I normally stay on top of the house chores, but pretty much neglected them all week since we were gone the majority of the days.  By Friday I couldn't take it anymore and did lots of laundry, dishes and more. The girls got to play with the neighbor girls a few times this week, and played in the cul-de-sac Thursday night with quite a few other neighborhood kids.  I LOVE our neighborhood!  Sunday I had a migraine for much of the day, ughhh.  That evening we went to visit Grandpa and Grandma at Jace and Stephanie's house.  The girls had fun singing into a floor fan, because it made their voices sound silly.  They were pretty entertaining, that's for sure. 

 Addy helping make corn salsa.  It takes twice as much time and it's 

double the mess to let my kids help in the kitchen, but they LOVE it!

 Addy's latest love, Hailey's old tap shoes. She wore them for 

an entire day (around the house, to the store, outside playing) and

gave herself blisters, poor girl. As soon as they heeled, she was right back in them.

 Hailey having fun washing Jaren's car!

Addy helped too.

 Addy and I took a walk around the block in the wagon.  She

had to take her puppy, so cute!

 Addy playing ball in the backyard with Daddy!

 At Papa & Nana's almost empty house.  The table was gone, so

we made a little table for Addy and David to eat their happy meals.

Riding their bikes around the empty house.  It was cute, they

wanted to ride each others bikes.  Such good little friends these two are.

The stairs at cousin David's house...fun fun!

 In my quest to eat healthier foods, I found a recipe for this

smoothie, a kiwi melon cooler.  It was SO GOOD!!!  Granted,

I ate like CRAP the rest of the week!  I love making smoothies,

so I don't know why I eat junk instead.  Next week will be better!

 We brought this bird bath home from my parent's house when
they moved.  I think my brother Dale bought it for my
parent's backyard garden years ago.  The girls were so
excited to fill it with water, and are waiting to find
a bird taking a bath in it!

Cute sisters ♥♥

Our Summer garden so far....

Our summer garden is really starting to take off.  We have had some issues with bugs and whatnot, but we are still having fun learning and trying to grow things.  The girls both love to plant seeds and pick vegetables.  I thought they would try to be sneaky and pick stuff while we were not looking, before it was ready, but they are pretty good about waiting.    Hailey even has her own section of the garden, which she loves!

Some of our tomato plants.  They are pretty bushy, and I am worried that I didn’t prune them enough when they were small.  Now they have gotten a little out of hand, and it’s hard to get to the branches that do not have blossoms growing on them, which could use too much of the plants nutrients.  Oh well, we will see how they do.  So far they are producing tomatoes, but they might produce more if we prune them better.

 More tomato plants, and our green onions.  Not sure how the

green onions are going to do in the heat, as they are already

starting to flower.  They still taste good though :)

 Our corn, a couple of weeks old.  Only half of the seeds 

came up, darn it!  I plan on planting a second batch pretty soon.

 As far as I know, our potatoes are doing good.  The plants on top

are in excellent condition, and we are hoping there are potatoes 

growing!  We will find out in about another  month or so.  I know

absolutely NOTHING about growing potatoes, other than watching a 

video on Youtube, so I will not be at all surprised if we end up with nothing!

 Squash blossoms!  So pretty!!  I planted five golden egg squash, and

four zucchini plants.  I am a little disappointed because half of them 

developed powdery mildew, or at least that's what I think it is.  Not

positive, but I bought a spray and am hoping that stops it and does

not kill the plants.  Jaren LOVES squash and zucchini, so I am 

hoping they still do well!

Our first tomatoes of the season, little cherry tomatoes!  The

girls were SO excited when they saw some red ones ready to pick!

I just wish they were that excited to eat them....haha.

Bathtub

When we bought this house, I was really excited about the huge bathtub.  Our last house had only one tub, and it was always filled with toys, lots and lots of toys.  When we moved into this house, the idea was that the girls would have their smaller tub in their bathroom.  I pictured myself taking long, relaxing baths in my nice big tub.  In two and a half years, I have taken maybe three baths, and this is what it looks like every day....

Lately it has been filled with Barbies and play kitchen toys 

and mermaids.  The girls almost never use their tub.  I'm sure one day

I will be able to take a nice hot bath, without the mess of toys everywhere,

and I will look back and miss this!  

 

Midnight Snack

So last week I found empty pixie stixs and hard boiled eggs in Hailey's desk drawer.  Yesterday I went to look for something and opened her drawer and found this......

chocolate chip cookies and two VERY rotten bananas...haha.

Our little chatter box!

 Jaren & I both agree, Addy is the MOST talkative child we have EVER seen!  She's not super chatty when we are out in public, or at someone's house, but when we are home, where she is comfortable, it's NON-STOP!  It's really cute, but sometimes we have to tell her to stop talking for a few minutes...haha.  She will seriously talk, with no breaks, for twenty minutes! Last night, while I was rocking her for a little bit before bed, this is what I heard....."it's not hot, I no wanna pick nuts, I no want a owie, I ride my bike FASSSST!, I ate dinner, I eat eggs, it's dark outside, bubby's mommy said no no, I take the trash out, I no wanna pick nuts, Hailey sleeping, it's dark outside, we eat dinner, I no wanna pick nuts"...and there was A LOT more!!  Silly girl.  I love her sweet little voice and how she mispronounces the words.  And I have no clue why she is saying she doesn't want to pick nuts...haha. 

Week of April 8th, 2013

Started off the week running errands and getting things done around the house.  Jaren had to work until nine o'clock a couple of nights, which made for a REALLY long day for him.  Wednesday and Thursday was Rosa's viewing and funeral.  It seemed sad to me, because the funeral wasn't very "personal".  I'm used to a funeral with someone talking about the person, maybe telling their life story, or a family member talking about them more.  They basically quoted some bible verses and read her obituary.  It was still nice, just didn't have the "personal touch" of most funerals I have been to.  It was nice seeing some of my old co-workers and exchanging stories about Rosa.  She was a great friend, and I miss chatting with her every day.  Addy had her eye doctor appointment on Thursday.   On Thursday night the kids played in the cul-de-sac.  Some of us moms have started coming out every Thursday after dinner, and letting the kids run around.  This Thursday was a ZOO!!  There were a lot families, and a gazillion kids.  The girls had a blast, and rode just about every neighbor kids bike!  As soon as we went in the house though, Hailey started crying over throat pain.  She ended up with a fever and was pretty miserable that night, waking up a few times.  She stayed home from school on Friday, and her doctor was able to get us in, and we found out she had strep throat, poor girl.  She basically laid around the entire day, and ate close to nothing.  By Saturday she was feeling better, but still contagious so we stuck around the house. Jaren had to work, then came home and fixed the window on my car.  He had to take the entire side panel off.  I'm glad he can figure stuff like that out and save us from having to take it in.  Saturday night Jaren had to go back into work for a bit and then went to UFC at Jim's house, while us girls had a quiet evening. 

 Jaren fixing the leaky tub faucet.  Addy had to be right there by him!
She sure loves her Daddy ♥♥♥♥

 We couldn't find Addy for a few minutes.  We checked our closet

and found her putting on makeup....little stinker!

 Vroom Vroom.  Love it when they play together, and love

that Hailey is wearing a Christmas dress in April...haha.

 Flowers from our rose bush.  Addy loved to smell them :)

Baking cupcakes for family home evening.

Enjoying their cupcakes....Mmmmmm.

 More fun with pool noodles, and colored water too.

 Addy on one of our walks.  During the week we try to take

a walk around the block once a day, and visit the fountain.

 This day she wanted to take her baby in her wagon with us on

our walk.  She had grapes in her cheeks, and kept them

their the entire thirty minute walk...haha.

Showing her baby the water.  So cute!

Hailey and Addy reading books, waiting for

Hailey's doctor to come in.

Poor Hailey.  She was like this for most of the day.

Saturday we bought a used dollhouse off of Craigslist.  It is in brand
new condition, and came with tons of accessories and was only
thirty bucks, which is pretty darn cheap considering how much
this dollhouse and furniture go for at the store.  The girls had SO
much fun playing "neighborhood".  They now have LOTS of
furniture and people to fill both houses and have lots of fun together!!

 Hailey is our little creative one.  She is always gathering odd toys
and such and trying to make stuff.  She found two sticks and she
she tied toys to them to make a mobile for the baby cradle...silly girl!

 More fun with the doll houses!

Addy and her bike.  She LOVES to put her sippy cup in the back
tray and ride all around the house.  She can go pretty fast!