Let the good times roll!

It's been awhile since my last post. As with anyone who has children or a spouse, or family knows that time flies! It's hard to just sit down and blog and update when a million other things needs to be done! But....I love it! I enjoy our kids. I enjoy staying home with them. I enjoy watching them work out their little battles, and experience new things. The girls have been best buds lately! Which is really nice! However, they have their moments and it's like I'm the ringmaster, and I have to ring the bell for round 2 or something! It's quite funny AT TIMES!

For the most part, the weather has been nice. A little cool for this time of year but we're loving being outside. There are a ton of kids in our neighborhood, so the girls have lots of little buddies to play with. They enjoy swinging and climbing all over the swingset.

While the kids enjoy playtime, Dave and I have been having fun with landscaping! We've built 3 new mounds this year. It's been fun to transform and create new things together. Sometimes I just go outside, and just putz around....I look like I'm really busy-but I'm not. I just walk around and enjoy Gods creation! His artwork is all around us, and it's so hard to understand how some people don't believe in our awesome creator! All you have to do is look outside.....the different colors,shapes and sizes and know how BIG God truly is....just beautiful! Last year, we had a Mommy duck lay her eggs, and this year we have baby bunnies! Wonder what we'll have next year?!

Emma had her heart broken and had her first "loss". Her beloved "puppy" went missing on a trip to the zoo. This was so very hard for her, and actually it made all of us sad,too. She had her puppy since she was born and it went with her everywhere. She misses her but understands that possibly a little boy or girl needed her more and is being loved in another home. This was a good lesson in responsibility for her. She has handled it well. Puppy-we'll miss you!

Over Memorial Day weekend, we went along with my brother and his family to St.Marys Lake near Wapokaneta. We had a great time. The weather was perfect! We played in the sand on the beach, Dave went skiing and tubing with our nephews, and the girls swam in the pool at our hotel. Katelyn didn't appreciate how fast my brothers boat went, but she eventually got used to it and just buried her face in our arms or closed her eyes :) Emma liked being in the front of the boat with Jake and Tim. She loved the speed and the wind in her hair!

Emma & Kate chillin. Emma and Uncle Bill in the drivers seat.

The kiddos enjoying dangling their feet off the boat. Daddy having fun painting the girls with body paint! Yes-that is a bullseye on Kate's belly button. Emma has one on hers that says "push here". Larry the Cucumber on Kates knee, and Emma has a girl on her knee.