Picture This...

I'm too tired to blog, so I'm taking the easy way out and posting funny pictures of my children - enjoy.

ABC's

So Keaton just loves to sing her ABC's, but her version is a little unique, it goes a little something like this.....

A B C D E S G H I Jake Elmo P

Q R Yes Two U B W X Y and Z!

K-I-S-S-I-N-G

Reagan is a kissing MONSTER!

Whether it be her friend Gracie,

her sister,
or her cousin Jack,
she will attack!

Watch out, she'll get you next!

A Little Shopping

Keaton is obsessed with her new boots and glasses.

She thinks she is Hanna Montana, oh boy, can't imagine what she'll be like at 15.

Smith Wedding

Collin and I took our first trip without the girls in over a year,

we went fist pumping on the Jersey Shore.

The girls had an equally good time.

Good News

Two very exciting things happened in our family this week! Of course not of equal importance, but you can decide for yourself. First Keaton is POTTY TRAINED!!! That's right, no more diapers baby. And here is the proof......all 12 new pairs at once.

....and one for her head.

And in other exciting news, my sister got engaged! She is marrying this guy....

Ok, ok, not nice. But really here is the happy couple.

Congrats! Can't wait until 12/20/08!

August Rush

At the beginning of August we were fortunate enough to head down to Newport Beach to visit Ryan and Nicole. We decided it would be fun and easier than flying (WRONG!) to drive the entire 26 hours roundtrip. Well, little did we know, Kiwi gets carsick after about 11 hours, her carseat still reeks of vomit, ucckkkk. Anywho, Ryan and Nicole were celebrating their engagement (finally! we adore Nicole!) and we were so happy to be there for the lovely party that the Pink's threw for them. It was a great party! But on to the REAL important stuff, like table dancing and princesses.

The girls had such a fabulous time just being at Uncle Ryan's house.

There was dancing on coffee tables,

there was dogpiling,

and of course there was the beach.

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And then came Disneyland.

It started out a bit rough, Pirates of the Carribbean might have been a bad choice, as Kiwi said, "Those pirates ttthhhcaarryyy!".

So then we hit up the huge ferris wheel which didn't go over too well either. Both girls were a bit uncertain about this ride.

But all was well when we got to the Princess Fantasy Faire. As you can imagine Keaton was in HEAVEN! She now was feeling mighty fine in that Belle dress she decided to wear. And look how little she is in all that princess get-up!

And of course every princess needs a little sparkle at the end of the day!

Since our trip, everyday Keaton says she is going to Disneyland....hope you don't mind Ryan and Nicole!

Summer Lovin' Had Me A Blast

Well it's been a fun-filled and busy summer so far, obviously leaving little time to blog.... so lets just get down to it.

One of the most exciting events to happen this summer was Juice and Robin Lindsey having their baby boy Johnathan Hawthorne Lindsey (goes by Jack) born June 1st. Thanks to them for giving the girls their first cousin, and more props for having a boy, things were getting a tad TOO pink. This little boy rocks, he is almost 3 months old, sleeps through the night and smiling like it's his job, aaaaadorable, nice work guys!

A couple weeks later on the 18th of June Reagan celebrated the big one....



where she proceeded to eat mass amounts of cupcake.....

and then pass out - cupcake still in hand.

hen Uncle Jake came to visit us and was kind enough to help Daddy put together this amazing play structure for the girls (it only took about 25 hours to assemble - gooo!). It's got all the bells and whistles, including a mini-bar with its own green awning, awesome. This has led to endless hours of outdoor entertainment for all, thanks Jewsey!

At the beginning of July Collin's twin brother Ian got married in Portland. Kiwi was so excited to be a flower girl. She wore a cute yellow dress that she referred to as her "Bell" dress, and then refused to take off for the next 8 days....but that's beside the point. She had a great time at the wedding where she was entertained by her big "cousin" Madison whom she just adores. Here they are on the dance floor, they kind of look-a-like don't they?

Reagan also enjoyed herself, where she boogied on down with her "Fun Uncle Ryan".

Of course we couldn't let the summer go by without hitting up the Jackson County Fair. Kiwi surprisingly loved the kiddie rides, loved the fair fried food even more though. She even sat still long enough to have her little face painted. CoCo thought she looked pretty darn cute!

The girls got to spend some time up at the cabin this summer. They really enjoyed the simple pleasure of throwing rocks in the lake....never gets old. Also enjoyed running into the water, with absolutely no regard for drowning....gets VERY old.

Then we topped it all off with a little watermelon.

The rest of July was filled with running in sprinklers, drawing with chalk, and sharing fudgecicles with our new BFF, Blaine. Blaine is my friend Anne's delightful son. Anne and I have been friends for over 25 years, therefore we are determined that our children will be friends too, whether they like it or not.

Been a great summer so far, August coming soon.

(Alright..not so soon knowing me)

Dirty Tink

Last week grandma CoCo purchased a Tinkerbell outfit for Keaton, sounds adorable doesn't it?

That is until you realize we are going on day 6 of wearing it non-stop...

Tinkerbell has been through a lot this last week:

Jumphouses,

Cupcakes,

And outdoor summer fun!

Well it looks like this is as close as we are going to get to the dress being washed!

Here Comes The Sun

The sun has finally decided to come out this year, and so we had to celebrate.

We got out our shades

we played outside

drank water from a hose

But nothing says summer day like frozen waffle dipped in soy sauce, MMM MMM good!