Week 34

I had a fun little session in the mountains with my kiddos.

Watching the rain fall outside…

I took one of Pax too. Then he got mad that I was taking a picture of him and he hid from me. 

I love when they play together! 

Then there might have been some jumping on the bed in mommy and daddy's room. Shhhh….

We decided to eat the last of the popsicles. Summer is over. =(

Alexis started Fall Soccer! Cory is coaching. It should be a fun season.

Week 27

Happy 4th of July!

One of my most favorite holidays! I absolutely LOVE buying the kids some patriotic outfits. I went a little bit over-board this year and even bought the flip-flops, sunglasses and hat/hair accessory too! I can't help it… it's so much FUN!

We started our holiday with a bike parade in our neighborhood. The kids get to decorate their bike/scooter/wagon and parade up and down the streets in our 'hood. The best decorated wins a prize. We seriously have the best community who puts on some FUN events!

Here's my cuties with their decked out rides for the parade!

Then we headed to our neighborhood pool. Our HOA puts on a BBQ, raffle and lots of games for kids and adults. We spent the whole afternoon there and Cory got a pretty bad sunburn, but other than that we all had a blast!

Later that evening we headed out to the lake to watch the fireworks. It was super windy and raining. It was a long wait. But fortunately about 10 minutes before the fireworks launced, the rain stopped and the wind died down and we were able to enjoy the show. 

We got home pretty late, but the kids really wanted to do some sparklers. So we busted them out and let the kids have fun for 10 minutes and then we were mean and made them go to bed.

Alexis had another T-Ball game. Cory told me it was going to be an over-cast night so I grabbed the camera. Perfect lighting condition for a sport that's played in full sun. It was windy and quite cold though, the game ended just in time when the rain moved in and down poured.

Week 15

Alexis had her FIRST soccer game! We were all so excited for the occasion, we even invited grandma and papa to come along. She sure was cute in her little jersey and pigtails. Her coach put her as goalie. She was afraid of the ball, but she loved singing and dancing in front of the goal. I'm so happy Cory caught it all on camera. We talked with her about paying attention to the ball and watching where it is so that she would be ready to block it. I think it went right over her head. ;)

After her game we went out to brunch with grandma and papa and we went over to their house so the kids could play with their toys (grandma and papa's toys are more fun then ours apparently).

We went with some friends to "Baby Animal Days". It's a cute little event that a local farm puts on so the kids can come and see and pet the baby animals. It was pretty cold out but we had a good time. I think Alexis' favorite was the white pony and Paxton's was the baby ducks. He thought it was hilarious that the ducks would go swimming in their water dish.

The cutest bunch of kiddos! I just LOVE all of them.

We FINALLY had a super warm Spring day. I didn't want to waste it! It was the perfect time to get Easter pictures of the kids wearing their Easter best. So I took them out to my new favorite picture location and we had a 2 hour shoot. I can't believe they gave me 2 whole hours. It was fun!

(this one is my favorite! I'm thinking of getting it on canvas and hanging on my wall. What do you all think?)