Spring and Easter Time

Here is another marathon post.  One day I will get into posting more regularly again.  This will have to do for now.

So I decided to take a picture of the front of our house this spring.  I just thought the blossoms on the tree and the tulips in the planters looked so pretty.  

There were a few (and I mean few) warm days in April.  Most everyday was pouring down rain.

Enjoying the warm weather outside.

So the following pictures are of one of the times it has flooded behind our house.  The woods behind our house and everything were flooded.  This was the worst time.  The girls thought it was just so fun to run in the mucky water.

 Bristol has been picking up Gwyn a lot lately.  Despite my efforts to leave her be.  This particular day she decided to put Gwyn into her toy box.

Easter Egg Decorating

 We decorated eggs the day before Easter.  The girls had a great time.

 I love that Kali and Nate have similar facial expressions in this picture, with neither one of them knowing what the other person was doing.

 Our eggs (well at least the ones that survived with out breaking from a certain 3 year old and her aggressiveness).

 Gwyn joined in halfway through once she woke up from her nap.

Easter Egg Hunt

 The next day searching for the eggs that Daddy hid.  (I never got their pictures this year in their easter dresses)

Just some photos of Gwyn since she is so darn cute and so you can see how she is growing (or not growing, she only weighs about 15 lbs and is 10 months old)

The sun finally came back out about two days ago.  So we decided to sit out and enjoy the weather once again.

 I am not sure how this picture of Kali got stuck in the middle of the rest of these, but it is pretty cute.

Spring Break

So for spring break we headed down to Hilton Head, South Carolina.  It was about a 12 hour drive, but we were able to split it up to about 6 hours a day.  The first day we were there the weather was beautiful.  So we luckily headed to the beach. 

Kali just ran right to the water and was laying in the waves as they came crashing up.  She truly is a beach lover.

 Bristol and Kali enjoying the water.

Bristol and Samantha (our friends came with us) digging in the sand.

Kali getting dried off after playing in the water and enjoying some snacks.

Dora and I chilling on the beach and watching the kiddos.  I have Gwyn asleep in my arms.

So we were wondering why the people walking by kept staring at us.  We then looked behind us and Kali had stripped down to nothing and was dancing around.  She is quite the nudist in our family.

Gwyn enjoying the nice sunshine.

So like I said above it was a good thing that we went and enjoyed the nice weather because it didn't last long.  Practically the rest of our trip it was cloudy and rainy.  Of course the day before we left it was sunny again, but quite windy.  Then the day we left was just gorgeous.  We still had a great time and it was great to get away from home and go somewhere we have never been.



 Nate caught a fish with his sweatshirt string.

Eating on the beach!

Bristol getting ready to fly a kite.

So Wednesday was just pouring rain all day.  I don't know if you can see it in the background, but the rain is just pouring off the window shades.

We managed to take a walk on the beach almost every evening.  We had to get our beach fix somehow.

The girls loved collecting shells on the beach.  We came home with a big bag full.

The car ride home.  As you can see especially on Kali's face they had been eating powdered doughnuts for breakfast.

We had a great time and are so thankful to my mom and dad for letting us use some of their timeshare so we could have a great vacation.  We hope to go back again sometime, maybe when it is not so rainy.

So also on a side note, sorry that this post is so crazy.  The new system has been a bit of a challenge with this many pictures.  Hopefully I will get better with it.

Torture of Gwyn

Bristol laughed so hard when I put a clean diaper on Gwyn's head. It looked like a George Washington wig or something. Getting a picture was tricky because Gwyn kept taking it off before I could get a good snap. A few good ones came out though. I think it helped that Bristol was laughing so hard that it made it infectious for Gwyn to laugh and smile too.

This is my favorite picture. I love her happy little face accompanied by her tongue sticking out.

Gwyn does this face all the time now.

Some video's of Gwyn

I have some more pictures of her to post, but I thought that you all would enjoy seeing these now. Enjoy!

Random Bag

So Kali is often found at some part of the day wearing absolutely nothing, yep completely naked. I constantly ask her to put her clothes on or I am putting her clothes back on several times a day. So this particular day she found my ace bandage next to my bed and was playing with it. So I thought better to have her wrapped in an ace bandage then be wearing nothing. So once I pulled out the camera she wanted to have a full on photo shoot with poses and everything. It was hilarious. Here are some of the best pictures.

Bristol has adored her baby sister since her birth, a little too much sometimes. On this particular day she decided to pick her up and put her on the toy horse and bounce with her. Gwyn wasn't sure what to think.
I have some videos I need to post, but that will have to wait until another day. As a type this I turn to look at Kali and she has just taken her dress and pants off for the second time today. Ahhh this girl is driving me insane.

Some photo's since January

So I have not posted in forever, but hey I only have a few pictures of the last month and a half. We have been sick I swear a good portion of the time and lets just face it, I am just trying to get through all the colds that get passed through. We have gone to Utah for a week and while we were there I went to CA for the weekend with Gwyn. We went to my sister's wedding reception. Things were so busy that I didn't even whip out my camera to get any pictures (pathetic I know). The day before we left for Utah I took Gwyn to the doctor because she was so sick and found out that she had RSV. Which is a respiratory virus that kids can be hospitalized for. She was given a breathing treatment in the doctors office and we were prescribed an inhaler and steroid for her. They gave us the ok to proceed with our trip though. She was a trooper, but gave me many sleepless nights on our trip. While we were there we took her in and found out that she also now had an ear infection. So I swear we were giving that poor baby medication left and right. She is well on the mend now and is doing much better all the way around. While we were gone we also had the stomach flu passed around our family. Bristol actually got it right before we left, Kali got it four days later, and then Nate got it the day we were flying home. I luckily was able to skate by this time (I already have had the stomach flu three times this winter I think I have paid my dues). Needless to say I was happy to be home and to sleep in my own bed. Now it is just a matter of trying to get unpacked and clothes washed and put away while my kids destroy it at the same time. One day I will have a clean house again!

So these pictures are from New Years Eve. It was unseasonably warm then which made it fun to do some sparklers outside. We had our friends over and stuffed ourselves with yummy goodies and treats.

The girls love hanging out with their dad. They love to be able to play with him and tell me repeatedly how they wish Daddy were home. (Me too girls, me too)

Gwyn has given us some major difficulties with eating her baby food and it feels like we progress some and then go back to square one. I don't know what I am going to do with this girl. I guess she is just waiting until she has enough teeth she can eat normal food.

Pathetically enough these are the only pictures I have of our trip to Utah. The night before we left we got together with Nate's friends from high school. It was a fun time by all. Kali slept the whole time on the couch with all the craziness around her. She woke up for about 30 minutes to decorate a cookie before we left and then fell asleep in the car on the way home. She was one tired kid.

This picture is actually from today. I made the girl's skirts for Valentine's Day. I will have to take a picture of all of them together.

Hopefully I will be better at taking some pictures of our activities this month. I will try to make it my goal to post more. Sorry for those of you out there that may be following along.