More fun VIDEOS!!!

Alyssa got a fishing pole for her birthday as you may have already read. She is getting good at casting it! THe rubber fish on the end helps. It's so fun watching her do it!

Also on her birthday her and some friends got to play in the sprinkler. Lyss was kinda timid about it an when she would get in it she would shield her eyes so they did get water in them. Hallie on the other hand was a crazy girl in them! She loves playing in water.

My BIG 4 Year Old!!!!

I can't believe my little Lyssie is 4! She looks so old in that top picture. So Lyss had a pretty special day I think.....It started with PRESENTS! She seemed excited with her presents which is always a relief because so many times I'll get something thinking she'll love it and she 's not that excited about it. He biggies were a scooter...." a princess scooter with 2 wheels".......to be exact. I couldn't believe I actually found just that at Kmart! THen she's been asking for a princess fishing pole for a while now so we found one of those! She wanted oranges for breakfast, and we went to McDondalds for lunch. Then she got to play with a friend in the sprinkler....yes! finally warm enough to be in the sprinkler!... We had dinner and cake with some friemds this evening and she is currently at a Sweets baseball game with Jake and some friends. I love this SASSY girl so much! She is so helpful with with Hallie and I don't know what I'll do next fall when she starts preschool and is gone for 3 hours a day, 3 days a week! Some of her faorites are:

~ GOOD LUCK CHARLIE...a TV show on Disney.

~ POPSICLES.....the tubey ones!

~ BEING OUTSIDE W/ FRIENDS!

~ FRUIT....basically any kind!

~ GOING TO SEE DAD AT WORK

What We've been up to.......

Well the first thing I've been up to is breaking my camera! BOOOOOO! I dropped right on the lense when it was open. The funny thing.....I guess....Is that Jake did the same thing to our last camera. We shall never own a super expensive camera!

But what we've been up to.....this last Monday me and the girls got back from our super road trip. 6 states......WA, OR, ID, MT, ND, and WY.......and 3 time zones.....We made it back in one piece. It was such a fun trip to go to my sister's new house in ND and see where/what its like! It was a beautiful area with an oil well righ out their window. One of my other sisters went to  so it was alot of fun with lots of family. On our way out there, we stayed in Bozeman....me and my sister w/ 6 kids. So I got to the hotel before her and went in to see if there were rooms for us. The girl working asked how many adults in each room....1......how many kids in each room.....4.......HOW did 2 adults get stuck traveling with 8 kids!!!? She ended up giving me the AAA discount even though neither of us have AAA because "2 adults traveling with 8 kids deserve a break somewhere!" Hey I'm cool with that! The girls both slept sooooo well the whole time we were gone and the trip was so good that I'm counting down the days till our next one!

We have had some nicer weather and today we played kickball and had a BBQ with friends. ANd it looks like we're gonna have some nice weather for a while!

SOmeday when we ever get a new camera, I'lll put some pics on!

OVER DUE......with picture overload!!!

Grandma AND Grandpa's Visit

2 Weekends ago Jake's parents came and visited us. The girls have been skyping with the at least once a week so even Hallie jumped right into the fun of having them here.

The Shriners Circus was in Tri-Cities, so we went to it. The girls really liked it. In this pic they were watching some poodles do cool tricks.

I just can't get enough of sweet sisters holding hands.....Lyssie is so good at calming her down in the car!

Our neighbors have this little battery powered 4-wheeler. Hallie LOVES it and she does so good on it. I totally want to get her one, but Jake keeps me practical!

Lyssie playin canyland with Gramma and Grampa and dad.

We had so much fun having them here! Thanks for coming and seeing us!

Beauty Queens

Lickin' the beaters of somethin' delicious!

            Lyssie all dolled up ready for church in her Easter dress....I hadn't quite got to Hallie yet but she sure is cute!

                                  
The other day I had told Alyssa that when Hallie went down for a nap we could go play outside. Well it was close to time for her nap and I had gotten caught up doing something on the computer. Part of the routine for naptime is to read a story. Well Lyss was sick of waiting for me to get going on it, so she got books and Hallie and she read her stories for naptime. It was so sweet! Lyss is seriously the BEST big sister!!!

A lady in our ward gave the girls all those beauty supplies you see in the picture...the blow dryer really makes noise! I LOVE them! That little table is actually from the same lady and it usually goes in the girls room, but Lyssie really wanted it to be downstairs so they could use is for doing their hair. I just Love this picture!

Doin' Our Thing

Hallie LOVES shoes these days! She is getting pretty good at walking in mine and Jake's. She loves to play outside and go places and runs to get her shoes and jacket.

Lyssie just loves dancing and coming up with crazy songs! She'll want me to sing her made up songs with her......I have a hard time knowing the words! She is such a sweet girl. Last month we went to Idaho for a quick trip. On the way home, Hallie was DONE with the car. We were in Jake's car so they were pretty close to each other. Lyssie put her hand on Hallie's seat and started sining softly to her and Hallie actually ended up falling asleep! Lyss was pretty proud of herself. She said " I am such a good sister!" Yes she is!

 She has a thing with her tongue apparently!

Frumpy Lyssie!!!

Hallie really is quite the daddy's girl! Although she still does love her mommy!

Hallie went through a stage that she insisted on wearing panties.....over or under her clothes....it didn't matter. If I had already gotten her dressed, they went over! She would got to the store, play outside, normal life with the panties on the outside!!! I just love her face in this pic.....so her!