The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

Bad- Giving your 5 year old an entire peice opposed to a half of bubblicious gum in the car and forgetting you gave it to her because it's 5:00 and your going to walmart on a diaper run by yourself with 3 kids.

Bad- Not making sure the gum made it into the trash as your five year old never chews gum for very long, especially that big of a piece.

Bad- Getting into the car at 3:30 the next day to go to your hair appointment and having your daughter "tell you the truth" as to why her hands are blue.

Bad- Finding out that she found said gum in the car cubby hole, grabbed it to re-eat it, found it melted, panicked when it got messy on her hands and proceeds to rub it all over the side of the car to get it off. (our brand new Honda pilote!)

Ugly- The amount of gum that can cover the inside of the car.

Good- A dad who takes pitty on her weary daughter at the end of a long day for himself and cleans up my car since Mike is at a baseball game and I just had my nails done! Thanks dad!

Rylee's 10 month pictures

Finally!! We made it in to get Rylee's pictures taken. It's been since she was four months!! Whoooops! My explanation when she asks me down the road why I didn't get them done more often will be truthful..."Rylee, it's because you decided not to grow between the ages of 4 months and 10 months! So there wasn't anything new to capture!" It was obvious we hadn't had them done a lot though, she is normally a very smiley baby for those of you who know her. But she didn't want to smile to save her life. I

don't think she understood why some black round thing was in her face and why some lady was talking to her in a really high voice all the time. But we got some pictures that were the start of a cry but gave the appearance of a smile.

I got most of the ones I showed, except for the custom pictures that have multiple pictures on there. Those cost too much per sheet in my opinion. And Beverly, I told her to get a headshot for you and she was going to do that at the end but Rylee would have none of it. So we'll get you the closest one we can!

Not for Points

This is for all who are involved in the contest...

DON"T YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DO???!!!! I can't believe how many of you are involved! You guys keep me laughing that's for sure. My contest is going to be...who can shovel the most dirt in my backyard in a 6 hour period, 8a.m.-2p.m.. 2 points for a full shovel one point for a half shovel. I need my backyard level so Mike can plant grass. You all are so into this I think I may have 15 people show up tomorrow morning.

By the way...This isn't for points. My girls are barely letting me post this!

End Of School Beggining Of Summer

Emily is out of school now and she had a busy last week. She had normal school days monday and tuesday and on wednesday we met out at the jumphouse party place for 2 hours. It was a lot of fun, even Mike and I played. Rylee also got in on the action in a 9 month sort of way! Then on Thursday we met at Kids Kingdom, a park that you should never take three kids to because there are too many hiding places. So sufficit to say I got no pictures that day!

Then, starting right away her first monday off, we started swim lessons. Em is doing really well. It's actually her first year we put her in when I don't have to be in the water with her. She HATES her face wet so I think she figured out when they have to do their five head bobs because she always has to go to the bathroom right before her teacher announces they are going to do them!

And we also have Waterworks passes again. Ally especially is loving loving loving that. She is so good. She stands in line behind the kids and waits her turn without me even having to help her...what 2 year old does that without having to be told? Not very many 2 year olds I've met. I guess after Em's "outgoing" personality, God is blessing me! Rylee really likes the water too, but she always bends in half and puts her face in the water. She really likes to do it so I don't stop her. It's funny to see her come up with her face and top half of her hair wet, looking a little confused! I was able to partially capture it.

When Mike and I went to Maui we brought the girls back matching Hawaiian dresses. They wore them to church today and Leslie asked me if I had gotten pictures. And I have to say a thank you to her, because in our busy Sunday morning it hadn't even occured to me. So we went outside and took a few shots. I'm so glad I did because later that day Emily tore hers in a spot that can't be fixed....so so sad =(.

Ally's glasses we found at Kohls for a few dollars and couldn't pass them up, so I had to post a picture of her in them. I laugh everytime I see them on her so it was worth the $6!

And as a side note, I'm learning it's impossible to get anyone to look at the camera at one time or smiling at one time.