Preparation

The girls have taken their baths, curlers are in and nails are painted. We need to report to the wedding at 3pm sharp for pictures. Stay tuned...next post will be wedding pictures!

Rehearsal

The groom...

The bride...

The big question...what will this one do???

We are honored to participate in our good friends', Kallie and Jordan, wedding this weekend. The girls are flower girls, Marcus is the ring bearer and Marc is a groomsman. Last night was the rehearsal and dinner. Marcus didn't do very well but we got there late and he was thrown into it so I'm sure it will be better today. This last picture is a picture of all the kids that will be in the wedding. The little girl next to Emma is supposed to walk down the aisle with Marcus...they are both 2. The twins will follow...we'll see what happens today! Could be interesting :-)

Tub o' fun

Yep, they still take baths together...not sure how much longer though; they tend to get quite rambunctious and seem to be getting too big to be in there all together. Another sign of growing up too fast...

Morning Hunt

"What are you doing Marcus?"

"I'm hunting the deer out there Mom!" "See them all...I'm shooting them with my gun"

"Ok Olivia...there they are...shoot!"

"This is serious business Mom..."

Cool Stuff

Marc built this after naps today. The plastic one we have broke yesterday so Marc decided it was time for a new one. Pretty impressive; it only took him a couple of hours and it was 95 degrees outside! Good work Daddy!!!

I almost forgot to report....Olivia can swing on her own now!

Thanks to a lot of work last night with our good friend Jake, Olivia finally knows how to pump her legs on the swings and she goes really high too!

We told her she needs to teach Emma and Emma will teach Marcus. She is so proud of herself. She won't get off the swings now that she can do this. It's quite amusing. Good Job Olivia!!!

Perfect Summer Day

Our yard is set up perfectly for summer right now. Notice the shade room in the background; it has a full screen around it which keeps all the bees and bugs out.

The kids have been using the pool a ton in this hot hot weather. We've been in it all weekend! When we were sitting in the pool this morning Emma said "This is the perfect summer day!" She's right!

We are all having a blast.

Hope you are all having a perfect summer day too!

Home

Marcus says "I'm not sick...they are!" We originally stayed home today because as of yesterday Marcus was still sick with the flu.

After dinner last night Olivia was complaining of a tummy ache and early this morning Emma got sick everywhere. So, good thing we already planned to stay home. Emma actually ate breakfast and has been much better this morning so I think she is past it.

Olivia seemed to get past it really quickly; she's been outside all morning.

Marcus is 100% back to his normal self today. Looks like it's back to work for me tomorrow. I'm actually glad; while I do enjoy staying home with them, I do not like it when they are sick.

Dare Devils

I haven't done a video in a while and thought this was a fun one. These two sure have become the little dare devils around here. After I turned the camera off they were arguing about who won this one. Needless to say there were many more races following this. Too cute!

Change of Plans

We were supposed to go to Silverwood today to meet some friends from Portland; but Marcus was up all night with a fever and got sick all over his bed this morning so we had a change of plans. I decided to bring the water table out for the girls today. We haven't played with it for a while and Emma asked if we could bring it out. They brought out some bath toys and had a ball.

The slip and slide also came out today...it was another scorcher so it was well used.

Marcus gave it his all to keep up with the girls today. He would go go go and then crash on the couch for a while. Poor baby...it's just not fun being sick. He seemed to be much better by bed time so hopefully tomorrow is a better day.