Sunday Shoes

Okay, I have to post two pair of shoes today! First are these lovelies I just purchased this past week...my sister forced me to! I wanted to keep them put away and just wear them to church to surprise R. I normally have a hard time keeping secrets, at least unimportant ones, so I was proud that I made it until today. At church I don't even think R would have noticed the new shoes unless I made a few comments about them. Nice to know for future shoe purchases!

This little cutie, B, couldn't be having her mommy take pictures of my shoes and not include hers! She got these new shoes for school, which starts this week. She has already taken them for a few test runs and loves them!

M is Funny!

Yesterday, R and I had to drive to the stake center to get our temple recommend interviews. We told the girls we had to go to church for a meeting. M wanted to know if her friend, K, would be there. We told her we weren't going to the "normal" church, we were going to the stake center. She got excited and said:

"So we are going to eat steak?!" No sweetie...it's just a weird (or should I say unique...no weird fits just fine) name for another church building. I think she was a bit disappointed because it was dinner time, she was hungry...and she does like steak!

On the drive home from the stake center there was a boat that was being towed in front of us.

M asked: What is that? Is that a boat?

R said: Yes, it's a boat.

M: Why is a boat driving on the road?

R and I just looked at each other and smiled and then explained how boats get towed behind cars on roads. Sometimes I just talk to M and get amazed at how her little brain thinks. She is so smart and insightful, and did I mention funny! I love you M.

Wordless Wednesday

Sunday Shoes

In honor of M's birthday I will post some of her favorite shoes! She calls these her cheetah shoes! I love the pink trim.

Happy Birthday M!!!

Dear M,

I can't believe how quickly six years has flown by. I will never forget that day six years ago when you made me a mommy for the first time. I was so unaware of all the things that were to lie ahead of me...especially all the joy and love. You have been a peaceful presence in this family since the day you were born. You have always have such a loving way about you and you are always looking to make others happy. I love you so much and hope that being six will be great! There are so many things that I love about you, here are a few:

*I loved that you were born with hair...a novelty for my side of the family! I couldn't believe I had such a beautiful baby!!

*I love your beautiful smile...you have always been a happy girl!

*I love that you are so playful and love to fly high! I know with this attitude you will go many places in life.

*I love your big brown eyes.

*I love your sense of fashion! It is fun having your opinion on what you want to wear...even when we don't agree!

*I love that you are brave. Even when you are nervous, you are still willing to get up on stage in front of hundreds of people and perform your best!!

*I love your sense of adventure. You love to explore your surroundings.

*And most of all I love you. You have a great laugh and always make others around you feel loved. I love that you love B and try to include her in a lot of things that you do. Thank you for being my little girl...I love you with all my heart! Happy Sixth Birthday!

Love,

Mama

Happy 9th Anniversary!

It's been a fun, exciting, happy, nine years filled with love. I love you R and look forward to the next nine years!

Bugs!!

B told me the other day,

"Mommy, I don't like skettos, I don't like spidees, and I don't like bees."

We have had our fair share of skeetos (mosquito's) and spidees (spiders) this summer. She has also seen her mom do many a bee dance while out in the flower beds! She is now suffering from a skeeto bite on the face, but she is still cute, even if that darn skeeto did get her! Don't worry B, mommy doesn't like skeetos, spidees or bees either!

Sunday Shoes

I think these would look great with jeans! I guess a fun pencil skirt would also be acceptable! I just love how they look like summer and my moms back yard!!

Wordless Wednesday

Sprinkler Fun!

The other day, when we actually had a bit of sun, I put the sprinkler under the trampoline for the kids to play on. They had so much fun...especially M.

Here M is in her new swimsuit, which I think is so cute and summery!

M is such a great big sister. She was just wanting to kiss all over B that day, and B wasn't so sure about it! M is usually so considerate to B, and when she isn't, she apologizes so quickly. I wonder if all kids apologize quickly. I know I have a hard time saying sorry right away and I wonder if we learn that as we get older...or if it's just me! I guess I could learn a lot from M!

M had so much fun jumping through the water. She would have done it for much longer if the grass below our trampoline hadn't been turning into a lake.

Towards the end of the jumping M and her little friend held their heads in the water to see who could keep them there the longest! It was pretty fun to watch her having such a good time!

B liked jumping through the sprinklers as well, but she was much more cautious than M. That probably had something to do with the fact that the tramp was wet and every time one of the big kids jumped, she got knocked over!

Puzzled!

B's favorite thing lately is to do puzzles. It was kind of funny because M never really got into puzzles, but B has loved them. She usually likes me to help her, although I am really just there for moral support since she wants to do everything herself! Last night I was busy getting dinner ready and I found B working on her puzzle "all by myself mommy!" She was so excited to have done it without me sitting there. She probably doesn't realize that even if I am there she is doing it herself!

The reason for the folded arms in the first picture is that she was waving her hands like Vanna White to show me the puzzle. In order to sit still and get a good picture I made her fold her arms "like we were at church!"

Spider!

The other night I was up with B because she was sick. Once I got her back to bed I went to bed but I had a hard time falling asleep...too much on my mind! I suddenly felt something on my hand and tried to ignore it but after about two seconds decided to turn the light on. I flipped on the light and saw a big black spider right next to my pillow...GROSS! Anywho, R went and got a Kleenex to kill it while I stood watch so it wouldn't run away. (I don't know what I would have done if it started running...defiantly not stopped it with my bare hand!) I guess that crawly feeling I got on my leg when I first went to bed could have been a spider! YUCK!

Sunday Shoes