Swim Lessons

Cutest face in the pool.

Learning to float.

Such a good girl sitting, listening, following directions. Mama should have had more faith in her......

Hi mom! Swimming to the wall.Learning how to climb out of the pool without assistance. Key to pool survival.

Jamie does amazing at swim lessons. When I signed her up I told the lady that she wasn't going to sit and listen or follow directions, because that is just Jamie. Well, silly me, she does! And she does a great job of it. They call her name and she goes into the pool area by herself. No mommy carrying her. She gets in the pool, sits on the ledge and every once in a while turns around to say, hi mommy! She can't swim on her own completely yet but I have a feeling by the end of this summer she will. I am so proud of her. She has grown up a lot and it teaches me to never underestimate my children or their capabilities.

Birthday Party

Kids went to a princess/cowboy party last Sunday. It was loads of fun. The house was on property with chickens, goats, horses, ducks and a piglet. There was a huge trampoline, dress up clothes and Rapunzel came to sing and dance with the kids. She also painted nails and did crafts with them. Jamie loved meeting Rapunzel but loved the chickens more......

Jamie was so pretty I just kept taking pictures of her. One of her sweet friends that is a boy kept staring at her and calling her Rapunzel. Rapunzel with curly hair, haha.

Bachelor Finale with my Girls

Not the most quality television but a heck of a lot of fun!

Birthday!

Got a sitter and went out for dinner with my hubs last night. Dinner at Ah-So Sushi. They sang to me, brought me red bean ice cream and took our picture. Yummy night of miso soup, sushi rolls and dessert. Our cute dinner picture is posted below. Love my hubby and thankful for my new bike and camera for my purse.

Park Day

Pete saw a boy at the park yesterday riding a bike without training wheels so he asked to try his bike. He gave it a spin and did pretty well. It gave Pete the idea that he didn't need training wheels either. So off they came back at home.....

Oreos with Dad

We had a cul-de-sac bonfire last Friday night with our wonderful neighbors. You know when you move into a new house you pray for nice neighbors.....well, we have THE BEST NEIGHBORS EVER! We love them, they love us, the kids adore all of them and our neighbors shower our children with love and gifts continuously!

Our neighbor Lisa put it together and she had food and others brought things too. There was taco dip and chips, homemade chocolate chip cookies, peanut butter brownies, smores, hot chocolate and Starbucks coffee. Let's just say I ate a lot of dip and chips since I am dessert free these days. It was very unsatisfying compared to the other stuff. If you know me at all you know I would much rather skip dinner to get to dessert..... Here is a pic of the 3 ladies in our cul-de-sac that just love Jamie to death.

That weekend we went over to Uncle Bob's house to squeeze oranges and spend time with Aunt Edna.

I took Aunt Edna for a walk and we sang hymns the whole time. Aunt Edna cannot communicate much these days but she can remember every word to songs about Jesus! Amazing.
Jamie loves her Aunt Edna.

Kiddos

Life at home. Little guy wrote "mom" all by himself just out of the blue. And here is his "man" and "flower". :) heehee.


Got a cradle at a garage sale for $3.50. It fits 3 babies. :) Oh and Jamie prefers her brother's pajamas to her own.

She Didn't!

Yes, I gave up desserts. 6 days clean now. Slipped up on accident here and there but nothing major. I feel most guilty about the cup of hot chocolate I had last Friday night at the cul-de-sac bonfire. The first day was torture. Every day after has been just as bad. This is really hard for me. I am pretty sure the longest I have ever gone without some type of sweet is overnight while I sleep. My clothes don't fit me better yet and I haven't lost any weight but it's pretty cool that I have actually made it 6 days now. Oh and I gave up sweets until Easter, for Lent, although I am making an exception for any dessert related to my birthday so bring on the birthday cake and ice cream! :)

Last Saturday

Last Saturday we spent the day at Bartlett Lake and the evening at Uncle Bob's. Bartlett Lake was about an hour away from the house but with the DVD player in the back it was an easy drive for all. It was really neat to come over the hill in the desert and see the big blue body of water in front of us. You can drive right up to the edge of the water and spend the day. Which is what we did.

Lake view from our drive up.

We made a fire a little ways up from the lake and cooked some hot dogs that tasted oh so yummy!

And the kids played by the water for the rest of the day.

Then we went to Uncle Bob's and Jamie played in the hutch Uncle Bob was making for about an hour. :)

Wearing mama's boots while playing with her favorite door. :)Back into the hutch!

Uncle Bob the tickle monster.
Cousin Karen with her parents.

Daddy, his kids and his dog.