Play Dates!

For some reason we got away from these, think it was the Holidays, but now we're back! Monkey Joe's, the two cuties I babysit pony ride, trampoline, and power wheel at their house!, Disney on a teacher work day I was off for but had 5 kids. I couldn't have done it with out Kylie. We certainly took it a LOT slower than usual, and had a great time!
Back in Jan. we had our Winter Carnival here in Harmony. We love our town! Kylie got to do rock climbing, Reagan and Kinsey went sledding, and got to check out the horses they will bring in for lessons.
Enough about the kids, Chris is trying to find a teaching job, he misses it dearly, so prayers are welcome :0) and I love love my job and being with Kylie at school and knowing what's going on there and how to help her, and being able to spend time with Reagan and Kinsey. Who, by the way went #2 all on her own last week and just let me know when she spread it on the seat. LOL. We're potty training tomorrow!

WOW 3 months!

Ok, so Kylie lost her first tooth 3 wks. ago and is about to loose her 2nd. But the teeth behind those are already in. Crazy! So I won't get any of those cute toothless pictures for a little while still. :0) She made Shorthorn Roundup (honor roll, but you have to have all A's in 1st to make it.) And was able to go to an icecream party at school. She even got to go to a 'Daddy Daughter Dance' the Friday before Valentine's. I suggested to Chris to get her a flower from the dollar store or something, and instead he got her a corsage! Those crazy florists are making a killing this month! We are able to enjoy a night out on V-Day thanks to my mom! We went to dinner, go-cart racing, a carousel swing 250ft. in the air, and then a movie! We were out til after 1am. Chris said it was good to feel like a kid again, but... Then he paid for it the next day :0) Work ya know. I had the day off ;-) Tonight he is actually on a date with Reagan. She has been patiently waiting her turn. She wanted to go to the Justin Beiber movie, but I reminded her she's been wanting to go to Chuck E. Cheese, which Chris was glad about, because he's not THAT into Justin B. certainly not as much a Reagan, who is our girly girl with lipstick (lip gloss or chap stick)and magnetic earrings, and hair having to be just right. She's our most sensitive one too. Like when we watched Ramona and Bezus and she cried when Ramona ran away. It all worked out, thank goodness. Ok, looking at the pictures I just put on, all 157 of them, YIKES! It's official we are getting a new camera! Chris has been researching for a few days now and found a good one. Maybe I won't be so embarrassed and post more often, yeah right!

White Christmas, sort of

Christmas in Florida, We celebrated Christmas Eve with my brother Jared and his girlfriend Chissy. My mom was glad they came over and so were the girls! Chris and I were kinda tired from staying up late many nights wrapping and packing. Santa brought the girls American Girl Dolls and Mickey and Minnie for Kinsey. They got great presents at Mima and Papa's house and their favorite gift came from Grandma Judy. A MICROPHONE!! They all can't wait for their turn and were so sad to leave it behind until we got back from VA.
Yes, we took off Christmas night for the 13 hr. drive that turned into 21hrs. Really slow driving and accidents we had to drive around and stop for an extra meal because it was taking so long. Chris did FABULOUS though! Thanks babe for taking me to see my dad, lisa, sis stacy, Hollywood and the Lynch crew! We hit one popular patch of ice and got stuck for about an hour until the tow truck pulled us out. He got there pretty quick which was nice. Kylie said a prayer and we had 2 cops, 1 ambulance, and 6 civilians come by to help us out after the prayer! Nice people. Heavenly Father answers prayers so wonderfully. Thanks for answering Kylie's prayer! When we arrived we had 13.5 inches of pure white snow! The girls were so excited. Then the next day they were too cold in 15 min.! So Lisa Stacy and I had a nice snowball fight. We went bowling, out to dinner, Hockey game,saw chickens,and played games with my family! Took Hollywood (my grandma) to wally world too. Got to visit friends and see new additions to two different families. Oh, and Kinsey had a febrile seizure. That was fun/nervous. Poor thing had an ear infection, which to her just looks like she has a cold, like the rest of us. Stacy had pink eye too. Kinsey came out of it about 2 hours later. Chris was so worried. We had a friend come to the hospital for a blessing. Again, Heavenly Father answers our prayers! My dad was there for the whole thing too. Thanks Dad! It was great seeing everyone. Love you and thanks for the trip and snow! Merry Christmas, Happy New Year!

Thanksgiving

As usual I'm late, and I didn't even take a nap last Sunday, but had a baptism and dinner to cook though. So today I'm posting! We had a great week off. I was able to get my chores done on Monday and enjoyed the rest of the week with the girls. Friday and Saturday we had a good time with Chris off. Went to see Tangled and decorated with some lights and hung out with the neighbors. Saturday was off to Disney. Thursday we went to Mima's and PaPa's then Grandma Judy's and Papa Tim. Good food and fun.
To build up to Thanksgiving the girls each had a feast I was able to go to. Yeah for part-time!!! Reagan had a brunch and Kylie had lunch, different days thank goodness. Kylie had a little play where she was the first narrator. She memorized her part in two days, but for some reason, nerves I guess, she read it very well. She also sang 3 songs, but my camera died even though I charged the batter all night! Good thing I had a back up :0) Reagan only did one song. Glad she did one, but bummed it was just one. So here are their pictures from school. I know I didn't even take any the day of. If you did, please send them my way!!!

Halloween

Here are just a quick few photos from this weekends festivities. I downloaded about 400 pictures of our cameras today from the last 2 months and there are some good ones. So I told Amber that's her honey do list tomorrow, go through them and post the good ones on here for you all to see. But because Mee Maw insisted I take lots of pictures this weekend here are the Halloween ones right away. The first one is Kylie being wrapped up in TP like a mummy. This was at a neighbor and classmate of Kylie's halloween party. The rest are self explanatory shots from tonight and the last is from the ward trunk or treat on Friday. Kylie's wonderful teacher came out to the church for a bit and this is a shot of her and the girls. They just love her and were so excited she came!!!

Family Pictures

Ok, so it was long overdue, about 6 months. But we were able to take family pictures on Oct. 3rd. My neighbor Amanda was kind enough to do it for us. My how the girls have grown since last year when we took them! Love our little growing family. We've really been enjoying the weather and fall festivities. We got to so see Kool and the Gang for Reagan's favorite song 'Celebration.' Saw some amazingly wonderfully decorated houses for Halloween, I worked the school carnival all sat. More to come this weekend. Just don't like the girls getting the greedy gimmies so Sat and Sunday we played it cool and caught up on some rest. Miss you all!

Cheer-Leading

So Kylie and Reagan (now that she is old enough) are both cheering this year and have games every Thursday evening. So far they have had 2 and just love them! Enjoy this cheer courtesy of the Harmony Longhorn Pop Warner Flag cheer team.

Busy but fun Weekends!!!

So the last 2 weekends have been alot of fun! We love getting out together and enjoying all the reasons we live in FL as you will be able to see as I recount our activities. So last weekend for the holiday Friday night Amber and I went on a date night to Disney Quest and had fun playing all the games. Saturday morning we took out the sailboat our community has here on our gorgeous lake. A couple weeks ago I took the sailing class so now we have that option in addition to the canoes, kayaks and pontoon boats. We love getting out on the water! Kylie was nervous though on the sailboat for the first time as every time it would keel (or lean a little to one side, which is normal) she would freak out thinking we were going to tip over! After the boat there was a neighborhood labor day party with pizza and a pie baking contest. We just enjoyed hanging out with neighbors and playing in the splash pad. After all the morning fun we came home and cleaned house while Kinsey napped then went down to the Magic Kingdom for the evening (I love living in Cetral FL, the weather, water, and parks! Why would u live anywhere else?). On labor day we spent the morning doing lots of much needed yard work (so much playing lately it had been neglected). Then we went down to Blizzard Beach and Disney Quest for the evening. This was the first time the girls had been to disney quest and they liked the pirate simulator and all the kids games. What a great 3 day weekend! Now this weekend was the primary program for Amber and the girls. So Friday night they had a rehearsal/pizza party and so Kinsey, Gram and I grilled some steaks and played at the house while the rest of the family was rehearsing. Then when they got home from the church we went over to the 2nd half of the Harmony High football game. Saturday there was a big stake wide Relief Society activity that Amber and Dale went to so I loaded up the crew and took them down to Disney's Hollywood Studios and we had a blast! We got to see a special pass holder preview of the new Tinker Bell movie "The Great Fairy Rescue" and the girls loved it. Then that night Amber and I got to go out to dinner just the 2 of us (always nice) Thanks Gram! Then to top it all off today was the primary program and it was great! Kylie and Reagan sang beautifully and Kylie just looked great up there singing every word with a smile! That primary song leader (Amber) really did a great job with the kids!!! Man I love our little family! We are so blessed and have so much fun. We would love for all you guys our friends and family to come out and play with us! I am going to post some random pictures from these last 2 weekends and try to post a video clip from one of the girls cheer-leading games.

Kids say the darndest things!!!

So last night Amber runs into the grocery store to pick something up and I am out in the car with the girls circling the lot. Well we were talking about going to DQ to get a Blizzard and Reagan says to Kylie all excited "YOU'RE GOING TO GET A LIZARD?" Then just a minute later I see a guy walking through the parking lot and tell the girls look at this guy he is a grown up but is really short. Kylie upon seeing the man says oh yeah, "he's a dork!" So as I am trying to hold back my tears of laughter I ask her what did you say, just to be sure I heard it right and sure enough she repeats in total confidence he's a dork. OK, now I can't hold it in and as I am laughing I tell her you mean DWARF not DORK sweetie. You never know when it will happen but man kids can instantly have you cracking up. I love my girls!!!

Our little Dancers

So Amber and Dale went out tonight to Give Kids the World and of course daddy let's the girls watch some tv (while I check out my fantasy football stuff and before our walk and their father's blessings for the start of school. No I don't just turn on the tv and forget it for those of you who were thinking that). Well Kylie Goes into the DVR and finds one of there favorite shows...so you think you can dance (they like any show where people perform and are voted off but especially love dancing). So here is what happens when the dancing show or really any music is on... Kinsey especially is so cute, I just had to share.