An Update the Easy Way

What we’ve been up to…..

Wearin’ matching dresses

More matching dresses….and finishing Enrichment (pre-preschool)

Our first gymnastics “meet”

Plantin’ our garden and giving Gracyn her 1st bottle

Hangin’ out with mama (this was literally attempt #354 at a picture on Mother’s Day)

Havin’ tea parties (and reading Fancy Nancy….notice the pinky (or pointer finger) up….that’s fancy!)

Finishin’ Kindermusic

Lovin’ on our baby sister

Goin’ to the zoo

Ridin’ on Daddy’s shoulders

Bein’ ornery…and maybe tormenting our sister

Havin’ pool parties with our cousins

Havin’ fun at the park

Playin’ “boat” (in the cupboard under the sink in the hotel)

Wearin’ our sun hats and lookin’ super cute!

Have I mentioned lately that I love her?

Those of you that also stalk facebook have already seen this, but it’s too good to not share here too:

Makenzie: "I like to listen to God talk to me when I go to sleep."
Me: "Oh really, what does God say to you?"
Makenzie: "Well, last night when I was falling alseep God told me not to get up early or my mom would be crabby."

I had high hopes that Miss Makenzie would have another chat with God last night and we would all get to sleep in.  Not the case.  Might have had more to do with the promise of doughnuts this morning….but whatever the reason, she was up at 6:25 and was determined that she was not going back to sleep.  I managed to get her to snuggle with me for a whole 5 minutes before she decided she had to go potty and conveniently made enough racket while in the bathroom to wake her brother so that we all had to get up.  Anybody else wonder why children don’t like sleep?!?! 

We made our doughnut run though, so the morning is looking up.  Micah man is sitting in his highchair eating his with a spoon….just how doughnuts are meant to be eaten.   Love him too!! 

What We've Been Up To

I feel like I have nothing to blog about and too much to blog about all at the same time...lots going on, but nothing really blog worthy.....and when I start to type and update I don't know where to start, so you get an update the easy way...in pictures!!  

1)  Go Fish concert in Kearney Friday night before I left for San Antonio....this is the 2nd concert we've been to and WE LOVE these guys!!  WE as in I like them as much (and maybe even more) than Makenzie does! :)  Even Micah man got in on this concert!  

10 commandment boogie

It took Micah a while to warm up....he's not a huge fan of loud (ironic since he is the KING of loud!) and our 3rd row seats were a bit noisy! :)  I'll take free snuggles though! 

2.)  San Antonio date weekend --I flew out Saturday morning for San Antonio and got to spend the weekend with my hubby.  He graduated Monday and then we hit the road (the 15 hour road) for home! 

                                                                                Lookin' good Captain Nelsen!

And an equally cute, Junior Captain Nelsen!

Makenzie LOVES singing Lord's Army (see Go Fish above)....and Micah LOVES to do anything his sister does, so when Makenzie got out her army hat, Micah got Da-da's army hat! 

3.)  Mmmm, mmmm sweet corn!  Seriously, how cute are these two! 

For the record, the Go Fish shirt did get washed after the concert and before she wore it this day! :)

4.)  What would summer time be without a county fair!  We hit up the Holdrege fair the day Tom and I got home from San Antonio, but the real treat was the Elwood fair this weekend! 

My little dare devil....the tilt-a-whirl and octopus were her favorites!! 

Good to be a family of four again....even if it does mean riding on a little tiny train at the county fair! :)

Better late than never....

Happy 29th Birthday to me!  The pictures were a little slow making it from the camera to the blog - the brownies are long gone! :)

If you know my wonderful hubby very well, you'll know that this is his work of art... with a little help from Miss Makenzie of course! :) LOVE them!

Life is good....

when you can eat strawberries right out of the garden!

Total Opposites....

I love Tuesdays....it's my day off (along with Fridays) and I love having the day home with my kiddos.  Tuesdays are always kind of busy though - it is also laundry day, often grocery shopping day, story time at the library and for most of the spring Makenzie had Kindermusik on Tuesday afternoons.  Even though Tuesdays are busy, I love them!  Today was no exception - with the 90+ degree weather we've had this week, we broke out the sprinkler today and spent most of the afternoon outside!  Makenzie LOVES the sprinkler, the ice cold hose water doesn't even phase her and she stayed in her swimmingsuit until I made her come inside and get dressed for her Kindermusik program at 5:30 tonight. 

 She hardly had time for snacks today and when she needed a drink....here was her solution (no cup required!)

Micah LOVES the outdoors.....the sprinkler, not so much....and he's not real fond of grass on his bare feet either.

 He was pretty entertained by his sister though....here iss the closest he got to smiling while he was sitting in the grass! 

 And, he was VERY content to lounge in the chair with a snack.  He may have inherited that from his mother!  :)