Grandma Miles Comes to Play

Grandma Miles came up for the weekend to meet baby Lily and spend time with her 'baby' Josh and his family ;)

We had fun with Gma Miles and hope she had fun with us...

Walking Lexi into school...

My Pretty Girl

Lily Belle @ 3 weeks

Sometimes I wish she would GROW faster...

{like when she's crying or fussy}

...but most of the time I know she's GROWING way to fast

Sleeping Beauty

I love her

Dino Eggs

One of my favorite things to do is to spend a Saturday afternoon with our friends Tami and Erick...Sometimes we'll go to lunch and then split off and the guys plus half of the kids go one way and me and Tami go shopping with the other half of the kids...{our kids now total 7} So a few weeks ago we did just that...Josh wanted a new LCD TV for the playroom so we drove out to Roseville and went to Claim Jumpers and then the guys went one way to Fry's and Tami and I went to Lakeshore {teacher store}...While we were there Dalen really really wanted to buy something so he was on a major mission to find something I would say yes to...He finally found this Dinosaur egg that you can dig away at to reveal a tiny dinosaur...It was $6.95, but I thought okay that sounds like fun so I said yes. Then I thought Lexi and Deveon would really enjoy that too so I bought them one as well.

The next day they opened them up and started digging...The quiet but messy project didn't last as long as I had anticipated but they really loved their little dinosaurs until...

...while playing, Dalen tosses Lexi's dino down the stairs for Lexi to catch but Lexi misses and it breaks on the floor. Lexi in tears, Dalen in trouble so we make him give his dino to her. Then...

...later on our way to the park Noah is holding Deveon's dino, drops it, and his little neck breaks off...Then...

...the next day, Dalen has Lexi's dino {Dalen's original dino} decides to slide it across the kitchen floor for fun? and it hits the under side of the cabinets and the legs break off.

So all in all,

All Dino's have been extinct.

They are now in my 'to be fixed' drawer waiting there turn to be put back together by mommy's glue gun ;)

Lily's 1st Week

Love dressing up my little doll...She has all of Lexi's old clothes plus some new stuff I found just for her...Every girl's gotta have some of her own new things ;)

I made her the butterfly blanket. It's minky brown on one side and flannel butterfly print on the other...it's way soft and it stays in her car seat...

After her first bath ;)

Her 1st Dr.'s appt...Perfectly healthy little girl...

Summer Playing

Goodbye to Summer...

Noah drinkin' from the hose...

They were very excited about their new pool...

Hangin' with friends at the park...

...and my kids favorite park...Noah calls it the wa-wa park...

Noah and Deveon sliding down...

Dalen lost in thought...

Peek-a-boo Noah

Dalen and Sarah spinning fast...

The kids even excercised at the park...

...and rock climbed

...and one night at the park Lexi found a 4 Leaf Clover!

...and Noah found a 3 Leaf clover and did the happy dance for Lexi...;)

gma and gpa

While G & G Dubois were here they took the kids to some fun places...My kids had never been to Funderland here in Sacramento...Grandpa took the boys to Miniature Golfing and of course took all the kiddos to Chuck E Cheese...

Thank You Grandma and Grandpa

Labor Day

Our good friends had us over for a BBQ on Labor Day, just two days after Lily joined our family...

It was nice to let the kids play and they loved the new pool...

Tami introducing Adam to Lily...