A day at the Beach!

Just kidding! There aren't any beaches here in Colorado. But, we make due with what we have. Makenna and I went to the Castle Rock Dinkins' house for lunch today and the kids got to play on the swing set and in the pool. They all had a good time. I think I'm the only one who got sunburned.

Kyra and Makenna swinging

Kyra Elizabeth -- Isn't she beautiful?

Matthew cracking up everytime the girls
went down the slide into the pool

Exploring

Bathing Beauty's

Matthew after his first round of
mashed potatoes. Gotta love the hair.

Round #2

Sand and Water Table

Makenna has wanted one of these tables for outside for a long time. She loves going to Eric and Candi's house to play with Kyra's. I found one at a garage sale last weekend and couldn't pass it up. It looks brand new, with the excpetion of a few scratches in the plastic on the legs. Oh, and on the side the water goes in, there is a slow leak aroundd one of the legs. That's easily fixed. I'm sure Grandpa or our friend Jim will have an idea how. The question now is where to put the table. Of course now that I have it full of water and sand, it's going to be impossible to move. I have it on the grass for now, but I forgot about when I have the lawn mowed once a week ~ they wont move it and will just mow around it. TRAUMA!! Makenna is spending tomorrow with Nana and Pop, so that'll give me time to move it around "try" it in different places in the yard. You can really see in the pictures how badly my fence needs painted again. I didn't realize how bad it was until I looked at these pictures.

Makenna's New Tent

I went to Target this morning to look for a lunch box for Makenna. Of course no one makes lunch boxes the way I remember them. The one's now do not have a thermos, or anything. I was shocked. It's obviously been a long time since I investigated lunch boxes. Anyway, on our way out, I noticed all the summer stuff was 50% off ....What?!? Summer hasn't even officially started yet. I asked the clerk if they were getting more summer stuff in and she said they were making room for Halloween and fall items. They can't be serious ~ It's only the middle of June. So, I checked out the sale stuff and got a table cloth for under $5 and this fun little tent for Makenna for $10. I figured she could play with it outside during the summer and inside during the winter. I put it together inside this afternoon and it's bigger than I thought. I can fit in it sitting up and of course Makenna and a few of her little friends could have a sleep over in it. Check it out...

Cute huh? I love the butterflies
on the side of the tent

Butterfly from the inside of the tent

Makenna happy about her new tent

Checkin' it out


Lovin' it...

Resting

Matthew's 1st Birthday

Saturday (June 14th) afternoon we went to Eric and Candi's house to celebrate Matthew's 1st birthday. He had a great time and enjoyed his cupcake and ice cream. He is the most adorable little man.

Lovin' that cupcake

Hanging out playing with his new toys

He's such a happy baby.

Kyra, Matt and Makenna

1st Dentist Visit

Yesterday was Makenna's first trip to the dentist. Surprisingly, she did really well. The dentist said things look good and if she keeps brushing she probably wont need braces. YAY!

A Cold Memorial Day

Weather this year was more like October than May. It was rainy and chilly. Makenna and I had to get out of the house so we went with Nana and Pop to feed the ducks. There weren't too many ducks to feed either -- they must have been trying to keep warm somewhere. We'll try again when it's warmer.

Aren't the baby ducks cute?

Makenna loves to feed the ducks


Pop loves to feed ducks too. ;-)

All finished

Good News To Report

Over all, this has been a good week. Check out some of the great things below:

1). Makenna is now telling me when she has to go potty. So far only 2 or 3 accidents all weekend. YAY! My washing machine is in dire need for a break.

2). Makenna took a nap in her big girl bed today -- ALL BY HERSELF. She was playing in her play room and apparently got tired and went and laid down all on her own.





3). The doctors changed my meds on Thursday. After 9 weeks of headaches with no relief I'm finally starting to feel better. I'm sure it will take some time, but hopefully I'll start to get some energy back and get back to the gym more than 2X a week.

Hopefully things continue to look up for us -- Fingers are crossed.