Little Explorer!

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1st trip down the slide!

Swinging is fun!

Cami loves to be outdoors. It took her about 2 minutes to get used to the grass and venture off on her own. She loves to take off walking by herself. Every time one of us gets close to her she giggles and takes off "running." She is so funny. She is enjoying her swing and couldn't get enough of the slide. We are going to have some good times this summer. One night last week she walked all the way up our drive and to the end of Jonathon Lane! That is a long hike for such a little girl. I have two girls that enjoy walking :0) Hopefully, they will want to go in the same direction at some point.

Camper!

5th wheel

Kitchen and Makenna's "bed"

We bought a "new- to- us" camper. We are really excited to take the girls camping this summer. Some of my fondest childhood memories are camping vacations with my family and grandparents. I can't wait to start making memories with Makenna and Camille. I absolutely love to sit by a campfire and enjoy the evening.

Following Directions

All the drawers are empty mom!

Did I miss anything?

Trying to climb up the drawers.

Helping mommy!

It was time for Cami's second bath of the day. She decided to put applesauce in her hair at dinner. She was having a bit of a rough weekend. Just not feeling well- so bath time always gets her in a good mood. She loves the water. Anyway, while I get all the supplies for the bath I usually give Cami a task so she can help out and not climb into the tub before it is time. Tonight I asked her to go take her clothes off, well as you can see from the pictures she got part of the direction. She got her clothes OUT not off! Good time to clean out drawers I guess :0)

Hockey

Kenna watching the action.

Sarah's turn with the binoculars.

Waite 21

Hustle Carson!

Speedy!!!!

Matthew, Makenna and I jumped in the car and headed to Newark to watch my nephew play hockey on Saturday evening. Carson did a great job! He really hustled out there. That boy can skate. Even though the Mite Troy Bruins gave it their all, they came up with a loss. It didn't seem to dampen the teams spirits too much -all the boys were excited to get to the hotel and swim! What do you expect with 7 & 8 year olds? Makenna was excited to see Sarah and she watch a little of the game through her binoculars. Sarah was excited to try the binoculars out too!

Snowman

Jay decided it was finally time to build a snowman. We all bundled up and headed outside. Makenna refused to help us! We had fun anyway, between picking up kids that were falling everywhere and trying to help lift snowman bodies - it was great. We also took Cami sledding again. Makenna again refused - must have been a bad day for her.

Happy Birthday Makenna!

Birthday girls with their cakes!

Opening presents with Ayla.

Two beautiful birthday girls- Makenna 9 and Addison 2.

Minnie and Mickey Mouse cakes.

Looks like a strike.

Makenna throwing the bowling ball.

Everyone is excited about the Wii!

Madame Alexander doll!

Look at all those presents!

It is official! Makenna turned 9 years old today. Unbelievable! It is amazing how fast time goes by when you have children. She is an amazing, spunky, spirited, gorgeous young lady who inspires us each and everyday! We have had a wonderful year. Makenna had a delightful birthday with 2 great parties. The first party was with the Miller side of the family. She received so many thoughtful gifts. She loved her Wii and even turned down cake to play the Wii! She flabbergasted Jay and I with that one. In fact, Jay asked her twice because he couldn't believe she wasn't ready for her cake. That girl LOVES her cake. After the Miller party we went to Aunt Lain's for the combo party with Addison. Addison and Makenna share a birthday. Addi turned 2 today. Happy Birthday Addison. Aunt Lain had some connections and was able to get us a Minnie Mouse cake for Makenna and a Mickey Mouse cake for Addison. We had a great time at the Susil party too. It is always fun to have so many little ones together.

The BIG Snow!

Our home.

Daddy and the girls standing in the snow. Cami is really excited!

Sitting on a mountain of snow daddy plowed.

Our backyard - it is gorgeous!

One of the trees out back.

Makenna making a snow angel.

Cami is getting the walking down.

Wait! I need to catch my balance.

And she is off again!

Our power went out around midnight Friday night/Saturday morning. We woke up to a pretty chilly house. Daddy got up before the girls and got the generator running. He bought a big generator last year after we were without power for a few days (Cami was a newborn.) That thing can run the whole house. So once he got the tractor out and the generator going - the house warmed up and I was able to serve a hot breakfast. We ran the furnace for a few hours then Jay went out and shut it down so he could plow us and the rest of the neighborhood out. Our power came on just after he went outside so we didn't get too cold. Later in the afternoon we bundled up and went out to play. The snow was so high on Cami - up to her rear end. I think we got around 12 inches. Makenna wanted to take a winter walk so we headed up the drive way and enjoyed the beautiful snow. Makenna made a snow angel and loved throwing snow balls. Cami learned how to walk in all those clothes and liked sitting in the snow. We had a fun day. We are thankful the snow came the weekend before Makenna's birthday party - it usually hits the weekend of her party!