Peonies

Every year my parents get beautiful peonies in there back yard and my Dad always cuts me a bundle of them to put on my kitchen table. They smell delightful and look so delicate and beautiful!

Park Day :-)

The little girls enjoying some time at the park:-) After looking at these pictures, I realize how big my baby girls are!

Como Zoo

A friend of mine and I decided to meet up at Como Zoo with our kids. Turns out that the day we chose to go ended up being 94 degrees. It was really hot but we still had a great time.

Ava and Brooke enjoying some snow cones

Ethan, Zander,Kami and Nash enjoying some snow cones as well

Best Cinnamon Rolls Ever!!!

My friend had posted a picture of some amazing looking cinnamon rolls. I just had to have the recipe and so she being the wonderful person she is, she shared it with me and they are soooo good :-)

Darth Maul

Every year for the kids' birthdays I make their cakes myself. They get to choose what kind of cake they want. This year Ethan has decided that he wants a cake with Darth Maul and Ob1 Kenobe fighting on top. We have been looking for Darth Maul for quite some time in the stores and could never find him. We finally ordered him from ToysRus. Ethan waited patiently every day for the mail to come to see if he had received his Darth Maul. Finally he came and Ethan was super excited even though he knows that he is not aloud to take him out of the box and can't play with him until after he has blown out the candles on the cake.

Ethan receiving his Darth Maul in the mail

Little Photographers

Ethan had a play date with his friend Gavin the other day and the next day when I was looking at our camera I was surprised to see 30 or so random pictures had been taken with the camera. It did not take me long to realize that these pictures were taken by Ethan and his friend Gavin the previous day. These are two of my favorites.....

This is the first picture taken by Gavin after getting a hold of the camera. I love Ethan's facial expression. He looks like he knows that they are doing something they shouldn't yet he thinks it is funny.

Everyone who lives in our house knows how important Robbin is to Ethan and Kami. They are constantly fighting over who get's to play with Robbin. We have 2 Robbins but one has been lost for a few weeks now and as you can probably imagine, there has been a lot of fighting lately at our house regarding who gets to play with him. It makes perfect sense for Robbin to have his picture taken.

28 weeks...........

Oh the joys that come along with the 28th week of pregnancy at my Dr. appointment. I had to drink the really gross thick syrup like orange beverage and wait in the clinic for an hour afterwards to have my blood drawn to test for gestational diabetes. Unfortunately you are not aloud to eat or drink anything after you drink the beverage with the exception of water and drinking water does not get the taste out of your mouth. I even asked if I could chew gum and was told that I could not. I have never really been affected by this beverage in the past but this time it was especially gross and a few hours later, I felt pretty horrible. I had no energy and felt pretty weak. It did not help that the night before Brooke had decided to wake up every hour but the next day, I was back to normal. Besides that and some back pain here and there, my pregnancy has been going great. I have been keeping very busy taking the kids to the park, beach, pool biking and just playing in the yard. With all of that and trying to keep the house clean and keep up with laundry and make sure we have dinner ready at 6 every night, I am one busy Mama! I am not complaining however because this is my dream come true and I am so grateful to have been blessed with a wonderful supportive husband and soon to be 5 adorable, loving, and most importantly healthy children. I imagine the next few months will go by quickly and Brandon will be joining our family What else can I say other than: LIFE IS FANTASTIC!