Sorry about that.....

Our  neighbors just moved into their beautiful new home and I had to go and do this today......

Their kitchen window looks right out into our yard.  I'm sorry, I'd have avoided it if I could have but I decided today was the day to wash the baby clothes.  After being packed away for such a long time everything smelled gross!   I was so excited to have them smelling fresh and Drefty but when they came out of the dryer they were still pretty funky.  So, I put them outside in the sun (my mom always recommends this for my laundry troubles....I highly doubt she ever envisioned this though) and I am now rewashing every load.  Guess what, they smell perfectly Drefty!

Thank goodness my kids are so awesome because what I thought would take a couple of hours has taken all day, and I'm still not finished.  When they weren't helping me drape clothes all over the yard they were building things.  Can you guess what all of these are?

July 4th weekend

 

Such a great 4th of July weekend!  We started our celebrating on Friday.  The girls went to my mom's so Kevin and I spent the day together celebrating our anniversary.  What a wonderful day we had!  Nothing too exciting,  in fact, terribly ordinary and everyday.  Out to eat, a little shopping, a stop at the library and the grocery store but we considered it to be a perfect day together.  Saturday brought a nice morning of projects around the house and then on to....Chuck E. Cheese.  Contrary to what Kevin and I feared, we actually had a really fun time.  We spent exactly an hour there!  That included using 30 tokens and eating pizza.  We all left happy and sane. Next stop, Toy Story 3,  what a great family movie!  On Sunday morning we participated in Gram and Grandpa's annual neighborhood parade and 4th of July celebration then swam and had fun at Gram's....we sure missed Grandpa Gordon, he's on his way up Mt. Kilimanjaro.  We ended the weekend with a family get together at Grandma and Grandpa Jim's.   

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Do you think we're getting silly excited?  Well, we are.  

These photos take planning.  Here we are in deep discussion about how many fingers each girl will hold up, even weeks are really much easier!

10 Years!

Today we celebrate 10 years of marriage.  I can honestly say that they have been the most wonderful years and as contrived as it may sound I love Kevin more every single year.  It is so much fun being married to your best friend!

8* minus 1 day!

Saturday got away from us and we didn't take our weekly picture! Tonight before bed we quickly documented "8".    I am still feeling fine, a bit more tired each week which is why I can't wait to go to bed...right now!

*Kevin wants to clarify that we have never actually made

 it to 40 weeks, that both Emma and Ellie were born at 39

 weeks, so perhaps 8 is really 7?

Beauty and the Beast

Last night the weather was so lovely and we were lucky enough to have tickets to Beauty and the Beast at the Muny.  Thanks to my mom we had FABULOUS seats with a great parking pass.   Emma loved the show, she would happily go to every single play at the Muny this summer.  Ellie was a trooper and lasted for the whole show.   Although the weather was perfect, I was still hot and uncomfortable....maybe something to do with having a 4 year old on what's left of my lap for a few hours :)!

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Our new baby will be here in 9 more weeks!  We're going to take this same picture for the next 9 weeks to see how she grows.