Air Show

JaCee is REALLY into airplanes right now. Like really really...Like I have to stop doing whatever I am doing if an airplane flies over our house low enough that she thinks I need to come see with her. It's pretty cute, so I oblige. A few weeks ago we had a big special B12 bomber, that flew in the WWII (I think) come to our local airport. So I kept Morgen home for nap time & Matt took JaCee to see all the airplanes. She LOVED it.

She's NOT crying, although it looks like it...Matt said it was REALLY loud & windy though.

Sitting inside the helicopter

Memorial weekend

Matt had 5 day's off for the long holiday weekend so we had some nice family time. We didn't go anywhere special or make ONE single plan. We just created a big to do list for around the house & figured whatever got done, got done but we were going to spend some nice time together. It seems like as soon as summer comes, your weekends come & go so fast, so we tried to get ready for the summer as much as we can. The boat came out of storage, I steam cleaned the carpets, Matt built a wall in our basement to create an extra room, etc. We took the girls on a surprise adventure one day...I packed a lunch & we headed downtown to feed the ducks, go on the carousel, feed the garbage goat, ride the radio flyer and enjoy the roaring Spokane River. It was a lot of fun!

JaCee's last day of preschool

I can't believe how FAST that went! It seems like I was just getting nervous for her preschool day's....wondering how she would do...if she would make friends, have fun, etc. She loved it and did great. Next year she will go to the same school for 3 day's instead of 2. Someone asked me why I was putting her in preschool for 2 years in a row. It's no secret that JaCee has always had a very extreme connection to me. Not that  I don't love my baby girl wanting to be around me all the time, but ---- I didn't want it to affect her personality and become a long term issue. So last summer I decided to put her gymnastics 1 day a week and preschool 2 day's a week. I will say it was one of the most helpful things I did. She loves going to both of them & it has helped her attachment to me a ton. She used to not let go of my hand and get so scared in new situations, every single time we did something new. Now ---- on most day's she will go with her friends and know that she is OK.

Here is JaCee on her 1st and last day of school!

Her little flower in the pot said, "thank you for growing me!" And grown she has...about 4 inches!

On her last day of school, they had an all school picnic (that ended up being in the gym due to the weather)

Not the greatest family picture...but the only one we got.

Happy Mother's Day~

My parent's came into town to celebrate my birthday & Mother's Day. Saturday we went out to Matt's sister's house and the guys shot clay pigeons and the girls visited. We BBQ'd dinner & celebrated both holiday's for the families. Sunday we got up & opened Mother's Day gifts, then it was off to good ole Lowe's for a much needed house project shopping trip. We came home and had an early dinner with my family before they headed back to Montana. It was a great weekend. The weather was good and everything went as planned.

Here are some pictures from the weekend:



These flowers are a week old....I should have taken a picture right away, but JaCee's preschool class made them for me. JaCee said she picked what flowers she thought I would like. She came running out of her class yelling Happy Mother's Day Mommy. But the best was the night before...she kept saying, Mom--- I have a surprise for you tomorrow at school but my teacher said I can't tell you...but I am going to make you some flowers....very cute!



Roses for my birthday & Mother's Day

My birthday present from my brother in law & sister in law...doesn't look like much....but it is EXACTLY what I wanted....

Because I turned it into this!!!! I took it apart and painted it, etc. I LOVE IT~!

All the kids (except baby Lacy) at the farm...

Blowing out some of my birthday candles!

Trouble 1! and Trouble 2! These two are some team....

Baby Dedication

Matt & I decided to participate in a baby dedication ceremony for the girls, put on my our church Valley Real Life. Dedications are a touchy subject, depending on your religious beliefs. For us, it was about Matt & I publicly committing to raise our girls to love the Lord in a Christian home with Christian beliefs. We had some homework, (I.E., video's to watch & discuss) and we will write down on a 3x5 card what we want the girls to look like in their walk with Jesus when they are 18. If you think about parenting from that angle...it's like your parenting backwards. This parenting stuff is hard work, but...the biggest take away I had from one video was a mom saying, "Don't let business become a parenting style." That really hit home for me. I think anyone can relate to that. I am trying to slow down and take advantage of the small moment's in life to shape my little girls who I want them to be instead of trying to carve out minutes of my day to fit in the lessons.

We were lucky to have both sets of grandparents and Matt's sister, her husband and their kids attend the ceremony to support us in our process.

The girls were adorable in their princess dresses. Here are some pictures from the day.

Not impressed....

Matt's sister & family

Introducing our family

Praying for the girls

A day in the park

We FINALLY got some really warm weather. 80 degrees for Spokane in April is really HOT. 82 degrees was the record for the day (yes I was a weather.girl in my past life. ha) So we took the kids to the park after naps on Sunday. Morgen's just learning how to stay on the swing by herself, but she did really good.

JaCee's 4 year pictures