Twins, meet TJ!

Lindsay, Lee, and TJ came to town this weekend. The twins (and me and Keith) got to meet TJ for the first time! He is precious. As for now, the twins just wanted to grab his face which can be a little dangerous seeing how Addison has brought Keith to his knees in tears twice grabbing his nose (this included blood too). So as from now we will babble from a distance, but imagine how fun it will be when they are chasing each other! Addison and TJ are about the same height and there is a 6 month difference. Makayla has them all beat! She stands "Boss Hog" for now!

Double the Hugs, Double the Love, Double the Mess!

Sunday lunch can be a challenge. The girls have played to their little hearts content for 3 hours, usually with no nap. When we pick them up from the nursery, they are so tired they can barely keep their heads up or eyes open, but first they want to fill their bellies (like we all do!). So this Sunday I decided to do something I have yet to do...pop open a can of Spaghetti O's. I thought I had an idea of how messy this would be, so I took their nice Sunday dresses off so they could have "sensory play" as much as they desire. Oh what a mess! The good news is they like Spaghetti O's. The bad news is we had them from one end to the other, I mean babies and dining room! Right after lunch they had a very early bath. As soon as they were out of the tub, the boster chair trays went in! This is not likely to happen for a while, but it sure made for cute pictures. Enjoy!

2nd cake

For all of you who know about my cake decorating classes...here is my second cake.

Finally! An update!

We've been busy, busy, busy, so I haven't touched this blog since the beginning of May. We have had tons of fun this summer, and I am going to try to get back into this. The girls have been busy swimming, cooking out, going to the park, playing outside, farming and all those fun things. They are the most amazing little things I could ever imagine. Of course this blog would be a mile long if I told you everything we had done, so I will just post a couple of pictures and strive to be better going forward.



Tootles!

Last Saturday we rode Steven's Daddy's horse and buggy to pick strawberries! It was so much fun! We'll write more later...we are busy, busy, busy this week!

Our First Parade

We went to our first parade today! And it was a tractor parade! There were 48 old (classic, I suppose) tractors in this parade. We sat and watched in amazement at all the tractors go by! Everyone waved at us and told us how precious we are. Daddy and Grandpa should be ashamed for not participating!

Country Girls!

and tonight we had our first ride around the fields. I know most of you reading this won't understand, and then a few of you have actually experienced this with me ;-) Since Keith and I were dating, during the summer months or when crops were planted, I would ride around with him to look at the fields...usually around dusk. Fun and relaxing and some more exciting times we had to go 4 wheel drive, weeee....

So tonight the twins had their first ride in Daddy's truck around the fields. They really enjoyed looking out the window, feeling the breeze and holding the steering wheel helping Daddy drive! Addison loved to hold her hand out the window and Makayla enjoyed blowing the horn. Yes, they are a mess! Of course Daddy had to go straight up the steepest hill too, so they got to "4 wheel" for the first time! This is the beginning to many summer nights with Daddy and his Little Country Girls!