Dandelions

Today on the way home from Church, I saw these massive dandelions on the side of the road. I knew the kids would think they were awesome, so I stopped and grabbed some. Unfortunately, only one survived the walk back to the car in the Oklahoma wind. But, as I predicted, the kids thought it was so cool! They were great to share and there was definitely enough dandelion (and wishes) to go around!

Joshua's Blessing Portraits

We are leaving in a couple of days to go to Ohio to bless little Joshua with his cousin Vivien, so I wanted to take some portraits in his blessing outfit before we headed out for the busy vacation. He is such an easy going baby, it makes taking photos of him so easy! I loved how these turned out and I am so sad that I don't have portraits like these for my other babies, I should have taken up photography earlier!!

Happy Birthday Michael!

We had a great time celebrating Michael's birthday this last week. The kids and I worked hard all day Monday doing some surprise decorations and sidewalk art for when he came home...























Then we headed to Joe's Crab Shack for dinner. It was so fun! I LOVE that they have an enclosed play area right off the back deck, sure beats trying to entertain them with 3 crayons for hours! They also had an area to feed the fish and our food was delicious!





















After that, we came back to eat cake at the house. Michael requested an angel food cake, which was delicious, but not so fun to decorate! But, it tasted awesome and we had a fun evening together with our little family!

No Training Wheels!!!

Alyna finally learned how to ride without training wheels yesterday! It was so awesome and she learned really quick. Both Michael and I thought she could do it, but she has been too nervous to try. But, with the arrival of her new bike came some new found confidence and off she went! Here are some videos of her progression...







And some of Lucas and Noah for fun...

Make Do or Do Without

We have been doing lots of bike riding lately and everyone was outgrowing bikes, so it was time to move up. Alyna became the proud owner of this beauty...



(but, without the training wheels!!! More on that later). Lucas has been loving riding this instead of his tricycle...





And Noah inherited this awesome bike...



Yeah, not really his style, I know. He was not happy about riding a girls Dora bike!! But, Michael had an idea. The bike was still in great condition and fits him perfect. So, we did a little of this...





and out came Noah's "new" Batman bike...





Noah pretty much thinks this is the coolest thing ever!! So much better then a new bike if you ask us!