Gone Fishin'

Jeff took Janae, Jonah, and EmJ (I was there too - just to be photographer) fishing at a great lake we have in town that's just for kids! We had a grand time - and all 3 kids caught fish! Success!!!The 3 fishing :o)
EmJ being cute :o)

Jonah reeling in the first (and biggest!) catch of the day...

Jonah and his awesome catfish!

Janae with one of her fish on!

"Holding" the fish :o)

EmJ reeling in her first fish ever!

EmJ and Daddy with her "big" catch!

Thanks to Daddy/Uncle Jeff for a great day of fishing!

Psst - there's another new blog below :o)

random catch-up pictures :o)

Just a few random and fun pictures... EmJ and Daddy walking to go feed some ducks!
Feeding away! EmJ had a very fun time feeing the ducks - once the geese came along, I wasn't so fond of it anymore, but EmJ enjoyed it!

Just drumming :o)

Climbing on her bike (a very fun hand-me-down from Jonah)

Learning how to master the art of pedaling :o)

Oklahoma!!!

EmJ and I just got to go to Oklahoma to visit Kimmi, Ireland, and Chloe for 2 weeks! Chris isn't home yet, but obviously Kimmi and the girls are back in Oklahoma - and I'm not too huge pregnant yet, so this was a great time for us to go visit. We had an absolute blast and miss them already! Chris will be home soon... and we couldn't be more excited for them to get to be together again! Woo-hoo!

There are tons of pictures of our fun adventures - most of them involve water cause it's HOT there! :o) Enjoy!

The awesome spray park... seriously, these pictures don't do it justice -it's a blast and the girls LOVE it! And it's on post and free! We played here a LOT!

With the fire hydrant at the spray park - EmJ got sprayed hardcore in the face many times :o)

Stinkin' cute Chloe

Miss Ireland

A little view of the spray park - there's lots more you can't see - SO FUN!

An awesome park we went to one night when it wasn't insanely hot :o)

EmJ swinging like a monkey

Ireland climbing - she has become quite the brave climber!

Chloe on the "tongue slide" - seriously, it looked like a tongue - weird!

EmJ walking on the bouncing disks

Ireland on the spiderweb

Chloe

EmJ

Just looking at the sprinkler... they were a little unsure at first. The sprinkler was kind of crazy - it's a flower that just randomly sprays and flops around. Once they got used to it, they had lots of fun!

EmJ and Chloe running through the sprinkler (except really they ran around it -ha!)

Chloe having fun!

EmJ and Chloe having a picnic :o)

I know this is kind of random, but I made these for the girls' room while we were there and I wanted to show a picture - they turned out super cute!

Swimming in the back yard

The front view - a little harder cause the sun was obviously in their eyes :o)

The fabulous girls!

Happy 3rd Birthday, EmJ!

EmJ had a great 3rd birthday complete with a party on Sunday and her real birthday on Tuesday - seriously, she knew she wasn't really 3 until Tuesday. Funny kid! :o)

There are lots and lots of pictures below, so sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride!The birthday girl at her party
Awesome Snow White cupcakes!

Just before it was time to light the candles and sing

"Happy Birthday to you!"
Her face cracks me up... not so sure about those candles...

Yummy cupcakes and ice cream! Woo-hoo!

Nate enjoying the food too!
I meant to get a picture of all the kiddos at the party, but that didn't really happen - they were too busy playing and having fun! :o)

Opening presents...
We were very blessed - thank you everyone!

The next day playing with her new tag system from Grandma Chuck, Grandpa Greg, Nana, and Papa. This is the coolest thing ever - I think I'm just as excited about it as EmJ is! :o)

The awesome cash register - she adores this - what kid wouldn't?!

EmJ with her new Aquadoodle from Grandpa Reg, Grandma Tracey, and Gram - very cool!

EmJ got a gift card from Aunt Stacey to Target and loved that she got to pick out what she wanted! She picked this Ariel castle bath toy - and obviously couldn't wait until bath time to play with it! Ha!

I'm 3 years old!

Yummy birthday cupcake - on her actual birthday :o)

And here's a new belly picture for those of you who are curious how huge I am :o)

28 weeks!

EmJ obviously had a very fun birthday and

we are so thankful for all of you who love her so much!!!

good times outside

We've done some fun stuff outside lately, so I figured I'd just put it all in one post. :o)We went fishing the other day... we didn't catch anything, but EmJ still had a good time.

I'm sure we'll go again soon :o)
Fishing with Daddy

I got this awesome sprinkler thing yesterday so we had to try it out!

Clearly EmJ loved it!!!

After a little while she decided she was wet enough so we turned it down and she started pretending she was a cat who was "licking" the water... I was cracking up!
I totally remember doing stuff like that as a kid - ha! :o)
Woo-hoo! We love this weather!

Last night EmJ and Daddy were watching the lightning... one of Daddy's favorite things. I wanted to get a shot where you could see the lightning, but I'm not that talented. :o)