Our FREE playset

Yesterday night I got on craigslist of free things and found this. It listed a free back yard adventure set so we went o go look at it and it is practically brand new. So we took half of it and are going back for the other half tomorrow, the girls are so excited to play on it!



This is the catalog photo of the exact same play set. It has a little picnic table under the fort thing two swings and a totter swing, a slide, rock wall... so fun! It is going to take up one whole side of our yard but we can't wait!

Things to Remember

This entry might be boring, but I wanted to remember somethings that the girls have said or done so Thats what this post is.

~ The other day I was driving in the car with Meika & Sienna and Meika asked me to turn the music down. So I did and a few minutes later she said "mom, I prayed that I could be a princess. I would like to be Snow White, and marry a prince." I thought it was so funny and so sweet.

~This morning Sienna was following Meika around calling her Kenna (Mckyna is her older cousin), Meika was getting so mad saying "Sienna, I am not Kenna!" Sienna would smile and saying it again "Kenna" She did this for about 10 minutes, Sienna thought it was so funny to tease Meika and Meika was getting so angry.

~When ever Meika has to go into time out Sienna will always come and say

Sienna: Sissy?
Me: Yeah she's in time out.
Sienna: t out? (she wrinkles her forehead and nose when she says this)
Me: Yeah she can come out in three minutes.
Sienna: niutes? ( Wrinkles everything again)
me: Yeah
Sienna: oh

after that little conversation she will walk over to their bedroom door and open and go sit in the room with Meika until the timer goes off. It is really so sweet.
The same thing happens when Sienna goes to time out or is having to take a nap, Meika will say "Mom can I go snuggle Sienna until she falls asleep?" or for timeout she just goes and lets her out. Which for Sienna's time out is okay because she is only in there for one minute so by the time Meika gets the door open and Sienna comes out her time is already up.

~Meika & Sienna eat ALL DAY! So ever few minutes usually Sienna will come to me and say "mom nack" So I will go get her a snack and she ALWAYS will put her other hand out and say "sissy?" meaning she would like one for Meika too, or if Seth is home she will say "Sissy, Daddy?" She is really the sweetest little girl.

~In the morning after Meika has made her bed and picked up her room I let her watch a couple kid shows, and I guess Sienna thinks its just really funny, but she will walk up to the t.v. and turn it off. Meika gets SO mad and will walk up to Sienna and pick her up and carry her away from the t.v.. Sienna will do this over and over and finally Meika will leave the t.v. off and go find something else to do. (Sienna now has to go to time out when she turns the t.v. off, but it is still so funny how she teases Meika)

Clean Up... Clean Up... Everybody Do their share

Yesterday I asked Meika to go pick up all her toys so I could vacuum her room. I started vacuuming the rest of the house.

Sienna got out her vacuum to help with the cleaning

We came to the girls room and it was still covered with toys so I went looking for Meika, and this is where I found her. Hiding in the closet with her "princess dress" and purse. I thought it was so funny, that she was hiding so she wouldn't have to help clean.

Camping at Mt. Charleston

Last weekend we went camping with some of our friends and had such a fun time! We went up Friday evening and stayed up there until Saturday night. The kids had so much fun playing with each other they were all so good even with no naps!

This is us right before we got in the car to head home, we were so dirty and SO tired!

The Theobalds have a nice trailer that they stayed in and the kids had so much fun playing inside. (Sienna, Meika, Mckyna)

Meika & Mckyna took this little table and chairs into the a little tent made of trees and shrubs, it was so cute... they stayed in there and played tea party and were just too cute!

Emily Hoopes came up Saturday for the day with her three little boys who are some pretty cute little boys!

Melissa & Troy hanging out

Sienna had so much fun playing in the dirt & painting her face was so cute all dirty and blue.

Meika made sure to keep her hands clean by washing them every five minutes. It about drove me crazy but she was having fun. Obviously she wasn't too concerned about keeping her feet clean.

The girls playing in the dirt

Sienna LOVED the dirt!

All the kids had fun playing in the half tent, there were barbies in there and coloring books. The boys may have enjoyed the Barbies more than the girls!

We took the kids on a little walk and of course had to bring food along with us!

Roger & Seth hanging out

Here all the kids were painting rocks and pencils, they sure made a mess. But that is the fun of camping... lots of messes and no bathes.

We had so much fun with the Hoopes, Allens & the Thobalds. Thanks so much Theobald Family for inviting us to go!

We are getting a Puppy!

We were so excited that over the fourth of July weekend my Mom & Dads dog (Roxy) had her puppies! We have been waiting for them to come for a while now and so we were all VERY excited! Now we just have to pick which one we would like. We are for sure getting a little girl, which Meika would like to name Cinderella.
My Mom sent these pictures of them to help us pick which one we would like but it is just too hard, they look so much a like still. So I am thinking I will have my family who live near my parents just pick their favorite for us.
They are Miniature Schnauzers and are still in that weird baby stage, but really they are so cute! We get to go get one this month sometime and we can not wait! Meika talks about her puppy everyday!

Puppy 1

Puppy 2

Puppy 3

This is a picture of the Daddy of the puppies when he was a baby.