New Haircuts- Beautiful Girls!

After much persuading, the girls FINALLY agreed/consented to new short, summer haircuts. I just love them, they turned out so adorable. Kelly's hair hasn't been this short since Katey was born. And Katey's is just perfect for her, she does look older to me though. :( Just had to share because they are so stinkin' cute!!

Happy Father's Day! Camping trip with the Olzewski's

Kyle, Nick, & Kelly posing with Yogi Bear. We walked the little girls over, too, to Yogi's cave to wake him up Sunday morning.

Happy Father's Day, Daddy! Kaitlyn loves you so much!

Love this photo of our 5 beautiful (and handsome!) kids!

Father's Day weekend we had so much fun camping with our dearest and oldest friends, the Olzewksi's. The kids had a blast all weekend hanging out, swimming, mini-golfing, and playing. It was our first adventure with our lovely little pop-up camper. Friday night was very rough trying to set it up and the camper did not cooperate, to say the least. Thank God Kim & John were there to help us, otherwise we'd have been heading back home.

It was a great time hanging out all together and kicking off our summers, celebrating 2 great dads, Shawn and John! Thank you guys for a great weekend!

Six Flags with the Pichelmann's

June 11th we had a blast at Six Flags Great America with our buddies Emily, Travis, and Kathy. It was a warm, sunny day so we hit the rides and the water park. The kids had a great time, so did the moms! Kaitlyn is so much taller this year and met the next height bracket to go on more "big girl rides" she called them. She even went on the Whizzer for the first time!!!! She begged me and finally I said yes. Of course I was more scared and she was so excited. That child has no fear!

Happy Birthday Katey!

Happy Birthday to me!

Katey and her best buddy Karli at their ballet class the morning of her birthday

Katey and her new Buddy boy. When she woke up on her birthday, she was convinced Buddy returned with Grandma and Grandpa as her birthday present!

Our sweet, little, loud Kaitlyn turned 3 years old last Saturday. I know we say and think this all the time, but seriously... where does the time go??? It seems like so recently I just found out we were expecting again and I was scared to death. After losing the 2nd pregnancy, I was terrified to carry her and prayed every day she would make it full-term. Of course on the lighter side, we thought "she" was a "HE!!" from December until April. Kelly was convinced of course, it was indeed a "she". And as usual, little miss smarty pants (yes I use that term affectionately but if the shoe fits...) was right!

Kaitlyn has filled all of our lives with such abounding joy and laughter. To know her is to love her. She is loud, exhausting, trying, challenging and at the same time, adorable, smart, hilarious, and beautiful. Katey, you are my sweet little miracle girl and Mommy loves you so much. Thank you for teaching me to lighten up and enjoy every day. Happy Birthday Katey!

Buddy's back!

Buddy is back! Many of you will remember little Buddy. After a two-year plus stay at Grandma and Grandpa Herrin's house in Quincy, he has moved back with us. The girls are thrilled and won't leave him alone. He is wiped out but still sniffing all around and enjoying being chased thru the house. Hopefully he will be here to stay. Yesterday on her birthday morning Katey started sniffling and rubbing her eyes. Within an hour of playing with him, she was a mess and felt awful. Thanks to our friend Kim with her stash of Benadryl, the symptoms went away but we will need to do some investigating and find out exactly what happened and pray she's not allergic to Buddy himself. That will be rough as they've been so excited for his return.