Friends

Our good friends the Jacksons kindly invited us over for dinner tonight and we had such a great night. Ok, truth be told, we invited ourselves but we are good friends and we can do that!!!
Samantha played with Lily, Brian and Mary's pomeranian, even though ever time we go there she is terrified of her! I think tonight was a turning point.
Tyler played with Cole, but mostly Sammer. They are closer in size after all. Thanks for sharing all of your fun toys Ty Guy:)
Thanks Mary and Brian for a yummy dinner and a relaxing night with friends.
We love you guys.


Tyler and Cole chillin before dinner.

Sammie petting her new BFF Lily!

Peek-A-Boo!

Pure Joy.

All snuggled up.

Ready to zonk out.

Morning visitor

This morning we watched our neighbor's little boy Zachary for a little bit before school. The kids we so happy-we don't usually have guests for breakfast! They had a morning picnic out back. They love playing outside and it has been so nice out in the mornings, it was perfect.
Cole wasn't sure about sharing HIS toys, but we are working on that!


I can't believe I got all 3 of them to look at me
for a picture!!!


It's funny...when the girls play in the playhouse they
have snacks, talk on the phone and play with the
windows.....then the boys are in the playhouse what is
the big fun???? The doorbell! Ha! So funny!

What a mess

Here is the proof that my kids DO get messy! Ha!


Last night Cole was shoveling refried beans into his face by the fistful! Seriously!
He had beans in his hair, eyelashes, eyebrows. It was quite the scene.

Today Maura came over and the girls played in the backyard for almost
2 hours!
They were "gardening" and making mud pies. The had a great time.

Ouch!

So today while I was out Peter got a hold of the clippers...Cole is now ready to join the military! His hair is really short--in most places! Ha! Peter is determined to figure this whole hair cutting thing out.
Then, Cole was crawling out the the back and apparentlyy fell right on his noggin. He has a huge black and blue egg on his forehead. Which is about right because I was finally going to go get his 1 year pics this week-oh well, what's another month.

Go DBacks

This summer our library had a reading program for kids as they do every summer where if you read so many books you earn prizes. The last prize was a free ticket to a Diamondbacks game! Free! What a deal.
So today Sammie and Peter went to the game. It was a great father-daughter bonding experience. Peter even bought her a little bat at the gift shop and after dinner she went out back and they played. She even hit the ball once!!! I took some pictures, but they weren't good-sorry.
Cole had a great day as well. While Peter and Sammie were out, he took a stellar nap and we hung out. Then while Sammie was getting her baseball lesson he discovered the playhouse. He had never climbed up under our gazebo before and it was like a whole new world of fun. He rang the doorbell a few hundred times, found the phone and played with the windows. It was really cute to see his excitement.
All in all-a great day.


Sammie and Daddy at the game.

Well hello.

"Hiiiiii"

I love this picture because Cole looks really excited
and Sammie looks like she has no idea he's even out
there!!!