Garden Valley Reunion . . .

Last week, the little ladies and I headed over to Garden Valley, ID with my mom and brother Zane, for a little reunion. We finally made it to Boise after about 5 potty breaks on the way over, and stopped at the mall for some lunch and a little shopping. Brooklyn loved riding on the "elligator" a.k.a escalator. Then we headed out for Garden Valley where my grandparents live and family was visiting. We stayed for four days and had a great time. We kept ourselves busy with eating, napping, swimming, visiting, playing Bingo, playing with cousins, etc. We even caught "The Wizard of Oz" at Starlight Mountain Theater. Now, Miss Brooklyn won't stop talking about "Toto" and she says "lions and tigers and bears- oh my!" We made it until intermission and then the ladies were done. Thanks everyone for a great time, and Brooklyn will be talking about it forever! : )

We decided it is a lot of work to go swimming, but they sure look cute!

Brooklyn finally was brave enough to go down the slide.

Little Miss Londini

Brooklyn made huge progress with the dog, she finally petted it and played ball with it! Huge accomplishment since she has been scared to death of dogs for about the past 6 months. Way to go Brookie!

Summer Fun!!!

So, we have been doing other things this summer besides yardwork (it probably doesn't seem like that for Ben) but here are some pictures of our fun!

Ben and Brooklyn feeding the ducks . . .

Little Londini riding a pony. . .

Miss B going down the waterslide at a family reunion . . .

The View . . .

I know I have been the worst blogger ever, but really, I've been enjoying my kiddos and this amazing view from the back of my house. Ahh, I LOVE it!!!

How amazing is this sky? Last night, thank you very much!!!

P.S. The yard is coming along - more pics of that coming soon!!!

JUST FOR FATHER'S DAY. . .

I just love these pictures. How lucky my girls are to have Ben for a daddy. They just love him so much, and so do I!!! HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!

(the little lovebug and yes, she really likes to sleep like this)

(love this little sleeping beauty)

MY CRAZY(in a good way) HUSBAND . . .

Well, my sweet husband has created quite the little project for himself. He had this vision of his dream backyard, and it is quite the backyard. It has been a lot of work for him, every day after work being out there playing on the tractors, digging, raking, shoveling, etc. for the past 3 weeks. I know it will look pretty sweet with our pond less stream, raised flower/plant beds, putting green (oh yes, the turf is sitting in our garage) and sand trap. Today, he finally has it ready to pull pipe for the sprinkler system. It has come along way, and too bad I can't find my "before" pictures, but these are the "during" and I will post some after we get it finished. Good thing he likes yard work, and he has the cutest little helper ever, Miss Brooklyn! Good job honey, it will be awesome!

Good thing we have neighbors with toys!!!

Ben hard at work. . . : )

The lovely sand trap.


The stream. . .
The stream again with views of the decks coming along as well . . .

Little Londini . . .

Just a cute video of Little Miss London. She's getting so big! I just love her!!!

WE DID IT!!!

See this cute, crazy little lady?

Well, she is officially a BIG GIRL now! She is potty trained! Completely - 100%!!! It took less than a week and she had it. I will admit, after 6 accidents in and hour and a half on the first day, I wanted to shoot myself in the foot. : ) But, it slowly got better, and she was getting excited to go in the big girl potty and put a sticker on her chart and get a chocolate (Reese's Pieces). We have even ventured out and she has either stayed dry or told me she had to go to the potty. What a big girl! She is even staying dry during naps and during the night, though I am putting a pull-up on during those times, because I am not that brave yet. : ) Our little girl is growing up. *Sigh*

And she (okay, we) couldn't be happier. This is how she has been running around the past week, pants are still hard. : )

I will now devote all of my diaper changing abilities to this little beauty . . .