spoiled?

I have never intentionally spoiled either of my girls but they sure are enjoying their stay here at grandma and grandpa's.

When you are 5 and 1 1/2, life is great when you can get up on a Saturday morning, watch cartoons and eat chocolate chip cookies. :)

Life is even better when for dinner you have a choice of grilled hamburger, grilled hotdog and grilled chicken breast. Wow! I told Dave what we had for dinner and he asked "who all" came over. (that's the beauty of it....no one came over, we just grilled lots of yummy things.)

anyway, I figured I should take a few new pics of the house since a lot has been done since I took some a couple weeks ago. The plumber is doing his thing now in the basement and the electrician is next. we finally decided on brick and are anxious/nervous to see that put up her in the next week or two.

Sunday, we went out to see the house with grandma and grandpa after Brian's baseball game. Emma was the first to spot a deer in our back yard. Apparently it just stood there for several seconds before it ran away. I'm sure the deer will be few and far between once some houses go up and my two little loud girls move in. (Sorry Dave.)

Happy Birthday Emma!!

Yesterday was Emma's 5th birthday. It is hard to believe it has been five years but it is even harder to remember life without our little "Em." I won't get sappy because that's really not my style, but it's been a great 5 years and hard to believe that in a month, she will be starting school.

We had a Spongebob party of course at grandma and grandpa's house even though mom/grandma isn't quite a Spongebob fan yet. Everything was perfect including a really sweet phonecall from her cousin Mackenzie in Hawaii.

Emma got tons of great presents including a fish bowl and net for her first "pet." Of course aunt Stacy is responsible for that gift but it was approved prior to purchase and I guess I can't complain about a fish for a pet. :)

She also got "Spongebob Operation" from grandma and grandpa. Why is it that even after twenty some years, that crazy buzz still makes me jump.

And, she is really proud of her "two wheeler" also known as a bicycle. She rides it quite fast around the sidewalks which kind of freaks me out already. (I didn't think I was such a nervous nellie.) She has already asked for the training wheels to be taken off. NO WAY!!!

Oh yea......the day Emma was born was 104 degrees and today was real close to that as you can see by her red and sweaty face after some "two wheeling." :)

This Saturday marks the four week point of our inhabitance at grandma and grandpa's. I have to HONESTLY say that things could not be going any better than they are. We totally appreciate their patience and willingness to help out ALL THE TIME.

Thanks also to aunt Stacy who kept the kids for a morning while we did some "house stuff" and while we got ready for the big party yesterday. :)

"poke shots"

OK, the title of this has nothing to do with the pics, but how cute are these six. We dearly miss our cousins who had to return to their home in Hawaii but we enjoyed our time with them.




Here is Patrick dumping a load of very wet sand right on the top of Lauren's "toe head." :)

Anyway, about the title...........

Today was Emma's dreaded Kindergarten physical and she is telling everyone that she got "5 poke shots." That's quite a few for those skinny little legs but she did great and we all got some Dairy Queen to celebrate. She even had to give a little urine specimen which she thought was ssoo funny......yea, try being the one holding the little cup. After she was done with that she asked if we were going to do that at home now....... UH NO!!! (I swear she's not that wierd. :)

Anyway, we have been here for almost three weeks and things are going VERY smoothly.

I have cooked dinner about everynight, which I enjoy and Dave has build a small keystone retaining wall. We are trying to earn our keep somehow.

Lauren is of course a doll but boy can she talk and talk and talk and talk. I don't know what language it is but she definitely does. The other day she said "whoa Emma easy" when Emma was acting like a nut on this horse that she likes to ride. She is constantly saying new words everyday and now when she burps, she says, "burp" I wonder who taught her that?

The house is coming along great, the roof is almost on and I guess the next part will be the plumbing and electrical.

Anyway, that's it for tonight, I have way to much to get done at work tomorrow to be staying up too late tonight.

Happy 4th of July!!

Hope everyone had as great of a 4th as we all did here. It has been a while since I have posted and I have so many great pictures to post so I am not going to ramble too much.

We have been at mom and dad's now for 2 weeks and things are going really well so far. Tonight Emma told me that she wants to live here way past October..... (don't tell the builder.)

We are settled into a routine which helps tremendously and everyone respects everyone else's routines. I even don't mind cooking as living with a housefull of people actually gives me someone to cook for and that's nice for a change.

The poor girls visit our "lot" sometimes twice a day. Dave goes during the day and I tend to go at night after dinner just to check up on the progress of it. It is becoming more real everyday as we can now see the rooms etc. Although it is exciting, it is a little scary because you always hope that all the planning will be perfect (or near perfect) in the end. It is amazing how small the rooms look sometimes, then the next day they can look big.

Anyway, Emma has made friends with "Carlos" the framer. She is thrilled to hear him speak Spanish and she even had to show him how she could count in Spanish. anyway, I met him today and he is very nice and speaks great English. His crew have worked so hard this last week and have really gotten quite a bit finished already. They will be putting the roof on tomorrow we think.

We had a terriffic 4th of July and boy was I really dragging this morning when the alarm went off at 5. I'm not sure why I didn't think to take today off of work...oh well.

Emma was thrilled because grandma and grandpa's neighborhood has a parade where all the kids dress up and decorate their bikes. Well they all line up at 10 o'clock and then they begin down this hill to the park. WELL...all the kids I think thought it was a race instead of a parade and they took off to win the "race." Emma got going a little fast down the hill and Dave had to RUN in his sandals to catch up with her. Once she got to the bottom of the hill and to the park, she asked grandma where the parade was.... :) Maybe they should pick a flat street next year.

Of course we ate well and lit off fireworks to top off the night. Yea, yea, fireworks are illegal! The kids had a great time playing out in the yard and we enjoyed some competetive games of "prairie golf."

I am headed to bed now but here's a ton of pictures to make up for this week.