MaKena in her bikini

I’ve wanted to get MaKena a bathing suit for a long time but couldn’t decide which one to get for her. That was the nice thing about buying Jacob swim trunks, they all looked the same. But oh no, the little girl suits are adorable. And of course there’s a million different styles. You’ve got halter top bikinis, regular bikinis, a one piece; there were way too many choices. I bet I had 4 or 5 different suits in my cart when I finally deiced on the one below. The sad thing is she wore it for the first time this weekend and it looks like it’s getting a little tight. But she still looked absolutely adorable in it! She’s got a little round belly that sticks out over the bottoms. It’s so darn cute!! These pictures were taken when I first bought the bikini. I’ll post the ones from this weekend soon.

MaKena showing off her new bikini. Isn't it just adorable??!!
Jacob was trying to help me get a good picture. She didn't want to stand still.
I love this picture!!

My little soccer stud!

Jacob just completed his 3rd year of soccer this spring. He sure has come a long way from the first year. It’s not as frustrating to watch anymore. Although I don’t think my mom would agree with me! He had a good year this year and learned a lot. They had real goals this time instead of just cones and they even had goalies. They played on a bigger field which seemed to wear the kids out even more. But they still ran in a pack after the ball and didn’t get the whole idea of passing to each other. But with time they will eventually get there. Jacob decided he would like to play again next year so I signed him up again. I’d like to get him into football but I’m not sure if I can see Jacob all dressed up in the football gear hitting other boys. But I guess never say never! Hope you enjoy the pictures of my little soccer stud!!

All smiles while playing soccer!
He's getting ready to kick a corner kick.
Taking a breather.
Going after the ball.
Can you see him running up the field with his teammates?!

Kicking the ball away from his opponent.

Jacob's music program

Back in April, I know I’m really behind on my pictures; Jacob had a music program at school. The broke the kids up in different groups of animals of farm animals. If I remember correctly the theme of the program was barnyard. Anyway, that’s why he has horns on his head. Each kid had a speaking part and Jacob did awesome with his. I was so proud of him. I could hear him clearly and he didn’t talk too fast either. I wasn’t able to get very many good pictures because I was too far away. Below are just a few of him in his program. He’s growing up way too fast!

Jacob posing after a song.
Jacob singing.

Nothing new, just a few pictures

Sorry, I’ve been kind of lazy about updating lately. I haven’t gotten around to taking the pictures off the camera so I don’t have any new pictures. Except the ones I took on my cell phone of Little Miss MaKena. I promise to have an update soon. But for now, enjoy the not so good quality pictures of MaKena!!

MaKena on Jacob's razor. She loves to put his helmet on and sit on his razor. She also loves it when we push her on it!
Sorry, this one is a little blurry.

MaKena swinging with her piggies in!

Sitting on the floor in the bathroom getting ready to color.

She LOVES to color!

One sick little girl

This week has been an interesting week for our Little Miss MaKena. On Monday I got a call from daycare informing me that MaKena had a temp of 104. So I rushed out of work and picked her up and took her to the clinic. By the time we got there and got called back her temp had dropped a lot. Of course they took her temp in her ear but didn’t really get it in her ear so I wasn’t satisfied with what they told me. When we got home I took her temp and it was still at 100.7. Tuesday morning MaKena was still running a temp so she hung out with daddy in the morning and mommy in the afternoon. I thought maybe it was because she’s teething but the nurse informed me that their temp shouldn’t get that high from teeth. Anyway, long story short the little peanut was feeling better on Wednesday and today she is back to her old self again!! Here is a picture I took Tuesday afternoon with my cell phone when we were hanging out at home. Notice the black eye she has. We aren’t sure how she got that. She came home from daycare with it.

Doesn't she look so sad. She was running a temp of 102 when I took this with my phone.

Vegas Baby!

What can I say; we had a blast in Vegas. The weather was perfect, in the 90’s the entire time. It was hard to come back to reality but it was easy to come back to the kids. It was so nice to get away and have mommy and daddy time. I felt refreshed after our weekend getaway. The other two girls and I were already talking about our next vacation as a group before our Vegas trip was over. I sure hope it happens!!

We did a lot of walking on Saturday and saw a lot of stuff. It was amazing at how much there is to do and see in Vegas. We saw the fountains and botanical gardens at the Bellagio, the Volcano at the Mirage, a few of us did the roller coaster at New York New York, Land and I walked through the forum shops at Caesars and we just missed the show at Treasure Island. We sat at New York New York for a while in the piano bar, which was really cool. There was so much that we saw but so much that we didn’t see. On Sunday we hung out by the pool and soaked up the nice warm sun. I defiantly want to go back again but I think the next vacation I’d like a nice relaxing one on the beach where you don’t feel like you have to go go go!

Hope you enjoy the pictures! (I couldn't decide which ones too add so I just picked a few favorites)

Eric, Cassie and Chris waiting at the Fargo Airport.
The view from our hotel room. (The Pool at the Rio)

More of the view from our hotel room.

Lane took this picture when he was playing the slots. Eric (in the blue) me, Beth, Cassie (in the pink) and Chris having a beer before we went down to the strip.

This guy was cool. He could bend forward and not fall off the block. He was painted with some kind of gold paint or something. It was really cool but he had to be extremely hot!

The girls on the strip. (Beth, me and Cassie)

The guys on the strip. (Lane, Chris and Eric)

A view of New York New York.

Another view of New York New York.

Lane and I by the fountains at the Bellagio. Unfortunately they weren't going off at the time. That would have been a cool picture!

The girls sitting by the pool. (Cassie, me and Beth)

The boys sitting at the pool bar. (Eric, Chris and Lane)

A day after piggies and Easter Egg hunt

As you can see from previous posts MaKena has been supporting piggies. Lane loves having piggies in her hair and how can I say no! She looks so cute with them in her hair. A couple weeks ago Lane and I were getting her ready for bed, I took her piggies out and Lane and I both laughed at what the piggies had done to her hair. I, of course, ran and got the camera to take some pictures. And my wonderful daughter loved all the attention Lane and I were giving her. She was even laughing along with us. Of course she didn’t know why we were laughing. She likes to copy. Anyway, you’ll see the first 3 pictures below are of Little Miss MaKena after piggies!

The rest of the pictures are of Jacob finding his eggs the Easter Bunny left. He was moving around too fast for me to get very many good ones. I think he was trying to get them before MaKena did. As you can see from some of the pictures she was helping her big brother find the eggs! Next year could be interesting!!

The after piggies hair do.

Jacob trying to get as many eggs in his hands as possible.

Finding the eggs the Easter Bunny left.

MaKena helping Jacob find his eggs.

She liked shaking the eggs with jelly beans.

I can do it all by myself

MaKena is slowly learning how to feed herself. Most of the time we’ll give her a fork or spoon and she just holds onto it and eats her food with her fingers. It’s funny watching her because she’ll take her fork and try to stab whatever it is that she’s eating and most of the time the food won’t stay on the fork but she still puts the fork in her mouth. It’s cute! We are also trying to teach her some sign language but it’s not working too well! She knows how to sign more but that’s it. She’s kind of created her own sign language. If she wants a drink she goes to the fridge and pulls on the door and makes lots of noise or if she wants a snack she pulls her high chair away from the counter. I guess whatever works!

Notice the spoon in one hand and the other hand in her noodles.
Mmmm this is good! She actually got a noodle on her fork.

Emma's Birthday Party!

Emma Rose (Jen and Nate’s daughter) celebrated her 2nd birthday in March. (I know I’m behind on pictures again!!) I couldn’t resist posting some of these. They are too cute. See for yourself! I didn’t get any good ones of MaKena because she was too busy walking around checking everything out.

Emma and Karisa in a serious conversation. I'm not sure what it was about but it looks very important to Karisa!!
Karisa kept grabbing chips off the table and eating them. It was cute.

Mmmmm, these are good chips!

Emma saying cheese for the camera. She loved her little chair!

Emma got this pretty dress from Great Grandma Ivy. It has a little kitty on it so Emma was giving it kisses. If you look close (or click on the picture to make it bigger) she is giving it fish kisses!!

Emma got a little cake on her hands and she didn't like it (as you can see from the picture). She doesn't like to get dirty!