Here Comes The Sun

We finally had a warm, sunny day yesterday! Don't get me wrong, I love the rain, its one of my favorite things. But its hard to keep two energetic kids inside! So we took full advatage of the sun yesterday. We went over to Lake Tapps and fed the ducks some goldfish crackers. (I was surprised to see them there! I thought they went south for the winter?!) After that, we headed over to the playground to swing and have some slide races - which Jordan won every time

I can't wait for summer, it's going to be so great to have both kids able to play outside. Last summer, Logan was just learning to walk and couldn't really play on any of the toys we have. Now she'll be able to ride her little powerwheels quad while Jordan drives her FJ cruiser, or when we go for walks she'll be able to ride her tricycle while Jordan rides her bike. Its kind of sad that she won't be the baby anymore but it's even more exciting that she's learning all these new things!

That's it for now, I have to make these silly girls some lunch! But stay tuned because we started a little art project last night that we'll be finishing this afternoon!

Lake Tapps - Round Two

After posting my last blog, I really really wanted to get some pictures of Jordan by herself. That girl never lets me get pictures of her. She takes off everytime I grab the camera. Well, its either that or she gives me the worst phoney smile I've ever seen in my life.

So on Sunday afternoon, I took the kids down to the lake to have a little photoshoot with the girls. And it seemed like the girls totally switched attitudes - Logan didn't want anything to do with having her picture taken, but Jordan was all about it! I think I got over 100 pictures of her!

One of my favorites :)



I know it may look like she's smiling, but she was really crying because she didn't want me to take her picture :(



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I'm just happy I can finally practice what I preach and put pictures in some frames! It's about time! The last pictures I have of the girls in frames are from early last year, when Logan was bald!

A Peaceful Moment

The house is clean and quiet, the kids are sleeping and the hubby is at a softball tournament. Ahh bliss! I feel like moments like this are so rare lately! I quit letting Jordan take naps about two months ago becuase she would nap for three hours then when bedtime rolled around at 8pm, she'd stay up until 11 playing in bed! But today, she begged me to let her take a nap so I let her. I think she must be hitting a growth spurt because she has been extra tired (and moody, for that matter) lately!

Anyway, I just wanted to get on here to post some pictures I took of the girls a few weeks ago. We went over to Lake Tapps on a very chilly but sunny day to play down by the water. We even brought some bread to feed the ducks, but there weren't any. I forgot that they fly south for the winter - Duh! Oh well, at least they had a great time throwing rocks in the water.



I really wish I could have gotten some of just Jordan by herself, maybe next time. Hopefully.

Joys of Motherhood (& Sisterhood)

Staying up late tonight, taking care of sick kids & a teenager who had her wisdom teeth out today. Fun fun! Both kids have the flu and Jordan has pneumonia to top it off. So here's to fevers, kleenex, ibuprofen, and mushy food!

Here's how my day went:

Wake up, dose the kids up on medicine.

Take the sister to the oral surgeon, who was running 2 hours behind. We would have just rescheduled but her insurance runs out TODAY. :(

Took lots of HILARIOUS videos of Taylor crying (yes, literally) about how she missed her teeth, crying about wanting a cookie dough shake, telling me that we were on our way to the moon - in our moonboots, and that there are furry animals in the recycling bin. & Had to walk around Walmart with her while waiting for her prescription. She looked like a zombie, blood drool and walking all stiff.

Came home, put Taylor to bed.

Start dinner/got vomitted on by Logan - lucky me.

Justin gives Logan a bath & we laugh at Jordan for falling into the tub with all of her clothes on.

Snuggle with Logan while Justin ate dinner, then trade off. I ate dinner and she fell asleep on him and Jordan falls asleep on my lap. This is all between 6:30 and 7.

Finally a shower for me.

Then Taylor wakes up and is in pain/starving.

Just when Taylor falls back asleep the kids start crying. Logan's coughing and dry heaving while Jordan says she has a tummy ache.

Soothe the girls and get them back in bed.

So that's what I've been dealing with today. And now I'm blogging. What a long day its been. I'm just thankfull its over! Hopefully most of us will be able to get some sleep tonight, yet I kind of doubt it since now Logan is crying!

That's all for now!

Fishy Crackers

We took the girls to the aquarium last week, it was great! I am loving that Logan is really starting to understand things now, it makes it really fun to go places like that. And Jordan, oh man. She L-O-V-E-D it!

They especially loved the "Life on the Edge" exhibit. It's the tidepools, where the sea cucumbers, anemones and starfish live! You get to TOUCH them! The girls loved feeling the textures of all the different things. Jordan, of course, wanted to take a starfish home she said,"Mom, lets take that little one and put it in my jewelery box!" Maybe she thought she would wear it as an earing? Or maybe a necklace? Who knows! I had to explain to her that you can't take these starfish out of the water becuase they would die. Then her eyes lit up! "I know where we could keep her! In the bathtub or the sink would be perfect!!" Maybe we should get her a goldfish?

Some of you already know, but Logan's favorite sign is "fishy cracker" So the whole time we where there, she was yelling,"Fishy!" and signing it to everyone that she saw. She loved getting to see Nemo there. So I got a great shot of the clownfish to put in her scrapbook!

All in all, it was a great day. It wasn't terribly crowded either!

I only wish I could have gotten more pictures of the kids, but just my luck, they hate having their picture taken. Yep. Me, the photographer, can't get hardly any pictures of my own kids! And that really grinds my gears! (Haha!)

My sweet girl! Isn't she getting so big! She's wearing her favorite Justin Beiber shirt. Lol.

Love this one. You know what's funny? I have a picture like this of Justin and Jordan when she was that age too. Its so weird looking at them side by side!

This is from the HUGE glass wall when you first walk in to see the fish!

Jellyfish! Every time I see them, I remember how Jordan used to ask me for a "peanutbutter & jellyfish sammich" for lunch all the time!

I loved the saltwater tanks the most. Saltwater fish are so pretty!

Nemo!!