into everything!!

Kelly has started getting into everything. And when I say everything, I literally mean she thinks she should be everywhere and get everything out.

 This is the trail she left behind her the other day. It has become the new look for our living room.

Although our house has a new level of messiness about it, I do kind of love it. We have waited for this girl to get into everything, so I guess we have to deal with it!

Fair time!

It is the middle of August and most people are starting to think about the end of summer and school starting. That can only mean one thing: It is time to head to the fair!

We ran into some of the queen candidates and of course Jennifer needed to stop and talk. They were so sweet to our girls! They did a great job talking to them and they even let the girls try their crowns on! Our girls thought it was great. 

So tired after such a busy and fun day.

Our trip to little hands on the farm.

As always we had a fabulous time at the fair. Now I suppose we will have to start thinking about the end of the summer and school starting soon...

sleeping arrangements

When Bill is away it is usually a given that the girls will end up in my bed at some point but when we got home from mama and papa's Jennifer didn't even want to start in her bed. And of course what Jennifer does Mikayla needs to do too.
So here was the scene when I went to go to bed the other night...

 I'm not so sure where I am going to sleep, there appears to be no room for me in my own bed! So I'm sure sure where Bill will sleep when he gets home, we may have both been kicked out of our own bed.

Maybe a new bed will help the situation! Jennifer and Mikayla got a new bed in their room yesterday. Our sweet friend Rylee has started to out grow her loft and so we were able to take it and put in the girls' room. Jennifer will be sleeping on the top and Mikayla's bed is under that loft. I say Jennifer "will be sleeping on top" because if you look closely Mikayla is fast asleep in her bed but Jennifer is no where to be seen. She is sleeping in my bed already. Maybe once Bill gets home Jennifer will want to sleep in her own bed, let's hope anyway.

while dad's away

Early Friday morning Bill left the country for a week. He, along with 16 other people, went on a missions trip to the DR. It is always hard to have him gone but I say ever time he leaves for a mission trip that God has just as much in store for me to learn as He does for the people that travel on the trip.
While dad is away we are trying our hardest to keep busy! Otherwise we would just sit around and miss him too much! All three of our girls are daddy's girls so not only do I miss Bill being gone but his other girls miss him too.
We decided to head to mama and papa's house for a few days. I am so thankful for our family! They helped entertain us and make the first few days without dad go by quickly.

Each evening we were there we walked over to the park after supper. These two are pretty cute in the wagon together.

 Pretty sure Mikayla is trying to tell Kelly something really, really important here.

 Along with going to play at the park, the girls thought they needed to ride papa's motorcycle. Lots of circles were made around the parking lot. Always fun to see their excitement about riding with papa. Not so long ago Mikayla could have cared less but now she makes sure she gets her equal time in on the mini-trail!

 I think Papa had been home from work for about five minutes before Jennifer started begging for a ride. It is looking like she may be getting a little too big to ride with papa though. Next I'm sure she will be asking to ride all by herself! That may be a few years away though...

 Even Kelly got to have a little ride with papa! She wasn't too sure what to think but she didn't cry and I'm sure in a few years she will be just like her sisters and be begging for a ride.

 On Saturday afternoon papa packed up the boat, mama packed a picnic lunch and headed out for a fun afternoon.

 Doing a little fishing in papa's boat (her pants are wet from water, not because she peed in them!).

 Kelly and mama went for a walk while the rest of us fished but Kelly got to play in the boat for a little bit when we were done.

We also got to visit Grammie and played with Cole and Logan while we were there. And we visited Papa Jim, Mama Sue and great grandma. A huge thank-you to our family for caring for us while daddy is away. You helped us make the days fun and go by quickly.
Now we are home again and counting down the days until Bill returns!

Color Run

Last year Bill and I did The Color Run with some of Bill's family. This year we were back and the whole family did it!

Here we are all, white and clean!

 I think Jennifer was a little unsure as to what was about to happen and there were a lot of people there so that may have been slightly overwhelming to her too. 

 Having a little fun while we waited for our turn to take off from the starting line.

 Yellow was the first color we got covered with. We let Mikayla get out of the stroller at the colors and she of course thought it was great.

 Kelly decided that it wasn't really that much fun and so she napped for part of the time.

 Jennifer walked with Aunt Kris the whole race! I'm pretty sure she talked her ear off the entire time too!

 Mikayla was covered! Love this picture though, she thought needed to have a little rest on the curb after going through the blue.

 Mikayla showing off all her color at the end of the walk.

 Kelly and the stroller were pretty colorful too!

It took us a few days to get all the color off but it was worth it! It was a fun day spent with family and our girls loved it!