Sea World Flowers

On Friday we went to Sea World and got there a little bit early. While we were waiting for everything to open I decided we needed to get some pics by their gorgeous flowers. The kids were in goofy moods but I got a few cute pics. 

Gorgeous Weather

Today was a GORGEOUS day. The weather could not have been more perfect. I went to Bullhead City and let the kids play at the park while I soaked up the sun. After Jeff got off work he wanted to  take advantage of the pretty weather  too so we went on a family bike ride (if you have never seen a woman 8 months pregnant riding a bike- you should try it's quite humorous) but it was so beautiful and fun. After the bike ride, Jeff went out and  played catch with the kids. Here are a few pics from our evening.

This is my fav pic of Jaston missing the ball. :)

"Look Mom!" No hands!

Too much fun

A few weeks ago we had a snow storm and we actually had some snow that stuck for a few hours. The kids had a blast playing in it. Here are some pics I got of them playing in the snow.

(This was Jaston's reaction when he hit me with a snow ball- he thought it was the funniest thing EVER!)

Skylee again

Skylee's teacher explained at the open house the other night that they are really pushing them to spell things out phonetically and I have seen that a lot in Sky the past few weeks.
She wrote this one today. The other day she asked when we could have pets and I explained that the house we are renting now has a no pets rule. She thought that was pretty unfair since the owners before us had pets. For some reason she felt the need to write us this letter today.
Here's the translation- Pets are not supposed to be in this house mom and Dad. This house was not made to be a house that has animals. It was made for people sorry that is so long. Bye bye

I also just remembered a comment today Sky said that made me laugh. We drove past the cemetery and she said-" Mom that place has lots of pretty flowers but it has lots of zombie signs too." I have no idea where she got that from but I'm assuming she means the head stones.

Bragging Rights

Last night we went to Skylee's open house at her school. Her teacher has always said she is a great student, polite, quiet. I'm not sure why it surprised me so much but there was a chart in the classroom that the kids were working on passing certain things off- their ABC's, sight words, numbers, etc etc. there was probable 20 diff things they were passing off. For each thing they earned something on their ice cream sundae. Skylee has been talking abt her ice cream party for a long time- now I understand. Anyhow people were all over on the chart but there were two kids who had them all filled out and one was Skylee. I'm not sure why that chart really made me realize she is a very good student and I had a proud Momma moment. She loves to learn and is doing really well- that's a relief!

Our Weekend

We went to Vegas yesterday to go shopping and meet up with Jeff's mom and brother for his cousin's reception. Jeff had a specific pair of shoes he was interested in so we had to go to two diff malls to finally find them but we were pleasantly surprised how easy it was I entertain the kids. You have some escalators and life is great for them.
One of the things we have missed the most besides family and friends is our restaurants. So we made it down for lunch at Olive Garden and we had the Cheesecake Factory for dinner. The day wouldn't be complete for me without some Dairy Queen at the end of the day. Believe it or not there are NO good ice cream places in Kingman- no DQ, no Cold Stone, no Baskin Robbins, nothing! I did hear rumors of a Baskin Robbins coming tho. As that is my fav fav treat I insisted we stop on the drive home.
Jason and Sarah had an awesome reception last night. It was basically a big carnival for free. The kids loved it. I enjoyed seeing Jeff's cousins/ aunts and uncles and watching the kids enjoy themselves. Overall it was a fun trip!

My Sweet Kids

I have had multiple people ask or make comments recently abt if these two are twins or which one is older. As they were walking today to take Sky to school I got a small glimpse of why they might think that. They really are almost the same size! Despite the fact they are two and a half years apart, they are very similar in height and build.
Both kids are doomed to be short thanks to Jeff and my amazingly short genes but my sweet Sky I think will need to accept she is going to be the smallest for most of her life. We have already had multiple discussions abt why she is so small and I think she is coming to terms with it. There is a boy in her class that is pretty similar to her size. They hang out a lot. In fact she insists she have cold lunch everyday do she can sit by Kaden. Us little people gotta stick together :)