Messy Face

Lately Kinley loves yogurt and can't get enough of it. The other day she was eating some and she refused to give me the container when it was almost gone. She then put it up to her face trying to lick out any extras. I wasn't fast enough to get a picture of her licking it out but here is the end result. Too Cute!!

Little Miss Personality

We bought Kinley a pair of sunglasses and she absolutely loves them. The funniest part is that she insists on wearing them upside down. I think she likes the way they fit better that way. The second we get in the car she is reaching for them. Then when we get to a store it is a huge fight to get her to leave them in the car so that we don't lose them while we are in the store. Pretty much anytime we are outside she thinks that she needs them on. Both my kids got Chris's sensitive eyes. The second the sun hits their eyes they are squinting and saying the sun, the sun. So the glasses are a must in our family. While out running errands the other day Kinley refused to leave her glasses in the car. I finally realized it wasn't worth the fight so I let her take them in. So we go into Wal Mart and once we get inside she still doesn't take them off. The entire time we were in the store she wore them and then she started smiling and waving to every single person that we would pass. So here she sat in the shopping cart, glasses on waving to everyone. Everyone that walked by kept laughing and saying how cute it was. She kind of reminded me of a homecoming queen in a parade just sitting there waving the whole parade. That is our Kinley always thinking up something new. There is definitely no lack of personality or attitude with this little girl.

No Training Wheels

The last couple weeks Mason has been asking Chris to help him learn how to ride his bike like a big boy. He informed us that he is to big to ride a bike with training wheels and he no longer needs them. So Mason helped Chris take off the training wheels and away they went. We were so proud he did awesome. After a couple times of Chris running beside him he started doing it by himself. He finally figured out how to do the brakes without throwing his feet down and running with his bike to get it stopped. I guess once you take the training wheels off everything is new again. We are now just working on teaching him how to get started by himself. I couldn't believe that he did so well in such a short amount of time. I got a little to excited and started yelling and clapping and I think I distracted him a little and he almost wrecked. Woops. So I am going to have to hold in the excitement and praise until he is stopped. It was so fun to see him riding like a big boy as he puts it. I love seeing the excitement on his face as he accomplishes something new. Now I just need to go out and stock up on Band-Aids and Neosporin since I know there will be many wrecks as he gets it all figured out completely. I am trying to prepare myself for that part still. But I guess it's all part of learning and getting bigger.

It's A Girl !!!!!!!!

We went to the doctor a couple weeks ago and we found out that we are having a girl. We are so excited that we are going to have another girl in the family. We are starting to prepare ourselves for the fights over clothes and all those things that sisters fight about. But I am so excited I know I love having a sister who is also my best friend. I hope that our two girls will be best friends also. Mason is also so excited he keeps telling us that he is going to have two sisters he now has to teach how to play basketball, baseball, football, etc. He is also great at giving us suggestions on what to name her. Some are really creative. I think a few aren't really even words but he seems to like them. I am all about unique names but I don't think Chris will go for names like Niha and Mala. (those are just a few of the crazy suggestions) Last night he told me Aspen which I have always liked. He has my vote for that one but we'll see what Chris thinks. Who knows right now what the name will be. The one thing we know is that we can't wait for our new sweet baby to join our family in July.

Perfect Spring Day

Saturday was one of those beautiful spring days. Here it is the beginning of March and it was in the 70's . It is those days that make me love living in Vegas. Here we are out enjoying the weather when most of our friends and family are still buried in snow. I have to remember days like Saturday when the summer heat rolls around and I am wondering why we live here. Chris was able to do yard work and had a little help from the kids when they weren't riding bikes, jumping on the tramp and climbing in our trees. We finished the day off with our first BBQ and angel food cake with strawberries. It was one of those days you never want to end.

They Grow Up So Fast

Since I am just figuring out how to do all this everyone will have to forgive me. I thought I would post some recent pictures of our kids. It is amazing how fast they grow up. It seems like just yesterday Mason was just a baby. Then you blink and he is already 4 1/2 and Kinley is going to be 2 in April. What a blessing they have both been to us. They make everyday exciting and entertaining.

Mt. Charleston Trip

Sorry for the old pictures Chris was trying to help me figure out the blogging thing. Last summer we had a chance to go hiking up at Mt Charleston. It was over 100 deg. at our house and by the time we got to the mountains the temperature had dropped 40 degrees. It was great. We had so much fun getting out of the city and being back in the mountains. The kids loved it and had so much fun running around. Of course a big storm rolled in and we were totally unprepared. It is impossible to think about sweatshirts and jackets when you are sweating to death just loading up the car. We definitely found our getaway when the summer weather just gets to hot.