callie and her shoes

every kid loves shoes.

but i think callies fetish is extra cute. it is always two different shoes. and she will wear them ALL DAY LONG.

when i see her come out with a new combo of shoes i always mutter under my breath,

"you and your shoes!"

joes bbq

joes has some dang good bbq! and yesterday was customer appreciation day, meaning free meal to everyone! so of course we went.

you know how women have nauseous hormones while pregnant? of course you do. ya, i was only able to eat the beans portion of the meal due to those annoying hormones. they have the best baked beans EVER! and i had a little sprite to help my upset stomach.

as expected, callie ate a WHOLE sandwich, and addie nibbled on the meat.

beautiful day out. it was 96 degrees, which isnt so beautiful, but the beauty of the trees and the food made up for that.

until next year.......

have you ever....

taken your kid to get an ice cream from the ice cream truck?

i was a little hesitant. the truck was parked in front of our house for a LONG time. and the same song playing from its speakers was getting stuck in my head. i thought, what the heck, grabbed a five dollar bill and sent her across the street with daddy. i felt much better about the whole idea with him being there. (and i admit, the fact that the driver was female and wasn't mexican put me at ease a little too.)

how does one decide?

we sat there for awhile while she tried to pick.

she wanted some nasty jelly candy that came in a tube. i coaxed her into the bugs bunny popcicle with bubble gum eyes, the one i used to pick when i was a kid.

perfect treat for a warm day.

she even go to give the lady the "cash". she was happy.

callie was taking a nap. she must be growing. but i cant wait till she wakes up and snuggles on my shoulder. major bedhead and all. she will likely grab a stack of books right away and say,

"read it. story. read it." :)

living room picnic

my girls are playing so good together recently. perhaps its because callies vocabulary has taken off, she is always talking. her and addie are able to have conversations and actually understand one another. it is so cute to me, them talking to each other. addie calls callie "sweet pea" all the live long day. adorable to me.


pictured is a picnic with the girls blessing the food. callie can say prayers now, all by herself. the other day she blessed our lunch like so:
heavenly fader,
bless food.
raisins.
mimi. papa. grampa. grama.
name.
jesus.
amen.
i was so proud of her.



addie makes me smile with her imagination. she found this camera case in a drawer. she came to me and asked if she could use it as her lunch box. of course you can! i love to see what she imagines.



and i just cant get enough of this smooth, tiny, kissable neck. i am nuzzling her all day long. i just can get enough. i am so in love.


lastly, i leave with this very used doll at the indoor picnic. it has been addies favorite. i think she needs retiring,,,,,
or just a new hair dye job :)

i think i fell off the face of the earth

my mom called me up to inform me its been a month since i have blogged. wow. enough said.
this pregnancy has really slowed me down, mentally, physically, emotionally. i go to bed very early. i am extremely nauseous all day, no matter what i eat or how many zofran i take. i have been hit with a stick that i will soon have 3 children and have come to realize that i need to get my act together and get organized, get house projects done, make dinners(seriously, i struggle), prepare family home evening, and so on and so forth.
i will blog more often, everyday, i cant commit to. but i will, i will, i will. i love it. and i love the memories it gives me. below are updates, (all the times i have picked up my camera, seriously, so sad.) i hope everyone hasn't given up on me. and will visit again. give me another chance!!! :)
cheers.

i hear giggling downstairs and don't want to miss out on the fun.

wedding

girls with the bride, clarissa, their cousin

my niece got married this last weekend. i was excited for the reception because i knew my kids would love the music, cake, cousins, and of course the brides beautiful princess dress. it was beautiful weather and we loved being with family.

a few of the girl cousins. and when i mean a few, for reals, this is just a few. addie has 40 cousins on marks side, with 2 more on the way. talk about fun.

addie and grandpa higbee.

dancing with daddy.

i sure do love my family. this wedding for some reason, made me want so badly for my girls to make right choices in there life so that they, one day, will choose to be married in the temple. o how i want that for them. i love them so much.

lemonade for sale! ten dollars!!!

addie and her friend Riley had a lemonade stand at our garage sale this Saturday. Addie kept yelling, "lemonade for sale!! ten dollars!!!" i kept reminding her it was ten cents. :) silly girl. they were so cute with how serious they took there little business. but i quess they knew what they were doing, because they both came out with $5.00!

i just need to find more junk around my house to sell so she can have another lemonade stand! :)