New York Trip

In July the girls & I took a little trip over to New York to visit our friends Angie & Marshall Gwynn, he actually just started his residency program there! We had an awesome time, there house is prime location with a beautiful lake across the road, out in the country, no neighbors, it was heaven!

Kylan helped Marshall, we so she thinks, catch a wild rabbit and put it in this cage, she was obsessed! When we left she cried because she was worried it would miss her, unfortunately it got scared to death, literally.

We went to a really neat Discovery Center that had lots of fun things for the girls to explore, it was even fun for me!

It amazes me everytime the girls do something that they've seen me do over and over but I never realize they know how to do it, i.e. grocery shopping!

Outside the center there were all these cute little cottages/houses just kiddie size, they even had Goldilocks & the 3 bears cabin, very clever

We headed over to Palmyra on Friday and saw the sites and the Hill Cumorah pageant that night, unfortunately my camera isn't the best at night pictures but this was my favorite part, when Christ came to visit the people in the Americas, it was amazing how they portrayed it. Unfortunately alot of my time was spent wrestling with the kids but it was still a very neat experience. Thanks Angie!

McArthurs happened to be there the same night as well which was nice cuz it gave the girls something to do while waiting for the pageant to start! Lately the girls are obsessed with babies, McKartny mauled Jerzi the whole night.

The Hill Cumorah in the background

Palmyra Temple from the Smith Farm

In the Sacred Grove, all I have to say is AMAZING!

Again The Sacred Grove, and behind us is what remains of a rock fence that is believed to have been there since the Smiths!

Summertime

While Kurt was in Oklahoma for July the girls and I tried to do as much as possible to keep ourselves busy. We spent alot of time at the pool and playing outside the sprinkler and even spent a weekend in New York!

I remember jumpin on the trampoline with the sprinkler underneath all the time when I was little so we tried it out with the girls and they had a blast, and yes they are drinking the water :)

Cousin It, or Kurt thinks she looks like the girl from the movie "The Ring"

I think she likes these shoes more than I do!

Kylan had swim lessons everyday for 2 weeks, she had so much fun and at the end her teacher, Ms. Kim, told me that in 6 years of teaching swim lessons Kylan was her favorite student! She is very comfortable in the water and learns really fast

4th of July

Kurt left today for Oklahoma City for the month of July so I'm on a mission to find things to do to occupy 100% of my time so I don't think about how much I miss him, so #1 on the list, update the blog!

It was extremely hot so we did the best we could to stay cool!

We had a fun filled 4th with fireworks Friday night and a parade and bbq with friends on Saturday. The parade was pretty much a dud, but at least they came out of it with alot of candy!

Somehow McKartny managed to get 2 suckers unwrapped, one for each hand, that was quite the sticky mess to clean up!

When I took out her hair that night she had the cutest afro ever, hairstyle in the future? We'll see!

Summer so far

So . . . summer is FINALLY here and we are enjoying every minute of it, despite the above and below pictures. We had a really big storm that came through with alot of rain and wind, we happened to be out driving and came home to this! A humongous tree got blown over in our backyard, it was about 5 feet away from hitting the house and luckily enough on the other side so it didn't completely crush the trampoline! We of course had to take pictures, how often does this happen?

Playin dress up in my shoes, always a popular past-time!
Our newest "thing" is wing night. Kurt has all of the sudden gone on a spicy kick so we went up to West Side Market and bought a big bag of chicken wings and Kurt talked to a guy at Buffalo Wild Wings and found out how to cook the things then we got some wayyyyyy good sauce and started to expirement! I must say, I think they are better Buffalo Wild Wings, and McKartny downed more than me!

We spend the majority of our time outside and Kylan spends 90% of that time on her bike, I think we're gonna be taking the training wheels off soon!


And of course it wouldn't be summer without lots of bumps and bruises, Kylan has a few to show off!

Thomas the Train

We got tickets this year for Thomas the Train and the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad. To say Kylan was excited is an understatement, she asked about it CONSTANTLY and counted down the hours until we got to ride on Thomas. It definitely was not a disappointment and she and McKartny both enjoyed every minute of it!

Getting ready to start our train ride!

The scenery was beautiful and they both stared out the window most of the time.

There was a tent with several train tables set up for the kids to play on, they could've stayed there all day if we'd let them!

Idaho Trip

The girls and I were able to spend April in Idaho while Kurt was at an externship in New Mexico. We had a great time, except for when we all get a nasty sickness and then gave it to everyone else in my family! Sorry! But the girls had a great time with their cousins and Grandma & Grandpa. It snowed several times and the wind blew EVERYDAY, but that's to be expected in Idaho!

Some of the cousins and Fred (the Indian), and yes they are picking their noses!

My sisters were pickin on McKartny, but she thought it was funny. despite the look on her face

Ty reading Ben & Kylan a bedtime story

McKartny ready to be packed away in the suitcase!

Kate wasn't too happy McKartny was sitting a little too close :)

Windy day playing out on the swingset, at least the sun was shining!

Since it was too cold to swim outside Kylan decided she wanted to have a beach party inside so we put on their swimsuits and flipflops and let them run around!

Well, this was our final visit to Grandma & Grandpa Sagers house. They move to Texas the end of this month so no more crazy get togethers and chaotic family reunions with tons of kids runnin around screaming at that house! We'll definitely miss it but Texas will be a new adventure and a new house to terrorize!!

Early Easter

Since we weren't going to be in Idaho for Easter this year we decided to do a few of our own family traditions the week before. We died Easter Eggs, had a mini Easter egg hunt and made a great Easter meal on Sunday! Then had another great Easter with my fam in Idaho!

This is the best pic I could get of the girls in their Easter dresses as we were rushing out the door to get to church on time!

Kylan's Day of 4's!

On 4-4 Kylan turned 4 years old! We had a birthday party with all of her friends a few days before we left for Idaho and she had a blast with everyone!

The whole gang, we were originally going to do it at a park but the weather didn't cooperate so we crammed into our house and made it work!

Who wants cake??? Meeeee!

Kylan & Haley, I love this pic, they are such cute friends!

This year she chose a Strawberry Shortcake themed cake, thanks to KynnLee she now is obsessed with Strawberry Shortcake and My Little Ponies!

McKartny thoroughly enjoyed her cupcake

Waiting "patiently" for cake

Opening presents

She really go spoiled this year with presents so thank you to all her friends who came and for the great gifts!

Kurt & I gave her a "big girl bike" that's pink & purple, she went bazurk! She's been out riding it everyday since we've been home from Idaho. Plus we got her some Buzz Lightyear & Woody toys that she's been asking for so I think she had a pretty great day! Plus on her actual b-day in Idaho at my Mom & Dad's she got the actual strawberry shortcake cake, her fav! I love my little girl, who is not quite so little anymore; she keeps me laughing all day with her imagination and crazy personality!