Thursday, July 16, 2009

| sand between our toes |

Little did we know, that we could go right across the road to a sandy beach. Daybreak has a beach at the North Shore Lake, and it was tons of fun!

The girlies loved to splash and Addelyn especially loved to go as deep as she possibly could into the water.






Kayla loved every minute of it. The water was a little cool so she would play in it for a minute and then run back and want to be wrapped in a towel to warm back up.


It was tons of fun! And we will definitely be going back soon!

Monday, July 6, 2009

| july.04.2009 |

We had a fun filled holiday WEEK this year. We made sure to pack in plenty of events and see how mad we could make Kayla :) She was a pretty good trooper through most of it. (until 8pm hit)

On Wednesday we visited the {City of Fun}, rode the rides, ate 2 corn dogs each (I loved every bite), had some funnel cake, and watched the carnies. Kayla didn't love all the creepy men helping her get buckled in on the rides and she would just start crying the moment they came near her. She seemed to enjoy some of the rides, but not many! 


On Saturday I started out the morning with a run. I did the Riverton 10K. Which was quite an accomplishment for me. I can't really say I have been training for it, but for the past 3 weeks I have at least tried to go running. I haven't run for over 4 years now, so it was really fun to be able to run the 10K. I was glad to have family along side me to keep me going. Hopefully the next time I run another one it will be faster, but I don't think I did too bad for my first time ever. 
We spent the afternoon at my parents, and I forgot to take pics of the water balloon war! Maybe we will have to have another one so I can get pics :)

We then went to Bryan's parents to watch fireworks. We always have our yearly tradition of taking pics of all the grandkids together. I did get some good ones, but this one is by far my favorite...only because this whole "tradition" of taking the picture is always quite entertaining. It isn't too easy to get all the kids to cooperate at once. But as you can see, Kayla had her cheeser ready wether or not everyone else was ready. Silly little girl.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

| 2 little monkeys |

Finally I am getting around to doing a new post. It has been FOREVER! We have been one busy little family. 

I was able to go out a little while ago and do a photoshoot for Kayla and Crandall. It was a blast! And you will quickly see why they became our 2 little monkeys. They were so much fun, and I fell in love with my Kayla just a little more. I loved seeing her cute little smile, and her giggles at all of Crandall's jokes. I rarely take the time to do a REAL photoshoot of Kayla, so this was a real treat for me. I definitely need to do it more often.

Here are my favs: