Muddy Buddies

I'm going to let these pictures speak for themselves!!

Mud is more fun with out clothes on!!

Jacob's Feet and Kinley's Feet

Jacob's Precious Gee!

Jacob has come up with several names for Kinley over that past 20 months and they are so sweet I thought I would share! Jacob began calling Kinley "Gee" when she was little. It took us a long time to figure out where he got this, but we finally noticed that "Gee" was all Kinley said. In her baby talk jibbering, she would let out loud bursts of "GEEEEEEEEEEEE". So, it stuck!! The other name is not used as often, but when it is, it is priceless to hear!! Jacob will come up to Kinley and hug her and say, "hey Precious". I just stand and watch. It is the rare time when a hug or kiss is not forced, but done out of pure love and joy. I love to hear Jacob call her his precious.

Jacob took this picture of Kinley. He was so proud that he actually got her, instead of the floor!!

Sweet Siblings

Such a precious moment between a brother and sister!

Jet's waiting for them to drop something!!

ZOO

Last Friday, Nathan took the day off and we FINALLY made good on a promise to Jacob, that we would take him to the Zoo. Originally, this was for his birthday (in March), but with so much going on...the trip has gotten put off! We all had such a wonderful day and actually timed the trip quite perfectly between the raindrops! The kids had a blast seeing all of the animals and especially the Pandas!! They got to see the elephants take a bath, the Panda cub do a hand stand, and ride the train twice!! It was such a fun day!!

The Panda Showing Off!

The Kids LOVED the train!!

Worthey Lawn Service

Jacob and Kinley were outside pretending to be the "grass man" and do all of our landscaping work for us! It's so nice to see them playing and working together and using their imaginations.

Jacob and Kinley re-fueling

Outside at Last

With lots of rain storms occuring since we moved into our house, the kids outside time has been few and far between. Lately, the weather has been so nice, so we ventured out to find a park close to our house! We discovered that Midway Park was the closest to our house, so there we went. Jacob wanted Nathan to go with us, so we waited until he got home from work. When we got to the park, to Jacob's delight they had baseball games going on. The kids played on the playground for a while, but Jacob became more interested in watching the high school baseball teams hitting in the batting cages next to the playground. I was in shock at how still he stood there watching and admiring them. Here are some pictures from our fun outing!

Jacob trying ot get a closer look at the "amazing" batters!

Baseball Banquet

Jacob's first baseball season has come to an end and he had a GREAT time!! His team all got together at Partners Pizza to celebrate the season and have a fun time eating pizza and baseball cupcakes!

Jacob's coach giving him his trophy

Jacob and Billy waiting for their Pizza!!

Jacob enjoyed his first year of baseball and is looking forward to playing again in the fall! We also found out that Jacob was chosen to play on the pre-T All-Star team! Although, distinguishing athletic ability of 3 and 4 year olds is not a common award, we were thrilled that he was chosen as an All-Star. We are so proud of him and look forward to watching him play again!

Finally Updated!!

We have finally gotten our computer and internet up and running, so it's time for some updates! We are almost all moved into our house, although we are still going through boxes and trying to decided where to put things and how to arrange the furniture! It has been a fun but exhausting process!! Here are some pictures from the moving experience!

My favorite thing about our new house (which was a requirement) is the BIG playroom! Jacob and Kinley hadn't seen any of their toys in over two months, so when we unloaded all of the boxes, it was like Christmas!! Exciting, but what a mess!!!

We are loving our house, the smaller neighborhood and, meeting our neighbors!! We have already had a playdate with some neighbors down the street who have kids that are close to Jacob and Kinley's ages! It was a fun day and they all got along really well!!