Rain Boots

One new thing we are experiencing is mud. It rains a lot. Therefore - mud. We have a fun little play ground out our back door but it is usually so covered in mud & puddles we come in and head straight for the tub. So we all bought rainboots (except Brandon - he was a bit of a party pooper:) ) Kenzie wants to wear them all the time, she follows us around carrying her boots yelling, "BOO, Boo!" That's boots in Kenzie talk. They make puddle jumping way more fun:)

Funny Dillon

Brandon and Dillon were recently sitting at the computer listening to music together. Brandon pointed out that the next singer was a 'chick.' After a few seconds of listening Dillon asked if the chicken was really singing. Dillon has been taught a valuable lesson, he now knows about chicks and dudes... :)

Happy Mothers Day!

Life was a little hairy there for a little while but it has certainly gone uphill (knock on wood...) I wanted to say how grateful I am for how well things are going now. There was so much uncertainty about moving and a new job and everything that goes along with all of that. I was so worried I wouldn't be able to find friends as good as I had in Meridian and so much fear about Brandon's new job. I can happily say that I am making beautiful life long friends that I am so excited about ( not to replace the old ones but a welcome addition:)!)

We are doing so well here. We LOVE Washington, it is so amazingly beautiful. Brandon loves his job, yesterday he said that he loves the weekends but he is actually excited about going back when the weekend is over. I can't tell you what a good feeling it is to see my husband so happy again, he was unhappy for so long at his old job - it was like he was torturing himself everyday, that's hard to see! My kids are also doing well. Dillon is starting a little sports program on Wednesday that is an intro to a few different sports and Kenzie is finally adjusting to nursery:). My friends and I started a little scrap booking club and our first meeting went until 11pm, not a lot of scrapbooking got done... oops;) We also are doing playgroup and SDS (Simply Doing Something) that a friend started - we just do 'something' all us youngish' gals once a month. It's so good to have things to look forward to, this month it's a spa night:).

I was so unbelievably homesick when we first moved here and although I will always miss being near my dear sisters and Boise friends I am very grateful to have been welcomed so warmly here in Washington!

Brandon made today so special, he is really good at being a sweetheart (when he wants to be...) and it has been such a good day!

Happy Mothers Day!

Daddy Time

Here's Dillon & Brandon having some quality Wii - time. Brandon's started his busy season last week so Daddy time is at a premium - much like gas prices at almost 4 freakin' dollars... ahhh! Anyway. Last week he worked 60 hours and from here on out it will only get worse. I'll just daydream about the end of August when it should start to slow down and he'll go back to getting off at 3pm:) The best part about it is - he actually likes his job!!! Before a 60 hour week would be the equivalent of murder. From finance to pest control - who knew??? He now tells me everything I need to know about the ants eating the crumbs on the floor... and I am happy to report that this is and forever will be the most spider free house in all of Kent - possibly all of Washington:)

Kenzie's Hair Cut!

Our lil' cutie got her first hair cut, she's had a few trims but this time we chopped. All her baby hair had grown in different lengths and was getting a little scraggly. Of course I cut it way shorter than I had intended but I think it ended up pretty cute. Ignore the spill all down her onesie...
Smile, or cough - whichever:) I am guessing she got a hair in her mouth and she wouldn't smile for the pictures.
She looked like such a little doll at church today with a little bow in her hair and looking so cute the whole time I chased her up the rows in Sacrament meeting... but she pulled it out before we got home:)