Wednesday, June 3, 2009

June is here already!

I can't believe May is over! It flew by so quickly. Taylor is almost five months now. That is very crazy. He has been on medicine for two weeks now, and has doubled the chubbiness of his thighs and arms. I think the medicine to help keep his milk in his tummy is working.:)

We are enjoying watching our garden begin to grow. Nothing seems to fascinate kids more that watching things grow. They also really enjoyed watching 1500 lady bugs crawl out of a container onto our tree in our backyard. The aphids were enjoying the leaves a bit to much, so it was time for reinforcements. My children fully believe that the way to tell how old a ladybug is, is to count its spots. So, when one crawled out of the container with no spots, they knew it had just been born.:)

Mark has officially run power out to our back garage. He hired a neighbor boy to dig a trench 18 inches deep, running under some sidewalk from our house to the back garage. He also had an electrician neighbor help with the wiring. An he even put up a light on the back garage to help light up our back yard for all our nightly activities--maybe once the kids are out of school we can have a sleep over in a tent since the play house isn't finished yet. Mark also got most of the tar paper on the playhouse up with the help of his brother Kirk. Progress is coming.

Ashlee and Joshua have one more month of 2nd grade & kindergarten. I think we are all burned out already. It is very hard to do homework when we could be outside playing!

Well, I need to actually do stuff besides type on the computer, so I better go. We love all of our family & friends. Take care!

Joshua & Jared

Joshua & Jared

Lydia & Jared

Lydia & Jared

"Dig It" the school's musical

"Dig It" the school's musical

The school's musical

The school's musical

The Easter Bunny Came

The Easter Bunny Came

Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday

Up in our tree

Up in our tree

Up in the playhouse

Up in the playhouse

Our family in August

Our family in August

Fun at the Aquarium on Taylor's b-day

Fun at the Aquarium on Taylor's b-day

Ashlee's birthday

Ashlee's birthday

Joshua preparing to hit the pinata

Joshua preparing to hit the pinata

Mark's playhouse

Mark's playhouse

Our "new" piano

Our "new" piano

Our newly painted kitchen

Our newly painted kitchen

Lydia loves to help Mark work

Lydia loves to help Mark work

A princess in a tent

A princess in a tent

Having a brother is so fun!

Having a brother is so fun!

Like mother like son--sucking fingers is oh so fun!

Like mother like son--sucking fingers is oh so fun!

A trip to the aquarium with a cousin

A trip to the aquarium with a cousin

We love each other!

We love each other!

Baby Taylor

Baby Taylor

Time to go home

Time to go home

Our baby arrived

Our baby arrived