Haven't posted in a while - life has been too crazy and I'm less crazy when I get more sleep :)
I barely made it past the point of no return tonight and I'm sure it would've been wiser to go to bed than blog because I still need to catch up on sleep after pulling an all nighter to sew Lily's baptism dress this week....but here I am - trying to add some good memories to the old blog! Life has been a bit stressful lately, but I am trying not to live in panic mode and focus on the positive.
Mike and I just celebrated our 15th anniversary and his mom watched the girls for us the entire day and let them sleepover. It was awesome. (I totally intend to post photos, but not tonight.) It was a much needed break, and I really didn't realize how much stress the kids add to our lives until we picked them up again the next morning... Don't think this means I don't love you, Lily and Sierra reading this in the future... Someday when you have kids you will totally get me. It is just a big responsibility being a parent and you two just happen to be going through a particularly needy stage at the time and your mom and dad are stressed about making a living, and keeping you safe and happy in a crazy world - that's all! And that's a lot! But we're still super glad we have you and you bring a tremendous amount of joy into our lives and actually relieve stress at times when you are being funny or extra helpful. Especially helpful. I love helpful!!
I feel like a bad mom for not posting any of the cute/funny things my girls say and do lately and for forgetting many of them. I have a few written down to post later somewhere in my desk. But for now I just wanted to say how much I absolutely adore these two small humans!
Lily can be quite the fashionista. She assembled these two outfits to pretend to be door to door salesgirls and trick their Dad (with much giggling). So tricky! Sierra looked so grown up in that long skirt that is really Lily's and hiked up to her shoulders under that jacket! :D
Here is another fashion ensemble by our littlest model:
I love my girls so much. We had a blast getting out and enjoying the sunshine in our little kiddie pool. These faces say: "This is the life!" I so need to take more time just enjoying time with my precious children.
They are so fun and silly!
Lily had a big milestone week now that she is almost 8! -- She baked her first batch of cookies all by herself with only a little instruction to get her started. She cracked the eggs and got the hot pans out of the oven and everything. She made snickerdoodles which turned out so good and softer than mine, and the experimental chocolate chip one for her dad turned out so good she made a second half batch because the first just wasn't enough. I was so proud of her for seeing it through even after her neighbor friend came over and cleaning up after herself! And milestone 2 - she finally learned how to blow a bubblegum bubble!
I love this picture of them drawing Father's Day cards for Mike and their Grandpa's.
Lily's for her Dad
Sierra's
It is so fun to see their skills develop in a concrete way like this :)
Lily and her awesome dad on Father's day
Don't know if you remember how Sierra wanted to win the Golden Shoe award during the Fund Run at Lily's school? Well, maybe her 2 laps counted for something - because Lily's class won the shoe! I had to take a picture of Sierra with it when we visited Lily's class near the end of school. Lily was a parrot in a play she wrote with her classmates performing a scene from the book Matilda.
Don't think they make them cuter than this!
Not exactly cooperating for my picture, but cute nonetheless!
We took the girls to the lake last week and it was so beautiful, though we kept getting clouds coming over. Hoping to get some more hot clear days soon this summer so we can get out and really enjoy it!
This sure is a beautiful world we live in! Hope you are having a wonderful summer!
