Princess Dresses

My mom didn't pass on the crafty jean to me, so she made the Girls Fairy Dresses. Aren't they cute. I caught them here dancing to Papa Boyd's Fairy Organ Music.

Zoo with PaPa Jim

We went to the Zoo with Jim and Kathy this weekend. The Kids had so much fun. It worked out great. Grandpa, Grandma, and Kenny met us at the Zoo and then we walk all over for about 6 hours. They slept good on the way home.

Storytime

Since Kiley has been with us, we have made it a habit of reading one book to each kid before bedtime and naptime. Here you see Storytime before bedtime.

Camping

We went camping the weekend of July 26-29th with some of our close friends. The ratio Adults to Kids was crazy 8:8. Next year I think it will be even crazier, because three of those were under 5 months. Next year all eight will be on foot.
We all took our bikes and bike trailers. Since we had three (Kiley, Nika, and Christian) we bought another trailer. It is way cool, a chariot.
All the kids had fun rolling around in the dirt, throwing rocks, going on rides, swimming (in dirty lake dorina), and eating junk food.
I really enjoyed camping with these guys. Everyone feels comfortable enough to kind of keep an eye on each others kids, giving us a lighter load.

More cute pictures @ The Bowmans', the Lundes' and the Rowles'.

No More Monkeys Jumping on the Couch

Lately the girls have just been crazy about tearing the couch apart and jumping on it. They needed little encouragement to pose for these pictures.

Monkeys

We went to the Zoo yesterday and found this monkey vine swing. Kiley picked up on it quick, but Nika was a bit timid.

Chocolate Pudding

Thought the bunch of you might enjoy this picture of my neice. She had just finished a piece of Chocolate Pudding Pie and purposely spread it all over her face. I thought it was funny how she choose to pose too. I like it! It brings some variety to the photo shot.

Summer Fun

The day that Alex was born, I had Kenny in addition to Kiley, Nika, and Christian so we broke out the sprinkler. Above you see Kenny doing a cartwheel through the sprinkler and below those daredevil preschoolers Kiley and Nika braving the cold water.

Time to warm up on the beach towels. They looked just like little tweens.

Not Twins - Cousins

I got in real trouble the other day when I went out and got Kiley and Nika four matching outfits. Today when I went to get the girls dressed they expressed their desire to not match. They are so cute. They have so much fun playing and dressing up together. My mom has commited to making them matching "Princess Dresses."

Grandma West

Here you see Grandma west with four of her six grandkids

Ain't it Great to Be Loved

The girls are very much in love with their new nephew. At times it is hard to keep them away from him

Five in the Family!

Our Neice Kiley is now living with us. Last night all the kids decided it would be fun to hang out on the couch with thier blankies. There are the three who are bring so much joy to out lives. Kiley is two months older than Nika and the daughter of Matt's oldest sister. Her brother Kenny was living with us earlier this year. We are unsure how long Kiley will be living with us, but I am having a lot of fun with another girl to play with. Getting out of the house hasn't been perfected yet, but with time I am sure I will master it.

Cheerful Cousins

Here is Kiley and Nika this past Father's Day. The three girl cousins were caught playing in Aunt Katie's backyard dirt.

Kiley got a bath, but you can still see all the dirt on Nika's nice Easter Sunday School Dress.

Kiley lived a short time with us and Nika misses her a ton. Everyday she asks for "Kie-ya."

Nika has been quite the socialite with birthday parties, playdates, and outings with aunties great and small.

This coming week Nika, Christian, my friend Mara and I are going to Sisters to Visit my Mom and get out of town for a little R & R.

See you all we get back.

Neices on Board

Our neices are staying with us for a while. Here are our girls all in Kiley toddler bed. Left is Victoria, then Kiley, and our little Nika