a little TLC

Do you remember last year when we moved apartments and we also got this jungle in front of our house?

 Remember how it took me all day but I got it to look like this?

Well over the summer while we were gone the jungle came back and my pretty flowers did not. Oh and my curbing (the black part whatever you call it) was missing....Darren went hunting and we found it thankfully!

Then he spent the rest of the day fixing my flower bed since I'm huge now and the whole bending over thing is just not working out recently.

Kloee got in on it too, yes in her PJ's no judging...

She is going to be a great helper when we have a garden someday!

The finished products I bought some bushes that bloom instead this year, hopefully I can keep them a live.

So much better right? I should add that he did all of this with a tiny hand shovel.  We were so cheap we bought the $3 one and well you get what you pay for, it broke 1/4 of the way through it so it took a long time.

Oh the pool!

We started the summer off with Sydney LOVING the pool and Kloee well...she tolerated it.

This is as far as we could get her in at first.

Only after lots of bribing, and many visits different pools she would at least get in.  Then my sister took her one day and my sister-in-law took her a different day to swim lessons with their kids and well now she loves it. I'm thinking next year we might just get her into swim lessons!

Aebelskivers

So for fathers day, Darren really wanted this pan so he could make Aebelskivers! We finally got around to trying it out and WOW they were Yummy!!

These three...

Every SummerI try to get a picture of these three. All three cousins are all born within about a month of each other and are already best friends. I love to see how they have all grown!

Morgan, Audrie, Kloee

Aunt Melissa holding Audrie, Kloee and Morgan

Audrie, Kloee, Morgan

Morgan, Kloee, Audrie

They are so silly and play so well together, can't wait for next year!!

I had to tag this one on here, Maykayla and Syndey! I think they look alike but it might just be me!

Yummy?

I think the Popsicle won!

For Sale....Finally!

I've had these made for a while but have neglected to take pictures and post them, well today I got around to it and they are finally posted on ebay. If you or any of your friends are interested check them out!! If they don't end up selling on ebay this week I'll be adding them to my etsy store.

ITEM #1

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Lined-w-purple-Pop-tab-Purse-/290765067118?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item43b2f2d36e

ITEM #1 (Inside)

Item #2

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Teal-Lined-w-black-and-white-Pop-tab-Purse-/290765072070?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item43b2f2e6c6

ITEM #2 (Inside)

ITEM #3

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Red-Lined-w-white-and-tan-paisley-Pop-tab-Purse-/290765076180?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item43b2f2f6d4

ITEM #3 (Side View)

ITEM #3 (Inside)

ITEM #4 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Red-Lined-w-white-and-tan-paisley-Pop-tab-Coin-Purse-/290765078922?pt=Wallet&hash=item43b2f3018a

ITEM #5

Playing dress-up!

The last two weeks of being in the Tri-Cities were spent at my mom's house sewing our hearts out. My friend Sarah and I went a little bit Baby Boy Project happy and wore my mom out and our sewing machines (pictures to come). The girls had fun playing with their many cousins and dressing up in all of grandmas fun things!

Missing Cousins!

The girls love it when Darren's sisters come to town....we are blessed to have LOTS of family fairly close but Darren's two sisters live WAY to far away and we do not see them even close to enough so when they venture our direction its always a couple weeks of FUN FUN FUN! One things we always fit in is a day at the Bowling Alley which is ALWAYS a blast and this year it didn't disappoint.

Jenna and Ellorie waiting for their turn

Kloee waiting for hers

Sydney LOVED Makayla! (James, Makayla and Sydney)

Bowling is Kendra's (Darren's little sister) favorite thing...also picture Brittany, Ellorie and Rylan

Sydney loving the BLUE arcade car

Kloee loving the green one.

Kloee had a LOT of fun Bowling

Always a great time!