Love him!

Here is our only nephew! We love him so much and love everytime we get to see him! He is now 9 months old. I got the chance to take his pictures! Taking pictures is one of my favorite hobbies. If you ever want me to take some for you I'd love to!

April Showers bring May Flowers

It actually seems like it's changing into May Showers bring June Flowers doesn't it?

Kayli is showing off her 'ouchies'. Now that she has been wearing shorts, she keeps getting scrapes. She tripped on the cement 4 times last saturday. Poor thing!

We went to the nursery down the road from us just to take a look. $60 later we came home with 5 different kinds of flowers and some compost. We planted them in the flower beds that look so plain and boring in front of the house. Kayli didn't really help like it looks like in the pictures. She didn't like touching the dirt. She thought the flowers were pretty though.

This picture was taken on Mother's day. Kayli opened all of Grandma's presents for her and loved looking at this picture book that she got from Lauren and Haley.

Don't mind the no pants. Kayli is in the process of potty training and is pantless quite a bit. She loves having all her uncles tease her. Here is her uncle Trevor giving her a good laugh.

This last pic is hilarious. Kayli wanted to pose for a picture with her baby and POSE she did. Look at her big eyes, cheesy smile and head tilt. :) I love my baby girl!

Bates came for a visit from Wisconsin

We got to play with Shandee and Shay all last week. Will came on the weekend. Here are some of the fun things we did together.

Went to the Treehouse Museum.

Went to Surf 'n Swim. Kayli LOVED the waves and would just dive into them. Shay was a little terrified of them when they come.

We made sugar cookies! Grandma isn't in the picture cuz she is busy cutting out all the shapes. We all got bored of making the shapes after the first couple batches.


We fed the horses.

We went to the pond.


Of course we played dolls ALOT.