We're Ready!

Couldn't figure out how to make this bigger...But I just had this lady (off etsy of course) make this little football clip for Kresee!!...So cute and she is ready for football season:)

Hunter's Kisses

Kresee really LOVES the doggies...And they really, really like her (when she has food)...But they really do tolerate her...A lot better than they did Kohen...I guess Kohen was the new baby and they didn't know what to think...I think they are all just old and realize the kids are going to annoy them...Hunter loves kissing Kresee all over the face and it grosses me out b/c she will just let him...I think it would go on for awhile if I didn't stop him!

Hunter is just hanging out in the doggie room (utilitly room) minding his own business...But she feels the need to stick her toy kitchen wisk in his face....(like my sock on her foot---she loves wearing them)

For those...

For those of you who don't have Facebook, I just wanted to post it on here as well....We need lots of prayers for my Mom's husband, Mike....He finally got into the doctor last Monday b/c he has not been feeling well and has lost all taste in his mouth...There was a knot on the right side of his throat as well...His regular doctor and even dentist has been thinking allergies or sinus infection and he's been taking lots of medicines with no relief...After waiting 6 weeks to get in, he finally got to see the ENT on Monday, and a biopsy was done...We knew last Wednesday that it was for sure cancer but didn't know anything else....He had a PET Scan done on Saturday and was told he would find out the results on Monday...So patiently we all waited yesterday and no call came...He went up to the doctor's office and was told that haven't received any of the results...So we waited longer and was called today....The doctor still doesn't have all the results in but did receive the film that did indeed show a large tumor in his throat and the cancer is in not only in his throat, but his tongue and glands...He and mom are now waiting on that Doctor to make the referral to MD Anderson and then they will call him to schedule an appt to meet with him and go over everything else...B/C we all have lots of questions like prognosis, stage what??, chemo, radiation, both, etc....
Mike is just such an optimistic man...He is so healthy--works out and is in super shape...He has such a strong faith in the Lord....So I know this isn't going to be easy, but in my heart I know he can do this!

No Water---Pool Party

Since it was such a pretty morning, we played outside for a long time...It was very long before Kresee is saying "I want outside"...or "I uh ow-eye"....Of course, she heads to her favorite place in the backyard...The stupid broken pool that can't hold water...And it's far away so I slid it across the backyard so I could at least watch her closely....

I even went inside and got some blocks to dump out to try and lure her out of the pool...But Kohen immediately gathered them up and threw them all in the pool.... So he slid them down the slide and she had fun stacking them.....

Then if that wasn't enough fun....He went inside and dumped his football players in there along with the whole bucket of sidewalk chalk....So they colored the whole pool...."Mommy, it's absolutely perfect"...He thought they did a wonderful job:)

Then she got out to play with the umbrella and noticed I had the good stuff....

So she inhaled the rest of my coffee.....

Knowing she drank it ALL.....

"Ahhhhh" that was good mommy....

Smoothie Lovers

I can NOT get out the blender and make myself a smoothie without the other 3 people in this house creeping in the kitchen hoping to get them some...Kerry had eaten dinner but was really craving one last night..So I threw one together and of course the kids mainly consumed it....

One Year Later

It's been one year since we said good-bye to our Sweet Biskit...Kerry stayed home with me today b/c he knew it would be a sad day for me...So I was thankful he kept me busy....

It's just so hard sitting here thinking about last year at this time...We knew it was time and I knew that I dreaded saying good-bye...The last few weeks we had with her just went so quickly...I remember finding out she had cancer on June 15th and she was gone 6 weeks later...Honestly, I still continue to think of her on a daily basis...I guess I always will....Love you forever Biskit:)

IP Spray Park

Kresee, Kohen and I met up with some friends on Friday afternoon at the IP Water Park...This would be my first time to take both kids by myself...But I relied on my friend Angela to help me out with Kohen since Cameron is the same age and I knew she could watch them in the big pool while I stayed with Kresee in the spray park portion....Kresee was in heaven...Loving every second of it...Too much at times going into the deeper part and thinking she could lay down and stick her head completely under water...Surprisingly she never got too choked up:)....

After a little while, a whole new set of mommies came to play with their kiddos...We really had a good time...Here is Miss Savannah sharing her toys with Kresee...

Table Climber

"Kresee do not climb up on the chair"....and she does

"what??"

"Do not get up on the table"....And she does...B/C that is obviously her water that she needed to drink....

He's Not Sharing

This is her "He won't let me play" look...She keeps saying "mine, mine" when of course it's not....

More Soccer Gear

We went and paid for Kohen's Lizard soccer uniform...Then we had to run to Jerry's Sporting Goods to pick up some shin guards...They have really little ones so they fit perfect...He came home and needed them on immediately...I had to get him to take them off long enough to go to Tara's house so the kids could play with Meritt....Then as soon as we got home they were back on...He thinks they are pretty cool b/c they are green like his team colors:)

Oh and they had face painting at school so that's why he looks like that!!

I Love You

As much as this boy drives me bonkers, he might be the sweetest thing in the world..."I Love You" comes out of his mouth numerous times a day...He tells me ALL the time and I just love it...I honestly rarely tell him first b/c he says it so often...Kerry was getting a little jealous that he never tells him that, but just recently he did and it made Daddy very happy:)...Now if he will just remember to tell his Mommy this for years to come....

Such a Mess

This girl is such a mess...a cute mess:)...I was just taking some pics of her the other day as she wandered around the house doing her own thing...

She is just talking more and more each day...New words all the time...Her latest and most favorite is "mine"....Then the "uh-uh" instead of no..."stop"..."go".."bite"...says "I don't know" with the shoulder shrug:)..."um on" for come on...She finally got "night night" down...I've been working on that one for awhile and she would just stick with bye-bye when she was going to bed...But she finally has it...And she is loving singing Row, Row, Row your boat...Does the hand motions and "goes to sleep" at the end...Too precious...And Ring Around the Rosies is a favorite but I hate mentioning it b/c then I'm stuck doing it 20 times in a row!

Her big thing right now is to get in our pantry and help herself to her food which she brings me and says "thank you" before I even say if she can have it...And the thing she gets in trouble for constantly is getting dog food out..She will get a hand full and just carry the food around and so all 3 dogs are following her everywhere, which is why she does it...She will eventually hand them out...

This is where she asks for "mo ish" (more fish)...And I give her some and she feeds the dogs...I swear....

But she is really starting to put 2 words together...Her favorite combo is "Hi Sage" "Hi Daddy"...Hi anything:)

Lake Trip

I didn't even pull out my camera but twice this whole weekend (can you believe it)....It was a low-key lake weekend...We got there around 7:00 Friday night and had to let the house cool off for a while...So Kresee did not go to bed at her usual 8:00...It was more like 10:00 and then it was still so warm she just laid there and talked and sung to herself and she didn't fall asleep until 10:45....I was pretty worn out by then since that is way past my bedtime as well....

We actually got up Saturday morning and ate breakfast and everyone got ready to head to Sandy Beach...We packed lunches since we knew we would be there a good while...The kids had a blast as usual...I got burned on Thursday from Castaway Cove so I tried to stay in the shade as much as I could....

This was while we were loading the pontoon boat while sitting in the garage...

Kohen holding on to Kresee while we unloaded the boat at the boat ramp...I just love how he takes care of her and we don't even really tell him too:)

And then I had to take some pictures of this....

I planned on getting more...But the boys accidentally splashed her in the face and she reached up to wipe her eyes getting sand all over her face...So Kerry ripped her up and went in dipped in her the water to rinse her face off so it didn't get in her eyes...Surprisingly she did well and loved it, so he dipped her under water again...

VBS at FUMC

Kohen got to attend VBS last week at his preschool's church...He was really looking forward to the Galactic Blast theme...He had a great week and they had a little program to sing some of the songs that they learned for all the parents on Friday and then afterwards we got to have a pizza party in his classroom.

It was too funny that I knew exactly what Kohen would be doing when we actually arrived...We got there right at 11:30 and he was on the very front row on the floor with the other little ones since they were the youngest...We could barely see him so I knew he was probably frantically trying to find us in the crowd...The songs started and he just stood there...No singing, no hand motions, nothing...Then Kerry poked up so that he could spot us and then the biggest smile came across his face and NOW he was able to peform...So sweet:)

I have to also say you know how everyday you ask them what they did at school or what they learned and most of the time they say "nothing"...Well I would ask him and he would say "The same thing---about God and Jesus...We learn the same thing everyday---Praise God"...Haha...I said well Kohen that IS the point of VBS!!

One of the class Guinea Pigs---Yoda...Kohen calls him Master Yoda

Kerry and Kohen bowling in his class...

Kohen the Chef

Last night while watching Top Chef....Kohen wanted to cook...Whatever is on TV, that is what he is going to do...So he got his Star Wars facemask (the pan) and his missile (the flame) and his toy snake....

"Mommy, do you wanna watch me cook?...I'm going to cook a snake...It's gonna be exciting...I'm gonna make it spicy"

Later he added his Coyote pom-pom for the fire....

Whatcha Doing?

Kresee LOVES getting in our bathroom drawers...One of her favorites is where I keep my overnight bag and hair straightener...It is in the middle and so it's been easily accessible...She will pull out my straightener and drag it all around....

But now she can reach our top drawer with all the good stuff in it...Hairbrushes, earrings, clippers, tweezers, toothpaste and her most favorite thing---toothbrushes!!...She stands on her tippy-toes and can barely see over it...But that little hand fishes for anything she can grab...She loves brushing her teeth, so she will come across her toothbrush and throw it on the floor b/c she would much rather have mine, Kerry's, or Kohen's....

And I'm laughing looking at this picture b/c her Butt Paste has been missing for quite some time now...And I see it way back there at the top left!!!...Yeah!!

Ketchup Please

Kresee loves her some ketchup...I don't get the bottle out much b/c if she sees it that is all she wants and won't eat until you give her some...She is signing "please" and saying "mo-mo"...And you have to give her 10 refills b/c she always needs a large amount at all times...It's always a gigantic mess...So yesterday I thought I would put it in a little cup so she could "dip" her chicken and meatballs in it...But she still managed to get those little fingers in there and put it everywhere else too...But luckily, she didn't cake her hair with ketchup this time:)

Dipping her fingers

Rubbing those hands together

She is flipping her lips right here..."ba-ba-ba-ba"

Licking them clean (not really)