Hailey's Toddler Bed

Hailey's crib got changed into a toddler bed the other day and she loves it! I have a whole side rail that I put on at night yet so she doesn't fall out.. just in case. But, she's been napping in it like this and doing pretty well! I usually put a pillow at the end to be safe. She thinks the Dora sheets are especially cool too. Gotta love her morning hair!








and we can't forget silly sister Taylor this afternoon. She was saying,"I'm a cool chick!" when I took her picture :)

Sunday Girls

The girls wanted to play outside a little bit after lunch, so I grabbed the camera and headed out for a few. Taylor was picking morning glories since they're the only flowers left to pick :) and Hailey was having fun swinging and sliding. Yes, they were still in their meeting dresses but they needed washing anyway!

Taylor kept trying to grab the camera from me, so I gave in. She's learning how to be a photographer, lol

Marion Convention

We had a wonderful convention of course, and the girls loved being able to play with most of their friends and cousins for a few days!

Here are Taylor & Hailey playing Pollies with Megan & Madi by the campers



Grandma read books to the girls a lot, several times each of course :)

Megan, Madi, Chad & Taylor


Grandpa helped me out a lot by taking Hailey for a walk after he ate so I could eat. Hailey wasn't too sure about the whole eating situation there. She was ok with some of the food, but not always ok with having to eat at a certain time.



It was Tim's birthday on Sunday while we were there so Mel picked up a cake for him in town. Happy 31st birthday, Tim!

Tim & Tyler hanging out by the camper just before we sang happy birthday.

They have a beautiful trail there and lots of fun rocks to play on. Here I am with Taylor, Hailey, Megan & Madi.

I'm grateful for the grandma's and grandpa's help at convention this year with everything they did or brought for the kids. Thanks again! We had beautiful weather, couldn't ask for better I think. Cool mornings and nights, warm enough for a t-shirt during the day and no rain until a couple hours after we got home! Now to finish unpacking and tackle the rest of the laundry...

Swimming in the Tub & Rummage Finds

I haven't blogged much lately, but when people don't comment I just assume that they see pictures on facebook already or don't check often so comment more if you want more posts :) We will see most of you at convention this week, yayyyy! We are very happy that it's finally that time of year again. I haven't been able to use the facebook photo uploader lately, keeps giving me errors. So I'll probably post more pictures here than not, and here are a few pictures from the past little while.


A couple Sundays ago, me and my girls :)


Taylor was "swimming" in the bathtub one day this week and wanted her swim goggles on.



These girls are really playing together now. Hailey can climb and get wherever Taylor is now, so for the good and bad, they are always playing together ;-) Taylor loves it! (most of the time)



Hailey found one of Taylor's hats and was wearing it around for a little while the other day. She loves the shirt she's wearing from the Milwaukee Zoo with the monkey on it. She's always looking to see if she has a monkey on her shirt now and says,"ee-ee-oo-oo!" :)




I did a little rummaging Saturday while the girls were still sleeping in with Daddy. When I got home, Taylor was trying on stuff and boots and reading some of the books I got. Thought it was a funny picture with her nightgown and boots!

Camping Labor Day Weekend

We had a fun weekend camping with Grandpa & Grandma M and Tim & Mel and kids in IL. We had some awesome camp sites right on a little lake, so we had fun on Dad's canoe too!



Grandma snuggling 2 of her cute grandkids



Playing at one of the parks at the campground





Tyler was a good boy this weekend too, he liked camping I think :)

Taylor was trying to ride Megan & Madi's bikes all weekend and figured out how to pedal now so we need to get new training wheels for Taylor's bike so she can ride it.

Cooper loved swimming in the lake!

The girls miss their cousins already.

Hailey loved going for wagon rides and missing Grandpa's wagon :)

Here's the lake and the guys fishing at one point

Checking out the pier with Grandpa & Grandma

Peek a boo cutie pants

Sunset, very pretty

We went home to Mom & Dad's Sunday morning for baths and breakfast before meeting.
The girls loved the kittens.

Tyler & Hailey playing Sunday morning

Back to camping and playing

Tim & Mel brought their bikes and the kids all took turns taking rides.

The girls all went for a little boat ride with their Dads.

Grandpa & Grandma surprised me with DQ ice cream birthday cake Sunday night for #26! yikes

The girls eating their apples

In their table fort while packing up to go home.

Grandpa bought ice cream at Dairy Queen before we went home, yummy!