1st Swim of the Summer!!

Well, after a month of begging, Emma finally got to go swimming! Jeni and Kayle were in town and invited us over to Kayle's parents house to swim! The pool was really nice and the kids had fun! Emma liked to go in the "cave" and through the waterfall (it was turned off in the pictures!). She went down the slide once with Aunt Crystal, but didn't like that too much! Derrick just floated around in his tube for a while! He almost fell asleep in it! Emma started to get the hang of swimming by herself (with the help of floaties) just as we had to get out! But, I'm sure we will go over to Jami and Crystal's for more swimming soon!

A Weekend in Young!

We had a nice relaxing weekend in Young for the holiday! Jon and Emma rested in the hammock and the kids got spoiled by grandma and grandpa! Emma "helped" grandma clean off the frosting spoon...twice!! And then "helped" clean off the ice cream spatula! And with all the things Derrick won't eat...at least we know he likes chocolate cookies! Emma got to help grandpa milk the goats and feed the chickens! She liked the baby chickens! She was scared of the ducks and the goats, but grandpa made her get over that!! We had a really fun weekend and Emma is already asking to go back! Derrick is getting brave when it comes to walking! He is going further and further each time he tries! It won't be long! And Emma is getting better with the potty training! YEAH!!! I can't wait for that to be over with! We are doing good and thanks goes up to Young for a great weekend!

Update!

Just a little update! We are doing good! Derrick is finally learning to walk! It won't be long before he is on his own cruisin around the house! It's funny to watch him because he gets so excited and tries to run! He made it almost all the was down the hall the other day, and he was just laughing the whole time he was walking! He still only has 5 teeth in front, but I am thankful he has that...I thought they would never come! Hopefully when he gets some back teeth he will be more willing to try different foods! Right now it's pb&j and chicken dino's...and baby food still! The kids love playing together, especially ball and blocks! Emma is doing good and makes me laugh everyday! We are still working on the potty training thing! I was cracking up yesterday when she was yelling at her "stinkys" to come out! "Stinkys, where are you? COME OUT!" She is getting better though! Hopefully soon she will be done! I'm going to enroll Emma in a dance class that starts at the end of July! I'm exctied! I think she will love it! I will definately post pictures when the time comes! I'm staying busy with clients and get new referrals every week! I'm also trying to get stuff ready to go to Girls Camp in a month! I can't wait until that is over! Jon has a busy week with the VP in town, but relief will come this weekend when we go up to Young! We are looking forward to it!

Crazy AZ Weather!!!

I took this picture a couple of weeks ago when a storm was coming in! It is a HUGE dust devil that came out of the desert behind our community! It was very erie looking!

Tea Party!

These are from about a month ago when Mila and Andrea went out to lunch with us and then came over to play! Emma and Mila played tea party and had so much fun together! It brought tears to my eyes to watch them play together! You can tell they love each other! We went to visit Mila last night and Emma stayed in Mila's room almost the whole time we were there! She just sat up on her bed with her and they watched shows and they shared treats! Aunt Annie painted Emma's toes to match Mila's...pink polk-a-dots! Emma had 2 bows in her hair and Mila wanted one so she could match Emma! They are cute girls and I am thankful for the time they have to spend together! Just a funny thing that Emma said yesterday...we were driving and I said, "Emma, look at those orange trees." And she said very matter-of-factly, "No, mom those are green trees!" I love the logic of a 2 year old! So, we then proceded to point out to her that there were oranges growing on the trees! She makes me laugh everyday!

The "Cowboy Town"!

We went with some friends last week to Rawhide! Emma calls it the "cowboy town"! She had so much fun! There's not a whole lot to do there, but to a 2 year old...the place is endless! Everything was so fascinating to her! We heard "whoa" and "oh my goodness" alot ! It 's fun now that Emma is getting a little older to be able to do things like that and watch her have so much fun!

Here is Emma riding the train and petting the goats at the petting zoo! She keeps saying that petting the animals was her favorite part, but she was actually scared to death in there and starting bawling and climbing up Jon's leg anytime a animal came near her! You can tell in some of the pictures how scared she was!

Here we all are...I love Derrick's face! He's got the "go ahead mess with me" look down! And Jon looks a little CRAZY!

Daddy's Little Helper!

Jon was working on the lawn last week and asked Emma to help! She was so excited! She helped spread fertilizer and water and even got a ride! It was so cute to see her out there trying to be just like dad!

Some of my favorites!

I sent most of you the link to these pictures...but here are some of my favorite ones! My friend Melissa took these at her house the week before Easter! You can tell from the one they are crying in that it was a challenge to get any good ones! But, we managed!