It's time to go CAMPING!

We are getting everything ready to take our first camping trip as a family. I cannot believe the amount of stuff we have to pack. These girls need so much stuff that I made 4 lists of things that we need to bring. This has been a multiple day process getting everything ready and we are only going for two nights. It should be a lot of fun. We are going to Hoquiam to a piece of property my parents just bought. The property sits on the Humptulips river (horrible name!) and the kids are going to have a great time. There will be lots of pictures and video to come!

So much time!

So this is my official first week of summer vacation. I didn't realize how much time I was going to have to myself. Both kiddos go down for their afternoon nap the same time so I have about 2 hours to myself! This week is crazy because we are getting ready to go on our first camping trip together with the girls. Scary! Thank goodness we are able to borrow the inlaw's trailer. That will make it a little better. We are going to mom and dad's river property to spend the 4th. It should be fun as long as it doesn't rain! There should be a lot of pictures coming from that adventure.

On a work note...I spent the last few weeks getting all of my stuff from my classroom packed up because I will be moving over to Liberty Junior High next year. I am extremely excited. Things just got really out of hand at my old school and this is a positive change. I also got to do all of the ordering for my classroom so I was able to spend about 15K on equipment. Good times!

We introduced Kate to the jumper and the exersaucer recently. She is getting so big! She is still working on her head control but she seems to have found more of her voice because she has been squealing lately. Lucy is just getting bigger and bigger as well as so grown up! The way that she expresses herself and her vocabulary just keep us amazed and laughing sometimes. Now that I have more time on my hands, I will definitely be posting more often as well as taking more pictures!

Zzzzz......

I am sitting in my summer institute classes right now and I should be learning great things but I am bored! I want to start planning my class stuff, but I am having to sit through a class that does not interest me at all. Sleep now.

New Pictures!

What to do??

So Kate is having a hard time with her naps. She seems to not want to sleep in her own crib and would rather sleep on someone. That proves to be very difficult on us as well as this is the time that we get to ourselves because both girls are sleeping. I have tried letting her cry for about 15 minutes, but I don't know if I can do longer. Grrrr!

So far, so good!

So we decided over the long weekend that we would switch Lucy out of her pull-ups and into big girl underwear! At first we were a little nervous but she has surprised us so far. We only had one accident the first day and same thing with the next. However today was fun because we had 4 accidents! Lucy needs to learn that even though we are playing outside she still has to tell us when she needs to go potty. Overall I think that she is doing okay. We can't go back from here so we are just going to keep working at it. Hopefully the weather is going to pick up and if she has an accident we will just hose her off!

Long Time...

It seems like it has been a long time since I wrote here. It is amazing how much time you lose when both adults are working and you come home to two very busy kids. I love it. I have found myself looking back recently to when Lucy was just born and trying to remember every little detail. I miss her at that age but I am really excited at where she is at right now. She is getting to be such a big girl! I am looking forward to this summer because she is getting into new things and really taking an interest in life. Today she helped me in the garden for a good amount of time and it was precious! Kate is also playing with my heart strings because now she is laughing and talking back at us. She gets the largest smile on her face and it makes me laugh so hard. She has definite differences from Lucy at that age and it is amazing to watch her now. We are truly blessed and I can't help but stop and thank God for what he has trusted Brian and I with. I guess this is meant to be my emotional moment because you know that doesn't happen often!! Pictures to come soon and video if I can figure it out.