Sleeping Babies

Okay, so my kids really aren't babies anymore, but they'll always be to me! I love to see my kids sleeping. About the only time in my day that is peaceful and quiet! Every night I have to go in and check on Mason and Jayni before I go to bed. If I don't I can't sleep!

A couple night's last week, Jayni decided she'd climb into bed with Mason. I'd go in there and find them sleeping next to each other. So very cute, but I told Jayni she can't be doing that anymore. She does tend to wake him up and he won't go back to sleep!

When I first went into their room this night, Jayni had her arm around Mason. But of course, by the time I got the camera, she moved!

Bus Trip

Jayni had been asking me if she could get her ears pierced for awhile. So, a few weeks ago, Jayni, her friend, Autumn, Mason, and I went to the mall to get them done. The place we went to only had one person working and suggested we come back later in the day when there would be two employees so that the ears could be pierced at the same time. I tried and tried to talk Jayni into waiting and I was explaining that it would hurt like a shot, but she insisted she could handle it. Needless to say, we left with only one ear pierced!

When I dropped Autumn off at her house, her mom, Allie told Jayni that if she went back and got her other ear pierced, we could go on a bus ride. Jayni had been wanting to ride a bus for a long time so she was super excited. Jayni went back to get the other ear pierced later that day when Tom could go.

So, we went for the bus ride on Tuesday and had a great time. We first went to story time at the library.

We got there a little early so the kids colored and looked at books. Here's Tanner, Jayni, Autumn, and Mason coloring.

Mason takes such great pictures. Lately he's started saying, "CHEESE" when he sees the camera.

After the library we got back on the bus and headed to the dollar store. The girls had a good time looking at the different toys.

We then walked to McDonalds and had lunch. Mason got this pirate hat in his happy meal but his head was too big. Surprise! Tanner looked so cute in it, but he really didn't like it.

These girls love to have their picture taken!

After McDonalds we headed home. It was so fun to do something different then what we normally do in the day. I really enjoyed spending time with Allie and getting to know her better. She's becoming such a great friend! Didn't she have a great idea!?

Easter Weekend

We had a great Easter weekend. Jayni, Mason, and I started off at Grandma & Grandpa Perkes's house for an Easter egg hunt on Saturday. The kids had a great time and were so nice to one another! They would find an egg and give it to another, it was so cute. Mason was pretty clueless the whole time, but did find this egg.

   

I'm not quite sure what Jayni was staring at, but it must have been more interesting then her picture being taken.

Mason just wanted to play with the grass at the bottom of his bucket. Jayni was trying to get him to stop...

...but it did come out...

...and landed on the ground.

 

This is the best picture I could get of Jayni & Mason with their cousins, Rex & Eli.

 

Sunday morning we woke up to what the Easter bunny brought. Jayni's favorite thing was her notebook, which she calls her diary.

Here's a picture of Mason before his bath. You can see that he's thinned out and has grown a little too.

I think the only thing Jayni ate on Sunday was an assortment of candies!

 

Late Sunday morning we left for Moses Lake to go to a baby blessing. It was for my nephew, Grayson. We then had a wonderful Easter meal, thanks to my Mom. We visited with family and then came home that evening. It was fun to get together!

This one's for Grandma Perkes. She wanted a picture taken of Jayni in her Easter dress. Sorry, Tom took the pictures and this was the best he got.

40th Post - New Look - More Motivation

It has been a long time since my last post and I've been surprised how many of you have voiced some displeasure with my lack of blogging. Unfortunately, I don't feel I have much to write about since we really don't have too much going on. I guess I need to be resourceful and figure out a way to keep up on things.

So, my goal is to be better and with my first post back, I decided to change the look of my blog! I've come to love learning about how to do this and I find a lot of satisfaction with it. A few months ago I borrowed Web Design & Desktop Publishing for Dummies from the library. It taught me a lot about how to setup a web site and I feel I know a lot more of how to personalize things in a blog. It takes time and having to play around with things, but the more I've done it, the easier it's gotten. I setup a new blog and changed this one in just a few hours time over the last couple days.

The new blog I setup is for an online book club I have started with some family and friends. I'm excited for this project that I've taken on in the last couple days! I think it will be a lot of fun and some of these books will be a great benefit in my life. This online book club can only be viewed by members of the book club so if you'd like more info, send me you're email and I'd be happy to supply you with the way it works.

It's been nice to feel I have some things to work on. I have to say that I'm proud of myself for putting an effort into starting something new. I've felt quite accomplished the last few days!