Home Improvement

Don't you love it when small home improvement projects turn into large expensive ones? I was trying to clean up the old garden by removing the bricks and random pieces of wood. I wanted to even out the dirt so Nate could lay sod down later in the week.

Once I removed the wood pieces I found missing fence. Of course right?! So now I am cleaning the wood and bricks to be placed back until we decide to really fix the fence.

Oh and I found a really large ant nest... The one we thought we killed earlier this year. The battle continues :)

Playroom

We have been hard at work trying to finish Belles playroom for her birthday! Lots of organizing and building (for Nate). Actually, Belle helped me put together the table and four chairs. She has a little bit of her Grandma and Grandpa in her!

I love seeing Nate have a tea party with his little one. It melts my heart to see him at that table ;) to bad she wasn't in the mood for sharing.

Sara

Clean Girl!

So our paint project didn't turn out as messy as I planned! I had to show her what to do and then she would tell me gross and go clean.... Ahhhh! I should have done this when she was younger :)

She still loves to water color and paint with a brush though. Hopefully I will break her and she will fall in love with the arts.

Right now I am planning her birthday celebration which will just be cupcakes on the lawn or the neighborhood kids. I have counted the kids and there are 14 total and three babies... 17! It's just crazy to see our street at night and I love it!

Sara

Teeth?

Could this be the last round of teething?! I cannot get near her mouth, eating is sparse, and diapers are another story! The past week went by too fast and leaves me wondering what actually happened?

Not sure but we survived! I am focusing on getting creative with Belle these days and I am about to open the paints for full on hand painting... In the back yard of course. Stay tuned for before, during and after photos!

Sara

Home

Now that we are back home it's back to watching the cows instead of chasing the lizards. She seems to be happy to be home too!

I do have to say that we are exhausted though and probably will make plans to stay in town for awhile!

Sara

Week of Fun

Our little girls week is coming to an end leaving us wanting to stay longer but needing to get back to our everyday. The memories created this week will forever hold a place in my heart. I cannot express how much it all means to watch my little Belle enjoying the same things I did at her age.

Spending time with her great grandma tips the list of memories. She now associates the house with the beach, lizards, GG, shells, and umbrellas ;)

Even though Belle is still young I hope these memories of love find her when she needs them the most.

Feeling Blessed,
Sara

Fun Times

From the park to pizza on the beach our days have been jam packed! I think all of us are running on fumes but we are having such a great time.

It really is neat to see Belle play where I used to and do the same things I did growing up. Catching lizards and walks to McDonalds also make the list. Later today we head to church for a toddler sing along and then to the library for story time.... We're getting crazy to watch out ;)

Sara

Turtle Park

Well I haven't blogged in a few days because I traveling and because I lost my phone.... A long funny story to be told later!

Anyway, Belle and I are in Florida now to visit her great grandma (gg) along with her grandma for the week. Four generations together for a week. That should be an episode of survivor ;)

Here are some photos of us visiting at the nature park feeding the turtles and looking at the owls. I plan to take a ton of photos while we are here all together.

Next on the agenda is dinner on the beach. More pics to come soon!

Sara

Water Gun Fun

Belle has learned how to shoot a water bottle! I feel that this task should be listed in the development list of toddlers. As you can see she loved it!

The dogs, of course, hated it!

Sara

Tulsa

Belle is living more family time!! Not to mention climbing trees with gra and papa :)

This Fourth of July is proving to be so much fun!

Next week we will spending the week in Florida so we are making the rounds!


Sara