Little Miss Liberty

At the last family fun fair on post we received a couple of crafts to bring home. Riley made her craft and then wanted to wear it. She would not allow me to take her picture so I took them without her knowing it.

She looked so cute. She was walking all sassy and smiling really big.

Love dramatic play and the imaginations of little people.
We still have not created Brenden's craft yet.
His is an Uncle Sam hat. Pictures will follow when it has been completed.

Sibling FUN!!!

They are so close and play so well together. I love to watch them play and enjoy each other. They have their sibling moments but they are easered by moments like this.

Happy Father's Day!!

Daddy and the kids enjoying a morning/afternoon nap together.

Hugs and kisses.

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

BIG BOY!!!

My baby is growing up way too fast.

Brenden is making the transition from diapers to underwear. He likes the idea of wearing big boy undies. He was not too sure about having his picture taken with them on but here are a couple of pictures.

Lighting McQueen on the butt.

Play-Doh fun!!!

Riley loves to play Play-Doh while Brenden takes his afternoon nap. We made loves of spaghetti at first then she decided to write her name. Once again she did not like having her picture taken.

Riley's smile face.

Hair, arms, legs, shoes, etc. She loves to add details to her pictures.

Riley's spider with a tail. I helped with the body and head but she used the spaghetti for the legs and she added eyes too.

Last creation is a butterfly. She loves butterflies.

I love watching her play with play-doh. There are no limits. Both kids use their imaginations to their fullest when the play-doh is out.

ALL ABOARD!!!

ALL ABOARD, CHOO, CHOO!!!

They love their trains. This will keep them happy for hours.

Simple fun :)

Take me out to the ball game.....

For the past month or so we have been watching the guys play softball three days out of the week. On this day the kids wanted to wear hats just like daddy. Here is Brenden with his hat on backwards because that is the way daddy wears his hat.

Riley wearing a blue visor just like mommy.

She would not wear a hat because she needed a blue one like daddy and bubba.

Thank goodness I had another blue hat/visor for the crew.

Brenden waiting for the game to start.

I tried to get pictures of the guys playing but as the score keeper and babysitter it was a little difficult to remember to take the pictures. We had lots of fun watching and playing in the dirt each night but we are glad that we are done and can enjoy dinner at dinner time and go to bed at bed time.

Water Park Fun

Over the weekend we took the kids to the park to play. We all had a surprise waiting once we were out of the truck....

Love this picture.

The water park was working. Not being perpared for such an event the kids played in their clothes. Riley did not get all wet like Brenden. He loves the water and does not care if it's in his face or on his clothes. Riley would rather just get her feet wet and make tracks.

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Riley and Brenden pointing out were to start their water adventure.

Ben has never been to this park with the water going. I think he had just as much fun as the kids did. If you look hard in this picture you can see him working the water gun with Riley. We both ended up wet after playing with the water guns.

Happy Memorial Day!!

Taking a day to remember.

Walking up to the helicopters. Riley hand in hand with daddy and Brenden running to catch them.

Riley moving on. Ben still reading. Brenden sitting on the bench.

Daddy teaching Riley about the gun. She asked lots of questions and wanted to learn what everything was, what it did, and if daddy used it.

Brenden had more fun climbing and listening to a history lesson.

Riley and Brenden have learned at a young age what today means.

I am blessed to be married to a soldier.

Thank to all soldiers who have and will continue to serve our great country.

Zoo Trip 2009

Brenden all ready to travel to the Nashville Zoo.

Riley reading the directions.

Our driver, Daddy.

The photographer, Mommy.

Our first stop.

The animals were all out and pretty active this weekend.

They posed for this picture and the last bird on the right turn it's head so we could see her face.

These monkeys were VERY loud.

This one was swinging for branch to branch and the kids loved it.

The turtles. Riley and Brenden loved the reptile house. There were lots of people in there but it was fun to see all the different animals and where they came from. Riley loved the turtles and Brenden loved the frogs.

One many bridges we crossed. Both my kids loved to watch the water.

Riley is watching the water looking for fish.

This cat was right up next to the fence.

The Giraffes were eating their lunch as we walked through. They were to busy to notice all the people watching them.

The tigers habitat. They were too far back for my little camera to get a good picture so I took a picture of their home.

Photos by Riley

Riley loves to take pictures. She will take pictures of anything and everyone. She become very talented in the past year. Here are a few of her latest photos.

The surprises I find when I look at the new photos on the camera.