How we spent our days!

We have really tried to enjoy our time of warm weather as I know it doesn't last long.  I try especially to enjoy the time with my kids as I am learning quick that these days don't last long either. We sure have a lot of fun together.   I want to remember many of the good little things that are our life now so that I can appreciate what we have here together.  I want to remember what these days were like, so full of fun and laughs and of course lots of work and crying and fighting.  All of these things make up our lives.

Kyndal has received a regular night to do the dishes.  It is a job that she doesn't like at all.  The gloves have sure helped though.  At least she looks cheerful here.  Paul did take a picture of her one time that she was throwing a fit about doing the dishes.  It was pretty funny, all the dramatics.  She would be pretty embarrassed if I put that up here, she is getting to that kind of age.

She is such a fun big girl!  She is full of personality and definitely has a lot of resolve.  She can do anything in the world that she decides she wants to do.  It is great to watch her grow and learn and see the amazing girl that she is becoming!

The kids have just loved to ride bikes all summer.  We tried to take Elliette's training wheels off.  I thought that because she is really good at nearly anything physical that she would do just fine and learn quickly.  So we took off the pedals to help her learn to balance when she pushed herself.  This is how Kyndal learned and in a day and a half we were able to put the pedals back on and she could ride.  But we also practiced in the church parking lot, which is a perfect gentle decline so that she could just sit and the bike would go.  So Elliette was trying to push herself with the feet in the back alley.  She could not get enough speed to coast with her feet up.  So she would get all scared that she was wobbling and stop quickly.  She did that for half the summer or would then take out the trike instead, so we put the training wheels back on and she rode away the rest of the summer with them.  Next summer we will have our parking lot back and try again.  Then Elliette may also be tall enough to be moved up to the next bike size and this one will be Dawsyn's, as she tried to take over it this year.  Anyways, we have loved our bike riding!

One of these dear moments that we want to have the kids remember, their time with The Great One!  Dawsyn and him actually fight most of the time so these moments are extra dear.  This was a book on horses that Dawsyn would sit next to grandpa and read nearly every day.  Sometimes he enjoyed reading it with her as well.  It is just so cute to see him doing these things with the kids!

Grandpa may look like he was beat up, but it was actually the attack of 3 little girls that found a tube of lipstick!  He had to go and take a shower after this attack.  They thought that this was the funniest thing ever!  I bet you can imagine the giggling of those little girls and grandpa enjoying the kissing attacks that he got.  It was pretty funny!

Elliette is so good at playing with Marshall.  Kyndal is great to take care of him and Elliette is so great to play with him. Dawsyn mostly just bugs him.  But here is Elliette making a bed for Marshall and pulling him all around the house in it.  They both had such a fun time laughing and enjoying it.  I love the look of adoration on her face as she looks at her baby brother!  We all sure love this boy!

Daddy enjoying some time cuddled with all of his girls.  His lap will not be big enough for long, so these moments are sure enjoyed!

Pretending to be asleep.