I can't believe it's been so long since I wrote last. These days have just been flying by! September will be here before I know it! It seems like I was just saying that from last summer. The summer is (for the most part) here and I got my fill of the heat this last weekend!! Ever since we have been back (well, it actually started Sunday evening) I have been having the worst headaches and feeling nauseous and dizzy.... ugh. It has not been a pleasant feeling, really. Shawn and I have joked (half heartily, nervously, and while biting our fingernails....) that I am probably pregnant..... haha.... but I think it was just the sun and the heat and from being outside all weekend. Yes, I realize that the sun was only out half the time, and the "heat" was considered low 70's, but mainly, I believe it is from squinting so much since i never wore any sunglasses. My eyes are bad enough as it is, then to squint 24/7 makes my head throb and my eyes were just burning and exhausted by the end of the weekend. I think it's probably time to go get a new eyeglass prescription. Or contacts. I can't remember at this point which one I had done last. Maybe I will just get them both??? Too bad I don't quite qualify for the laser eye surgery, or I think I may just be all over that one! I'm tired of my eyes changing every year!
Anyway, what has happened in the last while since I wrote? Well, I had a birthday and turned a year older. Funny thing is that I have been thinking I was already 27 for quite some time now, but apparently I was 26 the whole time.... oops. I can honestly say that I am ready for my 30's. I'm tired of being a 20-something. I want to move up to the next bracket. Yes, I realize that this is opposite of what "normal" people think, but I am just ready to move on. I feel like being in my 20's brings a huge stereotype that I am completely annoyed by. I am tired of people thinking that I am "too young" for whatever they think I am too young for. Or, I am tired of people thinking that I am a partier, still in school, or that I was "immature" to have gotten married and had children and CHOSE to be a stay at home mom in my 20's. Maybe in my 30's more people will take me seriously, respect my opinions, and maybe I will obtain some credibility for my life "experiences". We'll see.
For my birthday, we (shawn, the girls and I) went to Red Robin for lunch. Then we had a bunch of people come over for a barbecue that evening. I think there was about 20 of us here. Maybe a few more? I had a good day overall, but Shawn definitely learned a lesson..... haha. Next year, we will have just cake and ice cream at the house. If people want dinner, they can join us at the nearest Olive Garden. haha. Shawn got me a TV for the kitchen for me! I love it and am so excited about it! I can watch Good Morning America now in the kitchen while I am making my coffee, getting the girls' breakfast ready, eating some breakfast myself and catching up on my emails (my morning routine while the girls watch Sesame Street...) and I can watch the news in the evening while making dinner! I never get to watch the news anymore because the kitchen is not in view of the TV and that's the time I would get to watch it, was during "cooking dinner" time. Although, I also don't really have any local news anymore. I have to watch either Spokane or Seattle news, which is strange. I've never lived in a town that doesn't have a local news channel before!
Since I wrote last, my mother in law and my step dad both had birthdays as well! The girls and I also made a day trip to Yakima to visit my step mom. Both of my sisters came over and I was able to see them too and their kids. (well, some of them) Lola is getting so big already! KaeLee and Hannah both enjoyed playing with Layla for the day and loved seeing their cousin Andrew as well.
Then all of us (shawn, the girls and I) went down for Yakima for the day the day before my birthday, to celebrate my dad's birthday and just to hang our for the day. Shawn also had to fix a couple of things at the house for the buyers. He had to put a new garbage disposal in and fix the fence bracket. But our house is finally sold and we are rid of it!! Whoo Hoo!! I am happy to be done with that payment! :)
This last weekend, for Memorial weekend, we went to Ephrata and went camping at Oasis Park. I love it there. My whole extended family has gone every year for the past..... I don't even know.... probably about 15 years at least. This year was extra special because my cousin Chrissy and her husband and two kids flew up from Oklahoma and another cousin, Rachel, her husband and three kids came over from thee coast, and we haven't all been together in FORever. I'd say it's been about 7 years since I have seen Rachel! So there were A LOT of people there! Over 100 easily! We enjoyed being outside (okay, the girls and Shawn enjoyed it......hahamotorhome for the trip! It was a HUGE blessing. And props go out to Chris and Chrissy and Cindy and Chad who tented it up with their toddlers..... no thanks! I'll let you guys be the brave ones to do that! :)
Well, my mind is going a bit blank since it's so late, so I think I will just move on to the pictures.....
Oh wait, I had better tell this story to anyone who hasn't heard it. Though if you have talked to my mom at all in the last week, I am sure you have heard it by now. She seems very proud of it and has been sharing it with everyone.... haha.
So........
KaeLee has bee doing GREAT at potty training. Though she still won't poop in the toilet, she has great control over her peeing abilities and has not had an accident in forever! (other than poop...). So one day last week, she was sitting on the toilet and had her legs spread open a bit further than normal. She was trying to watch. Then she started peeing and she looked up at me and said "I'm makin water!" and grinned as big as she could. She thought it was the coolest thing on earth. haha. It was hilarious! She is SO stinkin cute!
Oh, can I just say how thrilled I am for Scottie McCreery!?!?! I am SO glad it came down to him and Lauren in the finale. I really didn't care for Hailey. I would have been super happy for either Scottie or Lauren though! They are both the cutest, sweetest kids (yes, they are actual kids, and they are NOT in their 20's....) ;)
Anyway, on to the pictures......
Me and KaeLee on my birthday morning.
Me and Hannah opening my new TV!
KaeLee helping me open a gift during the BBQ
KaeLee helping to blow out the candle on the cake...
The girls are wearing their new skirts as hats..... silly girls!
Memorial Weekend..... so this is just our side of family.... my grandpa, my aunts and uncles, cousins and my cousins kids.....! We were missing 5 of us. There are 47 of us in this picture. From all of my extended family camping this weekend I think we had over 100 of us there easily!
Oops.... out of order.... KaeLee on my birthday
Hannah trying to open the sunscreen...
Mom, Dad, Kory, Konner, and Hannah..... sitting around camp after the taco feed
KaeLee and Hannah both loved Lucy the dog. And KaeLee really took a liking to Justin, one of my cousins..... she followed him around a lot. She seems to like that age a lot (he's only a year younger than my brother Konner...)
Auntie, uncle Milo and my Grandpa Heilman came up for the day on Sunday. My aunt joined in on the washer board tournament (playing here) and she and her teammate (my cousin Angie) got 3rd place! I, on the other hand, got out in the first round. But not without a good fight! Our one game took as long as two normal games.... haha.
Hannah looking so serious!
KaeLee coaxed uncle Kory into pushing her on the scooter. Although now learning how to actually ride a scooter is out the window because she thinks she will be pushed whenever she gets on one now!
Hannah happened to catch a ride on the scooter with Sherry pushing her. Sherry is my dad's cousin.
Now Hannah manages to catch a ride from uncle Milo! What a little stinker she is! No one can say no to her! haha
KaeLee made a new friend, Ava. Ava is only a couple months older than her. They were walking around saying hi to everyone, and sharing their snacks.
My cousin's daughter, Kayla, going down the slide (the slide, by the way, was a great $10 find at a yardsale the weekend before! whoo hoo!)
My other cousin, Chrissy's, daughter Kate.
Hannah made a new friend too. This is Brynn. Let's see..... she is my dad's cousin's daughter.... haha.
KaeLee playing washers too!
Hannah found a ball!
And the tunnel!
KaeLee trying the scooter for herself!
Shawn helping Hannah down the slide. She does good at it by herself, but I don't trust her at all! That girls has NO fear and has been trying to go down on her stomach! And if people are around, she is too busy watching them instead of paying attention to what she's doing and about went over the side of it a few times! What a wild and crazy girl she is!
KaeLee found Justin and Lucy again!
Hannah looking silly...
And even sillier.... haha
KaeLee making grandma play Ring around the Rosie
KaeLee sits with Grandpa and Lita for a second before she's back on the go again!
Hannah made quick friends with Kayla, too!
She was quite the busy bee, as usual!
She was trying to show me a rock she found, but got a little too close.... haha. But I love that you can see her two front teeth here. She looks like a little rabbit..... haha
Well, that's all for now. I feel like I forgot to mention something. Owell. I'm sure I did. Well, have a great rest of the week everyone! Hopefully I will be back soon!
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