Today

This morning, we dropped David's car off to get some work done on it and on the way back home, David asked if I had any ideas on what to do today. I suggested a hike. It took awhile to get going, but away we went! But first, David gave Jade and Paisley a ride on his Harley. After sitting on our carport for a year and 1/2, we finally got it all fixed up, registered, insured, and street legal yesterday. It needed a new battery, to be flushed, fuel injector cleaner, new front tire, oil change, and a really good scrub. But it's soooo pretty again now!

For our hike, we headed west to the White Tank Mountains "Waterfall Trail". There was no waterfall, but there was shade and a cool breeze. David, Jade, and Paisley had fun climbing up the dry waterfall while Amber freaked out about the handful of wasps flying around (none of which even stopped to inspect her...) and Shyla cooled down with a bottle of juice.





Girly Photo Shoot

I can only convince David to take family pictures with a smile once a year for Christmas cards (which he also thinks are pointless). But I like to get fresh pics of my girls in the spring/summer as well. Last year I got lucky cause David came along for the girls' photo shoot and ended up appearing in some as well. This year, however, he was working. So it was strictly a girls only session. They all turned out soooo beautiful! Thanks again to my talented friend, Allison! Here's a few of my favorites:



June Fun

Here's what we've been doing:

Shyla is soooo close to crawling! She can definately get around a room, but mostly going sideways or backwards. She's also discovered the magic of "mama". Everytime those sweet little syllables come out of her mouth, very good things happen! =)

Our white trash grill. lol It's an oven rack.

Papa and Uncle Alex came to play with us for an afternoon last week!

I gave Amber and Jade several warnings about their room - which were largely ignored - so I packed up all their toys until we move. My advice to them? Just pretend you don't see anything!



Daisy

Just in case we don't have enough mouths to feed already, David and the girls begged and begged to bring a ferret home from the mall last week. I was against it, but decided since David's the one working to earn our family's income, he should have a say in what we use it for. So I caved. Meet Daisy. She's actually pretty sweet and fun. She doesn't mind Paisley torturing playing with her and hasn't bitten anyone out of meaness. I'm in love with the way she lopes around the house and hops when she's startled or in a pouncy kind of mood. And even though she herself is stinky, her waste is not.



End of May Randoms

Just what the title says:

 I know it looks like she doesn't like it, but after the initial shock of cold wears off, Shyla loves the water!

 Chubby baby in a swimsuit looks even chubbier. lol

 Paisley forgot how to swim. =( I'll have to work with her...

What mornings look like. These are my two early risers.



First Week of Summer

Our first week of summer was hot. Hot. Hot. Hot. Ridiculously hot. Did I mention it was hot?? lol However, we didn't let that stop our fun. David worked Sunday-Tuesday and the girls and I didn't do much of anything as I was recovering from a dumb sinus infection. But we sure made up for our laziness the rest of the week!

Wednesday: I had an early morning dr appt, then when I got home, we headed to the Phoenix Zoo. It was hot. And all the animals were either sleeping or not even out. But we still managed to have fun! The girls wore their swimsuits which got plenty wet at the splashpad. I even took Shyla under the little waterfall to cool her down.

 We found this area with all these cool sculptures. The girls had fun posing with them.

  I did put sunscreen on Shyla, but not in her hair. So when Paisley handed me her hat, I put it on Shyla to protect that red-head.

 Funny girls cooling down under a mister.

Thursday: We started the day with breakfast at Mimi's Cafe. Afterwards, I took Amber (and Shyla) to her orthodontic consult (which was stupid cause the ortho wasn't even scheduled to be in that day!!! Yet I got 3 reminder calls and an email to confirm my appt. Lame.) while David took Jade and Paisley with him to do court runs and a couple serves. Amber had a dr's appt right after lunch (thankfully, David was home by this point so I was able to put both little girls down for a nap before taking Amber), then we headed to Mesa for Hunter's bday party at Amazing Jake's. Soooo much fun!!! We all had fun riding the rides and playing laser tag! Jade's a big cheater at laser tag, btw. She kept walking right behind me where I couldn't see her and shooting my vest. Over and over. I think she basically just followed me around the whole time! haha

 David showing us, once again, just how silly he is!

 She's so happy to see you!

 My bum didn't fit in the seat! Talk about uncomfortable! lol

 Paisley LOVED all the rides! On the teacups she kept telling me, "Faster, Mommy! Faster!" while giggline like a maniac.

Friday: As soon as everyone was awake, dressed, and fed, we headed north to Thunderbird Mountain for a HOT family hike. It was hot. And dusty. And hot. We borrowed a baby backpack from a friend for Shyla, but she only stayed in it till we got to the top. She was hot and swea-ty when we pulled her out! And had a temper to match! So David and I took turns carrying her down. And when I wasn't holding Shyla, I was holding Paisley. My arms and back were done by the time we finally made it back to the van! We got ice cream cones from McD's, jumped in the pool, then left the house yet again. This time to The Roomstore. David and I have gone a couple times in the past month-ish and have fallen in love with a chocolate brown corduroy sectional there. We finally put a deposit on it and a high-top table with 8 chairs and will finalize payment once we close on our house. Can't wait! =) Last thing we did - movie night! David convinced me to go see Snow White and the Huntsman at the drive-in. It was slow. Despite the action, it still dragged. Paisley and Shyla slept through most of the movie, thankfully, so it was bearable.

Saturday: David's last day off for the week. We lounged around in our jamas till 11. Well, they lounged, I cleaned. But we were all in our jamas. Get it? =) Lila came over at 11 and we went to McD's for lunch. Grocery shopping afterwards, video games and dinner, then to bed on time for the first time since Tuesday!