Oh my hotness!

So I'm really trying to be positive about this weather, but I'm not doing so good. Yesterday it was warm, OK, downright HOT, but I've just heard the weather for today and I seriously could cry. They're saying that in some places it's going to be hotter than the 100 degrees already forecasted. Seriously? Ugh!!! When we went to bed last night our house was 84 degrees. When I woke up this morning at 5:30 it was 82. 82 degrees at 5:30...in the morning. I can't take it! I'm tempted to take the girls and go check us into the Howard Johnson where there is AC and a pool. Not sure Tom's going to let that one fly after I offered to go to work for him today and he turned that down. Sheesh! I best get off of here before I get any crankier, but before I go I'll share some pictures of our attempt to cool off yesterday.

Otter pops in the pool.

Sunny smileApparently, my girls can't keep their eyes open for pictures. =)She was so hot, she ditched her diaper. Look at those buns. =)Daddy even joined in on the pool fun when he got home. He's cooler than I am. =)10:20 am ... just checked the indoor temp...still hovering at 82. Must find someplace cool to go...

The swinger

I forgot to mention one major accomplishment from the Walker house last week. It involves our Hannah and a swing. Last weekend Tom taught Hannah how to pump and now she's a swinging fool. A friend was saying to us how in their family as soon as you turn 5, you don't get anymore pushes on the swing. Hannah has been wanting to swing quite a bit lately thanks to the switching out of the baby swing and I think Tom was getting tired of the constant "please come push me", so the other night he taught her. I think it took a total of 3 minutes before she got the hang of it. I love watching her and how exaggerated her back and forths are. The picture is from the night she learned and the video is from yesterday. I couldn't find our other camera with the video setting so that's why it's taken me SO long to post this, that and the fact that blogger wouldn't let me upload the video from my cell phone. Grr. So without further adieu here is our little Hannah swinging...all by herself! =)

And there you have it...didn't she do such a good job?!

Tutu's

Yesterday Aunt Kim came up for a little visit. Both girls were very excited to see her and imagine their excitement when they saw she had brought gifts for them. The packages sat on the counter for a good 15 minutes before Hannah asked what they were. They each got their own tutu. Talk about cute! Aunt Kim thought they would be fun in Idaho and I couldn't have agreed more.

Hannah needed a blanket to sit on while playing with the chalk. She didn't want to ruin her new outfit.So cute.Thank you Aunt Kim for spending part of your Sunday with us and thank you for the adorable tutu's. =)

Puppy Sitting

Oh my goodness...this is just pathetic, almost 2 weeks without a post. I wish I could say that we were busy doing lots of fun things but really we haven't been doing much. Our excitement came when the Pohl's came into town last Sunday. They're in Tennessee visiting Eddie's family and came by here to for a few days to get Daisy acclimated to the girls. The girls are doing really good with Daisy. Emerson is by far the most smitten with her I think. On Tuesday, when they left for the airport, Daisy was a little sad so Emerson went and laid down next to her, petting her paw. And then later in the afternoon, Emerson was feeding Daisy, piece by little piece. She must have thought she needed a little extra help. Daisy is so good and so patient with her so it really is a treat to watch her. Hannah is loving her too but in a different way. On our first walk with her by ourselves, Hannah came running up behind me as I was pushing Emmie in the stroller and was so proud of herself. She had grabbed a pair of rubber gloves - she was ready for poop duty. I laughed pretty hard but I laughed even harder when Daisy actually did her business and how quickly Hannah tossed the gloves at her daddy, wanting nothing to do with it. Not that I would have let her pick it up, but it was funny that I didn't have to even tell her no. We've decided that picking up poop is a boy chore at our house. =) When we got to a neighborhood where the traffic is pretty much non-existent, we let her walk Daisy. Boy, did she think that was the greatest thing EVER. She stood up straight, tucked her hair behind her ear and was beaming with pride. It really was so cute. Someday when we have our bigger house I'm sure we'll be getting a dog. I'll leave you with a few (and I do mean few, I have gotten into the bad habit of only taking my picture of the day, shame shame) pictures of our new house guest. Most of them are with my cell phone. Talk about lazy. Sheesh! Thank you Pohl family for trusting us with your baby and letting us watch her!

Emmie comforts a sad puppy.Feeding DaisyI love the look on Daisy's face...

And now Emmie's face...
Glove girl...Emerson decided Daisy needed a treat. They're good friends. =)Trying to reclaim her ball...she came with a peace offering, a stick. =)Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Hugs!

07.08.09

I had to post something on this monumental day that won't happen for another 100 years. (said in my most annoying announcer voice) =) It seems to be the only thing they're talking about today. Well, that and the Michael Jackson memorial, which I think I'm the only person on the planet that didn't watch any of it. I'm lame I know...hence my post for today. =) If I had been really nerdy I would have taken a picture of the clock when it was 12:34:56 on 07.08.09 or thought of something pretty clever, but I wasn't and I've got nothing other than my ramblings.

I'll leave you with a picture of Emerson from Sunday. We were at Costco eating dessert (I know, we're wild ones). Hannah and I had the frozen yogurt and Tom got the ice cream bar. Tom's ice cream bar was a freshly dipped bar, and the wrapper had some wet chocolate still on it. Emerson touched it with her finger and then went at it face first. We all got a good giggle out of her.

Oh, and one more from the 4th...just because I think it's a cute one. =)

Happy 07*08*09! =)

4th of July

OK, I already know that this is going to be picture overload! I was just clicking away all while enjoying the day. Not much to say other than it was the 4th of July, it was hot, we went to the parade, sported a super cute wagon that the kids decorated, went to my moms, celebrated Cameron again, encountered four mishaps, I ate too many s'mores (just marshmallows, really) all while Tom drank too much. =) Probably not supposed to say that, am I? Oh well. I love you honey! =) Edited...Tom wanted me to clarify that it's not that he drank too much, it's just that he didn't drink enough water! =)

Right now I'm at 28 pictures. 28 out of 100 pictures, I've whittled it down pretty good. I'll try and weed out a few more in effort to not bore you with pictures of my adorable girls. =)

The kids and their flag fans and decorated wagon. Didn't they do a great job?!

Little Ms. PoserAnticipation.

Pre-parade pooches. Emerson LOVED them. She sat down right next to them and when they left, she got up and went with them.

Aww...Oh, so excited for the parade.Our wild one!Too loud for the young-ins. =)

I missed out on the free firemen calendars. I didn't feel I should wrestle the lady next to me for one...you know...in front of the kids. =)

We got all excited with this fire truck...he moved the hose as if he was going to spray us, no such luck for us on this hot day. Come to think of it, do they even have water on these trucks? Is the blonde in me coming out? =)

One of our favorite performances. So very tricky!One of our favorite girls...looking so cute.

These guys came walking down the street as they were cleaning up. I think they forgot to register in time. We thought they were the cutest, the animals that is!

And now on to the party at moms. Emerson and Cole had fun with the slip-n-slide. It was a perfect size drinking fountain.

Ashlyn and Hannah the watermelon girls.Seriously, isn't Cole the cutest little guy? I just love him.Tom & Emmie watching the sparkler show."Oh ya, I've got a sparkler..."

David, Caitlin, Casey & Brittany...trouble.Hannah and Jake...taking cover in our trunk.When you ask Emerson if she wants a Popsicle, this is the face you get.Our little Caitlin finally has a boyfriend, Alex. She tried to talk him out of coming to the party. I wonder why? Could it have been the endless teasing from her uncle and aunt, or the endless embarrassing stories we could have told?? =) He's a really sweet guy and we're so happy for her. Hannah's new look...glow bracelet and necklaces. Can a girl have too many? Never!The arsenal...Part of the beautiful show.So I managed to whittle it down a bit more, but there's still a lot of pictures. =) I mentioned that there were 4 mishaps. Poor Hannah had a rough night. It started with the sparklers, she touched one and burned her finger pretty good, and that was the end of sparklers for her, before it even got dark. =) Then while the little ones were doing the sparklers, the bigger kids were letting off bottle rockets. One tipped over and shot right at the kids hitting Hannah in the thigh and Madison on the wrist. Both are fine, just shook them up a bit. Then a little later, Hannah fell and hit her head and shoulder on the corner of the s'more table. After a few ice packs and a couple band-aids we were good to go. We went outside to watch the fireworks and all was good until one of David's displays went a little crazy. Instead of shooting up in the sky it shot sideways right at us. Talk about a scary moment. The folks sitting on or in front of the cars all jumped and ran behind the cars. I was sitting with my mom who was holding a sleeping Emmie near the house. I jumped up pulled the blanket over Emerson and stood for a moment in front of them, I then took cover behind my mom. Funny how that works. =) Thank goodness it wasn't a big display and it only lasted a few seconds. More importantly thank goodness no one got hurt! Despite the mishaps, we all had a great night. As we were packing up to head home Hannah informed us that it was "her best night ever!". Can't beat that.

Cameron

So Friday night we celebrated Cameron's 21st birthday. Just like I can't believe that my baby is 18 months old, I cannot believe that Cameron is 21. How can that be? I'm still 25! I just don't get it. =) We took him up to Angel of the Winds casino in Arlington and had a really good time. Tom and I aren't really gamblers but we each set out with a few dollars and ended up playing until we left around 11:30. We even left having only lost $13. Amazing when you consider our horrible luck on previous trips to Vegas.

Becky and I were sure that people were following us around and laughing. We didn't know what we were doing half the time so we're sure we left some money behind not realizing it. =) So many buttons!

Before we left for the night we had to try out their famous 99 cent menu. First it was just the strawberry shortcake for me and shrimp cocktail for Tom and then it was the 2 eggs with biscuits and gravy and next time it'll be the chili cheese fries. I told myself if I took one bite of the biscuits it would have paid for itself. =) Oh my goodness, they were the best biscuits and gravy I've had since Grammy Na last made them. Now we just have to figure out how to get the kids up there after church. We can all eat for $3. =) I wonder if we can leave the girls in the car and get to go bags. Kidding. Here are a few pictures from our outing. I'm leaving out the pictures of the food. I don't think my sister would appreciate those very much. =) Hee hee.

My cousin Heather bought Cameron his first shot. Getting his 3rd and final set of instructions from his girlfriend Laryssa. She takes good care of him.Go...Tom thought he might actually throw it back up. He didn't look too good. =) He was such a good sport.

Happy Birthday Cameron! We love you!