Fun with Friends

We went to the Gotti's annual Memorial Day BBQ and had a great time!!! Thanks guys!

Alora's first fruit punch experience:

Caitlyn and Alora:

With 2 of my best friends, Jen and Brindy; at baby Sophie's baby blessing:

Ken, Rich and Jason at Chick E. Cheese:

Spring time-This and That

Me, my sisters (Kappy, Lauri and Dayna) and my Mom on Mother's Day:

Alora's new favorite toys:

Carter took Alora for a ride down the slide...this little trick didn't end well!

Look who's standing!

Uncle Derrek's infamous one-hand-baby-hold:

Carter playing with his cousin, Jordan:

Carter's Preschool field trip & Graduation

Carter's Preschool class took a field trip to the Fire station. He had lots of fun!

Fireman Carter:

Alora watching all the action going on at the fire station:

It was a really hot day, so afterwards we had to cool off with some ice cream cones from Arctic Circle! This was Alora's first ice cream cone, and she ate it up!

Carter & his Preschool class getting ready for the presentation:

Getting his Preschool Diploma:

Carter and his preschool teacher, Miss Sarah.

Just when you think NOTHING is getting through...

you have a major BREAK THROUGH moment with the cute lil' punksters.

I was getting everyone in bed the other night and I had just turned on Carter's night light and lullabies. Then I went about my usuall nighttime routine of cleaning the kitchen, finishing the laundry, putting all the toys away, ect. blah, ect. At this point it is past 10, and my darling qt pie, Carter comes sheepishly into the kitchen. My first response was "get back in bed, Carter!" Then he says, "but I want a pear". I am totally confused and bleary eyed, just wanting my ds to go back to bed. I say, "a pear? Honey we don't have any pears, and it is too late anyway." He gets very distraught, and starts to cry, saying I want a pear, I want a pear! Again, I say, Honey, I don't understand, what kind of pear are you talking about? He looks at me and says THIS KIND, MOMMY! And he folds his arms and bows his head. Ahhhhhhhh. My heart melted. Here I was scolding him, and all he wanted was a prayer. In my daze, I had forgotten the goodnight prayer with Carter, which is not hard to "accidentally" forget, because he never folds his arms or stays quiet during prayers. You have to stop 20 times and say SHHHH or FOLD YOUR ARMS, or STOP KICKING! I guess he really does get. I won't "forget" anymore.

What do you think?

Do Alora and Carter still look alike?

Carter and Tami January 2006:


Tami and Alora April 2009:

Alora at 10 Months:

Carter at 10 months:

I had a June Cleaver day

I had all the kids beautified for church and we were only 20 minutes late!!! (For us, that is a new record for 9:00 church, and we are nearly half way through the year ::sigh::) After church I came home, and with Rich's help, made a yum-o lunch and delightful dinner for the crock pot with pork chops, carrots and potaotes. Afterwards, I made a cake-FROM SCRATCH! ::gasp:: It was called Hummingbird Cake and it was from a BH&G magazine. It's a 3 layer cake made with bananas and pineapple, with cream cheese frosting and candied nuts on top. it was oh-so-good. I do bake, but it is usually the run of the mill cookie type baking. I do realize how big of a dork I am for posting this. Ü

(we didn't eat ALL of this tonight, we gave some to my sweet neighbor, Jerry.)